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Show Fondness for Fine Clothes. A young nobleman who died some time ago was found to possess a wardrobe ward-robe so vast that if he had worn each garment only once he must have spent his whole day in changing. hei us be thankful that God took this dear brother before the blight of the tailors' tail-ors' strike descended upon him. He could never have survived its privations. priva-tions. And yet this mania for buying clothes is not necessarily a mark of effeminacy. In fact, if we go back into history we find that it has often accompanied an exceptional valor and courage. The cavaliers of England under Charles I. were tremendous fighters, but how they did love to decorate dec-orate themselves and perfume themselves. them-selves. Wallenstein's men In Germany were veritable fire-eaters, but how beautiful they were to look at. Never a woman thought more of laces and furbelows, of scents and ribbons. And it is upon record that Cllve, the hero of Plassy, once ordered "two hundred shirts, the best and finest that lova and money could buy." But let us hope that the tailors' strike will soon come to an end and that the jeunesse doree will be .able to resume Its ancient an-cient custom of ordering a new suit the first thing after breakfast every morning. London Mail. |