The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29

their daily tasks 0lSregdrulnB Ine
urgent warnings until overtaken by
actual collapse.
The present Mrs Pinkham's expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
leled, for years she worked side by side
with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and for
sometimes past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department of
her great business, treating by letter
as many as a hundred thousand ailing
women during single year.
the organdy gown in pacific way. Com
pared with his womankind he is often
downright shabby. Wherever you find an
American woman of the well-todo class
you are sure to find her suitably and even
stylshly dressed. We are so accustomed
to il that it doesn't attract the slightest
attention. We expect 1t of her But if
her husband looked as well groomed, and
as well cared for and was as appropri-
ately and suitably dressed, we would no
tice it In a minute, and the chances are
that somebody would call him dude or
a swell And nowhere in the world Is
this truer than right in New Orleans. The
men here do the Cinderella act, so far as
clothes so. Haven't you noticed 1t at the
theaters-the disparity between the men
in their rough business suits and the wo-
men in their dainty, light theater waist?
Is it economy and self-sacrihce on the
mems part or is 1t laZiness?"
It's laziness," said the woman in white
duck emphatically. LAS far as the the
alter part of it is concerned l can settle
that in two minutes To a woman any
pleasure is heightened by the knowledge
that she has got on a pretty and becom-
ing frock. To the average man to have
to dress up spoils anything. 1t is the drop
OF gall in the bottom Of the cup of pleas
ure, and we married women know very
well that If we made our husbands get
into their dress suits TO take us TO the the
ater we would get to go precious seldom.
If we will compromise on clean collar
as an appropriate evening toilette we go,
otherwise we stay at home. See?'
lone reason why men don't look better
dressed" said the woman in the shirt
waist, lis because they pick out then
own clothes Oh, I have read the news
paper gibes about the poor hen-pecked
man whose wife buys his necktes, but
| that is a malicious Islander. We should
! see LOT of better dressed set of men if the
/ women did have a say so in the matter.
/ Men have no idea of color, or harmony,
as a general thing. 1 never come down in
/ a car full of men that | don't wonder If
/ they didn't have a kind mother or a low
ing sister or some compassionate female
/ relative who would take a day off and
help them buy some collars that were be-
| coming. The trouble is that a man never
considers himself when he buys a thing.
| His motto is, I'm Just as good as any
other man, and can wear anything he
does so the thin, scrawny man goes along
and gets a collar that shows his Adam
! apple UP to the best advantage, and the
one with pale pink hair wears a pale pink
ish suit and as for colors-a rainbow
broken loose isn't in il compared TO 0
\. e., ,Narr l., y,
matter of hues, and it has never yet en-
tered into his dear, laundering. masculine
mind that there are certain shades thai
harmonic and others that simply kill each
other"
''WeH.' put in the little quiet woman
in the big rocking chair. IF you won
tell, Til tell you how 1 manage"
"Oh your husband is the exception
that proves the rule" chorused the others
He's always well-dressed. His taste j
irreproachable. He"
My dears, said the little woman i'm
pressively, that man doesn't dare to Blu,
himself so much as a pocket handler
chief
How do you do itg' cried the others
The little woman laughed well" sh
said, my husband is just the ordinary
busy, careless, typical American man tina
we all know and love, in spite of his dis
regard for appearances. Now, as for iIy
self l adore a well-dressed man, and al
; the early part of our married life we wer
in a continual argument on the subject
| that resulted in tears on my part an
sulks on his and unhappiness on bot
} sides Worst of all there wasn't even ar
! enconomy in his always being shabby, 70
q when / went over the bills, his clothe
had cost more than mine. Then I sa
down and did bit of thinking There
two ways of woman being well dressed
0 / said TO myself One is when she ha
knows what to buy and how to take car
of il. The same rule must apply to men
/ clothing, and | am going to try it.
q "Well, l unfolded my plan, in part, I
John, and he agreed to wear what l ha
y laid out for him and ask no questions.
o had him there, you know, for man wi
| do almost anything 70 save himself worry
, Then / went over his wardrobe and had
A general cleaning up. There's a little tailo
a around the corner, and l hired him {
+ come and show me how to fold up a Goa
. and crease a pair of trousers which use
q full Information l passed on to the house
n maid You know, that crease down tn
trouser leg corresponds in importance I
the set of a woman's gown You simpl
can't lay too much stress on IL. Well, b
Il getting John to wear two suits of clothe
a alternately, instead of one all the timt
= he always had a pair of freshly brushe
n and Immediately creased trousers 10 pU
S gain. and, as far as wearing the rigf
s. collar and tie, he simply couldn't hel
himself, for | whiskeJ the old ones out {
e the way. where he couldn't get at them
: "Of course, Ii is a good deal of worl
n but it pays in every way. John is, as yo
say, well dressed and at less expens
e Clothing that is brushed every other da
y doesn't accumulate dust except such q
t will readily yield TO the whisk broom
$ Spots can be taken out, too, while the
e are new with a little gasoline and 70
have no idea, until you try it, how niue
e pressing win freshen up neckties The bt
e ginning was everything, you know. No
y John looks 20 me for his neckties an
copsults me about the goods at his tai
y ors, and all is peace and harmony, an
" you never see him going down town wit