Our Dress

Huw did wc come lo possess our proMa forru of dress? This ia ooe of the many questions answered by a reviewer Clothing at first was ;ilnw-.t entircl) urnamcnta). Theexceptions werc such ar ticles as bolts, trom whicb instrumenta o various kinds could bc suspended, so as to be ready f'or use while the hand were left free. A savage does not enjoy the luxury of a pocket. Even at the present day Japanese has to sling fais tobáceo, pipe anc pouch from bis belt, aud the only pockets he has are ia h-is sleeves. The simple cincture was the gerui, so to speak, of the clothing we wear. When the arts becauie 80 far advauced that man could inake paper cloth or some woven material, these latter were substituted for the primitive fringe, and the kilt was thus developed. Curiously enough, the dresg of the Scottinh Hililanders emlodie.s these two stagos ol progress in the kilt and the aporran. A man advaneed there were inconveniences atteoding the use of the kilt, which were abatcd by fasteniaK that garment at one point bctween the Icgs, and the human uiind was then fairly set upon tbc path to arrive at the attainment ot a pair of tuwMn. When the back and .houlders nced ed protection, the savage uwid the skin of some animal, and it is trom this ort of covering for the upper part of the body that we have derived our coats, vest,i, shirts, etc. But the ancient cloak form is even yet retained, not only by sucb people as ulu chiefs, but in all robea of ceremony by dignitaries of court and college of' the most highly civilized nations on the face of the earth. The elabórate and varied head coverings of the present day all sprang from a very simple, original type.