Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-12-19
WOMAN UpLIFTS
PINK SHIRT Man
She Is Americas Hnpe Fnr Ret
ter Dress, Says kOhIRman.
STUDYING WORLDS MANNERS.
Count Seymore Declares Our Men Do
Not Know How to Harmonic CoIors,
and Some of the Results Are Awful.
His Book Is Likely to Guido Dickens
and kipIing.

and kiplng.
The ears of ninety odd million Amer
leans should have tingled recently if
the old superstition be true that I'M
complimentary remarks cause the
blood to rush to those organs. The
plain remarks rejecting on the inhab-
itants of the greatest of nations came
from August Schaefelysky de Mukka-
del de Castellane Seymore of Paris.
This Partisan of proud name also bears
the title of count, but he does not use
1t, because his mother once told him
to go forth and do something first
and claim the title later"
He is now following that advice,
and among the things which he is do
ing is making a study of the manners.
dress and customs Of the peoples of
the world.
With this object in view Count de
Castellane Seymore. who is member
of the same family rs that fastidious
former husband Of Anna Gould, who
was also an authority on dress. came
to the United States about twelve
months ago and has Travelled through
practically all sections Of the country
with both eyes open for American Pc
culiarities.
And the count has gathered some
data which, if he makes literary use
Of them, as he says he proposes doing,
will make the American appear to as
great a disadvantage as did the por-
II.
Criticism of Europeans.
Recently an American newspaper,
the count says, had the audacity to
publish an article suggesting that Flu
ropeans needed "little brushing up
on dress"
"Why," remarked the count, "you
Americans do not know how to dis
tinguish between the proper dress for
wedding breakfast, a noon wedding
or an evening wedding. / have travel
ed throughout your country, and
have seen the guests coming to wed
ding breakfasts in swallowtails and
tuXedos. 1t is nothing uncommon to
see an American appear at an even.
ing function in a swallowtail coat. a
broad expanse Of white shirt front. set
with gold buttons, and black tie.
'Out oD the coast | was struck with
the custom of clubmen, who would ar
ray themselves in evening dress and
parade the streets with topcoats
thrown over their arms. displaying
their dress. as much as to say, Look
who l am.
"No; the American knows nothing Of
dress. And the reason is that he does
not know how to harmonize colors.
Why, darn it, an American will pass
show window and be attracted by
the very color scheme which the mer-
chants clerks have worked out and
then he will walk in and purchase a
pink shirt and Il green tie. 1t is awful.
But the American is being lifted up
by the American women. In England
John Bull always goes first, while his
wife follows. In America things are
turned around. The woman goes first,
and she is lifting up her husband She
says, Brush up there: shine up Bit
and the man has to do it. But you
can't blame the American. He has
been too busy with his machine shops
and meals to give consideration to
dress.
when l make these comments am
not taking the highest or lowest strata
Of society, but that great middle class
which is the great average in all ma
lions"
His Ideas on Marriage.
The count also has some we'll defined
ideas on marriage. He is a widower
and says that he expects that he will
remain one, since it does not seem
probable that he will discover a part
ner' whose views accord with his own.
Woman has gradually been raised
through several stages until now she
stands on parity with man." he add
ed. Way back in the dark ages she
was chattel property, then man spoke
| of her as, the female. later as the wife,
| and now he is coming to regard her as
| the partner. In those former stages
we had marriages of the eye. We are
| now coming to the era of marriages Of
reason. In this era man will seek his
| wife for a partner and not be guided
by his physical appetites.
PERSONALLY | believe that men and
women should weigh experience and
| wealth against each other in making
their choices-that is, if man has had
experience in the ways of the business
world and finds a woman with capital
and no experience, they are well
matched. | do not think that the man
should ask, or, if he were the proper
sort, would wish, that the woman
should convey to him her property, but
he should allow her to retain it intact.
IF l remarry | shall be guided by
these ideas. but probably l shall not
ind a person with similar ideas and
consequently expect to remain unmar-
ried'
Just Like the Bulgarians.