The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14

Women and their fondness for pretty clothes, has furnished food for needy writers ever since there have been clothes to wear, but the writers have been mostly women. Hence
 No doubt, the belief that women love | hnery not for itself alone. nor to make
 themselves attractive to men, but to out shine and dazzle by the brilance of their pumage. other members of their own sex.
 This may be true, but do not believe it, and let me tell you right here, that women who think that men do not take stock of women's clothes and know pre- cisely what they are wearing, are going to receive sad jolt unless they modify their ideas.
 It is speciousy argued by those who are on that side" that if a girl who
 wears a simpe-note the "simple''- dotted swiss dress, and ties q sash of
 baby blue ribbon around her waist, she will be more irresistible in the "eyes of
 the beholder," if he be masculine than
 if she deeked herself out in the latest creation of Worth or Paquin.
 This being the case, they say women do not dress to please men, but they
 dress to make other women envious. Whether this Is true or not-and it's a very mean thing to say if it is-the assertion that men don't know when woman Is we'll dressed or not isn't true There are some men to be sure-archae- ologists and entomologists and such like" who wouldn't know if their wives appeared at breakfast in a ball gown but these are irresponsible creatures and not to be taken into account. They've even been known to forget to eat,
 The average man DOES notice women's s .to kl. encourage him.
 Furthermore The average man has been known to refuse to appear upon the public high way unless his wife or sisterr-or even his | Sweotheart-stopped wearing that "dink-y | little hat"
 "Crusty Old Bachelor dropped in- I to my Sanctum Sanctorium' the other
 day. and it was perfectly evident that | he had something on his mind, | He has mind-so why not have some | thing on it? if | To be sure.
 | So--
 | After repeated efforts to start the con- versation, he finally said: | Funny. the hats the women are wearing | this season.
 l l understood the anxious look. but failed | to give him any encouragement; and just | let him go on taking a mental inventory | of the feminine headgear that was pass | ing the window as he looked out thereof. | This morning as I came in town on the | street car" he went on, "I saw a girl of my acquaintance. who generally looks very well. wearing the very funniest hat
 I ever beheld."
 Still made no response
 The Crusty old Bachelor took out r.s l pencil and piece of, paper and began drawing something that looked like a | cross between an inverted bath tub and 1 a gondola--not that I expect anybody
 who read this story to know what it ! looked like from this description--but l anyway. it was just like that There" saal my Crusty old Bachelor,
 with a triumpnar. smile. that's the ex-
 act shape. It isn't exactly Fireman s 1 hat nor vet a Policeman 's-nor yet still | a Suffra gette bonnet-but it's all three
 roE,bined; it closely resembled a tn
 dipper turned upside down.
 "Wasn't there more of it?'' I finally asked. Wasn't there any trimming-a | wing a quill, a bird. a bow?'' | My Crpsty old Bachelor shook his head
 disdainfully.
 No" he reflected ''No, I,lcant say there was There was fuzzy little band
 running around it and miniature dust
 Ing brush perched up on the side. but you wouldn't call that TRIMMING-would ! you ''
 Must have been lovely and so be- | coming I ventured. ! Most becoming hat ever saw. that girl
 wearfi" | A light began to dawn upon me | let him do the talking. ! You see. I've. been noticing that girl for long time" he said and I
 know she wears the most expensive
 clothes that can be bought. and yet
 she never looks right in them know
 another girl who spends just half what she does and always looks like a. | QUEEN; trim and neat and---anu--'r l Well groomed," I helped out.