Show the fashions ol oi late years have been awful q few absurdities of heaven knows men have men s fashions an absolute right to object to them or would have if by J P WASHBURNE new york they themselves were not vulnerable for the sake of if variety I 1 would therefore like to call attention to some male absurdities in the matter of dress we complain that the women change their styles too frequently they do so do the men both sexes seem to have lost understanding 9 of of the fact that it is vise wise to hold fast to that which is good and instead seem to seek only no novelty v elty take mens hats the straw hats of one year are distinguished by low crowns and brims as wide as umbrellas the next year the crowns rival chimneys in height and the brims need a telescope to see them one year the shoulders of mens clothes bulge with pounds of felt padding the next year they are angular with the outline ia of shoulder dei dez bones one year trousers are wide vide enough to lo furnish material for three ehret extra pairs the next year they are arc tight light enough 0 for a harlequin but why go on can ve nse men consistently throw stones at the women from our own crystal palaces |