Physical culture . oeraph, copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. The large commodious trousers worn by the younger male citizens of Holland 404 PHYSICAL CULTURE humanity, in its idiotic obedience to thedemands of fashion, doesnt attempt tohelp itself or change the shape of its leg-coverings. As for the small evils such as chafing,skin abrasions and general discomfort,but little need be said. Yet even inthese things, there is no reason in theworld why a man should suffer, exceptthat fashion decrees that he shall. Butsuffer he does, and in all probability willcontinue to do so, unless he is
Physical culture . oeraph, copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. The large commodious trousers worn by the younger male citizens of Holland 404 PHYSICAL CULTURE humanity, in its idiotic obedience to thedemands of fashion, doesnt attempt tohelp itself or change the shape of its leg-coverings. As for the small evils such as chafing,skin abrasions and general discomfort,but little need be said. Yet even inthese things, there is no reason in theworld why a man should suffer, exceptthat fashion decrees that he shall. Butsuffer he does, and in all probability willcontinue to do so, unless he is relieved bysome of his more courageous fellows of. The flowing trousers worn by Greeksand Albanians the sort that are now trying to improvethe trousers out of existence. Another thing against the trousers is,that they are very unclean and whereuncleanliness is, there health cannot is true that the under-garments gen-erally worn with trousers absorb a por-tion of the incidental perspiration, but agood deal of it goes through these to finda permanent and putrifying lodgment inthe cloth of the outer garment. Astrousers are never washed, the perspira-tion gathers until the material is simply soaked with it. At the same time, thereis a growing accumulation of dirt, dustand disease germs that makes the gar-ment a sort of peripatetic your trousers inside out, reader,and examine the seams. As for the artistic side of the question,there can be but one opinion. Trousers,whether they be of the pegtop, mili-tary, horsey, coster, or medi-um variety, are most homely, and someof the fashions just named, accentuatetheir native h
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