31 MARCH 1939, Page 6

Hints for Divestors " For those who are overwhelmed by

civilisation I think it is necessary to our spiritual health that we should throw off our ordinary clothes."—The Archbishop of York last Saturday.

The word " ordinary " seems of capital importance. Dr. R. F. Horton, who disliked clerical attire, once said " I will wear no clothes to distinguish me from ordinary men." A newspaper report most unwarrantably inserted a comma after " clothes."

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