Evening star., 1933-07-30

HE chief drawback to nudtSm accord
ing to those who have tried it, Is its
bleak monotony. The human hide
becomes uniform, unrelieved by any
insignia of rank. 1t offers no op-
portunities for display Of taste or
originality Although it undergoes a complete
change every seven years, the process Is TOO
gradual to excite comment, and textile manu-
facturers can console themselves with the re-
Election that the maSseuse will never take the
place of the couturiere.
wealthy lady nudist may find certain
wistful pleasure in selecting from her extensive
wardrobe the frocks that she is not going to
wear each day. But none OF her 1r1enos Is
likely to hatter her vanity by rushing up ana
crying MY dear, don't tell me you have an
other chin! How perfectly ducky! You must
give me the address of your grocer"
Complete absence of clothing not only robs
the individual of his individuality but limits
the scope of his activities. The devotees OF
freikorperkultur have much to say ABOUT the
glorious freedom of capering around unciad:
but it must be obvious that capering cannot
be kept up indefinitely. Sooner or later you
must sit down: Sooner, II you step on oat OF
broken glass; later if you lack the endurance
of marathon dancer
And there's the rub; in fact it is more than
a rub-it is almost an abrasion. The nadsst
cannot fling himself down anywhere, wisn tae
nonchalance Of trouSered conservative he
must choose his seat judiciously taking care
to avoid sharp twigs wiry grass, anth1ls, gravel,
sandburrs poison ivy and cigarette STUBS. DE
cannot perch comfortably on Stumps, logs,
fence rails, pine planks or rustic benches
Even conventional wicker furniture leaves
pattern on his back-the mark OF cane. mo-
toring canoeing, bicycling, roller skating ana
many forms of recreation are more PAINFUL
than pleasant when the participants are d.
prived Of the protection OF cloth and 1eeshsr
Never Is mans resemblance to the lower n
vertebrates more apparent than when he Is
forked out Of his half shell Of clothing and
plumped down in the midst Of this machine
made world without even . sprig OF parsley.
For one thing-or, to be more precise, tor at
least hak . dosen things-he has no pockets.
This means that he must stand In the SIN,
uneasy attitude of q high school elocutton1st
who has been instructed to "let the hands hang
naturally at the sides" or else fold his arms In
q Napoleonesque pose. And as Tor his fountain
pen watch keys, money, cigarettes and MAtches
they must be either suspended In . crouch
bag around his neck or left at home.
Yet there Is possibility that eventually the
human hide may be as variegated, II not as
practical as clothing is today. Styles in cuticle
change with the seasons and although the
colonels lady and Judy O'Grady are sisters
under the skin, they manage to display q
startling assortment of flesh tints In the course
of year. During the early part Of the SUM
mer they sun themselves cautiously with
stop-watch In one hand and mirror In the
other BY degrees they approach the particu-
lar shade which current fashion DEGREES. And
then one day about the middle OF July, they
discover to their horror that they are too
brown. They have overdone 1t ana them