European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hats take a trimming � 4 f latest dirt on lederhosen up to Date Tongue in Cheek report on the bedecked Fedora and Vintage pants set by Jack Walters staff writer an obscure austrian publication Alpine report and business monthly says there is a tremendous up curve inthe sales of bavarian and tyrolean hats to americans in  out says the monthly for these telltale signs if you Seeva person in Nar Row Cut Ivy league Slacks wearing bavarian headgear usually tipped so far Forward Over the eyes that he resembles a Pony express rider Fennimore Cooper in reverse it s an  the  question traditionally sport a number of badges and gew Gaws the latter including perhaps a tuft of Goat s Beard or. Eagle feathers All sup posed to symbolize the prestige or feats of the wearer such As what mountains he May have climbed arid which clubs he May have joined. Also the shape and the Way these hat were creased originally designated areas from which the wearers hailed. All that is changed since the  adopted the hats the publication continues. The Yankee Wapenhaus Sells not Only the hats but a variety of pins some of which were evidently inspired on thespot without Benefit of customs or tradition. For example,.a pin with a Mountain Eer s crossed ice a and Alpi Stock with Frankfurt am stamped on  this mean the publication asks that the wearer has climbed Frankfurt other pins Are Scottie dogs and race horses Hialeah maybe or Beer  Bona tide pin is the St. Hubert Hunt ing badge a Small Silver head of a Deer with a Cross above be Antlers. The Story that goes with it is this a Duke one Day went Deer  happened to be a sunday no Deer Hunting allowed. St. Hubert appeared inthe Guise of a Deer and in no Uncertain terms informed the Duke of his wrong doing. The Duke it s said went Home and was never quite the same  the edelweiss pin no relation to Ivy league membership has its own heart warming Story a sprig of the. Herb is collected from a Mountain slope sometime sat the risk of breaking one s neck sealed in a locket and Given by the Young Man in love to his girl to be worn like a fraternity pin or As a Pendant. If it winds up on the hat that s obviously another Story. The publication concludes that the aus Trian chamber of Commerce is How work ing out lyrics to be Sung to a Mozart fugue beginning i love a Man who wears a bavarian1 or tyrolean  Sung by Maria Schell this will be played three times daily except sunday in All hamlets and villages where americans Are vacationing. Another item from the same general area which is popular with americans is Lederle Boscn Short leather pants. Mothers particularly Are overjoyed when their Young sons affect a pair. Strict local Cus Tom enforced through fear of ostracism or outright ridicule has it that lederhosen must never never be washed. This bit of information was obtained from a talkative old gentleman who lives in a Small bavarian Village near Munich Herr Dopp Elgarten. He has worn Leder , he says since he was nine wee sold and of course he has never washed them. To do so he Saj a would be to lose face. And he tells a Story on his father who had inherited his lederhosen from his great Grandfather and who during a siege of the 7-year-itch, was finally driven one hot night to remove his lederhosen pre Paratory to washing them when they ran off or bugged out As it were. They were last seen rapidly descending the South slope of the Brenner pass. All this is conveyed As a warning to americans contemplating the Purchase of a pair of led Rhonn. After buying them slip off to the nearest Muddy Field or belter yet to a swamp open the package containing the pants and stomp them Well into the mud. When they attain the flexibility and Hue of old Tennis shoes the May be worn. Oil grease ashes and other agents May be used to facilitate the process. On the whole however it might be bet Ter to buy them second hand although the Price May be outrageous. But this Way you re in Man and even your Best Friend won t know you let alone Tell you. Monday july 27, 1959 -ivtf.iirrt.n-.r,-.--4.y-rr---rlr---it1i.v.ritvi.j1 ., the stars and stripes Page i1