Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-21
SAUCE FOR THE eAN0gR.
A woman's Paper Points Out Ridiculous
 Features in Mems Dress.

EeaCureS In Mems Dress
 Leaving out of the question the cos tune of women, we may call attention to that of man. At the present time it is the fashion to have the chest more exposed than any other part of the body. In the front the waistcoat is open from the lower part of the throat, and in place of being made of uniform thickness at the back, there is only a mere lining. But the exposure is much worse when man assumes evening dress. During the daytime, when man is going about in the open air on his business or pleasure, he wears thick woolen clothes, with stout boots and warm socks or stockings. At night he puts on very thin clothes, vest which is absolutely no protection whatever, very thin shoes, possibly silk stockings, relinquishes his gaiters, and goes out in the open air without any possibility of efficient protection, on his way to concert. theater, CT dinner party, and then. as our contemporary, the Lancet, says, congratulates himself that he is not as those poor silly wom- en who go about with the upper part of their chests bare. Speaking with the medical authority, the Lancet adds: "We are certain, however, that men catch cold from wearing evening dress far more than women do and it be- hooves all who go out in the evening to keep the legs and feet warm, as well as the upper party of the body, and to wear an extra vest to make up for the practical disappearance of the waist coat.
 There is no denying the absolute truth of these very sensible remarks. The foibles of fashion are not con fined to women, and consequently both sexes have to pay the penalty for in- dulging in them. Every medical man is familiar with a large number of in- stances of men mourning severe illness, which not infrequently end fatally, from their exposure to cold in evening dress after frequcnting warm sitting rooms or crowded theaters. concerts or assem blies Fashion is as imperative with regard to the costume of men as to that of women. The hideousness of the useless and inconvenient chimney pot hat is tolerated only because of cur familiarity with it's ugliness, and can not be excelled by any article of feni- nine attire. It does not protect the head in winter; it is worse than useless in summer Being impervious, it con fines the precipitation. and is the cause of a very considerable amount of the badness that affiicts the male portion of humanity Tn use it is so inconven- lent that travellers are only glad to lay it one side and assume cap of more convenient and sensible shape. In ugli- ness and incongrEity with the lines of the face it is impossible to conceive anything more pronounced The stiff head covering of the Parsee fire wor- shipers is beautiful by comparison. And yet this covering is the most cherished article of male attire. The tender care with which the wearer takes it off and smooth it's ruffled texture with their handkerchief or glove cannot be ex- celled by that which is bestowed upon any portion of the costume of the other sex Men may laugh and jeer at the excess of the crinoline, the suggestive ness of eelslzin dresses, the inappropri- ateness of trailing trains, but their ieers and arguments are alike power less while they still wear their stove pipe hatS.-Queen.