Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
PARIS FASHIONS
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Stetlhi correspondence oi Inc
PARIS, December %, 1906
~ HE, knows how to get round her
~ husband Horrid little cat call
her" This remark l overheard
~ the other morning from the lips
of arpretty woman, who like my
self was on the waiting list for fitting at
a famous couturiere's. Such criticism. trite
as it is. always arouses in me feeling of
intense pity for the woman who scorns the
gentle art of managing a man. Now why
should a wife be called a little cat be-
cause she purs pleasantly to her lord and
master and makes the home hearth seem
the warmest and incest place on earth?
Well. all I've got to say is that wife is
very foolish to let strangers say all the nice
things to her husband while she looks on
and despises them as sly creatures who try
TO get round" men. A lot of good women
think that the harmless cajoleries which
give a man so much pleasure are insincere
and "catty' So they make a point of
,leglecting the pretty airs and graces which
were given women for the subduing of man.
kind and in their place cultivate stern
and strict attention to domestic duties. The
wife without a smile, too. is to be found in
thousands of homes. From a mistaken
sense of duty she slaves away most of her
light-hearted happiness. Her husband and
children possibly appreciate her, but they
would love her a heap more If she laughed
more. for little fun and frivolity is
mighty good thing at times. But so many
of these good women seem to have been
born in an east wind and to create a chilly,
frosty atmosphere all round them. And
they think it unjust when other women who
haven't half their fine qualities are more
loved. But human nature turns to warmth
and brightness. There are millions of sun
wOrshpers but who ever heard of a fog
tca -orSbiupr3 PprhaOS the who is
dubbed by her neighbor as light and frvo-
lous'' doesn't possess all the virtues of a
saint but she doesn't care a rap about
that She makes her husband smiling,
happy and content, and there must be some
thing back of the ''lghtness to accomplish
this feat And don't you think it is COM
Portable to live with somebody who gives
the impression that the is shining and
that it is good to be alive?
Then the woman who knows how to man
age man usually brings the best out of
him. Where other people rub him the
wrong way she smooths him down and
shows him off to the best advantage. Did
It ever strike you that many women go
through life no more understanding their
husbands than if they We're white elephants?
They are mighty particular about balancing
their weekly bills at the butchers and bak-
ers. but they never stop to balance up
their husbands temperament Consequently
the poor man who pays the bills is the only
mismanaged item in the household. If get
ting round a man makes him happy, by all
means get round him. for. .twixt you and
me" a man loves to be got round and twist
ed about the little finger of the woman who
has the brains to do it artistically.
~
To change the subject, have you ever real
ICED how some women have the art of 'ex-
pensfying cheap things? Expensifying.
though an expressive term, is a bit hard to
spell; still 1t conveys its meaning perfectly,
for you see. "dearifying'' wouldn't mean
the same thing at all Well, the woman
who "expensifies" buys things at sales, just
Ike heaps of other people. but they look
different on her. exactly as though she had
them made after her own design. In other
words, she puts her personal magnetism
into them. She has the gift of adding GER
tain finishing touches, correcting certain
faults and the art. moreover. of not only
putting them on well, but of wearing them
with a serene confidence that is infinitely
better than the assurance of one who does
not know any better. She does know bet