Service trousers and puttees are both clumsy in appearance and awkward to put on, and will be replaced by a variant of the Scottish kilt, navy blue in colour and without the sporran or pleats. Under this will be worn pink socks, supporting the motif of the Cardigan, and, instead of the ammunition boot, tan shoes, fastened by means of a single cross strap and button, a mechanism which can be taken down and reassembled with remarkable ease.
A small haversack will be carried by a cord attachment in the right hand, and will contain the following items of small kit:—
- One housewife.
- One hold-all. [This will be filled with the usual toilet requisites, including a toothbrush, to be employed for the first time, in view of the abolition of brass buttons, for the purpose of brushing the teeth.]
- One front hair glass.
- One back ditto.
- Six safety-pins.
- One tin shoe-cream.
- One tin face-cream.
It will be compulsory to shave the upper lip, but, in order to minimise expense at the barber's shop, the hair will be worn not less than ten inches in length and brushed with a downward and backward movement of the right hand away from the crown, so as to leave the forehead clear and conceal the ears.
White cotton gloves will be worn, one on each hand.
V.
Our Erudite Contemporaries.
"Slightly to vary the old Greek proverb, we must beware of the Bishops when they pay us compliments!"—John Bull.