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MAN AMI HIS ATTIREOME DRESS TO KILL. WHILE IT KILLS OTHERS TO DRESSpf:St' I MlfirfirevI sirbrb«j,,..deos I fmr1tii.to.ariw»CHInongtinIfnt l onir.KtillliewrnoronnCCjoflmtilJoebleuthII vCOIIICllMluspiIIItilvvPif.l111tlgiilli!rrl II n rl r ’•» tl.ilrH? Id«-ii» on Scr-lorlal Harmony uii.l 'Jr. I'olanil'* s«iinIM«- Utile %l»«ul ISrlnR Urns-»rnt-IJlMrnrlt'ft i;r«,«,nlrl','l to*.Som»* rocn dress to kill, w I lit* it oillh iliioiH to dress Men may t:iIk nbout I r nM-nrdillee mid discomforts of fern* winine •Ires*- us much nn they please daind it pleases some of tliem to do so i great deal but when warm weather omes the women have an opportun ty o take their innings in this little K»aif ! r« mrl make an over whelming score. I A champion of loan s su|K-iior . one non sense cul receive no greater set-'.nek than t(* stroll along the street a fuly morning and observe the appear-Hire and actions of the dlflerent sexesm their habiliment*. Here, for in lance, comes along u man with a tall..tiff hat (Hi Ids head, a tall, stiff collar around bis neck, a stiffly at a relied shirt bosom covering his breast, stiff r uffa on bis wrists, woolen coat, vest and trousers upon the portions of Ills anatomy adapted thereunto, persplru-llon and dust upon Ids brow. |behind hiui comes a cloud of muslin and toll*, a broad brimmed hat of light petforated straw, a mass of semi diaphanous lace from Vlilch two bare inns and one ditto neck appear, and between the hat and the lace a woman's flee Is seen, cool, complacent, wholly comfortable, unknowing perspiration, Innocent of dust, altogether (a fla factory to behold A vision of this | sort makes amends for all tin outrages of thealei hats In the winter mid tor on. e gives man a pang of envy that in also is not permitted to wear M.mforfaide garments in midsummer.!lt;nt the man has his inning as s ion as fall collies, for then he Is comfort able In the garb that made Ilf.- miser able a ti w weeks previously, while the diaphanous vision of July lias become a |lue nosed, shivering reality, trying to prevetil the .hilly wind from cut ling through her sldrt waist.It Is told of the late 11 rot llartc that Ins wile, coining down into to break fast one day and being asked tor her spouse, explained that she left him trying to match a cravat with the stockings he hml decided to wear for the day.As a contrast to this take the story of ft Mr Poland told In the Iteml-nlscenees of Montagu Williams. pub llslicd in lCuglnnd Mr Poland caused Ids fail lly great anxiety by the bad ] 1) fit of his clothes lie was persuaded | tl to go io n certain tailor and be mens-urod but the new suit fitted the wear er vvuisi than the old The tailor wuh interviewed by Mr Poland’s friend I nilei down.It is not my fault, sir, I assure you. Iflvcry cure wuh taken, ax van desired, but bow could we lit a gentleman who would .nsist on being measured sitting down’. rndcrdown did not know what tu make of this and at once proceeded to the temple to solve the mystery. On learning the object his vis Itor bad tu calling. Poland said, with the imperturbable manner peculiar tlt;* biiii; Well. It's my business and not yours. I like to be comfortable 1 spend thm parts of my life sitting down, and 1 prefer to be measured so.This ret ails the anecdote of the poet Wordsworth, who, going to a London tailor and striding around the room, throw ing ins arms uro fiui like ft mud-innli. asked the astonished knight of the shears if he could make a suit of clothes lor a man accustomed to walk In that maimer. The poet was lu the bn bit of composing bis verses while id riding through the fields and woods and didn't care to have his gesticulations hampered by the cut of bis cloth-lug. The divine afflatus must have its (low unrestricted by the outward garb.in bis youth and early manhood the Inti Karl of HeaeonsflcUl showed much eccentricity In his attire. In Malta, for example, he donned as his walking dress a blood red shirt, with silver etude as big as shillings, an immense •surf for girdle full of pistols and daggers red cap, red slippers, broad, bine striped Jacket and trousers. The who), town was agape, and several people asked the erratic young Eng-Hehman to dine with them on tlie strength of bis peculiarities. At a later dnti In a Turkish town, with the united assistance of bis English. Spanish and fancy wardrobe, as he naively put It, lo sportevl a costume which pro dured u most extraordinary effect on that cftltmu* loving people. A great Uiany Turks called on purpose to see it.but when he had won ins hosts 1 bsraell let Ins oddities fall partly out of sight.Ravages dress for warmth ntul decency, but as n rule civilized men and women dress not only for thisi mdis-pettsnhli purposes hut to delight the «U*t of tliosi who look at them. There Is no expense that a rational man i fciiould more gladly incur than that of dress for not only himself, b»t for the J women who aic dependent upon him.—George Bancroft tihfftth in ('bieafo RecordHen* Id.vvnbuelt;IK f itlPgHVtlo(1aaI s wII o 1! titbackaatitc«tt1iittI(lt;
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Newnan Weekly News
Newnan, Georgia, US
Wed, Feb 22, 1905
Page 6
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