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Vitality Supreme
·
Bernarr Macfadden
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If
I
were
to
select
an
ideal
costume
for
men
I
am
inclined
to
think
that
I
would
go
back
to
the
Roman
toga,
to
the
flowing
drapery
of
the
Greeks,
or
to
the
Scottish
kilt.
The
kilt
is
undoubtedly
better
suited
than
the
robe
to
the
colder
weather
of
Northern
Europe
and
America.
These
costumes
not
only
allow
a
reasonable
amount
of
freedom
for
all
bodily
movements,
encouraging
rather
than
discouraging
the
correct
position
of
the
body,
but
they
also
allow
free
circulation
of
air
to
the
central
portions
of
the
body.
As
a
hygienic
feature
this
is
of
tremendous
value.
The
air
coming
in
contact
with
the
skin
is
of
value
at
all
times,
but
it
is
especially
required
in
these
important
parts
of
the
bodily
organism.
Many
weaknesses
are
brought
about
through
the
unhealthful
covering
and
restriction
of
these
parts.
Trousers
are
not
by
any
means
an
ideal
garment.
To
be
sure,
they
are
a
vast
improvement
over
the
long
skirt,
but
they
are
not
by
any
means
equal
in
healthfulness
to
the
costume
of
the
Scottish
Highlanders.
In
feminine
apparel
corsets
are
perhaps
productive
of
more
injury
than
any
other
part
of
the
costume.
The
injury
wrought
by
tight
lacing
is
now
everywhere
understood,
and
in
recent
years
large
waists
have
become
stylish.
This
tendency
of
the
times
will
ultimately
mean
the
elimination
of
the
corset.
When
fully
clothed
we
should
have
the
same
freedom
of
movement
as
when
unclothed.
The
most
perfect
costume
is
our
"birthday
clothing,"
the
clothing
with
which
we
came
into
the
world,
the
human
skin.
To
be
sure,
in
cold
climates
bodily
covering
is
necessary
for
warmth
a
part
of
the
year,
though
in
warm
climates,
or
warm
seasons,
the
more
nearly
we
avoid
restrictive
apparel,
the
more
happy
and
more
healthy
we
are.
The
ideal
costume
in
warm
weather,
therefore,
would
be
no
costume,
but
conventions
demand
that
we
cover
our
nakedness,
and
this
command
should
be
followed
in
a
manner
that
will
restrain
our
movements
as
little
as
possible.
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