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Vitality Supreme
·
Bernarr Macfadden
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CHAPTER
XVIII:
Some
Facts
About
Clothing
The
statement
is
often
heard
that
a
man
is
made
or
marred
by
the
clothes
he
wears.
This
is
frequently
said
with
a
view
to
emphasizing
the
importance
of
being
presentably
appareled,
but
it
has
a
meaning
beyond
this.
To
a
certain
extent
we
are
really
made,
or
we
may
more
properly
say
marred,
by
the
clothes
we
wear.
Civilized
costumes
have
become
what
they
are
through
the
dictation
of
the
creators
of
style,
the
clothing
manufacturers.
Every
year
the
styles
change
through
the
commands
of
those
whose
profits
are
increased
by
this
continual
variation
in
the
fashions.
It
is
said
that
a
woman
would
rather
be
out
of
the
world
than
out
of
style.
Therefore,
each
year
she
discards
her
old-style
costumes
and
buys
the
latest
modes.
We
have
to
recognize,
however,
that
clothing
is
a
necessary
evil
at
this
period
of
human
progress,
so-called.
There
was
a
time
when
clothing
was
worn
entirely
as
a
matter
of
protection
or
as
a
means
of
adding
warmth
to
the
body.
There
was
no
thought
given
to
the
necessity
for
covering
the
body,
for
every
part
of
the
human
anatomy
was
as
commonplace
as
nose,
fingers
and
toes.
But
now
clothing
is
commanded
as
a
means
of
hiding
our
bodily
contour.
Prudery
has
come
in
and
branded
the
human
anatomy
as
indecent
and
consequently
it
must
be
covered.
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