Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-20
WISDOM OF DRESSING WELL.
Inc Clothes, as often Said, Make n
Good Impression.

From the Atlanta Constitution
1houeh at first glance it would seem a
frivolous topic and unworthy of space in
the editorial columns of daily newspaner
'iie question OF dress as u commercial fac
tor ranks as one extremely interesting and
actually important
1t Is OF great interest to study the randi
ity and varied manners in which personsJ
adornment has changed and advanced with
time. In the early dawn of the world 1ya
are told that an uncouth garment of flo
leaves was considered sufficient by orr
common forbears wherewith to hide their
nakedness. With the necessity of striving
arduously for his living came the develop-
ment OF mans ingenuity, and the line of
general Improvement included dress in its
scope For many centuries in the region
immediately surrounding the birthplace of
man. long-fiowing garments were in use. to
be changed later on by the enterprisinp
Romans to the graceful tunic, toga and
peplus. These changes, in the course of
time penetrated into the northern conn
tries. and gradually displaced the rough
garments OF hides and loin-cloths which
were at first typical of the inhabitants.
So has the mode of dress changed AND
improved itself with the passage of time
and by the aid of that same potent factor
us importance mas increased and Derhaps
mas not yet assumed its destined propor-
tons. There can be no doubt in the mind
OF the average reasoning man that the
matter of dress does exert vital Influence
on the success or failure of the man or wo-
man of today. A we'll and neatly attfred
man everywhere has the advantage of one
VINO takes no pains with his apparel and
whose clothes might be shed annually like
| me SKIN OF the snake If it We're not for
the inviolable customs of the age. 1t is a
fact. perhaps lamentable but nevertheless
patent, that a business man prefers deal
ing with another who is attractively dress
ed. whose face is clean shaven and who is
IN the habit OF wearing clean collars to
his brother with whom dress is less than a
secondary consideration. and who contents
himself with the reflection that "bandsorna
Is as handsome does -
There are a great many men who decry
this tendency to personal adornment in
others, and whose lips take a scornful
curve when they refer to the dude, or his
equally frivolous sister Is 1t a crime or
! fault to accentuate personal beauty, or
neutralize the effect Of natural homeiiness
by tastiness of apparel? Is there any rea-
son TO censure the man who wears lighter
colored or some more fashionably shaped
garments than ours because we prefer for
ourselves the more SOmber and conventional
garments! To be sure, there is distinction
between the man who dresses for love of
dress and the one who does so from prin-
ciple or from business reasons. But it Is a
| distinction with which the average critic
himself. We are always taught to look At
the brightest side of life. Then why ridi-
| Guile those little niceties of dress which GER
| tafnly please the eye. and which much
more certainly give a man a feeling of self
| possession and satisfaction. which, too. is
far removed from the Observation-Disclosures
fault of concet or dandyism
AT any rate, the man who is NOT foo NH
losophical to pay some attention to the
manner in which he appears before the
| world can rest convinced that his little
quality Is good policy. 1t is, In fact SO
| much capital. and anyone who doubts il
| can satisfy himself by using his eyes and
his reasoning powers on things that are
transporting around him daily and hourly.