SOCIALIST UNIFORMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 234, 26 June 1908, Page 3

SOCIALIST UNIFORMS.

GIRLS TO BE, DRESSED' LIKE BOYS. ' Under ..Socialism we are.. ..all Uo wear- uniforms. 'A*t"loasS, that is the view of Mrs. Carol Kclsc.v, a3 stated at ii rcconfc meeting of tho,.,HeaJthy .and Artistic: Dress Unioil-'ini London. . ... . Doctors would: v/ear overalls of - linen-or; come /washable •matcriar.wlieii. 'visitinrj-..-thoir. patients. The. judijo. would bo allowed' to retain his ermine and . scarlet, but there ..would bo 110 black cap. . Butchers, bakers,, cooks,' 'etc., would' all have ' washable clothing, and in 'food", factories "there' would be compulsory hygienic uniforms, v "The plotbos of both men and-, women will bo very beautiful,"' explained' Mrs." Kelscy. ."Iliere would be a citizen army, composed of both men arid women,and they' notilcl hare'two.-uniforms, one of green—the colour of the English background— scr-' rice,' arid ' tlife other, more ornate and richly' coloured, for gala times." '' ' The, dress of. the girls, said Mrs. Kelsey, would approach that of tlio boys in the'early etages, and would'probably consist of knitted jerseys and knickerbockers. .There would be drees experts in the schools who had made a study of anatomy and physiology, and who would inspect the dress of orery.'child. . These inspcctrcsses would insist oil. freedom' for overy part of thovbody: Childreri would wear 110 garters', arid thcTe would bo 110 tight skirts or knickerbockers. Possibly there would be 110 headgear for children. With such a dress the necessity' of a special - gymnastic costume would bo abolished. ' . .

ART AND MEN'S CLOTHES. "It seeins -a littlo absurd," -saVs the "Tailor and Cutter,"- commenting on. tho treatment' of dress 'in thi? year's' .Royal Academy pictures, "that a mau . must dross himself up in brilliant'hues if ho has to' havo reasonable justico done to his clothes. The : nearer approach a man makes to' a milliner's shop the more likely is lie to have his elothes properly painted. ■ ' "Tho Hon. John Collier, however,'' shows that ho, at any rate, can paint a suit of brown' (in the picture 'Sentence of Death'), and in doing so make it one of tho most telling, parts of the picture, without in tho slightest way distracting attention from tho. figure. ' "On the other hand, there are : many oanvases that/are covered with black or brown smudges, with, a painting of a man's head. Tho vast majority of the garments aro 'without form, and void.' They aro bereft of their buttons; they ■ aro innocent of seams; buttonholes are not'worth noticing, and evon tho pose is in many cases of the most extraordinary nature."

Special invitation is given to children by the Rev. John A. Earl, of the Boldon Baptist Church, Chicago, to accompany-their mothers when they go to .service: ■ Every provision has been made for tho comfort of the small people—even to providing nursing bottles—while the mothers aro listening to tho sermon. Ono of tho parlours has been fitted up as a nursery, and women,'are employed to take care of the babies and keep them quiet.'■ ' ' A writer in tho "Lady's Pictorial" gossips thus:—There is some talk of Lady. Dudley and the-children not leaving England until a.eood bit later in the year. Wo are all wondering what will happen when Lord and Lady Dudley's eldest girl, Lady Honor Ward; makes her. dobut, as the appointment is a five years' one, and Lady Honor is vfery nearly grown-up now, so that, should a presentation at Court bo deemed necessary at the usual ago of eighteen, it is most likely that tho eldest daughter of tho new GovornorGeneral will mako her first curtsey at St. James's under tho chapcronage of her. grandmother, Gcorgina Lady Dudley. People, imagined that the Hon; Gerald Ward and Lady Evelyn might go out on tho staff, but this is not likely, as now that'tho former has left the Life Guards, and is quite a busy man on the Stock Exchange, besides owning a houso in town of his own, it would'not suit cither him, or his' wife.

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