SARTORIAL SINS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5138, 13 June 1927, Page 3

SARTORIAL SINS.

A PESSIMISTIC DOCTOR. TOO MANY CLOTHES WORN: “The present generation of young women will cer.tg.inly go bald,’’ said Dr. Leonard Williams, in a lecture on the subject “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 were grossly overclothed, said the doctor. 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 readily. Linen, cotton, or silk were the best materials. “Why anyone wants to wear, winter underclothing1 1 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 limfi collar pulled tight by a tie is worse still.”