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Show CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN, SO THIS WOMAN DECLARES Chicago. Feb. 16. That "the clothes make the man," is an established fact in Chicago, according to Mrs. Esther Falkensteln, who, In a communication to a woman's club, cites concrete instances in-stances of wonderful transformations in character effected by improvement in raiment. The topic was chosen. from her experience ex-perience with a man who was forced to crime by poverty, and had at last become be-come so notorious that he could not get work. Appealing to her at the settlement. set-tlement. Bhe harbored him. got him a position in another city and fixed him up with a new suit of clothes before sending blm away. ' "This man writes me,' she said, "that he has giyen up all his old ways and is now an industrious worker. work-er. The whole success lay in that ult of clothes I gave him. He came to me in overalls and the change reminded re-minded him of his position and responsibilities respon-sibilities as a man." |