The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . ads are now large, nowsmall, shouldere broad or narrow,waists appear and disappear, figureslose or regain their shape, till human-ity seems a mere adjunct to theclothes it wears. Moralists, mindful of the toil, theexpense, the too frequent folly of itall. declare that these things oughtnot so to be, and some of them insistthat the whole question should be fac-ed in a strictly ultilitarian spirit, pay-ing due attention to health, comfortand decency, and stopping short most of us, though we indig
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . ads are now large, nowsmall, shouldere broad or narrow,waists appear and disappear, figureslose or regain their shape, till human-ity seems a mere adjunct to theclothes it wears. Moralists, mindful of the toil, theexpense, the too frequent folly of itall. declare that these things oughtnot so to be, and some of them insistthat the whole question should be fac-ed in a strictly ultilitarian spirit, pay-ing due attention to health, comfortand decency, and stopping short most of us, though we indignant-ly disclaim the love of dress as be-ing amongst our faults or virtues, thisis not enough. Deep down in our se-cret hearts we know that, while thelove of beauty in flowers and fields,in seas and sunlit clouds, in noblefaces and fair pictures is a preciousgift and a possession to be cultivated,the love of beauty in dress can hard-ly be a crime. And the love of beauty does notexhaust all the possibilities of simple,innocent pleasure in dress. Uliilesome people can derive no satisfac-. A YOUNG MAN OF SOUTH BRITTANY 362
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