Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
In our Grandfather's DAYS

In our Grandfather's Days
It was customary To have the clothing Of the fam
| ily male at home, or in cases where means would
permit, orders were sent to Eurnpei but no such
facilities as are offered tho public to day for hav-
ing garments made 10 measure were ever dream
ed Of by our fathers fatliers.
In the last generation n great advance was
made in the facilities for ordering clothing, but it
has remained for the present day, and for the
propretors of Oak Hall, Boston, TO show the
practioability of combining perfection Of work
manship and style with ext enc moderation IN
price, and rapility Of construction.
The elder portion of our community viii recall
with pleasant memories the names of Eilham &
Mears, Goodrich Dyer and l.. A. Huntingdon
men long since dead, who, when living, took
pride in their profession, and were widely known
for their skill and respected for their honesty.
This was before the days ofany kind Of mechan
ical aid in the way of sewing machines or button
hole attachments. It was the time when gar
ments were made to last for many years, without
regard to price or change Of style.
After these came the modern class of clothiers,
who, with the advantage Of every mechanical
contriyance, still maintained the high prices and
followed in the footsteps Of theirpredeccssors.
The new system introduced at Oak Hall breaks
away from all tranmcls and marks out an indie.
pendent line.
Only a few months since, after a careful compu.
| taton of cost, Aiessrs. SIMMONS son resolved
to experiment in regard to what NIGH. be called
a wholesale custom business - that is, they con
ceived the possibility of taking hundred orders
where one had been taken before - and to accom-
plish this end they brought to bear all the re-
sources at their command
Increase of Stock space and working force
were the preliminary steps leading to the com
plete revolution of many existing ideas long as
| ISOLATED with custom work.
! The times were particularly adapted to the sue.
cess of such an enterprise. All classes of goods
could be bought at low prices; labor was penti-
| full; everybody felt the necessity for economy,
and judicious advertising soon brought to Oak
| Hall rich and abundant harvest of trade. Ad-
ditions and enlargements to space and force fol
lowed in such rapid succession, that to-day q
| larger space is devoted to the custom work, and
a larger force of cutters is employed at Oak Hall
than at any other place VIC know Of in the coun-
try.
| Many mistakes were made in the early stage of
this enterprise, notwithstanding the most watch
full care and constant vgence on the part of the
chiefs of the departments. The truth is, that for
| time the business was literally overwhelming,
| and it has only been since the completion of the
new rooms, and increase of help in every part,
that the work has been brought up to the present
! standard of perfection. we'll regulated gtaahiRe
| never makes Il mistake; so we may truly say
that mistakes arc almost impossibilites to-day
in the custom department at Oak Hail. as the
whole process (nom the moment the customer
enters the room to leave his measure, to the time
the garments are deliyered) i. carried on with
mechanical nicely; one class of assistants show
the goods, another takes the measure, another re-
peats and checks these measures, and in every
detail of the work enough cred tape" is employed
to start very respectable circumlocution Office
But the customer knows nothing Of any details
Of the work, except ms he the result in the
perfect fitting, wemade garment, which is
| promptly delivered at the time agreed.
| The best evidence Of the success of this new
department is To- go to Oak Hall and see the mum
| Der of customers VINO visit it daily; the nces
tlass Of trade i'll the city being quite as anxious
| to secure the economical benefits of the new svs
Gem as men of humble means. Messrs SIMMONS
& son have been well rewarded for their liberia
undertal king, and every day brings new proof o
the wisdom of what may be considered simply il
the light of daring venture.
| The latest revolution of all, the overthrow o
all sewing machlre monopoly, helps the cause o
all who are working to establish business on it
|
| Piahmahs EAST Indian Sleeping Suits) of sill
or wool can always be found in the FuInishin
Department ut Oak Hall, They are indispedsi
Die to travellers.
The BASE BALL, FOOT BALL and BOAT
ING season brings demand for all the article
required by sporting men, and this is supplied i
L special department devoted exclusively TO good
Of this class. The Rugby Football is mporto
an1 full supply kept Of the best Professions
Base Balls recommended BY the League.
Hunting suits are made specially OF, and IllU
| trated Catalogues and Circulars with samples
material, are sent TO any address.
The Military Department furnishes everythir
in the way of Uniforms required by bands or mi
itary companies, and in addition supplies HOr
Equipments, Flags and Society goods of evel
description.
The new Boys Department at Oak Hall is Il
largest in Boston, and The best supplied wi
childrcn's clothing.
OAK HALL, % to 81 North Street. Boston,
open daily from A. NJ. to Z. NJ, and on Satu
days till l0r.M.