The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
"Clarice" Discusses the Saccharine
Quality In Femininity.
DUTIES SHE MUST DO
SHOULD CARE FOR HUSBANDS
APPEARANCE.
Wife Who Allows Her Lord to Go
Shabby While Hustling For
Money Which She May Spend
Isn't Sweet at All, Says This
Philosopher.

! l was much amused the other after
noon while walking uptown with an
old friend. We met Eloise Dix. VINO
bowed, smiled, and, as we passed on
Jim turned to say, with great em9ha-
sis: Now, she is what I call sweet
woman"
For my part, I wouldn't give that Tor
any mans opinion of the relative sweet
ness of women. To them a playful DIM
pie, blush, a becoming bonnet OF
| cheerful laugh are all primarily coii-
stituentS of feminine SacchaTlhe-'
| didn't mean to breathe worn
against Eloise of whom personally
am very fond, but simply inquired VI
| Jim whether he had ever met rom D ,A
in a strong light and counted tiie
! grease spots On his clothes; or had peeh
n the Dix bedroom and seen all the
! poor boys neckties swinging dustlIy
! rom the gas fixtures; OF had chahceu
10 observe his silk hat box with the
| over off; or his shoes sitting Wrlnhled'
! noIdy and detected in the corner
Jim said he never had.
| then informed him that no woman
ON earth is sweet who is too busy TO
use an old tooth brush dipped IN harts-
! norm on her husbands coat when 1t
| shows spots; or trim his frayed culIs.
| ar press out his wrinkled vest. keep
mis- shoes tidily in bag, or have neat
little cases for neckties, gloves ana
! handkerchiefS.
! She may be a star club member. she
may preside like queen at a polltical
meeting, or may even work IKE a
mailer on entertainment committees.
but Cor all that she isn't sweet
And really. now. measured by the
standard of pride and interest in the
! appearance of their fathers. brothers
husbands and sons, we have precious
Jew highly sweetened women IN Amer
lea.
In describing Mr. Pickwick's careless
ness in dress. Dickens remarks That
| great men are seldom over-scrupulouS
| IN their attire" That is true.
! If Gladstone, who, as it happened,
was a great dandy, had been sloVeh.
| people would have overlooked II. anu
! :hought his shabbiness an eccentricity
| Of genius. But no one takes that at
/ titude about the man of your family.
| tie is merely one of the thousands OF
! down-at- e-heel laborers who are lar
too busy dragging out dollars to pay at
-ention to the, details Of dress.
| He hasn't time, and you don't care
| enough to realize that the polish on q
mans shoes, the crease down is trous-
ers' leg, his white linen and neat tie.
| all help his credit in the working world
| by the air of prosperity they lend
But no one would think of criticlslng
the slovenliness of the average Ameri-
can mans appearance if the American
| woman was not famed the world over
! for her supreme success IN clothes she
| can make a better show for less money.
knows how to be smarter. more sDeck-
| less or better grcomed than any one OF
her kind living.
Most girl typewriters, clerks, etc. are
not only tidy, but are frequently
| misunderstanding creatures on salary
| OF IS per week. while foremen. con-
| idential men and business bosses. Who
often earn thousands yearly, are sEao-
| by to the last degree. Their wives. 70
doubt, own sealskin sacqueS and dia-
monds, and to see them out shC9Dlng
one would fancy them members OF a
rich mans family.
The plain, unvarnished truth nf the
matter is that the American woman
cheerfully and successfully eX&endS
time brains and money on her own
apparel, and doesn't care one button
whether her men folk look like tramps
or gentlemen.
saw the whole trouble eXemplifsd IN
the Braemer household.
Molly lives with her brother in a fat
which is supported by what he makes
as an expert proofreader. About $lOI
month, 7 fancy.
Well, Braemer is one of The most IN
attractive individuals. as regards
clothes, that you ever saw. whereas
Molly is noted for the exquisite little
theatre bonnets she knocks I'D. her
pretty neck fixings and becoming shirt
waists. all made at home.
One evening recently 1 was at the
fat, and could not help seeing that the
coat and trousers Ned had put away
on the back of a chair that morning
were lying a disheveled heap Just as he
had left them. His meager wardrobe
was in a sorry condition, and 1 sighed
to think what an average brothers
room his was, while Molly's. further I'D