The Return of the |
Old Undershirt

were thick “lumberjack” socks,

= which went on over the long stock-
eanor ings, and had a string tie at the
knee. Heavy rubber-boots at last,
the kind that lace up.
It was a wonder we could lift nef ND)
our feet to walk, let alone get ona { ‘ Ree
horse. To have one of the horses for —
the long trek to school, conditions
had to be right, (For the horses, not RE G E N CY
for me and my sister.) We couldn't
ride if the snow was tov deep, or if AUTO GROUP
the frost was too severe. .
You may have deduced by now
that winter is not my favorite time,
and that a large part of my antipa-
thy has to do with the burden of
winter clothing. | should have been
born in New Guinea, or on the Isle
of Capri.
To retum to the undershirt. Of
course it's.a far cry from long-
johns and lumberjacks’ socks, but it
THE CHANGE was palpa- Sill adds bulk, to which the female
ble on Saturday morning, psyche is averse. If anything makes
October first. You could both — us look thick anywhero, forget it.
see it and feel it. Fall. It came (This does not include chocolate.)
in the night. The Return of I did find an acceptable under-

, : shirt some few years ago that was
the Confounded Undershirt. made in New Zealand, of very soft

Right here I have to say it's a and light cotton, with a rather pretty
measure of the relaxation of our neckline. However, putting on the
life-long principles, isn’t it, when a confounded undershirt involves
lady —- especially one of the vin- tucking it in to the other basic lay-
tage variety — risks public discus- _ ers of the female habiliments and
sion of her unmentionables. the New Zealand job proved
It would in our day have been unequal to the task. Pieces of the
beyond propriety. Reference to tail came away in the hand, when
one’s undergarments was taboo firmly tugged, so that it ended up as
outside the confines of one’s a sort of bodice.
boudoir. Alt of that so-called deli- A generous lady-friend,
cacy is old-hat now. Lately my warmer-blooded than I, presented
‘mail-box disgorged a “ladies’ mag- _me with a fish-net type undershirt
azine” carrying on its cover a photo __ so versatile as to be valuable year
ofa young woman in an ornately around. It’s pretty tough, even
expensive evening gown which had _ though full of multiple holes as is
been intricately cut so as to expose _ the wont of fish-nets, and has sur-
her navel. So as to dance the vived several winters now, aston-
Hootchy-Kootchy, no doubt. ishingly warding off the icy airs
The habit of the undershirt grew _ with little substance.
up with me, of course, in all that ice But it does need Jaundering
and snow to which I was constantly _from time ‘o time, and that’s when
exposed. One was contending with |. am forced back into the archaic
blizzard and hoar-frost from numbers I’ve had for years —
September to May, and the only thick, long, bulky and certainly fat-
defence was to pile on the thick tening.
woolen garments that Eaton’s cata- Just last week I had a call from re oo, :
logue had great difficulty picturing | Kathleen Staples who is importing a oo rs rer an
as enticing, silk winter underwear into Canada ne wy eg eke
The long underwear was the from China. Like the fish-net, it'sa (set Involved... make our health syste the best it‘can be...
worst. When you put iton freshon —_ year-round proposition, but so far oe os wo Be Ta Be
Monday morning it was fine, it the designs include only “scanties”. ne - OR as Be
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and didn’t sag in the bosfondis. female undershirt it might just be ee _ : : "ae. ee .
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to execute a fold-over at the ankle, He might even smile. ae
whick of course gave the appear-
ance of fat legs. Now if there’s any-
thing an adolescent girl doesa’t
want more than a hickey on her
chin, it's fat legs.

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