Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-06
Dress up--the F amiliar Miracle
Ri STORY wHIcH TELLs on YoUR PUBIIc NEEps.
BY Lew Hahn
Copyright, 1916, Fairchild Press, New York

body whose opinion is worth while.
should dislike to believe the good old
democracy Of Americans is being re-
placed by snobbery that judges a
man by his clothes.
Why, do YOU suppose" he demand
ed, 'it would have male one scintilla
Of difference to me If Jim here had
brought me his invention while in
shabby clothes No, sir! It's true
worth that counts, every time! It
wouldn't have made a bit of difference
to me IL Jim had come in blue over
.alisl'
Jim said nothing. He was feasting
hts eyes on the TRANSPORTED Betty
Blake. What an adorable little nose
he reflected. and how blue her eyes
are"
Clothes help woman in love HUH"
exploded the indignant senator, as If
any young fellow in his right mind
would have to see girl like Betty
here fused up in lot of French style
to fall in love with her! What's the
world coming to. anyway?f
Betty scarcely had time to blush.
She was engaged finding additional
good points about Jim that she never
had noticed before.
What a stron chin" she pridefully
thought, and his complexion is just
like a baby,s.s
And yet. father they were vaguely
conscious hat Molly did not agree with
the senator do YOU suppose your Of
nee assistants would have admitted
Mr., Bruel, If. as you have suggested,
he had appeared in overallsa | am in
elined to think they would not / too
should hate to think the day will ever
come when Americans will judge each
other solely BY their clothes. but the
days when Americans were all neigh
bers have gone by. When transportation
methods were still undeveloped ana no
one Travelled very far, strangers were a
rare sight. Everyone knew nearly ev-
erybody else and then clothes didn't
matter so much.
Nowadays distance has been elm.
inated-a man may be In New York
today, tomorrow In Chicago and a day
or two later ia Denver or San Francis I
GO, and so most of the people we meet
are strangers. In our own little circle
of friends we stlll are judged for what
we are, but to the many thousands who
do not know rs but see as-on the
streets, in the railway cars, at the the.
alters, In business offices, here and
there and eYerywhere-we are nothing
more nor less than our clothes.
"Can we blame people if they Judge
us by our clothes? ] think not. AS a
matter of fact. It is the duty and the
obligation Of each Of us to wear clothes
that will reflect the personality within.
II we do not. can we blame others for
misjudging us-when we wear false
labels?"
That's all right the senator re-
Joined, but # one of my clerks pre-
sumed 10 Judge the people who call on
me by their clothes and was guilty Of
any discrimination on that account. I'd
fire him. by Cad ! wouid-if he were
the best assistant ever had"
And then there Is the psyeholosical
Influence OF clothes to be considered,
Molly went on. disregarding her faith
er's remark. Clothes color their wear
er,s mental condition. Ii you are tired
Or discouraged and you ston for little
while and put On some better clothes,
you soon find yourself taking a bright
er View Of things. Why, do voa know
/ I always make It point to wear