In approving the wearing of plain clothes by (Os and petty officers of the Royal Navy. when proceeding on leave from and returning, to home shore establishments, subject to no' tse being made of Service boats, and provided that in no circumstances are the men to come fon voard or leave one of IM. ships out of Uniform", their Lordships of the Admiralty take 4 notable stand which will meet with the warm approval of the hatting trade, They moreover strike w blow for tailors. 'They add that "hats are to be worn" and that the concession wil be withdrawn in "cases where the standard of ap-Pearance does not come up to that, which the men would normally present in uniform". This! Indication of their Lordships' notions of the Im= Portance of decency in dress will be welcomed by all who have begun to wonder where the resent hatless, open-necked, ie-shunning and trouser-eschewing young male of to-day is lead~ ing his generation, The hatless young man, who cultivates a permanent wave in place of the "is curl" of a remote period, will not find mulch encouragement to. join the Royal Navy. Or, it he does, he will be speedily told that sloppiness is not regarded as essential to the freedom which the concession is expected to give. Perhaps this authoritative service comment on the dress which the civilian should be prepared to adopt will have a soothing effect fon the feelings of the Editor of the "Tailor and Cutter" who, nowadays, must suffer agonies even worse than those enjoyed at his annual visit the Royal Academy, as he gazes upon the slipshod masculinity of to-day. But for the susceptibilities and bank balances of his clients he probably would sometimes be inclined to say Stalls get beck to Wwond and'make a good! fob of it
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