HOW TO KEEP THE SKIN HEALTHY CLOTHING Clothes should be Loose and Comfortable.

Man is the only animal that has no natural suit of clothing.

Birds have feathers, and animals have fur, or hair, which they shed in summer and thicken up in winter without even thinking about it, so that they do not have to bother with either overcoats or flannels.

The wise men say that man originally had a full suit of hair like other animals, and that he gradually got rid of it, as he became human.

Whether this be true or not, the fact remains that he has none now; and consequently he must invent and manufacture something to take its place.
Originally, in the time of our savage ancestors, clothing was worn chiefly as protection from cold at night, so that all the earlier forms of clothing were of a more or less blanket-or cloak-like form, and wrapped, or swathed, the whole body without fitting closely to the limbs.