Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-23
NAN AND HIS CLOTHES
BY DOROTHY DIX
The WORLDS Highest Paid Woman
Writer


<<~ II, you women" exclaimed the
I'll man scornfully, you always
" fudRe a man by his clothes
You turn up your nose at Brown De-
csnse he wears a shabby coat, YET
TIE man has a soul Of gold and Is
worth a whole battalion Of your tall
or's dummies"
The woman laughed. well" she
replied, 81 can only judge a man oy
the outward and visible manifesto
lions of his personality. I can't see
Browns soul, and can see MS coat
Moreover, q mans soul may De Ihe
result OF heredity for which ne Is not
responsible, but this coat represents
hts own individuality and achieve
ments. Il shows his judgment, ms
taste. his knowledge Of the world MS
mental pose. even his energy anu
ability 10 do things, 30 Il isn't such
bad signpost after all
aThis "A a deceittul world In which
things are seldom what they SEEM
and I'm not fatuous enough TO oeneve
that there are any infallibie rules
nv which we can size up our fellow
creatures NJ sight. Even the science
Of physiogron1y 10 q broken reed ON
which to lean IN judging people:
"The smallest, mildest looKins,
most lady-like man ever met nao
murdered at various times seven dii-
feFent people. The shrewdest ousl-
ness man I know, and the one VINO
car see farthest into o milestone, mas
: round. placid, fat face, ana dull eyes
fhst look as II he were half asleep
an the time. and Is the one individual
N crowd that you would pick out
for 4 customer II you were selling
goid bricks.
aAs for women-good heavens
don't you know soft, baby-faced wo-
men. with innocent eyes that are as
hard as rocks and as wicked az Jeze-
bel herself? And don't you Know
bic commanding looking women Win
Roman noses and square chins VINO
always ask their husbands II they
nav 70 down town, and who can't de-
eide on q hat without taking six PEG.
he along 20 help them make up tneH
mindsf No. put no faith IN the con.
formation or anybody,s features. but
@kow me q man or q woman's dress
- I'm NIKE Cuyief with his bone. I
can construct the whole animal from
that fragment !.
POSSIBLY clothes make the woman.
agreed the man. They are both
mysteries that can neither button
nor unbotton, but how could you 60
about Judging man BY his clothes !!
well said the woman. suppose
! uas : merchant Who had adverfise4
(cr IN employee clerk, or book
keeper. or q cashier, say. Suppose
ne first man WHO applied for the JOB
vas good looking young fellow, but
vas untidy. He was unshaven and
rh0fn with q stnbby beard on his
cheeks. and his clothes we're rumpled
Is II he had slept IN them, and spot
e.. and dirty.
II wouldn't hire him because his
clothes would tell me that he was
lazy. and that he would be the sort
Of man who does his work IN a slap
6ashy. hit or miss way. the easiest
way. whether IT'S the right way or
not. and that BE would work with his
eve on the clock and drop his pen in
the middle Of word II o'clock hap
nened 20 strike. His clothes would
ten me that he lacked energy and
didn't like to take trouble because II
ne wasn't Just naturally shiftless. he
would shave and brush his clothes
and press them. and keep himself
hooking tidy. No man who thought
more OF ease than he did OF his per.
sonal appearance would get job
with me.
suppose the next man who came
along looked like patchwork quilt,
that he had on a red necktie and q
pink shirt. and q brown coat, and a
blue waistcoat and gray trousers, and
his necktie was coming united and
lis shoes half laced. ] wouldn't hire
him for any position requiring accur-
acy nor quick thinking. / should know