The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-03-26
MASCULINE "TROTTING HARNESS;


FECTs OF GOOD CLOTHES
| sly Dear Mr.. Editor:
"Bcatlice" is right and so are you, 50 far
as you both 60; but then | think you stop
far short of the end when you coniine your
selves to the editors and NJ. Dis of our city
Your professional men included, think,
all men who are not actually manual labor
ers. Why theu, DO you and Beatrice in
clude but two classes, namely: editors and
doctors in your list of handsome mem We
are blessed, We Cairoltes, with the highest
type Of natures handiwork in the way of
handsome men, and, if these splendid fe
lows paid but little more attention 10 the
care aud style Of their hair and boards and
bestowed little more thought on the cut
of their coats and the shine of their
boots We should fall behind no city in the
matter Of handsome men both in and out
of the professions Many well developed,
fine looking fellow is lost 10 the artistic
eye in bag.of-a-coat or distigured by
shockingly bad hat; Or made very guy of
by an entire suit Of badly-scec,ed, Wiley
fitting clothes, Do these men take a pride
in getting themselves up in this kind OF
style, or is it pure vanity in
thcmi Do they really think that beauty
unadorned, - etc, applies TO Them or is it
that they are afraid of being considered eli.
feminste if they show their good taste
in decorating their persons! Whatever the
cause, there is, undoubtedly, among our
men folks, great room for improvement in
the matter Of dress. Almost every man
considers it the absolute duty of his wife
or daughter or sister to look the best sue
can, in whatever apparel he may be able or
willing to provide for her and the duty is
one sedomly neglected by any woman with
an ounce Of self-respect. The result Of
this is the not unusual spectacle on our
streets OF couple presenting in themselves
the two extremes Of good and bad taste A
woman Of ordinary means selects the mate
rial for and fashions her own wardrobe the
men of the same family order their clothes
Of their tailor, aud pay him for whatever
taste he may possess, (aud how little b"
possesses is sometimes easily discernable by
one who looks at his victims thus dismiss.
Ing from his mind all care
or responsibility OF bis person
al appearance, The result of such an easy
way Of dsposing Of responsibility is fire.
quently much more satisfactory 10 tle
gentlemen, themselves, than TO their lady
friends who may have an interest in how
they look. am not sticker for fine
clothes, but do cherish weakness for
wel-dressed men. Men whose coats aud
hats and pants AMI boots, etc, are suited
TO them make them look like they were
dressed, not simply covered No need to
wear broad.cloth TO arrive at the desired
end the plaincst material may be selected
and fashioned 50 rs TO look we'll. THIS
matter Of dress in man is Of even more
importance than in woman, for the reason
that man wears his one suit often has
but the one suit for weeks together,
and is, in a measure, indebted to it for
the good or bad impression he makes %
all he comes in contact with, while
woman can and does vary her own
suit Gf she have but one)
by the addition of belts Of
bright colors in bows OF ribbons here
and there; or iudciously placed aud mex.
penSive ornaments, that add additional
charms to her otherwise plain dress. and
give it the appearance. Of Il different suit
entirely. Men cannot do this; their style
of dress, or rather the customs Of the times,
will not permit them to indulge in such
"vanities' even If they had the taste to be
benefited by their exercise which il not by
any means, u certainty.
And now Mr., Editor, If you mean to al
low any one to specify" | am going to ask
leave to mention all OF our handsome men.
1t looks Ikea "put up" thing, to me, to sec
only two classes OF handsome men men
toned, when there are, as we all know, so
many worth bringing out among our minis
tiers, our lawyers, and so many outside OF any
profession at ALL am thankful the ques-
ton Of handsome womerrou q ~
tapis," else there woullans tit u' Water"
surely, for we all Scnds Very respect.
hopecssly hom Mns. NJ A. STATEN.
handsome. sgst for it.