Evening star., 1937-10-26
! EAR MISS DIX: What in the
1 world can you do with a
] man who goes about dressed
like a tramp and who Is posi-

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world can you do with a
man who goes about dressed
like tramp and who Is posi-
lively indifferent to his personal ap-
pearance? I am in love with man
who is clean physically and morally
and as long as my eyes are on his kind
face 1 am rapturously happy, but when
1 look at his sloppy old brown pants
and his coat and waistcoat that seem
to have been assembled from the rag
bag, / wonder If I married him il he
wouldn't become intolerable. He is
very particular as to my appearance,
wants me bedecked In silk and satin,
my hair must be just so. And then he
seems TO be content just to worship me,
never dreaming that long to worship
him in the same way. / have tried in
a tactful way to make him aware of
his slackness, but his only reply Is
that is why need you" What shall
1 do? Swallow my pride and marry
him because he is so fine in other
ways. even if he is a living example
of what No Well-Dressed Man Should
Wear? DISGUISED d. M.
Answer:
Slovenliness used to be considered
the hallmark of genius. For a man
to need a shave and haircut and to
be run through a laundry and press
ing shop was believed to indicate that
his mind was set on higher things
than cleanliness and clothes. Perhaps
your young man belongs to this class.
But make very sure that he is genius
before you marry him for, as a general
thing, carelessness about ones personal
appearance is nothing but sheer lazi-
ness and shiftlessness, or lack of per-
ception and up-to-dateness and all the
qualities that make one get along in |
the world.
a MAN puts on a soiled shirt in the |
morning because it is less trouble
than to put buttons in clean one He |
doesn't shine his shoes because that |
would require five minutes work He
doesn't send his clothes to the cleaner
or take off the spots himself and |
press them because that is a little |
work. Such man is a Stacker by ma
ture. and 90 times out of 100 he will |
spend his life sitting on the do-nothing
stool.
The man who doesn't notice things |
enough to see that he is wearing a
waistcoat Of one color, a coat of an |
other and trousers of still another, |
and whose ties swear at the balance of !
his raiment; who never buys the right |
thing or notices what other people |
are wearing may be the dearest soul on |
earth and have heart of pure gold |
but he will never catch on to new
ideas, or see an opportunity until it |
has passed him by. Judging man |
by his clothes isn't as silly as 1t |
seems. 1t is about the best way We
have of getting his number.
But, of course, there are exceptions |
to all rules and there are doubtless |
men who have all the other virtues
except clothes sense. So. if you are |
certain the man has plenty of intelli-
gence along other lines and that his |
sloppiness is not the result of laziness |
and stupidity, go ahead and marry him |
and save your sensibilities by making |
yourself his valet.
Don't spoil your marriage by nag
ging him about his untidineSs. 1t is |
a vice you can't cure, but you can sub
stitute clean clothes every day for the !
ones he has worn the day before and
send him forth Immediately attired
OF course, it will take time and trouble
to do this, but he may be worth it.
Women have made greater sacrifices
for the men they loved.
NEAR DOROTHY DIX: I married
a man who was the best husband
that any woman ever had. He is
prince But / have been a nagger. a
boss; too particular about keeping the
house neat, making a fuss over a
few ashes, jealous If he even looked
at another woman, accusing him of
things that he never did. BY the way
have acted have killed his love for
me. He treats me well, but it is be-
cause he thinks it is his duty He works
beyond his strength to take up his
time and fill his mind. 1 have burned
myself out in his affection. Is it too
late for me to win him back? Can't