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Show Shorts and Shirts in Colors Flashing Now Make Father Feel Quite Dashing The worm has turned. Man, more or less lord of creation, ha? rolled .. nt monotony ot color In MS undergarments, and has now buret forth like Solomon In all his glory. True, the en- rl5 gaging- spectacle so far la reserved re-served mostly for the locker room of golf clubs and the privacy of hl boudoir, but there's no telling tell-ing when the public may be Invited In for Inspection. Time w aa when the Monday Mon-day wash line An mhlnh tinin'a pains were nuug to the breeze displayed dis-played only union suits, devoid of decorullve beauty. But the day of purely serviceable underwear for men Is past. Nowadays the vege- table, animal ami mineral kingdoms all are tailed upon to supply Father with jaunty uu-ineullonubles uu-ineullonubles In brilliant shades. Although he may stick to conserv attve g r a ys, browns and blues for hid outer apparel, ap-parel, his. sub-lKimeiM sub-lKimeiM rivals the raiubu. A uiiuly spun shirt cuv is his munly torso, and tile nethur garment is very pioperl. designated as "sliorta.'' "Shorts" are merely the synopsis of a pair of pants. Adorned with ! fancy yokes, they come In checks, la stripes, and maybe In stars Ilka a patriotic prize fighter's! Nearly every color now brightens the stag section of the leading department stores. I Do men buy them? Just ask 0. P, Guckes, manager of the big display room of Cluett, Peabody ft Co., la New York. "I'll say they do!" Guckes will ( tell you. "And what's more they wear them. ! then come back ', and stock up ; with more! Don't tell me men a r e n't proud of their shapes! The more bizarre the figure, the more fastldlouB they are about the bay-window drapery. "Oh, yes, men laughed when tht style designers, first put these color- 1 ful effects on the market. It wasnt ' he-man stuff, they scoffed. Any. ' body in those pioneering days who ' appeared In u silk outfit, or eves ' a cotton one In colors, was the sub- ' ject of male guffaws. But Just the same a uiuu's frlenda would proach him confidentially, whet . tliey thought nobody could , hear, , and H.sk the luivunced dresser where , he gut 'cm. "Some iiien.-lmiHs hesitated to c take a iliiuue uii putting the uevi g styles on tliolr shelves. But iiow they can't kcI euuugh to supply iht I demand." 1 C |