El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-13
One OF LIES Little inconsistencies
By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN de WATER.

, part with the side whiskers she hates,
or shave off the mustache that she
dislikes-nO, not for her most urgent
( pleading We all know how he takes
suggestions as to the way in which he
should wear his beard, or the request
thaI ne wear none at all The 1act
that vhiskers make him look old or
Inat they are so scant that they ap-
pear mOtheaten in spots, makes no
difference.
At first he laughs at his wife's gen
tie entreaty that he shave his face
smooth, then he argues that after
this beard has grown few weeks 1t
VIII look we'll And at last. he be
comes vexed and wishes that women
would not nag!" Then, if the wife is
both patient and wise, she keeps 81
lence.
How often women hear that, you
my dear, are the only person who ever
complains OF my manner, or 1t
takes q mans wife TO see in him err
rors that nobody else in the wide
world would ever be able to discOv-
And what is she to do about the
hated beard OF mustache2 Well. since
talking only makes one think the more
about it, and look at IL Oftener, It is
better 70 say nothing about it. 1t
would do no good to remind ones
husband that nobody besides his wife
loves him enough to care whether he
and he wouldn't believe IT, anyway.
A Different Situation.
And vet, here is the queer part Of
the whole situation If a man does not
like q certain style OF dress that his
wife likes, shelf she follows what
loves him-dOes not wear it There
are exceptions to every rule, but am
speaking now Of the man and woman
who DO love each other and who are
at heart DESTROYS to make each other
happy I know one woman who has
g beautiful neck and shoulders, but
whose husband told her before their
honeymoon had Waned that he disliked
decOllete dresses, and since then. even
at large dinners and evening recep-
tons, she has appeared in highnecked
gowns. Another woman had her front
hair cut in what was called in the
days when she was a bride a bang"
which half covered her tOOhigh for
head But when she was married she
brushed back her hair because George
did not like bangs"
Mans IncOnsistency.
And the Inconsistency of it all is
that the man who declines to shave
his whiskers off because Mary asks
It would be wounded if she positive
~ and flauy refused to change. the
style Of wearing her hair TO please
him One man dislikes a small hat
and likes large one on a WOman's
head, and, although his wife is a short,
thinfaceds slender creature, she dOns
q big hat that makes her look like
an attenuated candle, half-eclipsed un-
der a huge shade. A meek little wild
oW has clusters Of gray cOrkscrew
curls< fastened over each ear just be-
cause she dressed her hair in this
fashion when she was married fifty
years ago, and dear jim preferred 4
that style OF coiffure to any other"
So, although dear Jim has gone where |
the styles IN hair make. presumably, I
no difference, she still sticks fast to 4
the curls. or sticks them fast to her. /
Yes loving women do try to dress /
their hair and themselves IN accord !
ance with the expressed wishes OF their
husbands, but devoted husbands do !
not shave to please their wives nor /
accept gracefully from them sugges- Z
tons as to the cut or color OF the 4
clothes they shall wear.
I asked a man: why do affection
ate women dress to suit their hus- |
bands, while loving husbands do not I
change their manner or dress to please /
their Wives?'
His reply silenced me-for the time.
Because he declared, ajestically,
women are vain, and men are not"
But, OF course, that was only a mans
solution Of the problem.