Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-12-10

WHICH SIX lS eEoT ENTITLED TO
BE so cHARAcreRizEDf

tars.
Ioombated the assertion, With fndiR.
nEnt protests. ard nseurod fho speaker
TINT only yn diuappo bncholor, whom
some woman's poEildy had sourod, could
make such statement.
Nevertheless I set about studying tho
habits Of thoHeVoa IN these respects, and
4 begun 0.questi0u people who hNd wide
opportunities Of judging such matters,
and the result has not been wholly COM
plimentary to my sisters.
First, noticed the dress OF men and
women in public conveyances. It is
rarely indeed one secs man, with any
claims TO respectable attire, who dis
plays soiled collar, cuffs or shirt front
But have observed aoiled laces about
the neck Of many an otherwise richly
and fashionably attired woman, and
soiled white gloves are woefully In evil
dence and ruin scores Of handsome toi-
let's.
/ do not think have ever seen fringes
or tatters about the ankles Of q man.
Il seems to be an understood law
among the most ordinary types Of ro-
spectacle men that the first n. selod seam
or ripped lining shall be attended 70 by
tho tailor before the garment Is worn
again. But women who carry fortunes
upon, their backs display torn fiounces
and ragged lAces frequently ON the street
crossings or in alighting from vehicles.
Only a few weeks ago 1 walked be-
hind q young lady in q prominent New
York avenue and admired tho perfect
az Of her brand new promenade costume
and tho exquisite details, which oxhib-
tied excellent taste and Judgment Of the
wearer or her modiste. Hat, gloves,
gown and wrap and veil we're in har-
mony. But suddenly there came q mud
dy crossing. The lady lifted her dress
and showed a charming foot elegantly
booted but, alas, above il q silk petit
coat, with three rags hanging from It.
The harmony was ruined by a disCord.
Just as I was about to emerge from q
Turkish bath establishment one day a
young woman who speaks three Ian
guages fiuently and who belongs to a
rich and influential family entered and
tossed of an expensive cloak, display
ing q faded silk waist which was out at
the elbows and badly soiled about the
neck. Her skirt was trim and modish,
her cloak and bonnet irreproachable,
but the waist she wore was inexcusably
shabby. could not help but wonder IL
she had appeared in this garment at the
breakfast table.
Perhaps in similar intimacy men may
see similar untidinoss 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 car" in which
refined men pass hours2 The recollection
of passing through one by accident 70
reach a parlnr car is sufficient TO un-
nerve the average woman.
Talking with q lady who has q largo
country home, whore she entertains ex-
tensively, asked her opinion on this
subject. She gave It as follws:
II will tell you our experience, she
said, (which, fear, Is not a solitary
one. Il so happened that two young la
dies and two young gentlemen had been
passing q week under my roof, and the
morning Of their departure my house
keeper was III, and went In person 10
superintend the cleaning Of the rooms
which they had occupied.
'The young ladies, mind you, had
been reared in homes Of culture and
learning and were to all appearance
dainty and refined specimens Of their
sex. Yet this was the condition Of the
rooms which they had occupied for q
weeks
1.-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 a small slipper toe had
tracked it about the room. A large, un-
slightly roll Of mixed blond and brunette
'Combings' protruded from 4 pasteboard
receptacle like q last years bird nest.
Three toilet bottles were minus their
shoppers -Four cambria handkerchiefs
and one glove were found under the
bed. and IN tho sweepings Of the room
wers discovered 81 dresspins, four hat
pins and two lacepins containing jew
sla
when the room just vacated by the
men was investigated, the only souvo-
Mrs remaining were two half burned
cigars, a small heap Of cigar ashes ON
the mantelpiece and one quill toothpick
On the fOor.
"'sure, and I'd rather clean up after
tin gintlemen than one lady any day,
remarked my servant, and Ia view Of
the contrast between tho two rooms
oould not robuko hsr. "
Another hostess whom consulted on
thia subject said: II do not know that
/ have found men guests neater than
women. but have found them more
delicate minded In regard 10 many mat
ior8. For instance, the seemingly best
bred girls and the richest are often en-
ceedingly careless in small matters.
They viii borrow wrap from a hostess
when they have miBlaid their own on Il
is inaccessible, and thoy win leave this
garment on a veranda chair on IN boat
with q reckless disregard Of conso-
quenoes
Another LADY said II think men batbe
much moro than women do and are
more particular about The details Of
their clothing aud dress ! think Il Il
more than balanced BY many Of their
unoloan habits - smoking, chewing
drinking and the like Ia fact. thinh
non are internally lo8s clean and ox.
tesnally cleaner than women Ella
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