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Show Why Are the Two Buttons? Therearemany detailsin ourscheme of attire, the reason whereof is not generally known, says Clothier and Furnisher. In many instances they have filled some essential place in the construction of tha prototype of the existing garment and area survival or ; some bygone regime. There ia one phase of the modern apparel that not one man in a thousand knows the meaning of, and yet custom has made it an unquestioned feature of every modern masculine skirt coat. Why are the two buttons placed at the waist line at the back of the garment?' For effect? Not so originally. These two buttons were, at their inception, not primarily for decoration, but for service. It was during the period when the big square-art-embroidered and gorgeously-lined coats were worn, two centuries ago, that thegallants of the time were wont to go forth on dress parade, ready to resent any deviation de-viation from the rigid formalities of the court etiquette with a recourse to the sword. In orderthat the sidearm might be readily reached, the skirts of the coat wore turned back in a re-vere-ehaped manner and buttoned or looped upon the buttons at the back, at the same time exploiting a segment of the ricli inside of the garment in an unintentionally effective way. |