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Show ANCIENT GRECIAN COSTUME Mr. Raymond Duncan of Philadelphia show? enough absurdity in his choice of the ancient Grecian Gre-cian costume for himself, hi3 wife and four-year-old son, to make him the founder of a new religious cult. When ridiculed for his choice, Mr. Duncan is reported to have pointed out the mental, physical and moral vigor of the original wearers of the winding sheet as proof of its desirability, and dismissed dis-missed the ridiculers with a fine scorn. Perhaps Mr. Duncan is right in maintaining his right and the right of his wife to wear whatsoever costume suits I their fancy, though it requires no sophistry to point out the weakness of his defense of the ancient cos- tume. The flowing Grecian robe was no doubt as much the product of the mild and seductive climate a3 are the skins of the Eskimos the style in the Arctic Arc-tic regions because of the rigors of the frozen north. And the introduction of the costume of ancient Greece into the North American climate of December Decem-ber or January would indicate as strong a knowledge knowl-edge of the fitness of things as would the introduction introduc-tion of the Eskimo's furs into the climate in July or August. Snowdrifts and tuberoses are no more widely separated than the ancient Grecian costume and a Philadelphia winter. Be it said, however, that the Society for the Protection of the Youn? has stepped in and denied the right of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan to turn their four-year-old out in the rigors of the winter without suitable clothing, and has claimed the privilege of giving the boy pants and shoes and stockings, notwithstanding the protest pro-test of the parents and the historic example of vigor of the ancient Greeks cited by them. Pitiable, indeed, is the poor, deluded one who seeks bodily comfort by denying the body the protection pro-tection against the elements which hygiene and horse sense demand. According to an announcement made by the National Civic Federation, which will hold a session k in Washington this month, an effort will be made to promote uniform legislation in the different states regulating the speed of automobiles. Already about half of the states have passed regulations. The maximum speed in fourteen states is twenty -miles an hour; in seven states, twenty-five miles an hour: in five states, fifteen mile3 an hour; in one state, eight miles, while in several others the maximum speed is limited to from ten to forty miles an hour. All of which speed regulation is no doubt more or less useless and unobserved. The only way to enforce en-force speed regulation is to make the possession of tn automobile- capable of developing unlawful speed a misdemeanor. And Buch a law as that will prob ably never be passed. Which moans that automobile automo-bile speed will probably never be regulated by h- |