Oh, don't say that!

Some issues of The Clothier and Furnisher had a special gossip column. Not just a chatty column referred to as "the gossip column" in moments when it's official title was forgotten, mind you, but a full blown page, with an elaborate header proclaiming exactly what you would find below.

And in the gossip section of a 1909 issue, I found the following delicious tidbit:

My, what a powerful writer's voice! Our gossip seems tickled giddy, over the introduction of purple silk belts to the 5th avenue menswear scene. I wonder how many gentlemen took full advantage of the new purple accessories, and became "things of beauty" and "joys forever?"