To-day when figures shew that the stiff collar is gradually dying out, manufacturers are looking with veneration at. a tablet on a house in Troy, New York. The tablet commemorates the invention of the stiff collar. The culprit was a woman--a blacksmith's wife. And she lived 100 years ago. Mrs Hannah Lord Montague was 30. She washed her husband's shirts, which had collars attached to them—soft ones. But she noticed during her washing that the collar was always dirtier than the shirt. This gave her an inspiration. She cut off the collars of the shirts put bands on the shirts, and starched the now separate collars. Sne found that they stayed cleaner longer. Mr Montague was pleased, and told his friends. Thuy was the stiff collar given to the world. 1
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20997, 27 October 1933, Page 14
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