The record-union., 1894-12-21
THE GARB NASCULIN e.
Oakland Times,1

Those nervous people who have been
apprehenslye OF revolution in feminine
attire beyond what bicycling has called
for have really little reason to suppose
that women Will ever adopt the complete
masculine garb. The masculine garment.
whether it be the coat, the vest or the
trousers, is failure. and there is not the
slightest likelihood that any woman
would consent to appear in any complete
male attire after little experience with
the unsatisfactory wardrobe of man.
w hat would woman feel on discover
ing that after wearing her new coat
week the lining had dropped a quarter of
an inch below the tails? What would she
do when her coat-sleeves began to crawl
up to her shoulders And how would she
endure the wrinkles in her wastcoat
The task of pulling down her vest would
not only be more disagreeable than that
OF grabbing her skirts, but il would be
so ungraceful that no woman would think
OF repeating 1t. AS to trousers, so alb
surdIy ugly and unmangeable garment
would hardly be tolerated by any woman
however progressive or extraYagant her
ideas might be.
There are girls who look very pretty in
mems caps, and who wear them often.
but If they were aware that this sort OF
headgear is productive OF thin hair and
badness, no doubt the cap would soon
disappear. There is really nothing in
male attire that is desirable for either man
or woman. 1t is only his poverty OF in
vention that has kept man in coats and
trousers. He will discard them the mo-
ment he finds something better
HARD TIMES.
Mail of Woodlandl
Despite all prophesies and assurances
to the contrary OF the wise men, the
business depression is still on, with no
immediate prospect Of deliverance from
the hardships Of Democratic good
times" The conviction seems very gem
eral that the shrinkage and outright
losses OF the past two years have been on
such colossal scale as to prelude any
reasonable hope of q sudden reaction
toward general prosperity; but with all
the discouragement growing out of the
industrial depression there is apparent
an increasing confidence that the last
elections have put an etfectual quietus on
any further legislation to aggravate the
ills precip1tated by the vicious rule of the
past twenty months, and the certain
prospect Of return to experienced.
patriotic and responsible leadership in
the next Congress has happily modi-
fed the general feeling of oistrust so
prevalent prior to the Sth ultimo.
1T APPEALS TO Us.
santa Cruz Surf
We ehave been convinced for a lone limo
that there was scientific basis for some
of the claims put forth by the advocates
of the more general use OF fruit and nuts
for food, in other words, that the agitation
for natural food" was something more
than fad.
In the matter of diet, changes ought not
to be radical, but there is tendency based
on sound hygienic principles to include
fresh fruits and nuts in the bill of fare of
every day living to far greater degree
q hn TOM st,.a.,,
To Californians this appeals to that most
tender and susceptible locality-the
pocket-and we have direct personal
and pecuniary interest in the promulea-
ton of the truths advocated by the emf
nent British lecturer now in this city.