The Washington herald., 1911-06-11

has NOT the crease of his trousers in
perfect condition. Invariably he will ad-
Just his trousers to preserve this crease
when he seats himself Men show vanity
in many almost unnoticeable ways-the
fashion of wearing their hair, or in the
color of their ties, and in many little
details
And often when man does not snow
these indications of personal vanity, you
will find that he is vain of his wiie' or
for her. NV first husband was most par
ticular about the tying of his cravat AT
that time they wore broader ties, wnlch
went around from the front, crossed, ana
were brought Forward and tied in DOW
He was exquisite in all matters pertain
ing to his dress. and his ties in partic-
ular And he was as fastidious ABOUT
my appearance as he was OF ms oWn' he
would tell me that might have new
dress for every day in the year II tney
were necessary to keep me looking per-
feet. And he loved jewelry, and required
me to wear a good bit os II.
st think too much Is made of dress
nowadays: It takes the place of many
things more worth while, but that is
only in the case of those who might not
make anything of themselves, anyhow.
Men are just as vain as women ana,
within certain bounds. consider that
they have as much right to be. like
to see an Immediately groomed man; 1t
is an indication of self-respect.
At the Manicuring Place.
Another woman who comes in contact
with men in their pursuit of the beau
tifying process was interviewed at a hair
and manicuring emporium. The lady in
charge said that men were much harder
to suit than were the women customers.
They are the -vanest things in the
world" said she, when they are vain at
all. We have booths at the Willard and
at the shoreham, and the customers are
almost entirely men. l think it is well
for a. man to be neat about his nails,
but some of them are so particular that
1t is a hard matter to please them at all
Here, We have more women than men,
but as a rule it Is much easier TO give
satisfa ction to a woman than to man.
Some of the girls hate to wait on man
at all. OF course, this. is not true OF
all men, you understand, but usually the
men who come in to have their nails
attended to are the ones who think a
great deal of their personal appearance,
and they certainly are vain lot-much
worse than the women we have in for
the same purpose"
So much for the laity. The views of
the clergy upon the subject do not alter
the facts above.
Methodist Minister'S View.
DR.. Reed Shannon. pastor Of the Metro
politan Memorial Church, scored the
vanity of both men and women.
When a man is vain," said he, ''he
is worse than a peacock with its tail
feathers all spread-nothing else can COM
pare with him. Usually these men who
are very vain, obnoXiousiy so, are of
the type who have plenty of money and
leisure to consider themselves above
everything else. We see it in the young
mem about the streets. dressed in the
extremes of fashion, ogling the young
girls and women, and wasting all the
gifts God invested them with at crea-
tion. To be sure. they are mostly young.
but probably by the time they have ar
rived at the age to know something. they
will have sunk into such a perverted
state of corruption that their egregious
vanity will be all that is left Of their
young manhood's traits.
II never could understand why a
woman would deform her figure and bed !
raggle her head in an effort to conform |
to an ugly fashion. 1t is necessary to |