THE PASSING SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 177, 28 July 1928, Page 8

THE PASSING SHOW.

(By THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.) A DIRGE. .Mourn, in our 11 and rend your hair. For Heeney took ili<' coimt. Weep for tlio valiant Tom. All vanquished over there. Ah, fifty thousaryl fans \\ i<Tr 11(-(] eagerly the frav. Ami Toin, our hero bold. Has lost the fatal day. Lost ! Ail is lost, alns- 1 And Tunney rules the roast. Supreme in fistic ari. Well may the Yankees boast : Ami Tom. alas! Poor Tom: Kleven battling rounds Leaves him with nothing eNe Hut Ticcnty Tlfjuatiii'l I'oiiihl*.A contemporary paragraphia, mentioning that the female of the species likes to be brightly bedight as to apparel. siy s the male is less concerned and is CLOTHES AND content with duller garTHE MAN. ments. However, in thi.s regard he is different to almost all other animal Nature, for the male bird has nearly always the most gorgeous narb. the lion a mane, the tiger brighter stripes, the peacock the finest tail, and even the barndoor rooster crows over the decoration the mere hen does not possess. But the man docs not alwavs consent to be dingy. Kor instance, the abovementioned paragraphia calls attention to a Maori Adonis, who, having purchased a pair of natty fawn trousers, gussetted them at intervals with triangular pieces of emeraldgreen silk let in from the cuffs upwards and forming a striking sartorial tout ensemble. Ihe recent appearance of a gentleman in public bereft of his trousers is not without precedent. We stick so faithfully to the conventions that we can FASHION ITEM, excuse almost any sartorial lapse but this. K\en if a gentleman conceives the fr armcnt to be unnecessary, a hasty blanket would be of servk-e. Policemen suddenly encountering unclothed subjects mercifully shroud them with overcoats, custom deciding that everything but clothes is shameful. There is in literature the story of a Civil servant who during the dog days entered the sacred portals of the Home Office immaculately attired in splendid trousers and a spotless silk »liirt, but in consideration of the heat, without a coat. The Lnder-Secretary looked at him curiouslv. and thus to hini said: "I note, Mr. Johnson, that you are without a coat, possibly because of the high temperature. If at any' time the weather should be still warmer and you prefer to work without trousers, pray do not let any considerations for the Home Office deter vou." It is history that the youth at once dispatched a messenger to his home for the garment he lacked.