The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-03
he SAID 4 LOT
Wise Gid Egyptian Prophet Set
Forth Great Truth.
That "New Robes I'll Sefit Man" Ia
as Pertinent Today as When
Clipped on Granite.

Centuries ago. when England was a
swamp, and our pregenitorS thre"
stones at each other instead OF using
machine guns to kill people off. a wise
old prophet in Egypt Clipped away
with his chisel and mallet at huge
block of granite says London An
swers.
Time was kind to the granite, SO
that We can today read what he wrote,
and benefit by his wisdom. He wrote
in his quaint pictures:
.sThe eyes of woman see beneath
the raiment. -ew raiment never
alone won heart. New robes Ill
befit a man."
To-day. when we are advanced in
civilization until we can kill man by
touching spring when they are so
far away as to he ont OF sight, we
may still read what the old man
wrote. His wisdom has come down
70 us through the ages.
What he would have written today
on his typewriter is probably: DO
not wear your best clothes when you
propose" How much easier TO touch
the keys than to chip things out on a
block of granite! But how much
more lasting is the granite! And one
would take good care that one had
something worth writing about be
fore spending weeks transferring 1t
to stone.
Yet how true are his sayings,
Women have changed but little since
the days of the Egyptian kings.
New raiment never alone won
heart. New robes i'll befit a man.
New clothes mask the force OF a
mans personality, for only clothes
to which one is thoroughly accus-
toned car bring out the full force OF
the personality.
What do new clothes do? At best
they do nothing but add an extra
smartness, which Is probably worth
less, for no woman is captiyated by
mere dandyism, though the pride OF
acquisition which most women pos
sess viii often give the dandy an
ephemeral success.
A man In new clothes may be very
Impressive from sartorial point OF
view. but he, Is little more than a
tailor's dummy; his clothes have not
become nodded to his personality.
A hat that has been wcrn for some
time becomes part of its owner. 1t
becomes an expression OF him; it is
possible to tell what sort of fellow
he is from it. His individuality is
not hindered but helped by it. He is
perfectly free to talk through it!
That wise old man knew all this,
as he toiled away so that you and I
might read it. Millions have lived
and died. and never given thought
to the newness Of their best Sunday
suit but he thought fr all out. and
let us know about 1t.
OF women ne writes nothing. Per-
haps he realized no man can iunder-
stand woman, or his time was too
valuable or granite cost too much. In
any case, he does not tell rs, what a
woman sheuld do about her clothes.
The modern woman needs no
clothes TO bring out her personality;
she relies on her physical beauty, and
she certainly does not attempt to con-
eeal too Raaeh of that. New Clothes
have no effect On charm and bodily
grace IN so far. as masking goes; on
the contrary, they help to show it up.
So the teachings Of the wise old
man do not apply to the fairer sex;
ard. in any case. no mere man should
profess TO lay down the law. Let
women have their new hat and gowns.
We men must remember the laws OF.
the wise old man: New robes Ill
beft man,
1t Is uswise to try to impress
woman with a display of untarniShad
raiInent. So if you want to make
love do not wear new clothes.