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Show STYLE8 OF 4,000 YEARS AGO. Tend to Prove There Is Nothing New Under the 8un. For women aicheolosy assumes a deeply Interesting, phaso In tho question ques-tion which has been raised by Slgnor Mo8so'na to styles In dress as they existed 4,000 years ago. 3!snor Mos- so, tho chilncht authority on ancient Etrurla, tho Roman Forum, and early Crete, 'has concentrated his great experience ex-perience and knowledge on elucidating elucidat-ing this byrath of sclenco from his Cretan stuttlts. T.to general result has been to confirm the old dictum that there Is nothing new under tho sun. Even tbo "latest fashions" are antiquated. Slracr Xos3o finds that 4,000 yea -c cso tho ladles of primoval' Mycenao were fintt pretty much as they aro seen In the showrooms of Paris to-dn Tiiev knew what crape trimmlns, was, hail tartans beforo the Scotch, understood tho mysteries of corsets laclnp In front, short wide sleeves, motal belts, and a stylo of, dress which an ltnlUiUve nineteenth' century, 'that considered Itself original, orig-inal, dubbed "Empire." ThoJr principal prin-cipal colors In robes were . (orango, yellow, bluo and purple, whlph rather upsets the claim of tho Phoenicians to havo "discovered" purple. |
