The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-25

Ann, the dresses or the six dollars ever
appeared on the scene again, and the un-
fortunate lady's husband was cruel
enough to sneeringly remark that he was
glad shewas stuck for being so foolish.
But with a man it is entirely different.
He never wants 10 get rid OF his old
clothes. He clings TO them as long as
they will cling 10 him, and he will wear
suit until IL becomes positively disre-
putable, and his friends begin to guy him
and talk about taking mp a collection.
Then he puts it by regretfully, for he has
grown TO love it as tenderly as a father
does his child. They. seem to understand
his feelings perfectly, to sympathize with
him in his sorrows and re dice with him
in his Joys. They don't pub him in the
armholes when he makes a statement
that is not exactly gospel. They do not
manifest disapprobation by squeezing
him in the waist, when he occasionally
eats TOO much Of his favorite dish In
TACT, they just accommodate themselves
TO any circumstance in the easiest man
ner possible. They don't kick at small
thlngs. Ihey are not particularly
fast1dious about a little dust, and a
man has not got to brush of a table
or barrel before he sits down to en-
JOY comfortable smoke or chat with a
friend. But when man gets in a new
suit he has got to go over the whole agony
again. They have got to be taught what
manner Of man he is, and fit themselves
10 him accordingly; and sometimes they
are very obstinate and hard to teach. and
then that man is in purgatory. He Is I'M
comfortably conscious that his friends
who made fun of his old clothes are now
making fun Of him on the sly because he
looks so dudish. The pockets are all in
The wrong place, and he has to work to
get their bearings so that he won't have
TO ransack fifteen minutes before he can
ind the paper he is looking for. When
he meets friend ne is afraid to lean
against the lamp post or sit on the step
for fear OF spotting them. Altogether, he
Is IN a decidedly cross and unpleasant
frame OF mind until the obnoxious new
| ness wears of.
do not believe that a man who pos
sessed spark of judgment would put on
new suit to go to propose to his best
girl, and il he did III wager he would
never do it again, if he ever got another
best girl. He would be at a terrible dis
advantage. as he would be deprived of
that freedom of action which the occa-
sion would demand. He would be sure to
be rather awkward in his movements,
and when the time came to put his arm
round her waist he would not be able to
do 1t easily and gracefully. 1t would
most likely be stiff performance, and
ten chances to one, unless the girl was
madly in love with him, she would reject
him because he failed to press her with
suh1cient enthusiasm. Then he would go
out with a left feeling, cursing his new
clothes, which kept him from using his
arms as his heart dictated. Perhaps he
would not know it was the new clothes,
but anyhow he would feel decidedly un-
comfortable.
Even after man has discarded a worn
out suit he will cling tenaciously to the
memory OF them, and one morning on get
ting uphe will suddenly reCollect that he
once owned a black coat with gray
speckles on it, that was the most com
Portable garment he ever had on and a
violent desire will seize him to wear that
old coat again. He searches diligently
in the closet and the wardrobe, but no
speckled coat can he find. So he appeals
to his wife, who sweetly replies: "Oh,
that old thing. Why sold it. dear. six
months ago for 20 cents, and bought baby
three pair of socks" Then, if he is a
natural man, he will swear mildly, and
call her wasteful, extravagant woman.
declaring that he could have worn that
coat at least six months longer If she
wanted socks for the baby, why in the
name Of common sense hadn't she asked
for 6 the money, and let his clothes alone
She would be selling his head soon"
Now woman is very differently con-
stituted. She never has the slightest at
tachment for an old dress, and gets it
out of the house as quickly as she can so
as to get new one. Only occasionally
does she entertain any sentiment for an
old dress If she has had a particularly
nice time in it, and even then the regard
is not very deep or lasting, because she
viii dispose of it in q moment if she
thinks she can make good bargain. The
only way l can account for this is that
women are not as constant as men. OF
course, they would Indignantly deny this
charge, but it is true all, the same.
Seriously now, l don't think we have
one half the respect and affection that we
ought to have for our old clothes. As
soon as they begin to look little shabby
we get ashamed of them, and forget what
| good, steadfast friends they have been to
US. How warm they kept US in cold
| weather, how cool in the summer. How
| pretty they made US look when we were
especially DESTROYS of pleasing some mas
culine eye. We do not near appreciate the
great service our clothes render us from
| the time we enter this world until we
leave it, nor fully realize Of what vital
| Importance they are to our welfare aud
happiness, and that, in fact, we would not
| well dispense with them, with any de-
| gree Of personal com fort.
| There is only one kind of old clothes
that woman really regards with affec-
| ton, and that is the little worn long
| dresses and short dress, petticoats and
| socks of a little one whom the Reaper has
| gathered to his arms. These she lays
| by lovingly and tenderly, touching them
as reverently almost as she does her