Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-06-19
JUDGED BY THE COLORS.
HOW THE LADIES OF ST. PAUL
 SELECT THEIR FOoT-GEAR.

What Glasses Wear Striped and Solid
 colored Hosiery-Red Color That In-
 dieates Fiery DisPOsition-Biaek the
 Proper ThIng-Pure White.
 stockings an indication of character
 repeated the clerk in charge of the hosiery | department of prominent dry-goOds | store. as he folded beautiful pair of blue silk hose and replaced them in box | aYes. think that the color, the texture, | and in fact the laiy's conduct while mak- | ing a selection of foot covering enable the observing clerk to judge a good deal | of her character, and even if she Is per | feet stranger and her name and residence are unknown quantities. have tried my hand at guessing in that way, and when | ever the stranger has become irregular GUS toner. thus giving me a chance to discover
 the truth or fslsity of my prediction, have | found that have judged her correctly. l | knew a clerk in En extensive New York
 establishment, which dealt largely in hos | iery. who had an elaborated theory on the | subject, and in number of eases, which ! came under our knowledge in connection
 with the published testimony in subse- quent divorce proceeding, he came mighty
 near reading their characters to fine
 point.
 UGLY AND INAPPROPRIATE FOOT-GEAR.
 ~For instance, he maintained that no re fined woman, no woman with perfect tnste. would ever make barber shop sign
 sign of herself by wearing striped stock ings. He held that a female with striking costume, a display of cheap Iewelry, and a living, walking illustration of inhar- | s.F only respectable being who ever called for
 barber stockings He excused her on the
 ground that she knew no better Ignor- anee, he said, was the only reason why young girls and country maidens called
 for such ugly and inappropriate fOOt-eear.
 am thoroughly convinced that his theory
 was correct. as have yet to receive a call
 for such striped stockings .rUm St Paul woman. old or young, whom l know to have leading position in social circles.
 They are worn great deal by little girls,
 but with children the demand is for the smallest kind of a stripe. Blue and white or black and white are the reigning com binatiOns of color They want as near the neutral tint as pOssi- ble, for the less conspicuous an article Is as to color the more desirable. The striped stockings are in great favor with the few
 Indian girls who chance to visit the store. They want the Tel and white or some other flaring cOlOrs, anl the stripes are never too broad to suit them. Next to the Indians come the darllies The cOlored women like shOwy stockings The foreigners are next. So that we get rid of all such stuff between the Indians, negroes, and the dOmesticS of foreign birth or extraction.
 This experienced friend of mine had a theory that Q woman who would wear red stockings from choice was a person blessed with more than her share of temper. Bru- nettes are more likeiy Co prefer that color than blondes, and brunettes as a rule are higher-tempered than their paler sisters. But when d blonde calls for that she IS hot tempered We had this proved to our en- tire satisfaction. A blonde customer in New York invariably called for red. In a subsequent divorce trial her husband tes tiled that she was n perfect demon when l she got mad, and trifies were enough to l get her mad She chased him out of the | house with a butcher knife and made mar | ried life uubeGrable.
 SAVAGE TASTE AND DISPOSITION.
 T will never risk my life with a woman | who has partiality for red-it shows a | savage taste and is generally coupled with | a savage disposition. Now blue and gray are great improvements on red. They arc | more subdued. They show that their | owner i5 of a refined character and likes | not display. But far above them, as | they are elevated above the barber-pOle | stockings, are the solid black hose They | are always elegant and appropriate. AS a rule the prettiest girls with the prettiest figures take black This is the latest craze. A short time ago the solid cOlors were all | popular, but now black is the leading fa- vorite. It's all nonsense to talk about in- tenectual girls preferring blue stockings. |
 When female calls for white stock ings it Is safe to say that she is either an old widow or an old maid, who don't ex- pect to get married They are per fectly reckless, and don't care. always feel sorry for woman who wants that kind of hosiery. Of course 1t Is only a matter of few years since white was the prevailing color. It changed, and now no one thinks of getting pure white except those who are looking for bargain or women who don't care for fashion. Even bride don't get pure white hose. She wants tint of some kind and she gets it, If We have to send to New York for it. Future brides are the most particular customers who visit a dry goods store. Nothing is ever good enough for them They get over that feeling after they hnve been married a few years. and are less particular. ! don't blame lem a bit, for everybody helps to make 'em fool ish. They don't have a female acquaint- ance who wouldn't leave anything to go down town and buy or match something for a bride-elect. After the ceremony these brides have to do their own shop ping. st Paul Pioneer Press.