The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 105
have changedtheir spots, and are now, Hke the Hon, self-coloured. Amongother animals which are spotted when immature may bementioned the wild boar and the tapir (see Frontispiece).While these young ones are protected hy their parents, theirprimitive colouring is no detriment to them, but when… … which its ancestors made shift to use for purposes of warmthor protection, and the child continues to do so until it isnecessary or convenient for it to use itsfingers to help itself (without removing itsgloves). There is little doubt but that gloves arethe products of a cold climate, and it…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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