Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-13
for The Evening sar.

Warm Weather Dress for Men: Kssp Cool
As men, we in the swelserins heat
OF dog days, most admire the neat
And tasteful dress, the flowing curl
OF her you call the summer girl"
As summers morning calm aad cool,
OF to the beaches, out of school,
And drest In muslin, surah, lawn.
Over the shoulders decent drawn,
What prettier sight on earth 10 see,
For an old fellow, say, ike me,
On Saturday ewes, at almost dark.
I've watched her coming from the park
BY twos and threes, but seldom gone
Single ana sole there saunterfng on,
To loungers at the club she shows
Accompanied by beau or besuxi
They whisper TO her, as to trees,
The soft susurrus Of the breeze
To which she listens, maybe, hsrki
The bands last strain--out OF the PARK
Forth streaming homeward come the girls,
Mixed with the "baser sort" the churis.
And let them COVE pass them by.
Nor give second glance Of the eye.
But see that delicate creature there,
Her perfect pose, her well-bred air;
Her clear-cut Grecisn face and bend,
Blue ribbon, and red rose in hair,
Now, love defend usI aye, defend
From her whom Carlyle calls, for dress,
"white-muslin promenaderess!"
She is more sweet than Stockings Bride"
Whom all the SWANS IN countryside
Went mad for, when they pleased 70 note
How, round her bordered petticost,
Her "smsil feet" timid. thereabout,
Like little mice went In and OUT
But yonder girl, stately and tall,
Whose hands and feet, indeed, are small.
Has them-her feet, of course, amid
Her skirts encssed IN dressed white kid-
Seeming, perhaps, little hold,
This aristOcratic maid, and cold,
Is yet creature, you determine,
From top to toe a. pure - erminel
How cool she Isl without excess,
Perfect and faultless In her dress
She's charming As q Muse, or Graca,
And hence, you hold, Of Grecisn race.
Two thousand years ago, the gins
OF Greece dressed much like our own giriE
Save and except the "virgin zone"
The maiden belt was higher saowp,
For then, tight lacing was unknown:
But in its general designs,
Dress had the same soft flowing lines;
And In hot climates-much like ours
The past few weeks-in Grecian bowers
The ladies wore that woven wind"
The poets speak of-never mind
After "plunger" in the pool,
The object, then, was 10 keep cooi!s
Hoy girls accomplish this great feat
OF sleeping cool" in sweitering heat
That wilts us men who suffer 90,
Is more'n understand or knowl
But since they have, a. made sxpresa
A cool and comfortable dress,
Why should the girls 70 xping, then,
The foolish ways and dress of men7
wit wear superintendent, and meit,
Take mine, then. here-give me the belt,
Take cud and collar haf and cana
But no ''biled' shirt for me again,
THAT'S made on purpose TO keep IN
The Precipitation from the skin,
When all Its million breathing pores
Should open bees al-out-doors
The shirt for comfort b one whiik,
II made Of cotton and OF silk,
Worn loose and open at the throat,
And never, then, with Q wsistcoati
Men load themselves with woolens down.
Like Romans with their shields In town.
When any fellow up 70 snuG,n
Knows twepsy ounces n enousA.
In personal comfort g 70 drea,
Needless and aping to excess,
The Occidental u Q fool;
The Oriental dresses cool;
Therein approaching to the sex
More lightly garmensed, he dscn
Himself out IN q silksn stole,
" ulcns III " MAKES aim, more o. ~
Look like 'ssAyr In his drssa,
He has more comfort, on the whole.
His neither toys, ~ you can zee,
Are wide - Tu rkish trousers be,
II somewhat baggy At the knee.
And wearing sandals" for the axe
OF greater freedom, give and take,
He, wisely for his leg and foot,
Escapes the torture Of the boot
Crest hsavsnG but would rash9 b
A shesthen" IN ny dress-as be.
Or Highlander. end show Leg.
WITH tartar snA win philibeg,
Than suffer - We d. - TIE
Behest OF fsshion-- Dol. fool, fool
But still say TO all-"kesp cooli"
AHgust. iee4 -youx sxyxrv.
And shs Was saAasasd.
From ths Indianapolis youznai.
Young Mrs.. Fitts-''This ice docs mot ssem
very clear. II lst1n o theugA Il had ART in II
. The Ioeman-"Oh, it's clear snoueh. nun.
rs Just httls sunbuznt Il allsss at thst-er
way dAys Ike thts, mum."
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