There are 219 branches of the Independent Labour Party in Scotland, 17 branches of the British Socialis Party, 5 branches of the Fabian Society, 19 branches of the Socialist Labour Party, 53 Scottish Divisional Labour Parties, 25 Women's Sections of the Labour Party, and in addition there is—the Fife Communist League!
garner these details from a pocket diary for 1920, which has been sent me, I presume, as tribute to my democratic spirit. oe perhaps it is because they suspect my democratic spirit. I admit that the figures thrill me, I feel as if the millennium were, at least, a week nearer, and that it is up to me to purchase a copy of the "Red Flag' without delay, so that when "The Day" arrives I may slip past the barricades and be hailed as a Citizen!—or is it Brother?
The little diary contains a remarkable amount of information to the square inch. I learn from it that there are 60 Socialist Sunday Schools in Scotland and 7 Proletarian Schools. There are also cycling clubs, swimming clubs, field and rambling clubs, a_Soc-laiist Teachers' Society, a Study Circle, a Plebs League, a Proletarian College, a Workers' Educational Association, and the Clyde Workers' Silver Band The extent of the organization may surprise you; it certainly did surprise me. I wonder what the Middle-Class Union can show Ly way of comparison? It is all very well to smile at some of the big names quoted above, and put the smiles on paper by the help of marks of exclamation; but one caanot help feeling that something very threatening lies behind the figures in this little pocket-book diary.
Due Garp or Or Gaur.
The kilt is becoming increasingly popular among young Scots as a dress for wear at dances. This is not so much a sign of the Celtic Revival as a legacy from the war, when so many Lowlanders joined,, or were drafted into Highland regiment. The bright. reds and. greens (it is generally bright. tartans that are chosen) cheer a ballroom. considerably, and. few costumes set off a good masculine figure so well.
It is amusing, however, to. observe how conventional evolution. has dealt with the Highland costume. By what flights of sartorial fancy were the lace stock,. the diamond-shaped buttons, and the detachable pearl added to the essentially simple rig-out of the clansmen? It has been a process of rather stilted refinement.
The same state of things is ap. Parent in the military version of" the kilt and its accompanying vestments. Indeed the ballroom kilt and its military variety are really-creations of the modern tailor.
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