Show men tire are popularly supposed suPPo ted to very independent creatures we when comes to selecting their own wea apparel mothers wives and gist elst indeed are held to have such p I 1 taste in the matter that the ch mas necktie joke has come to be of civilizations most honored and dent clent bits of humor but there Is other side aide to the story the to ID liable bitable statistician tells us that 80 cent of the trading done in the co brys haberdasheries Is done by v w on en so now the secret Is Is out may bo be that the necktie joke has b perpetuated as a sort of smoke set to td hide the true irue facts if 80 per f of the haberdashers haberdashery haber dashers trade co from women it Is easy to bel believe levet t fully as much or more of th the w furnishing purchases in regular regula r dep ment stores are also made I 1 b by i en friend wife may not kno mans necktie when she sees one lie he seems to be a pretty good buy birts socks pajamas union sult suit itaf 11 the rest |