. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . be ex-plained by the fact that while the occupa-tions of the man take him out of doors,the woman is usually relegated to the house,and so has not found the necessity of dis-carding the old tropical garb. Further,may it not be regarded as a significant factthat the emancipation of woman, soimportant a social item in the last half cen-tury, has been accompanied by the occasionaladoption of rational costume for certainout-door occupations such as cycling ? 10 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS It is noticeable
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . be ex-plained by the fact that while the occupa-tions of the man take him out of doors,the woman is usually relegated to the house,and so has not found the necessity of dis-carding the old tropical garb. Further,may it not be regarded as a significant factthat the emancipation of woman, soimportant a social item in the last half cen-tury, has been accompanied by the occasionaladoption of rational costume for certainout-door occupations such as cycling ? 10 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS It is noticeable that in countries wheremuch outdoor work is performed by thefemale members of the household the latterare often found to have adopted the garmentwhich is usually considered typical of thesterner sex ; this is common as near homeas Champcrj^ in Switzerland (see p. 29).The amount of clothing worn by a people,however, is not absolutely conditioned byclimate, as can be seen by comparing thevery full costume of the Arabs with thealmost complete nakedness of the in-habitants of the extremity of South. Pi!o!ograJ>h by B, Cerneli, Esq. SAKAl GIRLS, MALAY STATES. The cenlral figure is wearing the nose-pin which is a common ornament among primitive peoples. America, where practically arctic condi-tions prevail. But the clothing of the women of theworld will be amply illustrated in thesubsequent pages. Here we need onlyrecall the original purpose of clothes andornament—to make the wearer beautifulin the e\es of the other sex, and especiallyof the suitor. As is knowTi to every grown-up person,not to speak of many who are onlygrowing up, courtship is a serious matter, and while itLove and j^sts it ap-Courtship, ^ pears to be a very engrossing occu-pation. The beginning ofcourtship can be tracedin the tender unconsciouspremonitions of child-hood, no less than in theunmistakable love motiveof a large class of games,which are sometimes remi-niscences of old and longforgotten marriage cus-
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