Basque (clothing) Basque (clothing) A basque is an item of women's clothing. The term, of French origin, originally referred to types of bodice or jacket with long tails, and in later usage a long corset, characterized by a close, contoured fit and extending past the waistline over the hips. It is so called because the original French fashion for long women's jackets was adopted from Basque traditional dress. In contemporary usage it refers only to a long item of lingerie, in effect a brassiere that continues down, stopping around the waist or the top of the hips, the lower part essentially decorative
James I. Phelps James I. Phelps James Ivey Phelps (June 20, 1875 - 1947) was a Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court from 1925 to 1929, and again in 1935. He was born in Newton, Texas to Elza V., a farmer, and Mary A. (Simmons) Phelps. Elza was a native of Louisiana, and Mary was from Mississippi. James finished his public school education in Newton, Texas then entered and graduated from Ford College in Newton. He then enrolled in the law department at Texas State University, (now called the University of Texas at Austin), where he graduated on June 14, 1899. The day