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STAGE AN “ 1862 ” EXHIBIT Go after a piece of novelty for a show window or a lobby display. Assemble a collection of relics of the period, these illustrated on this page being only a few of the possibilities. Headline the display: RELICS OF 1862 —Used in BUSTER KEATON’S Spectacular Comedy "The General.” Interest is added by marking each object with a humorous caption. (Note—No mats or cuts of these illustrations are available.) THE HOOPSKIRT Ladies perambulated in skirts which were draped over a frame like this, and wore pantalettes to mask the ankles. On windy days all you saw was all you saw. PEPPERBOX PISTOL The barrels revolved instead of the cylinder. You saw five deaths every time you looked into the muzzle. No wonder Vicksburg fell. MOUSTACHE CUP Every he-man wore hirsute soup- strainers, but was strangely finicky about coffee. When inhaling Java he insisted upon a guard rail to shield his alfalfa. No dining room was complete with¬ out one of these obstructions to reach¬ ing across the boarding house table. They became unpopular because too many boarders were wounded while reaching. FLOWERED VEST Everybody tried to look like a Mis¬ sissippi steamboat gambler by wearing vests like this. Now they use these vests for Persian carpets. rr‘l WHAT-NOT The funniest thing about a what¬ not, next to its name, was that it had shelves for heirlooms. This has disap¬ peared along with chin whiskers and cottage organs. POKE BONNET This headgear comes in every ten years, but it really flourished in 1862 . The answer is that you can’t spoil a really pretty girl no matter what you put on her head or neck. CAMEO BROOCH That was when there was no other kind. People also wore hair watch chains, chignons and strap pantaloons. You have eighty-five guesses as to what a chignon is. STAYS If a woman went on the street with¬ out a whalebone corset on she felt com¬ pletely undressed. Ladies never died from not wearing stays, but whaling captains had to live. Page Four