The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
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WHICH SEX is BEST ENTITLED TO
BE so cHARACTeRIzED1

to Say on the Subject-D iscouraging Ex-
perienccs with Women Guests.
A bachelor said i'll MY presence a year
or two ago: Women are not by nature
or habit so clean or orderly as men or
SO delicate il their ideas of small mat
ters. T"
combated the assertion, with indig-
naHt protests, and assured the speaker
that only disappointed bachelor, whom
some woman's perfidy had soured, could
make such n statement.
Nevertheless set about studying the
habits Of the sexes i'll these respects, and
1 began to question people who had wide
opportunities of judging such matters,
aud the result has not been wholly COM
,plimentary to my sisters.
First, noticed the dress of men and
women in public conveyances. 1t is
rarely indeed one sees q man, with any
claims to respectable attire, who dis
plays soiled collar, cuffs or shirt front.
But have observed soiled ]aces about
the neck of many an otherwise richly
and fashionably attired woman, and
soiled white gloves arc wocfully in cyi
dence and ruin scores of handsome tot
let's.
do not think have ever seen fringes
or tatters about the ankles of man.
Lit seems to be an understood law
among the most ordinary types of re-
spectacle men that the first travelled seam
or ripped lining shall be attended to by
the tailor before the garment is worn
again But women who carry fortunes
upon their backs display torn flounces
and ragged laces frequently on the street
crossings Or i'll alighting from vehicles.
Only few weeks ago walked be-
hind young lady in prominent New
York avenue and admired the perfect
tit OF her brand new promenade costume
and the exquisite details, which cxhib-
tied excellent taste and Judgment of the
wearer or her modiste. Hat, gloves,
gown and wrap and veil wero in har-
mony But suddenly there came Il mud
dy crossing. The lady lifted her dress
and showed Il charming foot elegantly
booted; but, alas, above it II silk petti-
coat, with three rags hanging from it.
The harmony was ruined by discord
Just rs | was about to emerge from n
Turkish bath establishment one day q
young woman who speaks three lam
guages huently and who belongs to a
rich and influential family entered and
tossed off an expensive cloak, display.
ing faded silk waist which was out at
the elbows and badly soiled about the
neck. Hcr skirt was trim and modish.
her cloak and bonnet irrcproachable,
but the waist she wore was inexcusably
shabby. could not help but wonder if
she had appeared in this garment ut the
breakfast table
Perhaps i'll similar intimacy men may
SEQ similar untidiness among members
OF their own sex, but doubt it.
On the other hand, where is tho wo-
man who could endure for ten minutes
the filth of smoking carr in which
refined men pass hours? The recollection
OF passing through one by accident to
reach parlor car is sufficient to un-
nerve the average woman.
Talking with a lady who has large
country home, where she entertains ex-
tensively, asked her opinion Oh this
subject. She gave it as follws:
L will tell you our experience" she
said, (which, 1 fear, is not a solitary
one. 1t so happened that two young Ia
dies and two young gentlemen had been
passing week under my roof, and the
morning of their departure my house
keeper was i'll, and went in person to
superintend tho cleaning of the rooms
which they had occupied.
1.-The young ladies, mind you, had
been reared i'll homes of culture and
learning and were to all appearance
dainty and refined specimens of their
SEX Yet this was tho condition Of the
rooms which they had occupied for n
week:
"The handsome dresser cloth was
stained and spattered by toilet creams
and washes. A box of face powder had
been overturned on the velvet carpet,
and the print Of small slipper toe had
tracked it about the room. A largo, nm
slightly roll Of mixed blond and brunette
'combings' protruded from pasteboard
receptacle like last years bird nest.
Three toilet bottles were minus their
shoppers. -Four cambria handkerchiefs
and one glove were found under the
bed, and i'll the sweepings of tho room
were discovered 81 drosspins, four hat
pins and two lacepins containing jew.
els
When tho room just vacated by the
men was Investigated, tho only souve-
Mrs remaining wero two half burned
cigars, n small heap Of cigar ashes on
the mantelpiece and one quill toothpick
on the floor.
Sure, and I'd rather clean mp after
tin gintlemen than one lady any day.
remarked my servant, and III view of
tho contrast between the two rooms
could not rebuke her.