Show how it started by JEAN NEWTON THE SAILORS TROUSERS p YOURS Is a curious mind yol yo IP have no doubt been intrigued aa have many others on vinga Ninga lad in sailors uniform by the unusual shape of his trouser legs which as they near the bottom grow gradually wider taking somewhat the shape ol of a bell whether it la is the blue serge of te sailors winter uniform or the crisp criep white for summer seas the trousers are invariably cut ut after this pecullar peculiar pattern it will be noticed however that the officers on board ship bear wear trousers that are straight cut and do not flap at the bottom it is in this distinction that we have our story the strange shape of the sailor mans mails trousers had its origin in the tact fact that the common seaman Is required among other things to scrub the decks ask any man to do work requiring similar bonding bending and kneeling and lie he will ion don knickers li or hla his very oldest trousers sailors too round found their freedom for the work handicapped and the casualties in trousers were not inconsequential hence bence the introduction of trousers which become wider nt at the bottom so that when in the wa way they can be neove the lie knees where they afi li nt T 11 rut 7 rolling down r f |