The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-02-09

The eternal fitness Of things is grossly
violated when u man with II silk hat
takes his meals in "A cheap restaurant -
Ex.
I. is perfectly proper fora decent man
10 wear Il silk hat, provided he pays cash
for it when he buys it and wearing
uch q hat, II is perfectly proper for him
"a dine in II cheap restaurant, the opin
ion Of others to the contrary notwith
landing When he buys II silk hat he
g,t- full value for his money In first
rla-e restaurant he would probably not
1ct full value for the charges made A
duilara day house often gives better
-pical than another ~ 90 house in the
same village or city And as for the
eternal fitness Of things it may be said
that ~ applied TO customs, fashions and
etiquette, such thing does not exist
here Is nothing fDHm about such
thngs |, used to be "a part of the
eternal fitness Of things to put invest-
gators and scientists to death and to
prosecute benefactors Of the human
race Later ii waH part of the eter-
nal fitness OF things To prosecute PEOPLE
charged with wiichcraft and to hang
qtalcrs, 10 have sunptuary lava to
use the stocks and the pillory for punish
ing culprts, etc. There was u time
when gentlemen in England, France,
America and elsewhere dressed like
harlequins or huifoons. If any man
should now dress and powder his hair
WA the 4igncra of the Declaration of In
dependence did. he would he examined
n4 10 li4 mental condition There Is
uothing eternal about what is proper in
mo matter OF wearing apparel. The go
cailed eternal fitness Of things, as
u~cd IN this connection changes from
century To century and, is different in
different nations That this applies to
etiquette could he illustrated with II
lhouaud examples In JciiersOn's days
10 WITS proper to drink tea from saucer
here was u time when il was proper to
uat PIE from the hand and to use knife
iu conveying food to the mouth Verify
table etiquette changes There is moth
INK eternal about it, Fashion is II
lyraut that Lends the world by the
nose All honor to those that have the
moral courage to brush aside each and
every rude TINT isnot founded in good
sense, right truth, and Justice To II
barge extent the eternal fitness of
things change, about once in four
veek-
Considered 10y itself the silk hat may
not comport with the dining in cheap
restaurant But the injustice of the
criticism lies in the fact that there are
thousands Of other things in pairs. trip.
let. bankruptcies and So on al nfini-
lua which are far more Incompatible
aud set escape CeuHure When n man
VINO pays his debts and lives within ha
means, buys SILK NAT lfur spot cashl,
He i- criticised when his suit ovcrcoat,
h4.a etc do not COMFORT with E: he il
criticised when his bank account, resi-
dcner furnishings equipaRe etc. do
not comport with the hat he affects
l}nf WHOM he wears {. good suit of clothes
am an culinary derby bat and uses IS
INSTEAD Of investing it in silk hat in
''lleziuR up. We hear nothing about
iae eternal fitness Of things having
ben violated Many student who
occupies one small bare room or who IL
member Of boarding club whose
daily bill of fare is several degrees below
that served Al IA cheap restaurant wears
R,Dd clothing and silk hat Many a
pielentious house If inortgnged Bcauti-
ill setr u furniture fine rugs, pianos,