The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-01-28
MANS COLUMN.

CONDUCTED BY COG AND MAGoG.]
Ever since that little episode in the
early history of man when he learned
the serious but important lesson ri good
and evil, and the sad fact that n.his
search for knowledge, he found dame
nature, though prolific in bestowing
favors on all creatures below him, yet
for him this partial mother, nature, had
prepared no leaves, feathers, hair nor
scales. An increase of liberty and
knowledge, here began his first lesson
in desire and responsibility. ''They
were naked and ashamed" Here in
the dawn of early manhood this knight
Of the pruning knife and his lady had
to give up their God-given occupation of
gardening to the man-created clothing
business, and made themselves aprons
OF fig leaves"
So far as sacred history records this
interesting drama of Paradise, male
and female began life on basis OF
equality. True, after the Punishment
the penalty imposed on Adam does
seem little favorable, whether as q
reflex OF his own moral standard or az
reward for volunteering states evidence
against Eve, the students of ancient
lore are not agreed.
But one thing sure, the Lord made
them coats OF skin, and just when Adam
began the reform in dress and spared
neither his coat Of shins nor the petit
coat and started onward and upward,
we can only suppose he followed the
natural law of necessity and eelf-preeer-
va M Iah do oil h. &c
all natural forces where the resistance
ia the least, and man as the only primi-
tive force in his development as an ag-
riculturist found the bifurcated garment
affording the least resistance to his
farming pursuit of raising wheat and
corn by the Sweat OF bis BROW" 80
the flowing robes and maternity-the
raising Cain-was left to Mother Eve.
And now still the enthusiastic novelty
hunter has been reforming the femi-
nine costume. vainly endeavoring to
beautlfy and simplify the furbelowed,
berufflsG and bemufiied clothes OF
Mother Eve to suit her modern daugh-
ters. Hopeless task for Jenness Millers
to battle against custom which for time
immemorial has always been true tea
timony that thing is right.
This is the age OF investigation, which
from the mere pleasure OF reasoning
from effect to cause must develop an
army of reformers, and we may yet hear
OF q Jack Miller ready to begin the work
OF reforming the preconceived infallible
costume of man.
Oscar Wilde tried it only in an artistic
way as to material and colors, with no
reference to the hygienic, scientific or
economic laws of mans physical and
moral we'll being. But how can the av-
erage man find time to reform dress or
himself, now everything ia to be re-
formed, and reform itself almost meta
physical science? Tariff re .orm is mud
ding the masculine congress Just now,
and the old tried warriors In debate
seem more at loss in parliamentary
rulings than did the women in Chicago
as to where they were at" Some of
these tariff reformere could not get the
proposition OF IAN amendment to an
amendment as different or the same as
. substitute, and as words multiplied
ideas fed, and tariff for revenue or pro-
lection, duties on raw or duties ON re.
tined sugar or bounties on home manu-
features, the Dutch standard and the
polariscoPsa teat, brought the sugar