The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-09 00:00:00

PRESENT SEASON,

A GREAT VARIETY OF
MECHANICAL AND OTHER JOUJOUX,
combining amusements with useful instruction, has also
been provided by F. L. H. for the Juvenile portion of the
community.

F. L. HAUSBURG,
Late PROMOLI and HAUSBURG,
OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDINGS.

THOMAS DOWNWARD,
TAILOR AND DRAPER,
No. 20, TARLTON-STREET,
WISHES to impress upon the minds of all purchasers
that, if they study ECONOMY in DRESS, he
now offers an advantage rarely to be met wit . He has
resolved, from conviction, to solicit the s mort of the
Public; in doing w hich he begs to lay befor hem a sketch
of what he believes to be the present osition of the
Trade, in which he has been for anu er of years en-
gaged, and the absolute necessity of a e change in the
system hitherto pnrsued in this busin ss : the opening of
this Establishment is the result. It must, therefore, be
obvious to all, that an Establishmeno- which shall combine
all the requisites of Style, Quality, and Workmanship, of
the first houses, at moderate prices, would furnish a de-
sideratum in the trade. The advertizer feels assured that
he can offer to the public all these advantages, by the
introduction of the principle of Cash Payments for every
article which be makes. Every garment produced by him
will be made by first-class workmen only ; none others
will be employed.

T. B. will be prepared to offer the Best Black Dress
Coat, average size, for £3 ; made from a quality of cloth
of a fineness rarely used. He can offer a Frst-rate Coat
for £2 14s. These garments, in Cut, Style, and Work-
manship, shall be equal to those produced by the most
Fashionable Houses. If it should be asked how all the
requisites of Style, Quality, and Workmanship can be
furnished at such pi ices, so strikingly different from those
existing, the answer is simple. Let any gentleman select
from a respectable Woollen Draper a coat length of the
best West of England Wool-dyed Black Cloth, say, for
an average size, one yard and three-quarters, at 23•. per
yard ; and then add the Makings, as below, and the ques-
tion is answered. In closing this brief sketch of the sub-
ject, he begs to say be does no more, and professes to do
no more than any respectable house can do by adopting
the same method of business; his object being not to
cover deception by flaming profession, but to take unocu-
pied
ground upon the true merits of the question. The
Advertiser would call particular attention to the Making-
up Department, as bearing testimony to the true charac-
ter of this Establishment, which is to offer advantages
hitherto denied to the public by the first-class traders.
Where is the individual who has not many times experi-
ced the difficulty of having his own materials made up
with any approach to fit and style, owing to the fact that
fashionable Tailors object to making up any cloth but that
furnished by themselves? True they do occasionally
make up a garment for a customer as a favour, but do not
generally cultivate this important branch of the business.
Many respectable Woollen Drapers in town regularly
keep stocks, which, for extent and variety, no Tailor
would be justified in keeping, where any Gentleman may
select articles of novelty, and quality of the first manu-
facture. These houses, buying at short terms and selling
principally for cash, can offer their goods to the purchaser
at very low prices.
That gentlemen who would rather select their Materials
for Dress where there is abundant choice and reasonable
prices, do not avail themselves of the advantage to a
greater extent, arises from the before-mentioned difficulty
of meeting with a Tailor to do justice to their garments ;
many submitting to an overcharge rather than run the
probable risk of misfits. The advertiser feeling fully the
extent of the public wants in this respect, is resolved to
supply the deficiency in the trade which has so long existed ;
he earnestly solicits the support of the Public in car-
rying it into effect. He is determined that every garment
brought to him to make shall receive the same attention
in every particular as those where the material is furnished
by himself.
The Customer finding his own cloth, may, therefore,
calculate as certainly upon the fit and style of his Garment
as though he ordered it entire from a first-rate House and
paid the highest price for it.
Gent lemen intending to furnish their own material may,
upon application, be informed what lengths they require
for each garment. The prices charged for making are as
below; all quotations are for cash on delivery :
Dress Coat making £l 0 0
Trowsers do.
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