Show WHY SOCKS HAVE CLOCKS they the were originally mude made it Is As abc seated io 46 hold the beams in li hosiery hory it Is surprising how much of 0 the past still remains more especially in regard to ja thee the clothes lothes ne wear r 0 on the backs of most gloves will be found three thin strips these marks corre coi respond spork to the pieces between we the fingers lonjers in earlier times gloves were not made so neatly as they are toddy today rind and tile the stitching of the fingers was wnm carried down part of the way on oa to the back of of the glove braid being used to conceal the seams seam s to a practically similar reason does the clock on acock a sock owe its origin sayi says london anovers Ans vers in the days when stockings were made of cloth the seams occurred where tile the clocks are now displayed the decoration being utilized to hide the seams tile the little bow which will lav invariably be found in tile the leather band inside ji at mans hat Is 1 a survival of ahe time when a hat was made by taking a piece of leather boning bo ang two holes through it and drawing it together witti a piece of handkerchiefs were not always square at one time they were shaped to tile the users fusers fancy it charged ethun qed that this irregularity displeased Q been en marte antoinette who winter evening at versailles that a form shape would hean he an indication catlon of good taste the result was a decree by louls louis XVI issued in the early eaily days of 1785 enacting that all pocket handkerchiefs ker chieti should have right angled I 1 edges henceforward |