Still, extremes of heat and cold will go a long ways towards leading even men to' see the light of reason. We read that, during the recent Polly" trial in London, Mr. Austin's copyright action against the Columbia Grampohone Company, Mr. Justice Astbury and Mr, Luxmore, k.c "removed their wigs on account of the unusual warmth of the day. Whether proceedings were properly legal without the usual headgear we are not prepared to state.
Shanghai men have indeed pro-grossed along the road to comfort so far as to wear white during the hot months. Many of the daring wear only soft collars, though others are still in bondage to starch. Why not the tennis shirt style universally, with a V-opening modest enough not to offend "M."? And why the coat? Men cling to this garment as if their claim to birth and breeding depended upon its wearing, whereas it only produces prickly heat and discomfort, which makes for bad manners rather than good, As soon as men get away to a summer resort where the temperature is doubtless several degrees more endurable than in town they immediately take to: shorts, But would they adopt: this eminently suitable costume for business purposes? Our imagination, albeit of the liveliest description, refuses to compass this flight. And why shouldn't men do their part in adding to the picturesqueness of the fai scape. Why should they shirk their part in providing pleasurable colour symphonies to delight the eyes of the passer-
Men" used to be as keen as their sisters on the proper style of lace ruffles, the plumes of a fashionable tri<corne, the cut of knee; breeches and buckled sheen and silk hosiery to set off a shapely leg. No doubt many a feminine -"M" made caustic remarks as to their extravagant and profligate display even if she did not write to the papers of that time. Methinks that in the past quite as many sumptuary laws have been directed against men as women.
Were it necessary to argue the fact that men would dress as gaily and as comfortably as women if they only dared, we might point to the regalia of the Shriners, red fez,. gold star, scimitar, and crescent and attendant camel. And far be it from us to decry this effort to break away fromthe sombre drabness of the usual masculine attire. It doubtless represents the -expres-
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