The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-01

Tho annual examination Of the Academy for
Monday. Aug 20 at oclock The favor Of your attend
ancc Is respectfully requested, as the exercises will be
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Thus ran an invitation received In THE Sun
Office last week. An Academy for the Art Of
Cutting" Perhaps ancwnamc for tho hitherto
unknown disscctng room OF some demonstration
Of anatomy; or II mysterious garrett in which
the science Of assassination Is taught TO ambi-
tious life seckcrs. Mayhap a carving school
wherein lessons arc E'von in the use OF the
deadly razor, the villainous butcher knife. or
the brutal cloayer.
At 1O3 Blocker street tho outer walls and
signs were peaceful. There was no sinister
look upon the front Of tho building. but there
wa a beer snloon next door. and n cross-eycd
over the door stood out in bold relief: j., Dit,
mar AND below i this other. Iallors and
Tho Academy Tor tho Art Of Cutting has boon
In operation two or three years. II WIS estab-
lish'd on the basis of the Dresden and Paris
schools. To teach young tailors how 10 cut th'ir
cloth according 10 tho couts they were ordered
to mako. md to make the coafs IN conformity
with certain mathematical rules not emitting
To- tuk into due consideration the p"'ulinriti"s
of contour presented hy their respective Gus
TONER'S All this the reporter learned from Mr..
DiitmHr in u cutting room, where n dozen
rupilS win paper pencil, shears squares.
rulers. and tapc measures were taxing lessons
tll IIIlf'l' a~uf@ III inc iIN or fNIilNK
Now" said Mr.. Diunar. we will go M
stairs and witness the cxaminqton. Tho
supervisors AMI examiners are az tnerc, Inc
pal"r4 arc icndy. and tim" T. about up"
Tine examination consisted simply in testing
hy ruiu. known only 20 the sartoriai fraternity
tho accuracy OF the drawings made hy the tW'n-
ty-sovcn young mon nhuut t. graduate. These
were carefully examined 10y COMMITTEES OF
w"Il-known tailors who have no connection
with Mr. DlttmHr's aWlrmy. These &, ntlemcn
wcro g. 7. Muller Il u East Fourteenth street
I. O. Denny. the. fashion reporter aud pub
Usher: and J. H. Loehr. The work WAS salts
ia tory. and. after the examination. an IN
rrnvod diploma Tor each graduate was illcl
out unl sisnnd 10y J.. Ditimnr. Director; and j.
i. MHir of New York. and George Painter Of
l. sHcth y. j.. Supervisors
l' grniunt' were th'u sNnf Tor, nnl 10 iNNm
school onort words II praise and counsel in
On" 'lit nccrnis Of SaNony. Next Mr.. Denny
r,f tiI, M tile hciurc ou tho dignity ui thrir
profession. II WINS repln'e with good sense. and
man mil,ht Ice a. fool ami kuay". 70 hrhoOvrd
the man who cut AMI made tho clothes to toe over
AMI always gentleman ana an artist II WA
mot only the gentleman that was known by the
ld~iil ~ his duullHt. tn" iuun Who made the
4 sNlct WIS to be- known hy u either as m
artist or rs a unk,r, Herr Teuie,ssdrpekh
that ho was led and compel "a 10
book through the shows q things into
tnnrs thrns Ives. just ~ with the res, of the
world who huv" no Carlyle to edit tn ~
thoughts. We loD K at 30 man in store riu tlrs
ahu know whether they Ill him or NOT. and the
tailor with critics eye. with IN artists soul.
can tell by tue combinations OF color IN that
hmm garh. Ny tho al-cnc cor the existence OF
aptitude In its conet turnt parts rs much about
hl- mental and moral ntrlhutrs a. the kecncst
plrruulOEl~t hy examining his bumps or the
nnWptriling every one oi his facial angles. II
may take u.nc tallors to mako Is man. but II
mlnI their own bus. ne,r. and do that well. the
man they make II W u looking at.