The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-04
Shows How
 Clothes Make the Man-and the Woman
Dorothy Die
You Can Size Up Your Affinty's Character by a
 Detailed Study of His Appearance

color of her hair, and hats that looked as if her worst enemy had bought them for her, I'd know she had absolutely no sense of value, no discrimination. no judgment, no taste She would be the sort of a woman who always does the wrong thing in any emergency and who can never open her mouth without putting her foot in it, as an 1rishman might say.
 But if girl were always neat and tidy; if she were appropriately crossed for every occasion; if she were dressed suitably to her rank and station, and, particularly if the heels or her shoes were always straight and square, I'd know that she was a girl of intelligence, with a sense of the eternal fitness of things, girl with tact and discretion. and that she would make the kind of wife that IS helpmeet instead of hindrance.
 And if I were girl contemplating matrimony, l should give a mans ap- pearance a very thorough considera- : tion before I tied up with him for life.
 If he was slouchy and slovenly with too casual acquaintance with safety razor, I should say mo, ,' not only because an untidy man is because the kind of man who looks like a tramp eventually drifts into the tramp class.
 The man who hasn't enough per sonal pride to keep himself clean never succeeds in life.
 If a man wears his hair too long and his coat sleeves and trousers too short and buys shoddy materials when he can afford good, I should say mo-" because his clothes show that he lacks judgment and he will never get along in the world.
 If a man wears clothes that are out of fashion: If he wears a year-before last shape of hat; If he wears loose trousers when other people are wear ing tight ones, and the wrong sort of collars and ties and shoes. it shows that he lacks observation and percep- tion and that he doesn't keep up with the times. He will never see an op- portunity unles sit slugs him in the face and he will never make the kind of man who is a go-getter.
 If a mans clothes look as if they had been pitchforked at him; if he wears coat of one suit and trousers of another, and waistcoat of still another suit. and red necktie witt purple shirt. 1t shows that he is not careful about details or little things. He is not apt to be money. maker and he will make the sort of husband who never remembers ar anniversary, or to mail letter, or to wipe his feet on the doormat, or to pick up his clothes, or to refrain from scattering cigar ashes on the best rug, and the chances are that his wife will have to save the money if there Is ever any saved in the family
 But the man who is willing to deny his stomach to put it on his back who, if he cannot do both. will go to cheap restaurant in order to go to good tailor. is a good matrimo- nial chance because he is far-seeins ns and has ambition and he will rise in the world.
 The man who keeps a shabby coat pressed so that it looks like a good one will get on because he will al ways make the most of his oppor- tunities. So will the man whose clothes show by their selection and the way they are worn that he is wide awake and Johnny on the spot