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helpful to strangers. ‘ESSAYS’ For relaxation and after-dark KANSAS CITY. Mo. (UPP are c i n e- entertainment, there A number of spiritual messages Lists Facts cafes Quaint mas, theaters, sidewalk written by Bishop Fulton Sheen clubs. the and night During will appear on a boxed selec- summer months, there also are tion of Christmas cards this outdoor concerts and About Men's operas. year. Clothing Focal point of Rome’s “Dolce NEW YORK (UPI) — Did- A spokesman for Hallmark Via” night-life is the famed Via you know that for the heart.” This Cards said the distinguished legislation “protection Venato, a broad tree-lined bou- habit is attributed to a Catholic prelate, author and against “improper exposure” health levard of cabarets, clubs, cafes, started the Bermuda short? Did of Croa- lecturer had prepared the col- mercenary regiment fashionable shops and luxury know that a tie tians with the French lection of miniature “essays” you originated serving hotels. Tables at the side- as a for the heart”? in Paris in the middle on the spiritual significance of “protection Army walk cafes along the Via often Did you know that the buttons of the 17th century. The Croats Christmas and that his royal- are filled into the early morn- on men's coat sleeves got there —or Cravates, as the French ties were being donated to var- ing hours by tourists hoping to because Napoleon didn’t want called them—wore long strips ious charities including the So- spot some visiting celebrity. his soldiers wiping their noses of muslin or lace tied at the ciety for the Propagation of 'he There are restaurants featur- on well, not using a hand- throat and rippling down their Faith, the world-wide mis ion ing almost every type of cui- kerchief? chests as magical protection organization of which he is na- These and other facts on nu- for the heart—and the style is tional director. merous facets of men’s fashions supposed to have been popular- BE CAREFUL American. And are compiled in a neat little ized by Louis XIV. sine, including WITH FIRE. “American booklet called “A Fashion His- —Fedora. A soft felt hat with there are numerous bars” with bartenders who tory for Men only”, compiled the crown creased lengthwise— ¥00 CAN’T themselves on mixing a by the British Woollens indus- originally with a high roll on pride BUY BACK Martini or other American- try on what it calls the “bland the side. “Fedora” was the her- dry favored cocktails. assumption that a little miscel- oine of a drama by Sardou first A FOREST! laneous information always will play in England in 1884, but her 6 Nurses Association officers and dent; Miss Marge Ferrouiliat, second vice-president; Mrs. =n come in handy.” name stuck to a man’s hat. NURSES ELECT—District and Mrs. member board The booklet leads off with ar- board of director members installed recently are, from left, Ruby Partin, treasurer; Evelyn Stone, —Gauntlet. you Something committee Mrs. Mae of directors. Not is Mrs. Nina Bartlett, member nomi- mor and works to Mrs. Nancy Willis, nominating member; pictured through take up or fling down. (See Diners From Far member board of directors; Mrs. W. B. Jones, presi- nating committee and installing officer. (Chronicle Staff Photo) worsteds—What? No X, Y, or Webster). Bowen, Z in men’s wear? I —Habit. There are good ones Armor started as a metal twisting streets and buildings in And Near Know and bad ones. Good ones are covering the body, formerly 'Pans' the older parts of the city. worn by monks and by well- Trinidad used as protection in battle. Av- Most Roads Still The Fountains dressed equestriennes. serve it weight then—65 pounds, There's no food quite like they erage —Hatband bow. A survival of Are And the fountains, gracing al- for a small man, said the pub- By-Product most and at this small restaurant. That's the fighting man’s plume, worn every piazza park unique, lication. and even some street corners. for love of a He wore it Gulf Coast visitors for 25 have Other information: lady. From Oil Drums Rome why years To no tourist should fail on Lead Certainly the to it out of the left keep to a —Bermuda shorts. A fashion to visit the Piazza gone miles out of their way enjoy of a thrust. Men Trinidad By MURRAY J. BROWN picturesque named because way rapier PORT-Of-SPAIN, begun by men, di Trevi where, to luncheon or dinner at TRILBY'S. it still wear the bow on the left (UPI) — What could anyone United Press International the Roman Forum of the according Try women, as is their way, at- one should toss a coin with Caesars. tradition, j see to today. possibly do 9,000 empty de Lille you'll why! tempted corrupt it. Gover- Back in 1175, Alain into the fountain to ensure his today —Pea jacket. The short, jaun- oil drums every year. Any- Who could not look with awe nors of Bermuda, unable to wrote: “A thousand roads lead return to Rome. ty sailor’s reefer popularized in where else in the world the at the Dome on women from men forever to Rome.” About Michelangelo keep wearing — the 19th Count D’Or- One of the best and most TRILBY'S is small and intimate, so it's best to re- rushed century by 44-gallon steel containers prob- Jean de La St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican shorts, through legisla- 500 years later, for the first- say, a famous dandy of the could be sold for a hand- his Pieta the economical—ways serve. Call TR 54426. tion to control the length, pro- ably Fontaine put it more succinctly: City, depicting day. He in the rain some as j Madonna the time visitor to see most of the vided Hamilton bobbies with got caught price scrap. “All roads lead to Rome.” sorrowing holding without a the is via the tours of- coat, purchased But tere in where body of the dead Christ across highlights rulers so they could measure Trinidad, The centuries-old ON HIGHWAY 90 AT OCEAN SPRINGS from a sailor— saying prob- frescoes of the fered by licensed sightseeing If shorts jacket passing that many empty drums disap- her lap, his improper exposure. ably was never more than in This is true and by the 1850’s, the style was from circulation each Creation of the World and the agencies. especially 12 to 2 and 5 to 10 were more than two inches pear this of and mass Serving a favorite in both Britain and age jet speed Who could not if the tourist is unfamiliar with wom- are used to making Last Judgment. above the knee, the guilty year, they Tourists pour the United States. Name comes transportation. be thrilled his statue of an the Italian language, even CLOSED MONDAYS an was fined. (And sent to Ja- music. Oil drums are treasured by from the Dutch word de- into Rome from all corners of Italians Pij, as raw material for angry Moses about to smash though many speak- maica?” producing as the warm wool- the world by air these days, some and to be scribing rough, one of the most musi- the Holy Commandments and English try —Blazer. Credited to the cap- amazing well as land and sea. len fabric. by other and tain of H. M. S. Blazer. In or- cal instruments in the world, the sculptures paint- —Sleeve buttons. Not a pretty Italian tourist sources esti- to his der to spruce up his motley, un- the “pan.” ings attesting genius. but have to admit mate that up to 6 million per- in the story you’ll which has become One can spend hours the kempt crew, skipper The pan, the Eternal in HOLD DOWN FUEL BILLS Napoleon was practical. He sons visited City Vatican Museums or the Bor- | the men with metal- the national symbol of this lit- equipped added sleeve buttons to the 1962 and predicted that even buttoned blue serge jackets. tle tropical island off the north- ghese galleries—treasure-troves French Army uniform—to keep more will visit there in 1963. of and the Modern blazers are often ! ern coast of South American is statuary paintings by his men from wiping their noses (National and state tourist of- and artists but to this the basic instrument of a com- greatest sculptors brightly striped, day, fices recommend ar- on their sleeves. making over the centuries—Da Vinci, they always have metal but- bo or orchestra and there can in advance if —Stovepipe hat. A London rangements well Botticelli, Bellini, Ti- tons. be anywhere from eight or 10 Raphael, hatter in the 1860's created a you plan to visit Rome or other to tian, Caravaggio, Bernini, —Bootstrap. Something to 200 of them. resorts in new high silk hat. When he | famed cities and Giotto. pull yourself up by. More peo- The raw oil drum is cut off wore it for the first time a j Italy.) There are seores of other ple should use it. at the bottom or end and curious crowd gathered and the bung The American making his attractions — the —Bowler. Designed by a the is stretched sightseeing hatter was arrested for “incit- top by beating first visit can’t but marvel of Caesar once help Mausoleum Augustus, horseman who lost his hat it into a convex The FIBERGLASS INSULATION comfort conditions home for sum- a riot.” The hat was de- shape. at Rome’s and of San An- your ] too often.