It is no reflection on her national prestige or the courage of her army that France, who sends her song on military expeditions in the—hottest and most desolate spots of the earth, should decide to introduce shorts fo¢ the French garrison in Shanghai. It is a move towards reasonable and comfortable dress in unreasonable and uncomfortable conditions. Although the original idea of shorts was probably borrowed from the Boy Scouts, it was first applied to British troops in India. in 1912) and
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