Half a world away we have often thought commiseratingly of the primly garbed workers sweltering for their ideals of suitable dressing, of the opaquely clad shoppers who could not be seen in town without a coat. We have wasted much pity upon them, having supposed that section of the world to have suspended progress when we left it. But inquiries from friends on the spot revealed our egregious error and the good commonsense of the world at large. No longer 1s "The City" allowed to dictate discomfort under the shibboleth of "Good Form." Comfort has found its way through the defences of that conventional metro, polis and its streets doubtless are not very different from those of Shanghai, save as the cost of laundry restricts the wearing of white clothes.
Progress is inevitable, thanks be! Women have progressed well towards the maximum of comfort. Why do men lag behind? It seems to us that they only do so because they are more conventional.. What strong man would dare to wear flannels on a hot day in some Home city if he felt that he would be the only comfortably attired male? A woman. on the ether hand, provided she had sufficient initiative and a good-looking thin frock would be glad to wear it and would glory in the fact that she was. the only daring female. Of course~ the frocks would have to. be a creation which would justify the innovation,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.