MEN'S ABSURD CLOTHING.
PROFESSOR'S PLEA FOR MORE RATIONAL DRESS.
[BY PROFESSOR A. M. LOW,]
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 18th, 1927.
My recent discovery that cloth these used, like the patter of a containing certain dyes will admit conjurer, to throw dust in the eyes ultra-violet raya points out what of his patients and hide is ig little thought we give to choosing norance? our clothes from the sanitary point of view.
wear
The value of ultra-violet rays has been known for years, but we still wear clothes that effectively prevent them reaching our skin.
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hata that kill the virility of the hair, shoes that dis place the bones of the foot and Lujure the spine, and clothes that are not only elumsy and insanitary, but also waste a prodigious amount of our time in being adjusted.
It is amazing that in this year of enlightenment, nineteen, un- dred and twezity-seven, we still wear clothes that show ne advance of thought en barbarig man
The only excuse for clothes is that they keep the wouer warni, but, like savages, wo wear ours to attract attention. If warmth guided our choice, we should dis- pense with collars, ties and such like atroffties, but we still choose our coats and hats on the principle that a man is what he wears.
Like the savage, we wear clothes for the purpose of impressing other
inen.
lose a judge wear a gown and wig to keep himself warm or be enuse his statements would sound Judicrous if his clothes, did not hypnotise the kearer into thinking him a great r
If a docter came to a sickroom wearing a sterilised linen suit and rubber shoes, the patient would pronounee him a charlatan,
But
he, welcomes the man wearing a scraggy moustache and a germ laden coat, with cuffs that pick up from everything be microbes touches, "
Those Ultra Violet Rays.. Personally, I look forward to the distant time when we shall all wear clothing that admite the priceless ultra-violet rays, and can be chang- ed as ensily as a bathing dress.
To-day a business man, assdated perhaps by his valet, takes three quarters of an hour putting on the ludicrous collection of "bite" he calls his clothes. If he goes out in a shower all this artistic effort is lost I
Wearing the sensible one-piece suit of the future, which will be waterproof, he will be able to change in two or three minutes? His shoes will keep out the water instead of letting it in, and he will be able to sterilise his wardrobe in
few seconds.
The Ten-Guinea Look. With the coming of quick and cheap air travel, à journey to the tropies will be an everyday affair to a commercial travellor. To-day he would have to carry, trunks of The bear skors and busbées, suitable clothing, but the one. scarlet tiendes and gold braid of piece suit would enable him to our soldiere-what are they but pnek relies of a savage age when naked men panted themselves bine and green in the hope of frightening their enemies before they came to blowe ?
Guilty Women.
Even the mildest City clerk has butions on his cont which might have been useful when men carried swords, but now serve only to show our antiquated manner of thinking about clothes.
The sailor's uniform is a relle of the days when wooden walls, and not steel dreadnoughts, guarded England,
Look at his collar-to prevent the grease from his pigtail soiling his Jumper. And his sal-like trousers would be a positive source of dan- ・ger in a modern machine shop
battleship.
month's clothing in a suit- ense—he would wear one suit in the tropics, two tir England and three- at the North Pole.
If I west shabby clothes when I take some little invention to a business man, he offers me £5 for it.
When I go round the corner to a tailor's, first, and come out wearing a 10-guinea suit, I m offered £100 for the same inven- tion Who pays the difference L.......
If women would fend the way. and see that men wore sensible clothing, at least part of the £95 saved would go into their pockets!
Our Footwear.
No part of our dress is more ludicrous than our footwear,
I have examined a pair of ladies'
shops anal spenwork
U.S. CRUISES STOPPED.
TOURISTS OFFENDED BY CRITICISM,
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA.
WELLINGTON, N.Z. Considerable offence was taken by American tourists who visited New
Zealand and Australia in the iners Franconia and 'Carinthia at the criticisms they received in the
columns of the Press. Whether as
A
result of this or not, the organisers of the tours have decid ed to omit the Dominion and the Commonwealth from the itinerarica of future tours.
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Complaint was made at the time by the tourists, and the matter was taken up by the New Zealand Tourist Lengue when in January last the Carinthia, conveying the tourists, renched Sydney. A cable- gram was sent that the visitors complained of the comments of New Zealand papers, and the Jeague wrote immediately to the Carinthia's owners and asked for fuller information.
Undignified.
The league has now received the following communication from the agents, Messrs. Raymond, Whit- combe and Co., of Boston, United States:
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The clipping from the Auck- land papers that you sent seems to sum up the feelings, of the passengers in the matter. To our mind the attitude of the Press; in Australia particularly, was entirely undignified, and this left in the mind of the passengers very unpleasant feelings
On our previous year's cruise there were similar occurrences, and our visit to Perth and Fre- mantio especially was made un pleasant by the attitude and audible comments on the part of those ashore nl the time of our arrival.
We do not feel that it is worth while going into this matter mare seriously with you, as we have cut New Zealand and Australia from our itineraries, and, for the present at least, have abandoned our visits to your part of the world.
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REGISTER.
Hong Kong Observatory, July 17th.
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Day At
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York Building
at 2 p.m. 6 a..
Darometer... 29.52 Temperature 88 Humidity.... Wind-
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Гром
...N. O. & Axor 18th July
Java,Makanan 18th-
| Java, Marila 19th
BATAVIA
24th
B-Blue sky; C-Cloudy: D-TJIRA BĦAL, KLUNG 26th
W lik LEAVE ON OR ABOUT
FOR
20th July M'KA & JAVA
20th
AMOT & N. CHINA
22nd
P
SAIGON & JAVA
98th
SHANGHAI
28th
BATAVIA
BATAVIA SHANGBAY BATAVIA
AWOY & N. CHINA M'xsan. & JAVA
JAVA, MAKASSAR 1st Aug. find Aug. AMUT & N. CHIA Drizale; F-Fog Lighting:
N.U. & Averlat BODAS M-Mint: O-Overcast; P-Passing
BATAVIA
7th 29th.
9th Fanking (Swedish East Asiatic Co.,showers; Q-Squalis; B-Bain; T-TJISONDARI...
TJISAROFA.SHAI, KLUNG. Thouder.
THIMANOEK... JAVA, MAKASSA 16th Ltd.), due July 20th.
AJIKINI Ningchow (Blue Fannel), die Aug,
stockings. FUNNELS ON MOTOR SHIPS. Napore (P. & O.), due August under the microscope, and they Surely the time is not far off were so germ-laden that it made when we shall come to our senser me ill to thilak of anyone wearing and insist on rational clothing them for eight or ten hours at å
Women are as guilty as men, for, time! although at the moment most of their clothes are more healthy than the men's, they would return to Victorian corset or the Queen Anne crinoline if they thought it would help their ends.
On the occasion of the launch of
Every creeping germ on the road- way is picked up by this footwear, and all because the woman hopes to make another jealous or attract the Port Gisborne, Mr. J. R. man! At best, the mim she at Rooper, 'a director of the Common- tracted would be a fool, or he
wealth and Dominion Line, the would not judge her by her clothes!
In A.D. 2000 let us hope that it owners, stated that they were some- will be no longer necessary to wear times asked why they retained the stiff, costly and uncomfortable at funnels on their motor ships. His tire, because we wish to gnaw a beefsteak in the presence of our. reasons are worth recording. He friends!
said that one was due to the fact that they were proud to carry their distinctive colours, whilst another factor was that the funnel acted as a ventilator to the engine-room and served as a receptacle for the silencers.
One for the Doctors, From time to time doctors write scathing articles about
modern dress-but are not they themselves the worst offendera? They have to come in close contact with human beings and they wear clothing It is high time that we gave up that a Smithfield meat porter all this senseless dressing and would condeum as dirty
realised that our modern clothes Where would the family practi-are suitable only for wearing in tioner
without his frock coat, pageant of the ages or at a fancy top hat and dingy bag? Are not dress ball!
PASSENGERS.
ARRIVALS.
passengers por 8.8.
JUNK STOLEN BY ARMED ROBBERS.
MASTER AND CREW PUT ASHORE.
A report was made to the police during the week-end of another raid on a trading junk, the vessel being stolen from the master and his fakis,
These are good, practical reason18 and, even those who consider that aesthetically the motor vessel is more attractive without a funnel (and there are many such people, curious as it may scam) are pre pared to agree that it will be a long time before the funnel disap pears on all motor ships, if ever this state is reached. The funnel undoubtedly does help to ventilate the engine-room, although this can be effected by other means, and it represents a very convenient method of disposing of the silencers and In reporting the occurrence, the discharging the exhaust gases. We master, Wong Tai Lee, stated that ha his junk was lying at Sha Tsui Kok, have a leaning towards the motor ship without a funnel, for none can near Deep Bay at eleven o'clock deny the beauty of some of the East at night on Friday. He was asleep Asiatic Company's ships, but we on board with his two jokia, when recognize the validity of the argu- he was rudely awakened by a partyments put forward by those who of men coming on board and de- favour the retention of the funnel. Danding to be taken to Yuen Long.Singapore Free Press. The maator refused to sail his junk
Europeau Hakozuki Naru, from Japan việc Shanghai, on July 16th:-Rev. 0. Guthier, Miss M. Irwin, Mr. D. A. Smith, Mr. E, G, Webster, Miss C. Alinada, Rev. V Bernurdini, Rev. C. Ignatius, Mr. F. Octavins, Rev. H. Peter, Mr. G. J& Verma, Don. R. Basmonde, Don. L. Cebreiro, Don. J. Canao, Don Julio Castro, Don. F. F. Cordoba, Don. L. R. Chason, Don. M. C. Caballo, Mr. R. V. Chate, Miss K. M. Duncan, Miss A. C. Duncan, Mr. S. D. Engeneer, Mrs, V. Goldman, Master B. Goldman, Master I. Goldman, Mr. T. Hodges, Mrs. H. W. Jonca, Muster A. Johns Miss L Johns, thero, as it was dark, and one man Master R. Johns, Dos. V. G. Labo, then produced Dos A. de Medina, Miss K. V. another a chopper. Nielsou, Don. A. Ugitos, Dou, J.d his fukis were bound and Vosa, Prof. H. L. Bates, Mrs. V. undled into the hold, where they
vere confined for a matter of Two Home mails arrived on Evans, Mrs, F. Early, Mueter E
nours. Early, Master J. A. Early, Mrs N that the junk was at Sai Heung, brought 412 bage From the North
When released, they found Saturday The Hakozaki Maru Gingeroff, Mr. J. G. Guantlett,
of which 47 were from the United Chinese territory,
G. Galbraith, Mr. H. E. Hopking, Capt. T. A. Gyle, Mrs. EM
G. G. Walace,
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revolver, and The master
HOME MAILS.
The rabbers then put the master Kingdom and 62 from Europe vid and his fokie ashore saying they Siberia. Later in the day, the 6.8. Rowley, Rev. W. Rowley, and Mr.would not give them back, the junk. Sunthia came in from Straits, with The master walked to Sha Tau, Home and Europe mail við Naga- and later reported the inatter at patam, and Straits letters and European passengers per 8.8. Lok Ma Chau Police Station.
paper. The mail totalled 340 bags, Hakozaki Maru, for Europe vid The junk stolen was valued at of which 31 bags contained letters. on July 16th--Don, J. Casas, Don, 8:00. The police report does not from the United Kingdon, while F. F. de Cordoba, Don. A. da state the exact number of men who another. 80 bags contained Homic Mr. P. Copenhent, Mr. T boarded the junk, or whether there papers. The letters were sorted Hey, Mr. R. Crofton, Mr. S. was any cargo on board.
D. Engineer, Mrs. R. H. Hodges, Mrs. F. Buchel, Miss D. Nielsen,
Don. A. Suauges, Dan. L. Ugidea, ca, Rew, and Mrs. Rowley, Mrs. Mrs. H. W. Johns, Don, R. Bas Glicky Evans, Mr. G. Golorath, Mr. monde, Don. L. Cabreiro, Don. JJ. O. Gauntinlott, Mr. G. G. Wal Cansna, Dotn, J. Mastre, Don. L. lace, Capt. T. A Koyle, Mr. D. W H. Chacon, Don. M. C. Caballo, Western, Mr. J. J. Mackinnon, Mrs. Don. V. Ganay, Mrk. V. Goldman, M. Gingerroff, Mr. S. G. Verma, Miss K. M. Duncan, Miss C. Dun-Prof. H. Z. Hopkin, and Prof. H. (Continued at foot of next éolumn). L. Bator.
during the afternoon, and the papers by carly To-day the Eyesterday morning. of Canada, the Siberia Mare, President Hayes and President Cleveland are due with American, Canadian and Norther mail, while the first mentioned liner also brings Home and Europe mail via Siberia. The President Lincoln arrived yesterday with Manila mail.
27th.
Nyanza (P. & 0.), due September
14th.
Perseus (Blue Funsel), due to-
day.
Philoctetex (Blue Funnel), due Aug.
5th.
President Cleveland (Dollar), due
July 18th, President Hayes (Dollar), due July
18th,
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Rhexenor (Blue Funnel), due July
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HONG KONG TIDE TABLE.
From July 18th to 24th, 1927,
LOW WATER
Hong
Kong
HIGH WATER.
Date of
Month
Hong
Kong
» Standard
Time,
b.
Height,
Standard
Timo,
6 28
Height,
b. . .lo, m.ft, Bri President Lincoln (Doftar), dus Mos. 18m 0 29 4:1m 4 24
m11 12 78 Hawalpindi (P&O), due July Thes. 19 m 1 13 4 3 5 19
0.470 7 361 Wed. 20 m2 2 | 4m 6 26,
Thur 21
Im 7 51
0m 9.44 Fri. 22 m
40: Sat. 23 m 444 5m11 28
-0 45 a 19 6 0 4481184a3 2
Santhia (B.I. & Apear), due Aug.
10th.
St. Albans (E. & A), dus Sept.
5th.
Tanda (E&A.), due. August 8th. Telemachus (Blue Funnel), due Aug. San. 24 m & 33
3rd. Theseus (Blue Funnel), due October
Ist.
kel
Tilawa (B.I. & Apcar), due July
20th.
Talou (M.M.), due July 2nd.
SUNRISE AND SUNSET. IN HONG KONG. FOR JULY, 1927.
-STANDARD TIME OF THE 120th MERIDIAN, EAST OF GREENWICH.
Sunrise. July 18th... 5.4% a.m.
·Date,
Sunset.
7.10 p.m.
,, 18th..........5, 48:19.
20th5,49 218t5.50 ม 22nd........5.50 23rd.B.61.
7.10
7.10
7:09
3)
7.09
7.08
24th.
5.52
17
2.08
25th..
5,51
7.07
26th..
.5.52
7.07
7th..
.....5.52
7,00
28th..
8.52
7.06
» 29th.
..5.53
7.08 *
30th..
..5.53-
7,05
#
Bist
.5.54
7,05
WARSHIPS IN PORT.
Warships in poft during the week-end were:South Wall Basin, Onslaught, Serapis and Moorken; East Wall Basin, Sms L.16 and 1.19 North Army, Vindictive, In Dook, Wishart, Wild Swan and Marasion; Taikoo Dock, Foxglove; Buoy 1, Hermes; Buoy 7, Emerald; Buoy 8, Delhi, Buoy 9, Dauntless; Buoy 11, Wanderer, Buoy 12, Aphis Buoy 13 Tarantula; Buoy 18, Ruthenia, Buoy 20, Kharki West of No. 25 Buoy, Belgol; and Foreign Man of War, U.8.8. Helena.
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