The Red Cloud chief., 1882-02-09
Men and Nomen'S Clothes.

Men and Nomen'> Clothes.
Now. if | am anything. | ANA sticker-
up for my own sex. No downtrodden
woman for me; but justice demands a
reply To 4 quotation in last Sundays
IriDum.. It's a rather ambiguouSly
headed extract from u New York let
ter" and gave the cost of Il mans get
up; the whole sum (incluiIng n watch.
which Is Il lifetime possession, amounts
Ia 800; and this lettcr-writcr thinks it
an awful showing up of the ~rNtraya-
gancc of man. She don't stop to rcck-
on in the fact that II busine>S-suit
and one dreSS-Nuit and another suit for
between occasions. the same Old watch.
the one riny. the II cane. anda couple
of hats make up the poor mans ward
robe. What Woman is there running
herself on two hats and three suits Of
clothes, a dozen collars and five or six
nccktieS?
Just as an experiment | asked of nv
morning callers 10 give me an inyento-
ry of the dry-@o1d, they stood i'll. The
first lady Wa, a ncighhOr; her husband
is n prosperous manu- acturcr OF frlnTcs
and trimmings. She had on her ''Scc-
ond best" For this winter she has =
fur-lincd, fur trimmed TX dolman cost
ing $500. and the cal sack she wore
cost last fall - -; her hat was 4 So
plush beaver with feathers, and she has
four others ranging from SD To- so;
her dress cost her Sl2j-iust 4 street
costume Of plush and cashmere; hus-
band male the fringe and paSSemen-
teric, or it would have been 500 more;
boots (maie to Order) -. gloves -,
undcrclothcs 50. She has of curse a
dozen changes, the S2jlOt being among
the cheapest. Her earrings Were 5000,
two rings 800. bracelets $50. watch
and chain $3.50, bar pin with eight dia-
m0nds $50: she has five times rs much
at home in the way Of jewelry, and she
has certainly dozen dresses. some of
them costing rs much as 500 and
500.
The next female friend was n nice old
lady. sixty ears of age. not rich. but
wcil-to-,io. She had OF a camcis hair
shawl that she paid Pa Hilton $500 for;
she had an embossed velvet and satin
costume that she paid the firm of Mos
komtZ N Taylor $500 for; she had n sa-
bic muir that cost $50; her boots. gloves
and undcrclotheS certainly We're worth
500 more; her hat she paid Prince So
for. and her jcwclry was cheap At
Sl.G0D.
This old lady can 20 u every day
in the week dressed a richly and not
wear the same things twice (outside of
iewclry)
l began by this time to think the 500
mar n very CHEAP institution. when in
Dropped 4 bu.incSS-woman rs 4 stand
OIL for the businessman. She came to
collect a bill; she keeps n prosperous
stationcry-shop. and had on the clothes
she wears for m | got out of
her a very particular account Ot her
fitting: Hat (made it herself), had two
$40 feathers on il; she thought the 9TH
er materials were about -. So hat
80; two braids hair. 80 apiece. and 4
pair of earrings she paid 800 for
three small diamonds in each. NJ sta
toner head cost her 1866. Her seal
sack was $500; her mufT. ?2j: her
dress, $50; her watch 300: her other
iewelry 500: her gloves. boots. under
clothes, $40; a lace tie. so; her UNI
brclla and a handsome sachcl so
more.
Here were three representative wom-
en-. and their outfits were nOne OF them
the S~undav-go connecting best of either
one-and the manufacturers wife cost
S2,0S6. the nice old lady S2.ljj. and
my entcrprising Young business woman
81. 200. OF curse there are plenty of
women who have not 80 worth Of
clothing on them. and there are inst ~
MANY men who. with a SIS suit Of
clothes and - shoes and 4 - hat,
think they are dressed 10 death.
The lady who groaned IN letter from
New York about mans expensive be-
longings took up 4 well-to-do business
man as her example. | give the wife
of one, the mother of n and 4 bust
nesS-wCmau a. a reply. assuring my
friend that the women of New York are
away ahead of the men in ex;rava-
gance OF wardrobe, that matinee tick
cts. the everlasting lunches, newthinys
for the complexion and the COMPOUNDED
doctors that seem Indispensable attach
ments To nine women o Of ten. more
than balance the cigars AMI d.nks Of
the weaker seN.-N H. F., ia ". j. Let
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