The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-03-15
Talk OF TWO WOMEN.
Mcn win Head it with Interest and Proiis
and the Fair SEX with Pleasure.

thaU IN summer the 'SWaggcr' woman |
never takes tea. She has crystal glass |
packed to the brim with crushed ice and
favored with diluted creme dc mcnthe.
II struck me rs listened to their chat.
Ter that it would be- II good thing If men
might know just what women say OF
them in the sanctty of u boudoir and |
determined to bctray confidence BE as
surud that when a woman has her hair
down and is lolling with cooling drink
In the shaded silence OF her own little
sanctun she is apt to speak the truth.
| think" said No. /, that mon don't
give sufficient attention to trif 5. If there
IS one thing in the world man should be
particular about, il Is his clothes But
the American man does not dress well.
Oulsldc of New York and n few other big
towns he doesn't oven approach the correct
standard"
You are not exploiting the dude, are
YOU" asked No. ., lifting her eyebrows.
Not u bit of it. l think all sensible
women dCtcst the dude.
so Go |. So far, then, I quite agree
with you"
| mean the carclcssly dressed man,
when lya little inter, { and attention he
could be most pleasing sight | mean
the man who gets one suit of clothes at n
time and wears Shat with dust aud Crcascs,
day In and day out, to business. When
it is worn out, he gets another, and SO on.
Men should do Us we women do, even
when our means are very small. They
should have two business suits going at "a
umg-two at lc0st--morc if they can af-
ford It, 1t wouldn't cost bit more in
the end. After wearing one few days it
should be left Mt home or at a tailor's for
busting and pressing. He should be par
/ ticular about his linen, and it pays to
/ wear the very best He should strive to
/ pay a certain homage to fashion, for moth
+ ing becomes absolutely IA popular thing
unless there is good reason for it,"
"Ezuctly," said No. .. Il remember
once that l could have fallen deeply il
/ love with man but for the aEDminabc
tics and scarfs he insisted on wearing.
/ They were cCiu and scarlet or snuff ccloI
/ and pnk--and his scarfpinsl When he
/ didn't have a golden calf stuck in his hid.
/ JOus neck decoration, he had "A silver Gle
| plant. l remember l summoned courage
/ to speak of tn matter, and he was cnrag.
| cd. He stood up for that silver elephant
| in a way to turn your blood cold
Il can understand how that would af-
| feet you. Men don't realize how well
women reason from small things If he
was rooted in bad taste and you married
/ him, fancy the strain upon your brain and
/ health If he insisted on filling the house
| with bric-a-brac that was horrid and plush
! furniture of vile colors that would set your
/ teeth on edge. It's the same rule applied
/ more ditfuscly. Now, there's another Gu
| rious thing ! want to tell you. Men have
really better skins than women whca they
/ take care of them. The man who is de-
/ voted to daily bath morning or night,
| if it's only a sponge bath, has always, I'M
less there is something constitutionally
| wrong, u good, wholesome, cool looking
/ skin. 1t takes lot Of little trillcs to make
u woman look her best Her abundant
hair must have curl in it; sac must
have pretty throat, pink and white
skin, rcd, fresh lips, beauty of eye. Be-
coming colurs are a great advantage "a
her. So is a wcblike veil, which hides an
occasional frcclilc and gives completeness
to her costume But men need only to be
well groomcd and tidily dressed in quiet
colors to be perfectly acceptable. A man
may be rcdhaired, cross eyed and have an
utterly hopeless nose, but if you are inn
pressed by his absolute, flawless cleanli
ness he will be interesting"
What about hats?"
We'll a man should, of course, get
what is most becoming, but not if it is Sc
unconventional that he is labeled queer.
This is not the latitude for the sombrero
and yachting caps are ridiculous save OF
or near the water a high hat should al
, ways be reserved as dress affair, just a
n woman's gauze bonnet is. Dcrbies
like, and whatever style is en- regle usu
, ally looks the best. Those straw hats will
round wabbly crowns and rolled up brims
which make every man look like n slice
of meat joints or mixer of drinks
! should he avoided like the plague by al
sensible men,"
Il think jewelry is horrid on n man
don't your"
"Of course. don't mind ring and
:. good, plain watch, but no more"
: Now, what traits do you think womel
y hate most in mem"
Il The cowardly man is horror to al
e women. The eflcminate man Is equal,
bad. BY that l don't mean the man o
slight physique and delicate features, bu
he who goes nosing into the smallest af
, fairs OF his sisters and wife, who likes t,
. go shopping, who gossips who nags, VIII,
keeps an account of the smallest house
hold CXpcnditurcs-in fact, who usurps tn
,. woman's place, as well as her wors
, faults"
J. There is one still worse" said No.
There is tho man who is close " An,
she wagged her head.
: "Oh, he! Count him out Of everything
If a man is poor, | don't think there is
refined woman living who thinks less o
him, as a man, for that. Indeed, instinc
lively and dClicately she tries to be of n
expense to him. Bat the man who trie
to sneak out of paying your fare by max
ing you walk, who carefully, deiiberatel
ADDS UP a bill in Il restaurant and ques
tions everything, who seems to have n
idea that the world is levied to cheat hiI
tho is dctcstablcl'
, There is O. habit some men, even mic
men, have which has hurt them more i
1 ,ho estimation of women than anythin
else" said No. 2. 81 refer to the habit c
carrying n purse for change"
~ could forgive man anything bu
rhat!" cried No. l exctedly. "Oh, if me
only knew how each new woman acquaknt
anco they make watches to sec If the
will be guilty of this, I'm sure a wholesal
reformation would set in. The hab
> makes man seem mean and cruell
painfully tidy. Nothing excuses it-not!
ingl The man who goes down deep in
his pocket and without any display {
> lavishness brings up 1stful of sma
change takes the first right step in IA Won
ans estimation. That action seems
stamp him as man.
Take it all in all, then, man tho
Ouglly clean, particularly as to teeth an
nails, dressed in well brushed clothes
quiet color who doesn't plaster his hair
Il. any outlandish way, who doesn't wear
y freak hat and who doesn't carry pur
Is about rights'
You've hit him off finely" said No.
: with pleased air, and isn't my Geort
all OF that" KATE JORDAN.
American Taste In Architecture.
Our domestic architecture Is in So
state when we look at it from the stan,