Evening star., 1937-09-02


1t may be true that the coat doesn't
make the man, but it certainly gives
you the mans number. Misguided
people often say that you mustn't
judge any one by the way he is
dressed, but there is no better yard
stick by which to measure any one
Anyway, 1t is the one we are bound
to use in meeting strangers because
their personal appearance is all we
have to 60 by. We can't know their
inner natures, but cur first glance tells
us whether they are shaven and shorn
clean and neat: whether or not they
are suitably garbed. BY these signs
and tokens We have pretty accurate
idea of whether they are lazy and
trif1ing, or energetic; whether they are
self-respecting; how much attention
they pay to detail and whether they
try to make the best Of a situation.
NO EMPLOYER would be likely to
hire a man If, when he applied
for q position, he had a three-day
beard on his face, II his shoes needed
to be shined and his clothes were
spotted with souvenirs of all the food
he had eaten for q month. The en-
ployer would say: This man is no
good. He is shiftless and no-account,
or else he would shave and polish his
shoes, clean and press his clothes.
That shows that he isn't willing to
take any trouble or do a lick OF work
more than he has to. That is not
the sort of man I am looking for.
Moreover. II he is careless about his
own appearance he will be careless
about my business. Next"
And II the next man is neat and
tidy, instead Of sloppy and slovenly; If
he has fresh shave and a clean shirt,
and If his suit no matter how thread
bare 1t is, is spotless and pressed, he
Will get the job because he shows ener-
gy and ambition to make the most of
his opportunities.
A man is judged by his clothes, and
we are seldom wrong in taking the
tips they give us. The man. for in
stance, whose clothes are always rum
pied and mussed and whose linen is
smudgy shows that he is lazy, not will
ing to take the time and make the ef-
fort to keep himself clean. He will
never get anywhere. The man who
wears old-fashioned clothes is always
behind the times. His competitors will
outdlstance him. The man who buys
last years style hat and the wrong
sort OF neckties is q poor observer and
Will never catch on to new ways of do
ing things. The man who wears 4
coat OF one suit, 4 vaistcoat of an
other and trousers Of another, hit or
miss, has no sense Of detail. Don't
hire him for anything that requires
accuracy.
But, on the other hand. the man
who looks as if he had Just stepped
out of bandbox is worth considering
because he is progressive and up to the
minute.
NO man can make greater mistake
than in feeling that he can neglect his
personal appearance. He may have a
heart of gold. but nobody is going to
dig to it through layers of clothes that
need to be thrown in the ragbag.
DOROTHY DIX.
DEAR MISS DIx-We Hear of the
problem child and the problem
husband" but the worst of all the
problems Is the problem mother"
and I've got one. She has q good hus-
band. good children, a good home,
everything to make her happy and
comfortable, but she is the most miser-
able person you ever saw. She walls
and weeps because she thinks she
doesn't get the attention she deserves.
She accuses my father of having af-
fairs with women, and my brothers
wife Of trying to set him against her
She just knows that am a f1irt. All
of which, of course is absolutely I'M
true She tolls NV chilSrop that no.