The St. Johns herald., 1893-03-16
VICTIMS OF VANITY.
Men Who Are Enslaved by Q
 Love of Dress.
Some PecuiiarIties or Clothing Which Are an Index of CIlaracter-IIOw the Modest Man Attires
 Himself

the results will be as utterly different as though the two were born in remote continents and century apart, says Kate Fields Washington.
 There is the man whose necktie or scarf strap always crawls up his collar and shows above his coat; no matter how much or how little he pays for his neckwear, it always insists upon mak- ing itself painfully conspicuous. This person will invariably be found socially obtuse and lacking in quick perceptive qualities. I have seen many a learned chemist, many profound Greek scholar, whose necktie was always crawling up his collar, but never a bookmaker, a bunco steerer, smart drummer, a comedian or caricaturist.
 never saw an earnest worker or a man who had real and serious duties to perform who wore hat too small for him.
 Many great lawyers and statesmen, cranky but shrewd spectators, popular preachers and history -mak ing generals and editors wear hats too large for them sometimes so large that they act as extinguishers and are stopped in their downward course only by the projec- tion of the ears; but 1 never saw one who wore hat too small, perched upon the top of his head. Indeed, l might as- sert as a positive and invariable fact that. save in cases of dire necessity, such as shipwrecks or utter and hope less poverty, the man who wears hat too small for him is a silly, frivolous, conceited creature, with no serious ideas on any subject and only the most f1ippant and shallow views of life and it's obligations. Even among tramps and vagabonds the fellow with the ''dinky" derby balanced upon his mop of unkemps hair is the most hopeless wreck among his class; while there is always a gleam of intelligence, spark of hope, in the tramp whose hat is too large for him.
 The man who wears a slope-shoul- dered coat when the resources of the sartorian profession are at his con- mand, and who is not driven by neces- sity into any garments that fate may happen to send, is never vigorous, masculine creature. He may be large and strovg, he may even be an athlete, but the manly habit of mind is never his. Of course, he will seldom be found brutal or pJignacious, and he may often have most delicate and refined taste in matters of art; his manners may be the perfection of punctilious courtesy; but he will never put down a mutiny, or save anyone from drowning, or res cue maidens or infants from burning buildings.
 Large, flat shoes are always called "sensiblc." Doubtless they are so. Yet no alert, sharp and clever person, no one intellectually or physically wide awake or ''snappy," wears a large, flat shoe. You may say that the feet must regulate the size and form of the shoe, but you are wrong; the man who has broad, fiat feet made them so by his habit of mind Most quiet, thought ful persons have large, flat feet. Great hearted, big men, whom women either befool or pet and take care of, are men with large, flat feet. The small-footed man neither inspires lasting and solid affection TOT is he, on the other hand, made the victim of shrewd and heart less women.
 A man makes his own feet. Just re- member how natty and small your feet were when you went courting Amelia or Clara, and how splay they are now in your easy slippers as you sit before Mrs. Amelia or Mrs. Clara at the break fast table, surrounded by little Tommy, little Amelia and the rest of the young brood You don't care fig now what numbered shoes you wear, as long as your corns don't trouble you. Conse- quently you go stopping through life in shoes made upon a No. Q ''common sense" last, and are ready to see the shoemaker and go him one better if you feel a little pressure anywhere. We'll, some men were born in the con- dition of mind which time and domes- ticity have brought to you, and such men have biz feet all their lives.
 Then there are certain collars and certain necktics which indicate the character of the wearer as accurately as the facial ~lc or the thickness of the lips. The nan who wears d turn down collar of particular sort, with ma1e-up bow fastened by loop of elastic to his collar button, is never vain or anxious to attract attention. This style of neclwear is positive bid for modest obscurity, and says as plain ly words: II dress simply to clothe my n& elness and not to adorn my person, an hold in contempt all who view clothing from any other standpoint"
 Such person would rather tie strip of rel flannel about the throat, pin his coat t>-e ler across his chest or wear trousers al .lttered and torn than be seen abrold in one of those cheap and h,4sily acarls w5j-h vulrarity delights in. He woulJ s,r spend a month in jail than wear a c,l-s,er collar and a red necktie.
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