FINE FEATHERS.
No less an authority than the King of Hanover, the late Queen's uncle, has stated in writing that " the first lamentable degeneracy of the Church of England resulted from the bishops being permitted to lay aside their wigs, their purple coats, short cassocks, stockings, and cocked hats when appearing in public." True, that was fifty years ago, but the tendency of the times is not to restore these articles of dress to their former position. The King's disgust reached its climax when he beheld a bishop in a hat like those worn by butchers and coachmakers. There is no doubt clothes have much to answer for, and if a bishop dresses like a butcher he must expect to be treated as a butcher, for it is a fact, dispute as we may. the treatment we receive at the hands of strangers is governed to a large extent by the clothes we wear. Dress in gentlemanly clothes and you will be treated as a gentleman, appear in slovenly attire and you will be treated with indifference.—'Tailor and Cutter.'
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Evening Star, Issue 11675, 6 February 1902, Page 1
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179FINE FEATHERS. Evening Star, Issue 11675, 6 February 1902, Page 1
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