The Washington weekly post., 1900-08-28
HOPE IN TnE sHlRT.wAIsT MAN.
I strong Poists In Favor Of the Style Set
F0rtk hy 81 ~hirt-waist Girl.


From the New York Sun.
1t has always been a wonder 10 me"
said the shirt-waist girl 70 the shirt-wais;
man. Why YOU boys didn't adopt the shirt
vast long ago. prefer seeing a uan in
enc OF those soft eool-looklng shirts 4
SIN linen front Is 20 inartistic you
know"
Il didn't know" the shirt-walst man
admitted, but they're conducive to ar
'Ede profanity N the dog days"
And consequently immoral Now
d'n. I order lemon EeItzer; you'H spoil the
symphony"
What symphony"
Your green shirt waist, nv green dim
ity, and your verdancy. Try a creme Ge
mCGthe."
IT'S the details that make life worth
While commented the shlrt-waist man.
as he slipped his iced drink.
As / was saying" BEGAN the shirt
WAIST sif! again, Il always did abomInate
those Stin. silly shirt fronts; and then a
risr handsome man never appears to such
advantage as in SILK shirt and fann-ls.
l"l heednt shake your hel5 You've fugr
sua hsure to show EN- of well, and YOU
know it,"
A"ls Is no mere matter OF vanity. as
you seem TO suppose" the shirt-waist man
% gan IN so!emnity reproaChful tones. ''I:'s
W. pIihc.ple OF the thing and the COM
ioII m not making a holy show OF nv
sen just to exhibit my gladiatorial pro-
Portions ="
vi course not" agreed the shirt-Wajst
giIi' sWectly. 1T was the principle of The
'HAhs ahi the comfort that caused Won
10 nave made that fu,l-length portrair nf
SoSTseI IN your handsome shooting
C-oli-es which you wore in the woods last
Merely TO show YOU that was COM
iIrl1o!e: l thought you would be
mats what we are talking about. isn't
II! lou are comfortable in the shirt waist
ana additionally 50 because you know Won
appear TO advantage. That's human ma
ture."
"Woman's nature" corrected the shirt
waist man
II II Is man nature TO be Indifferent to
being attractive to those he's fond Of"
Now, don't misunderstood"
EDDIE the shirt waist girl interrupt
ed, hurriedly, do men have waists?"
Military cadets ana athletes ana fel-
lows who train, but the average man
(ContemptUOusly) no."
Who cares for the average man?"
The shirt waist girl laughed happily. Il
have IT, I've lain awake nights trying 10
think up something TO improve mems
s1rt waists, and couldn't. You see, l
wasn't sure about the waists But if
you We really got a waist line-er. that is
something, you know, TO fasten pulley
bell about, III rig you up support,
thatl make you the envy OF your feIIou :
men"
Girl" said the shirt waist man, don't
tri1le. The shirt waist problem is the
real thing-serious, earnest business, you
know"
That's because you've only had men at
work on H. Now, woman's ingenuity-'
Il think I've heard something like that
before"
Maybe, and you will again In higher
mathematics, now, and electricity md
the OlogieS and getting off a street car
properly, and things of that sort, why,
I'm perfectly willing 20 admit that the
sex which comedies its superiority is
highly proficient. But the really impor-
tant affairs Of Iife like making a man
happy and comfortable and altogether
satisfied with himself, are in woman's
province, and that's why I've been lying
awakS nights trying to help yOu-'
You always were dear little girl"
began the shirt waist man, "and yet this
interest in the welfare of my sex seems
suspicious Is there-thaU isl mean is
there any particular man? If l could
help yOu--
You can-by helping to set the fash
ion" said the shirt waist girl hurriedly.
Try to get all Of the nice men TO wear
them"
Shirt waists?"
The shirt waist girl nodded and red
dened under her beautiful coat of bicycle
brown.
Those fierceIy black evening clothes are
bad enough AZ the dancing parties during
the season" she said. but at the summer
hops they're an abominatiOn. / sometimes
believe they were invented just 10 make
girls miserable. You know yourself that a
black cOatsleeve Will show clear across
the lawn in the moonlight"
show gasIed the shirt waist man.
Yes show Girls always do wear white
party gowns and IFS Scand9lous the way
enviOus people talk. Now the sleeve of
shirt waist"
i See" said the shirt-waist man.
We'll you wouldn't if the sleeve was Of
light material Those delicate greens and
pinks and blues all look white in the
evening"
You're a genius"
And. then. too. went on the shirt
waist girl. as though thinking aloud. we
have 10 wear oceans Of powder on hot
nights. even if il is only talcum, and you
know how dreadfully it rubs off against
a rough surface"
The shirt-waist man sighed sympathet-
ically.
And some men just won't understand
that a pOWderpuf In summer is absolute
~ necessary il a girl is to look we'll"
"Of course" the shirt-waist man assuT-
ed her
And. then, too, when q girl is sun
burned her face hurts wretched}y, and if
il happens To De pressed against a coat
sleeve or a shoulder"
The shirt-waist man smOOthed the soft
material of his shirt waist approvingly.
why Of course the rough material
makes II worse. Now a soft silk or ba-
Gste-"
i perceive" said the shirt-waist man.
that am the leader Of a fashion that
will endure"