Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-27

1'Sn,, drass os much as did Chap No.
l.
Now this chap who did dress dress
"a .,,,h,n an inch of his life-however
close that Is. AS Fasnfoh ria'e
was strictly the spruced up boy Anu
when he turned 10 the advertisements
In the back OF current magazine
every last one of the illustrations VI
ready. made-to-fit-you clothes Just mop
ned right out of their places TO nave
a look at him.
From his head to his feet he was al
there with the swell front. Inc h,s'
m don his straw lid In the sprins' ne
was likewise the first 10 don IL IL 'he
fall II he hadn't have been. ne "ou'u
have oeen miserable.
or lies he had wads and gobs re
trembling. in color. everything IRON
double rainbow 20 a purple nose on
cold day.
His "Westkits" were Vesper bells
In the evening and nightmares OF u
morning.
| He always carried an extra collar
curved around behind his back for an
emergency and two handkerchief
one for his shoes and the other TOT
his--powder bag:
! He belonged to four pressing CLUBS
each of them calling twice week
for a suit. He Kept a chart showing
nrecjseIy what's what in the way OF
! suits. For example. he never wore a
walking suit when he was riding IN q
streat car. nor sack suit after D
p. m.
I Recently he was almost heart
broken when he learned ne had never
before heard OF kings Mourning as
a suiting until the English newspa'
pers advised him that every ultra
fashionable OF London was wearing
it..
His hosiery was a sonata. an etude'
n fantasie-or q rag-time spasm.
His shoes, changed their soIes and
their color with the weather.
And the whole-this chap as an en-
tirety-wss a veritable symphony. an
animated color scheme that consider
ed clothes and their making and their
buying the most engrossing OF topics
Why. Horace. believe muh. he felt
positively addressed without his
cane.
Now. Chap No. was quite the re-
verse. His clothes were the least oil
his troubles, and he boosted that he
didn't give two-hoots-in q tin horn
about them. Oh. no. Horace. he didn't
consider himself lily of the field I'M
mune from toiling or spinning, out
still out-glorying Soiomon-not at all
he simply didn't think about how he
looked, at ell!
He never had more than one pair OF
shoes 10 his name at any one time
and If he missed sending his linen TO
laundry one week he had to demand
double service from the ones he had
on or go out and buy new ones.
II he hao his shoes polished, he did
60 because he was tired and wanted
to sit down.
He considered a stringy blue tie.
for example. Just as admirable lot
holding his collar together on a Sun
day morning as 1t. had been on the
previous Monday two weeks ago.
, One suit OF clothes was company,
/. more than that a crowd.
Just SO an oyercoat kept him warm
that was all he demanded in II.
And as for pressing his trousers
Goodness. Horace, why what was the
use when in two days they would De
all baggy again
So. yon see. one OF these Rising
Young Men. in. question. was dressed
, and the other actually undressed'
wasn't hey And the one was as FOOL
ish as the other.
One considered his clothes too
closely. the other not enough. One
allowed q virtue and an admirab'e
trait to degenerate into foppish rad.
the other a ccmuendable disregard
for personal appearance into mex
eusable. slipshod bit Of negligence.
Clothes do not make the man-out
en- over amount OF them stamns their
wearer a fop. and a lack OF them
I makes necessary evidence that the
individual Is not tramp.
Just as one smiles al dandyism IN
a business acquaintance. so does one
hesitate about reposing confidence 10
! a man who IL sloppy and negligent In
his attire. In fact. n is safer 70 err
on the over dressed side OF the matter
than on the other.
A clean collar can never onenc
while a soiled one may catch the eye
OF AZ least one man out OF ten AnF
" so. the good opinion Of hat tenth
man has been endangered for tvc
pennies.
Since the beginning OF tiue. Horace
man has dressed In something-anf
given some attention. at least. 20
what he was wearing Why. who
knows but what old Father Adam was
on some occasion graveiy perplexed
as TO the ornamental qualities Of oak
and spruce leaves
Personal appearance IN these GAYS
Is either an asset OF a handicap. Too
fne feathers may wan many that The
bird within Is not fne one And too