SHIRT-SLEEVES.

Kumara Times, Issue 702, 28 December 1878, Page 2

SHIRT-SLEEVES.

tt fe during the hot weather that thS weakjUete of the human shirt-sleeve is most cohspiciousiy shown. ; The WristM - band droops over the Wrist, becomes moist and limp, and maddens the wearer as he taioly tries to induce it M to theafeclusion of ita triie hoine coab-sleeva This proneness of the wristband is due to the inherent vicigjasness of the shirt-sleeve as at present Constructed. If the side to is./ made long enough to permit' th’e elboW' " to be bent, it is too long, when the arm is straight. So far human ingenuity has been unable to devise any plan for making a shirt sleeve which shall always.be. long enough, and never either too long or too short. It uTpe&aps; a mere arbitrary conventionalism which decrees ,that woman may dispense with any and all sleeves, provided she feels so disposed, while man must always wear at least shirt-sleeves/ Cotlld wd cast our shirt-sleeves to the wind, we could emulate the coolness and comfort %ith which the other sex endures mid* Summer heat; but this must not be* There Was a young unmarried clergyman ill Essex, Mass., who, some years ago, after wrestling in vain with his exasperated shirt-sleeves, recklessly cut ’them off just’ below the shoulder, aud* being a particularly nice and dainty ! person, 'with hi* own -jband a lace ruffle around whdt we might call 1 the stumps of the amputated arms, ; What was the result ? at first Coldness and elation pf spirits, bilt afterwards ruin and remorse. His waSherWodlail was prone to gossip, and befdre idUg the whole village * knew' that • iil thd clergyman’s weekly “ wash” were aU ways to be found sleeveless garments ornamented with lace. Upon this slender ‘foundation was built a. most appalling story of clerical profligacy, and although a clerical court of inquiry explained thq. whole affair and acquitted the clergyman of the charges of immorality, his usefulness was destroyed, and he resigned his charge.—New York Times, ■ ’*' ‘