The evening world., 1911-05-10

sho"phsn tnen men, n bank clefk
can sit down by the president Of
ths United states and nobody
draws invidious comparisons. But
" takes genuine courage for a
woman In . turned frcoh 70 sit by
b 1 Of another in a
new $500 creation. women never
will join the democracy until they
change their dress"
Mrs. Kate Epson Clark, author ~
ZIP the witch Brook Road" and AR
and Citizenship offered this bit OF
wisdom In a recent talk before the New
York CITY Mothers club. And yestcr-
day she discoursed stiil further on fem
mime snoos and clothes.
How would you define a sno5?" I
had asked.
"A snob Is a person who thinks HIM
self, or more often herself. better than
somebody else" said Mrs. Clark.
There haze always been more
women snobs than mon saobs for
two reasons. Thc averay woman
10 1T onoe more conservative ard
moro narrow than tho average
a
She Is finer grained. physically and
morally. and she lnstlnctivelv steps
aside and holds her skirts. The Impulse
10 be careful, to preserve her own dig
nifty and purity, g a pralseworthy one.
Where She Mistakes.
But she makes her mistake IN con.
demning others merely because they
are different from her. That; IS whcr,
her narrow mindedness appears. Ever
then she 10 more a victim than an Of,
fender, since for centuries 1t Is the mcr
who have combined to cramp and re
strict her mind and world.
ANY woman who Is coutenptuous o
any other Is a snob."
But 90 you neal that one shoulC
have no standards" I asked.
Plenty OF them, but not necessaril.
TO ne applied TO other people. OF cours
there must always be certain pcO11
whose Company one does not enjoy. BJ
why can't one woman speak OF o.hcr
whom she doesn ind c~ompanionable a
n man speaks OF acquaintances h
avoids: lie says. Browns all rl;ht
only he's not my sort lie doesn't ."pi
taat Brown is in any way beneath lin
but simply an Incompatible. Ills wif
would probably put 1t. That Mrs. Brow
is really impossibles ! think she buy
her clothes at ruinmage sales
Many Kinds Of srob..
NO, that the snobs are always clothe
snobs." Mrs. Clark added qUickly
ssrs,1ras. ,hA t4Avarv -p,h GNo aim.
ders audibly when anybody mention
culture as 'cul-churc.' She writnes q
an innocent b!, OF slang, she condemn
to the outer darkness tho freQuen;ei
az musical comedies ana tho lovers {
Jig. saw puzzles. And che herself IL ger
orally nothing but a rleEcr-up OF wi
dom's crumbs. a half-educa;ed. narrowl
read amateur.
Then there Is the plous snob. i
you not know thCt particularly aggr,
waiting type OF woman VINO Is absolute,
convinced that her brand OF NtItIo an
OF religiosity are the only guarantee
slmon-pure specimens in existence y
as other woine are is the motto wTi
ten In her prayer-book. one Of u
late Bishpp Pottcr's remarks capital
illustrates this attitude. Somehot
asked him II he didn't believe the
were other roads TO heaven besides Il
one leading through his W churc
'Undoubtedly,' was his bland respons
but none that a gentleman would ca
to USE"
Some Other Varieties.
Some women are snobbish on u
score OF good looks. and decry all
their sex who have the misfortune
he plain. Some are snobbIsh over the
domesticity. and look down on all the
friends who put out the family was
ing and patronize the baker. some a.
snobbish about their independence al
frankly despise the gentle sisters wi
stay at home and take cere o. inval
relatives. There Is the anti-suifraS
snob who will even rush boldly In