The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-08-23

"a woman dressesfo for men and at other
women" / never heard a word about
the author Of this affirmation, and 80 l
can't give you his name. But don't you
know he was mani do. Not young
man either, and not a married one. No,
the man who first said that was an old
bachelor who had been, or who fancied
he had been, badly treated by woman,
Just one woman, and who in memory of
that wrong, or that fancied wrong, was
venReful to the extent of saying spiteful
things about all women. Or it may have
been an old bachelor, nice one. who
had made a study OF women through the
wrong end of an opera glass; in other
words, through the love affairs of his
biz friends or on paper. OF all the peo-
pie who dent know women, and who
think they do, commend me to the nice
old bachelor who has stacks and stacks
Of theories about them.
Whichever old bachelor it was who
said it, it was one, and he was wrong, or
at least only very partially right. OF
course a woman, any woman, is going to
look her best when a man she cares for
is around, and whether she likes him or
not she is going to make him admire
her II she can, and she is going to feel
that she is defrauded Of some of her
rights if he fails to do it. am perfectly
persuaded that Eve forgot all about her
origin and thought Adam had been Gre
ated for the sole purpose OF admiring
her. But as for dressing just for him,
why she didn't do it, that's all. And I'm
sure there were no other women around
to be envious of her various ig.lesf cos
tunes.
There is not one man in a thousand
who comprehends the details Of a wo-
mans dress, and 1, for one, think every
thoussndth man who does, has stepped
just little beyond the bounds assigned
him. And always suspect that this
mental accomplishment Of his has been
developed to the neglect Of at least one
other. Provided a woman looks neat
and not very old-timey, and pretty, al
ways pretty, she need not, and che
knows it, worry about what the ordinary
man thinks of her appearance.
know a woman, at least ought TO
know her, for I've been forming her
acquaintance for some little time.
Sometime / think know her like a
book, and then some other times she
says things and does things which are 80
astoundingly different from the things
which / expected of her, and which l
approve Of in her, that give her up as
an unsolvsble enigma. 1t was this
woman who was walking down street
one day. She was arrayed in a suit
which she had cut, fitted and put to-
gether herself, every stitch Of it, suit
which, buttons, thread and all, had cost
the exact sum OF 5000. She was hurry.
ing along, not quite knowing whether to
be most pleased with or ashamed OF her
self, and dreading to meet a woman
when she met man OF her acquaintance
the president of the largest bank in
town. She saw how hard he looked al
her, as he lifted his hat, but she waG
totally unprepared for what he was 60
ing to say. What he was going to Say
and what he did say, with smile, wal
this; 81 beg your pardon, but mus
compliment your suit. 1t is just such &
suit as I most admire" For once in hei
life that woman was at a loss for some
thing to say. There didn't seem any
words in any language that she knew Ia
say to a person who could admire q
s. 6t3 suit that had never seen the in
side OF q dressmaker's establishment
There wasn't anything to say, but the
only thing she could think of, and thai
was spoken in a sort of grasd-she didn't
even thank him. She hadn't mind