St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-19
Striking Difference Between
a Man and a Woman in
Hot Weather.
One Looks Like a Boiled Lob
ster, the Other Like a
Marble Venus.
4 Mere Matter Of Common
Sense, Says the Lady
Icicle.
Fall Room Wit and Gaiety,
and It's Differing
Causes.

afternoon procession swept along the
avenue III the seorching sun-the men
heated, flushed and prespiring, the
women serene and unruffled. ''She
can't pick up her own handkerchief or
carry her fan, she is SO frail sometimes,
but he can row boat like an athlete,
climb mountains that phase me, andrun
down slopes IN the decent that make
me dizzy 10 look at.
If a fellow happens TO be tired and
hot and hungry and snaps out thing
or two at her that he doesn't half mean,
ii makes her sick with grieYing; but
when the baby dies, or you're down on
your luck and she has to sell her jewlry
10 pay the rent, she does it without
word. She will tease and tantaliZe and
torment you with her Niles, but let
someone else 20 back on you, and even
let you do some diSgraceful thing that
gets found out, she VIII promptly en-
dow you with more virtues than can
OniZtd saint. and the best of it IS she
will actually believe that you have every
one or them and are riDe for glory.
But there's one thing she can do
that l really would like TO have eX
planned. You know on hot searching
DAY how a man, the handSOmest and
best Of US, looks hot. red, shiny. diSrep-
utable. Wiited and vIiIainOus. Did you
ever see a woman look like that, or Ike
anything else but fresh rose in re-
trlgeTatOr or a while marble Venus III
fountain spray, no matter II the mer-
curry has climbed 10 hiss the boiling
point and old humidity IS on hand with
all his famed moist troops?
Now, the thing I'd like to know is
whether she is as cool as she LOOKS, and.
SfF : n IAN IN
up that fTappe appearance? Why
doesn't her nose shine like t1ashlight?
Why doesn't she ever get mussed or
cross o. diSagreeable or dirty at the end
u the trip. instead Of looking as il she
Just came out of the top drawer? Why
doesn't She grow
HIoSvsy and Common
and ''Olnary' looking, a. we do when ii
is 100 in the shaded
THAT'S Just what l was asking my
wife the other day" answered his
friend, land she said the difference was
not SO much matter Of temperature as
Of common sense. You see, she argued.
women endure any kind of sustained
discomfort better. l suppose its hav-
ing 10 bear with men al these years
That trains them Mothers hand down
this gift of endurance to daughters. and
unconsciOusly they apply il, whatever
annoyance comes in the Way-tight
shoes OF tipSy husbands, death I'D the
family or unOecOmlng DOnnetS or dresses
mat GOn' [ ht-anythHg and everything,
Including the heat.
Now, II a woman fumed and fretted
about the heat as. a man does she would
look like a fresh boiled lobster, too. be-
raue 10 the warmth of the atmosphere
would be added the heat Of agitaIed
lerVes, which increase the action of the
heart and QulckenS The circulation. Be
sides, If you men do feel and look warm
you want every one to know il and to
ieel il, and 10 be warm. TOO. If WOm-
an gets heated she keeps still, partly
because she knows she doesn't look
pretty and doesn't wish TO cali attention
~ the fact, but more because she I'M
deTstands 10y wise, Womanly instincts
that the man she wants to please is not
8t all entertained by hearing OF her dis
comforts, and will give her precious
little sympathy II she complains and
luSSeS.
A man isn't so fond of giving out
ais soul in sympathy as 4 women is, and
is more comfortable with the woman
who 'sn't eternally sick or sad or Tired
OF diSgruutled about something. whether
its heat or religion. But that isn't all,
she continued. "A woman doesn't wear
On hot day such an awful lOtOf things.
hat 10 you get glimpse OF when
woman gets down from a coach or gets
A spill OF any kind? Nothing but
rufIies.
And Of what are the ruffies made?
Lace; and how much warmth is there in
lace? Instead Of starched rough bands
and collars, nothing nut smooth, soft
surfaces and frillS. How much do YOU
suppose ii all weighs, anyway? one
day we were agitating 1he question of
the weight of WOmen's clothes in COM
pariSOn with those worn by men. Every
dud l had on weighed just two pounds
and twelve ounces, while your things
tipped the scale at seven pounds. Some
day when you want TO be really cool
put Oh pair of fine Nainsook trousers
under a cambria petticOat and India
silk or muslin dress skirt and see if you
don't feel as il you were
Dressed in a Cloud Film
or cobwebs. Every actress who wears
mems clothing Will tell YOU how warm
and heavy they seem. how close and
combining they are about the legs. how
hot and choking it Is TO be boxed upfn
starched linen collar and cuffs.
WOman's most uncomfortable garment
IS, Of course, her corset, but only stout
women are obliged 10 wear heavy or
tight cOrSeJS. The slight woman revelS
in bit of bOned lace which she wears
very loose or disDenses with altogether
under her lovely girdied summer gowns
and blOuSeS; and besides. if the corset
is tight and the gloves and shoes are
close as well. doesn't 1t all impede the
circulation and keep the wOman'S blood
from rushing through her veins in
rivers Of fire?
Still. some OF the light, futtering
dress lawns, ginghamS and gauZeS are
not such cool gowns as they appear. for
they are often close in 1t and lined with
firm warm silk. but the woman who
wears them doesn't fidget and twist and
wriggle in them as a man would and
would not if she were in mans attire.
Who ever saw pretty Della FoX's cute
little Starched collar curl even after
playing Baby for fifteen minutes or
dancing TO the song of The Man in the
Noon with the giant Hopper? Who
ever saw her mop out that collar with
her handkerchief, man fashion, though
no warmer Inferno could be imagined
than the stage OF any theater Oh a hot
summer night.
- But that isn't all there is to it.
cllntT, Sald lilal pbllOSOpnlcal wire OF
mine. Look al the difference in the
way we get dressed for a hot days trip
or outing. What do you do? Fly into
tub Of ice-cOld water: lie there until
you have to rush into your things 10
catch the train. You hurry into your
big heavy shoes and hot clothing. wres-
tie with your stiff. bright collar, step
on yourself and the baby. shake the
baby for crying. rush to the thermome-
ter once a minute, fume al me because
| won't hurry. and say that I'm always
late when ! always get your things all
out for you and then am dressed in
time, and talk about how hot ii is every
blessed minute until We start
''Of course you are warm. You re-
duced your temperature considerably
in the bath tub and that made the at
mospheUe seem tenfoid warmer by con-
trast, and not only that, but the reac-
ton after the bath sent tie hot blood
throbbing to the surface. One OF the