1300–1400 in European fashion this period, the most dignified figures, like King Charles in the illustration, continue to wear long overgowns—although as the Royal Chamberlain, de Vaudetar was himself a person of very high rank. This abandonment of the gown to emphasise a tight top over the torso, with breeches or trousers below, was to become the distinctive feature of European men's fashion for centuries to come. Men had carried purses up to this time because tunics did not provide pockets. The funeral effigy and "achievements" of Edward, the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral, who died in 1376, show the military version of the
Frederick Gilbert King of the Boston Pacific Oil Company, died on a Southern Pacific train today en route from Taft, Kern county, where he had gone on business. King complained of feeling ill as the train neared Byron, Contra Costa county. Dr. E.R. McPheeters of Modesto, a passenger on the train was summoned, but King had passed away before he could aid him. The body was brought to Berkeley where relatives were notified. As president and general manager of the Boston Pacific Oil Company, King was one of the best known oil men in the west. He was a former mining engineer, but