The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17

are less obtrusive In style and cut. You
can meet a man every Gay or nightyfor q
year without exactly noticing. II ne mas
the same clothes on. IL In only the men
who dress ~conspicuously. the o1under
in and out of society, whose clothes are
noticed. A woman's clothes are always
noticed.
Il know that 1t has been said that the
we'll dressed woman Il she whose clothes
are mover noticed but ! am afraid that
idea belongs in the past. A woman who
always looks the same il one OF the most
m%onotonous creatures. A stunning frock
will always be admired and a beautiful
woman is set of by her dressing.
THE shirt waist styles hat have De
come Iso popular are the nearest that
women have ever come to the masculine
idea of simple dressing, but unfortunate
for women they cannot or VIII not wear
these sensible and pretty Rarments LOT
the afternoon and evening. A mans linen
is always correct for any part of the day,
and while his laundry bills are large, ne
doesn't have to have dinner waists ana all
the things that go with them.
Men have the best of ii In the matter
Of expense. Ii IL cheaper to be a man
You take the matter of living. A man can
live in excellent style in any one oil the blg
bachelor fate, vet his living expenses need
not be out of proportion. He can main
tain post ion easier in a monetary way.
There are numbers Of men that are met
nightly at the clubs and theatres and In
the big hotels who makeu point OF appear
ing always Immediately CARRIED. Where
they live no one knows, and no one cares,
it would seem.
"In the social world IL is the same way
A man IL asked out frequently and inVl-
tat ions are sent to his club. The moment
a woman goes out there u the question OF
her receiving calls; her afternoon at home.
And If she's nice men want to cal ana see
her. They never betray this anxiety to go
and see a man.
1T would surprise lots Of people TO know
how small an annual amount men can dress
on and live on In New York and maintain
a position. Many fellows will live at a
boarding house in the vicinity OF the great
hotels and will be always i'll evidence IN
the billiard room. the barroom and the
corridors, well dressed and having the
appearance OF men of leisure.
"In reality they may work hard at SHOPS
or offices all day. but they make a specially
Of this evening parade. Tor they manage
to make acquaintance and PICK up N
formation as to stocks by which they proht'
"All this ia a closed book to a woman
She cannot go bout in the evening without
an escort or a chaperone; she cannot make
h~ap-hazard acauaintanccs and she must
be dressed, not in a Tuxedo and a clean
collar that can be sported Tor 800 DAYS
in the year, but in n costume with the rlght
sort of a skirt and "A hat that has the newest
effect and all the other wrinkles that 60
TO finish the effect. 80,
"One can Judge very easily OF the dill
ference in the cost of a mans dressing
and a woman's by the difficulty we some
times have about models. A ood-looking
male mode may have one suit OF evening
clothes and be can pose In il forever. But
a girl may be very beautiful, but she could
not reappear in pictures in the same gown
IL would be ridiculous.
"We endeavor To vary the effects, but
find that the changes in women's dress
one has TO study the lines and, above all
the changes in the lines in order 10 get the
proper effect. We cant put last years
sleeves or the wrong cut skirt in a picture
nowadays. II is either the draperies OF
the Greek goddesses or else tho latest thing
from Paris"