The Worthington advance., 1895-10-03
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A bachelor said in nv presence a yea,
or two apo: Women are not by nature
or habit SO clean or orderly as men Q,
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combated the assertion. with indig
nant protests. and assured the speaker
that only q disappointed bachelor. whom
some woman q perfidy had soured, could
make such 4 statement. Vi n .2a'@4
Nevertheless / set about studying the
habits Of the sexes in these respects. and
began to question people who had wide
opportunities Of Judging such matters,
and the result has not been wholly com.
plimentary to nv sisters. stl.,'s
First. I noticed the dress of men and
women in public conyeyances.. 1T is
rarely indeed one sees man, with any
claims to respectable attire, who dis.
plays soiled collar, cuffs or shirt front.
But have observed soiled laces about
the neck Of many an otherwise richly
and fashionably attired woman, and
soiled white gloves are woefully in evi-
dence and ruin scores of handsome toi-
let's. e%- ~ 5s.a
lido not think have ever seen frin9es
or tatters about the ankles Of q man.
IT. seems to be an understood law
among the most ordinary tvpes of re-
spectable men that the first raveled seam
or ripped lining shall be attended to by
the tailor before the garment is worn
again. But women who carry fortunes
unon their hacks displav torn flounces
and ragged laces frequently on the street
CROSSINGS or in aliphtine from vehicles
Onlv q few weeks ago I walked be-
hind a young lady in prominent New
York avenne and admired the perfect
fit Of her brand new promenade costume
and the exquisite details. which exhib-
ited excellent taste and iudement of the
wearer or her modiste' Hat, gloves,
Gown and wran and veil were in har-
monv. But Suddenly there came a mud
dy crossing. The lady lifted her dress
and showed q charming foot elegantly
booted : hut. alas. above it a silk petit
coat. with three rags hanging from it.
The harmony was ruined by a discord.
Just as I was about to emerge from a
Turkish bath establishment one day a
vonnp woman who speaks three Ian
guages fluently and who belongs to a
rich and influential family entered and
tossed off an expensive cloak, disp1ay.
ing 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 helm but wonder if
she had appeared in this garment at the
breakfast table
Perhaps in simila intimacy men NAV
see similar untidiness among members
I ~ their own sex. hnt i1onht it. #$
On the other hand. where is the wo-
man who could endure for ten minutes
the filth of a smoking carr in which
refined men pass hours? The recollection
of passing through one by accident to
reach a parlor car is sufficient to un-
nerve the average woman.
Talking with a LADY who has large
country home, where she entertains ex-
teusively. I asked her opinion on this
subject. She cave it as follws:
will tell YOU our experience. -" she
said. (which. I fear. is not q SOLITARY
one. It so happened that two voune la
dies and two Young gentlemen had been
nassinc, a xvoek nnSer NV roof and the
morning Of their departure my house
keeper was i'll, and went in person to
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 tho
rooms which they had occupied for O
week: