The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-07

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not stress the point about the soup
and fish" knowing her man, and
how In peace, as well as war, he
took advantage of every possible
excuse for not wearing dress
clothes. Women always wonder
why men hate to wear white tie and
tails when they are so fiattering.
and they will never cease to wonder
W h at possible difference 1t can
make to the man who changes any
way. whether he gets into a dinner
jacket or another business suit.
What's the Difference?
This problem of dressing. or not
dressing, is at the moment q vexing
one. No one wants to be accused
Of fiddling while Rome is burning.
Everyone wants to do his duty. but
in such matters who is to say where
ones duty begins? Does 1t really
make any difference, spiritually at
least. II one dimes or dances in long
or short skirts, or in white, black
or fancy tie? Does it help the boys
at the front to know that we at
h o m are staying home. finding
what diversion our own h o m e S
offer? Do they feel comforted by
this picture. or do they resent the
dinners and dances that have al
ways been a part Of the family life?
Historians tell us that during
war time there has always been
much gaiety. and that dancing and
play going have always been the
favorite diversions, even when the
battles have been much nearer
home than they are with us. We
have always been pleasure loving
nation and certainly nothing has
been done to curb our natural bent
in the direction of fun and frohc.
We continue to have baseball, foot
ball and other sports; we continue
to go to the movies, the theaters
and concerts and we continue TO
dine and dance. AS long as all these
t h ings are done in moderation.
there seems, no case for criticism
and whether one dresses for the
role or doesn't seems an individual
matter One thing is certain, one
feels very uncomfortable when not
dressed when every one else is. and
just. II not more, uncomfortable
when one is all dressed up when no
one else is. This proves that the
herd instinct is strong within us.
that we are flock Of sheep follow
ing the leader.
Forget Glamor
But don't let's follow the poor
little sheep that has gone astray,
q silly little sheep whose vanity and
self interest sends 1t headlong into
the brig ht lights in pursuit OF
glamour. Now glamour Is lovely
word, suggesting loneliness, but It.
is a word that Is fast disappearing
from use. Girls do not need CLAM
our now to be attractive to men.
Let's forget about being glamour
Gus and concentrate on doing our
bit for q glorious victory, which
Of course doesn't mean that we go
about looking like rights or slump
into untidy ways. If we keep pace
with the men in uniform We are
doing well. Let's not fret because
our man. who isn't in uniform.
balks at accenting the fact by
dressing all up-even II we do.
Customs change, there is no
better illustration of 1t than the
disappearing us t N Of wearing
mourning. The spectacle of a Wild
ow buried under yards Of Grape, a
not unusual spectacle at the turn
of the century. Is now happily q
rare sight. No one seriously believes
that there Is any difference in the
quality of grief Of the widowed now
and then. It has simply ceased to
be the custom to wear mourning.
Wars make great changes too. one
Of them being that formal clothes
seem merely ostentatious.