SARTORIAL SINS

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1927, Page 3

SARTORIAL SINS

TOO MANY CLOTHES. “The present generation of young women will certainly go bald,” said Dr. Leonard Williams, in a lecture on the subject of suitable clothing, given under the auspices of the New Health Society, in London recently. “Most women are now shingled,” he said, “and they wear tight hats like men, with the result that when they get to the age of about 30 or 40 they will find their hair falling out. “Most people,” said Dr. Williams, “were grossly overclothed. If the individual was fool enough to clothe himself to such an extent as to prevent any cool air penetrating to his skin, then he must suffer the consequences. The best material to wear next to the skin was one which would absorb moisture rpadily. Linen, cotton or silk were the best materials.

“Why anyone wants to wear winter underclothing, I cannot imagine,” exclaimed Dr. Williams. “It is quite sufficient to vary one’s clothing by wearing overcoats during the winter. The same amount of underclothing should be worn all the year round. Garters are objectionable. They give rise to varicose veins. High heels are bad. One of the hygienic crimes that high heels perpetrate' is that they make the ankles thick. The tight, high collars worn by men at the present time are a serious menace, not only to their intellectuality, if they happen to have any, but to their health. On the other hand, a limp collar pulled tight by ajtie is worse still,” - ' ' " " *