Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05
tThe Haberdasher.)

hove before remarked. era
,a+c arc divided into two classes-'i,ose
that men buy and those that "oiiiei' 80
for +hern OF course I speak OF the Aiiio
no, wear The female kind OF craVa' 40
something of recent years ina. ia 80
~ MS with the progress of civilization anu
the evolution of the new women, ~ NC
have existed before, but, II So IL eAio.eu
under another name and dld not 20 al o''lo
Announcing itself in the ioud tones II ~"
assumes A century ago malaehs W.
proud to become WearerS oA ''ie =, :. =
lie; nowadays they not only "ai,e :. !" az, !.
49, ,,,orriaoa tie. but their husband
four-in-hands and ascots as well. ~ 70"
1-a.rs ago when g. man spoke OF his beau
finn family ties we knew he meant .ie
bolv and tender sentiments existing IN ms
bon,a circle. now we know he refers 70
tha new grenadine affairs that ne anC
his wife and daughter take turns IN veal
ing 49, T
ant IT is of the ma sculine craVat tnat
would sneak particularly, and especially
those that women buy. read IN the paper
+ba other dav that-a man hanged hlmseil
with the cravat his wife gave nm at
christmas. | suppose the thing droVe
him to it, I have seen men "earlle -
watts that ought to drive them 70 orl.iA,
or suicide. or paying, their oeots. bue
never blamed them for 1t. blaneo eheii
wives.
WHAT SHE PICKS OUT.
When a woman goes to puy d cidvd
for her husband she picks out the most
,,ieoro,s looking thing in the bunch one
Of those phcnograph cravats that was
meaiumly loud in the goods, but WINCH
made no into a four-in-hand, can drown
out a. band until it does not make any
more noise than Russell Sage at meet
ing held to raise funds to pay OF ch'llci'
debt. Put two of these neck adorners 10,
cether and they make pretty lalr cifcu.
narade. although a circus parade "ouiu
have more open dens and proouce less
Jacket Three ought to be enough to start
riot or quell one after it is started.
never could understand why women,
who are ordinarily quiet and law abiding.
should want their husbands gong arouiiu
disturbing the peace. But the minute oiie
Of them gets it into her nead 10 puy 'iel
husband \ cravat, she commences 10 III
vest in these peace-d1sturoers. nave
kn,wn a. woman to buy her husband ar
ascot so red he dar not smoke pun
Durham in its presence. Other women
p,ya nicked out cravats of such regal
nurnla that to wear them in Germany
would constitute lese majestic. nave
seen cravats so green they would MAKE d
Hibernian's st. sPatrick's Day badge look
orange by comparison. And l have seen
them so yellow that they would make
yellow journal madly jealous. Yet these
are the cravats that women are constant
" buying for their husbands and there
nv driving them to drink. dope or divorce.
They tell me that insanity is on the IN
crease; there may be no relation between
the two, but cannot help but observe
that so are red cravats.
CLERKS RESPONSIBLE.
I have often thought that the clerks
who sell this kind of Kaleidoscope dyna-
mite to unsuspecting wives and sunexpect.
Ing husbands, must possess plia bllity or
conscience that would fit them admirably
for the halls of Congress or the corridors
Of a Jail. The woman may not know any
better, but the clerk does. When ne sends
one Of these lavender cravats with red
stripe out into the world for some man TO
wear so as to keep peace in the family
(no matter what it may do to the peace
Of the neighborhood), unless he has
cast-iron conscience and subterranean
remorse. he must know that somewhere
q padded and carefully heated cell Is be-
ing reserved for him. and that Its walls
are hung with festoons Of just such era.
watts. Here he will be compelled to Htt
throughout all time gazing at these