New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1928, Page 9

GIVE HIM A VEST AND HER A HUFF Sounds Silly, But It Was Slogan 35 Years Ago To thiose who are still wondering what to give for Christmas, how do the following suggestions sound: a white vest or a carriage heater for “him muff or a silk stock for i iy ? Well, they were't 25 years ago. The world moves. and in no way is this shown more clearly than in the chungig procession of articles advertised in the columns of. the Gaily newspapers. And many of the articles which were featured in 1403 have now become so obsolete that the mere mention of them is| enough to provoke a laugh. Inverse- | ly. or course, the world of that time had never heard of a ‘arge number of waut today are best sellers. The edition of the Herald print- ed during the week before Christ- mas that year advertised many an dtem whioh has long kone out of style and been forgolten—and of which the ultra-modern' young wo- man has never heard. Among these were iadles’ silk stocks, which, let it be said, were neckwear and not footwenr. Separate walsts of silk or wool were other hig numbers that ¥ear hut have now gone into the discard before the one plece dress. Another ohsolete article of v.omen's wearing apparel is the pet- | ti:oat, which, along with ths under. vest, heavy corset, and other cloth- ing then known as “unmention- ables,” h&s been cast aside by the frecdom-loving women of today. But in 1903 it was a frequently adver- tised item, as was the muff, which has gone out of ure in these days of heated coupes and trolley cars, Men’s Styles Change, Too But let it not be supposed that only one sex has changed its clothing styles during the quarter- century, for man, despite his pro- fessed intolerance of changing fash- ions, has resolutely turned his back on things he favored then. The white vest. mentiored above, is no longer a mark of tha well-dressed man, while golf vests have been dis: carded in favor of the loudly col ored sweater in these days of plu. fours on the links. Nor weuld silk suspenders or silk arm bands be a suitable gift for a self-respeetin, | cutting throats. Night lamps, table | lumps, wall lamps—all fuelled with | kKerosene—were popular and needed, for only a very few homnes were couipped with electrio lights and the wfajority were without ges. The suggestion of & carriage heat- er in one advertisement recalls [the fact that New Hritain in those | days was no stranger to the auto. | mobile but did not see many ** ‘mo. | | biles” in the course of a single day. The good old borse and buggy were much used, and the heater came in handy when sncwdrifts on the uyn- | cleared roads caysed long delays. | Pens and inkwells were adver- | tised. The fountain pen was a novel- {ly and was being introduced by the lerald as a premium fow elght cous pons. Cut glass was much more | fushiopable in 1903 than it is in 1928, 8o was burnt wood work. A tremendons changs in home life 1 | Veteran Actor Fosoed te Spepd | man today. Nor a brown derby— | brought 1o one’s attention by the cspecinlly since the last clection |advertising of bread-making ma- Yet all these were featured in the chines, for the housewife than made 190:t advertisemerts. | cven her bread whereas now she | The “taiking machine” (phono- | has given up this and practically graph, if vou don’t recognize it by all other cooking in favor of bak. its eariy name) was fust becoming | crs’ and canners' goods. Skefrhes by a heavy seller, but the illustrations | Charles Dana Gibson and Willlam | on the ads of the time show that it |Chandler Christy were highly popu- had not progressed beyond the [lar present in tho days that did not crude stage. Tt still had a large | know John Held, Jr. liorn instead of the enclosed ampli- | Whiskey Was Advertised fier of today while fully half of the| Another significant change in machines still played the awkward | practice, if not in taste, is found rolls, the flat disc record being just | the prominent advertisements of all coming into use. The radio was un- | ranner of hard liquors. one of | thought of—the first “wireless” sig- | them even headed with “Get the| nals had just been sent across the ! Habit.” Liquor is still a popular Atlantic by Marconi. Christmas present, hut it is hardly The Bloodcurdling Razor one which is proclaimed for sale fn | There were no vacuum cleaners, | the public prints. and the carpet sweeper was much| Tt is notable that in 1908 there advocated as a gift for the wife. | wag very little of the national ad- And for hubhy. in those pre-safety | vertising which forms e large razor days. there, was the “war- | proportion of today's ads. Redies, ranted razor with keen edge.” suit.| automobiles. nationally sold cleth- able only for splitting wood and | ing hrands. whole wheat, and other products now gfvertised by means of “mata” .in gll important pepers of the courtry st the same time, were net the ehjvcts of such adver tising then. In fact. the only Bril- cles which weré natlonally sdver. tised were the patent medieines, now excjuded from most repytable periodicdin, and these woyld net by any stretch of (he imagination be classified as suitable for Christmas gifts. THEODORE ROBERTS WILI, LEAYE ABODT $30,000 Much Mopey in Last Years for Uinass. Los Angeles, Dec, 32 (M—Value of the estgte left by Theodore Robd. erts Ukely will mot exzceed $20,000, in the opinien of hip pephew, Ed- ward Reberts Higging who is the sol¢ helr of tha wotoran acter. Roberts was sompelied to dispese of his once gptensive real estate holdings quring long llinems that precoded hip doath & week age. Higging sid. The mest valughle property ¢f the remaining estgte I» the yaeht "See Bee,” valued at be. tween §9 000 and $12,000. Altheugh ne prevision was made in the will fer it, Higgins said he woulg iike te present Qeorge Faw. | cett, veleran aereen actor; C. D. Dv! Mitle and Willlam De Mille, preo- dyters, whe were Roberts’ cles* friends, the Weny treasures amd | trinkets Roberts had collected qur- | ing Ms years op the stage and in| the metien pletures. READ NEIALD OLASMFIED ADS No Gift Will Surpass | Porter Quality Furniture Its Charming, Distinctive, Inexpensive Tardy Shoppers Will Find the Same Courteous, Helpful Porter Service Prevailing During the Last Shopping Hours WOOD BASKETS in reed and fibre —$2.25, $4.00, $5.50 and $6.50. FOLDING BRIDGE CHAIRS in new and pleasing color effects—$3.75. MAGAZINE CARRIERS, walnut ma- hogany and decorated — $4.25, $5.00 and $6.75. FIREPLACE FIXTURES of dusky black iron—$4.75, $6.00 and $9.00. 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