The evening world., 1911-03-14

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IGAlkA- yet eloped tith q
mi u076 "TIts30H jrump-that Is the
amper as to phether men admire
xcmen toho dress pell."
these are a few Of DR.. Grace Peck
hsm Mirray's observations on clothes
and thu woman. In a paper on The
Emotioial Reaction in Family Life"
read b'fore the members of the Acad-
emy o. Medicine, DR.. Murray interest
tngly linked the domestic drama with
dress.
'Bu how Is Il a husbands fault 4. his
wife ) extravaganza" l asked.
"Agreat many men never permit their
wtve to know what their actual income
is,"replied DR.. Murray. MANY women
believe their husbands are earning
e,t:er more or less than ~ really the
cae. And II a woman does not know
Id husbands financial status definitely,
YOU can scarcely blame her IL she
oends too much. or. as Is often the
,ase. too little upon her clothes.
Unfair to the Woman.
Il have seen with my own eyes wom-
en- economizing IN every way they
COuiu pSNibSo ivy oNN.A u
course necessary. have seen a woman
denying herself actual necessities; put
ting by tho pennies so she might az
ford some little luxury OF dress she
thought might please her hsuband.
Then | have seen that same husband.
after all his wlfe's s~elt-denial. come
marching ONE with some utterly un-
necessary extravaganza for himself
costing four times more than the ar
ticle for which she saved.
mo, indeed, I do Lot think II
- fair to say women are extrav-
agant just 80 lang 90 ticir hus-
bands continue to keep them in
ignorance OF just what can and
cannot bs Afforded"
"But VIC len do Ike prett; Clothes"
] suggested.
"oh. OF course they do" admitted
DR.. Murray. ITO tell the truth. l sup
pose women really appreciate pretty
clothes more than men do. one ply
steal fact alone that would make them
do so Is their keerer sense of color,
A very snal. percentage Of women-I
forget the exact fgures-a'e color blind.
while on the other hand a very large
percentage o: men are 81 afflicted.
Dress to Please Loved Ones.
"Hut you Will find, IL you
fudge with Q fair mind-that the
average woman really dresses
to please thoEo near ara dear to
her. Many q woman Is worn to
. fraszlo trying to dreas mp TO her
husbands idea OF villa; his posi-
ton demands Of her.
ST. IT,, ,Ar,r la,.a 80 Dlaoaa
their men folks in the matter of dress,
Only to-day a business man said to me:
IT does not matter how l look. | can
so shabby If l like. but II my wife and
daughter were not we'll dressed 4 would
have a very bad effect on my business
standing"
But do you really thnk It Is much
OF a hardship for women to buy and
wear pretty things" qGericd.
Well, of course there are some vain,
silly. doll-baby women answered DR.,
Murray: nobody can deny that. And
usually men who marry silly women
marry them because they are doll
babies. They love then because they
are cute. Consequently n a man adj
mires a silly woman and wants to
marry her because she is silly 40 can
not logically object II she remains silly
after their wedding. We may be CRATE
full, though, hat women like that are
the exception.
"The average womtn IN by nature
economical and seldom frivolous In
tho matter Of drest. Why shout
she be2 For generitions she has
been the home butler; tie one TO
conserve the family resouroes. It
IS a habit with her not 20 be oX-
t~ravngant."
Incidentally" I remarked. what do
you think OF tho present styles in
woman's Gress?'
Present Styks tlieeous.
"Were they ever 80 dreadlul?" ex-
claimed DR.. Murray
IT honestly beieve women never
dressed so Mdsously as they do
now.
II used to look at the clothes OF the
empire period ana th.nk how lmmodest
they were, and that whatever hap
pened modem Nothcs could never 80
10 quite such tnEtha, Eu, | declare
to you / tnlut the c.ptl.s women are
wearlng t1-dS are fUr worse tala tho
clothes Of az. o,rov reg pi. TpF' tlo
empire FOR example, 10 wGs -.a rr:uh
frank. II y1u pleas, bgt not sus"rs-
I've. Bat uo dress o., to-day g ms to
aim at yu,rar,,y, Win our skirts haiI
about our ankles SO We cannot take n
normal sep, and our t.sAt, transparent
bodies, we are a s!ght that history
cannot 4yal. And as for having ones