The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-08-11
PRESIDENTS AND THEIR TA1LoRs.
How Presidents Dress-stories of Grant
Hayes, Garfield and Arthur.

11OW IIebluCuJb OTcSS-DbOlACb Va NAaht'
Hayes, Garfield and Arthur.
a fashionable tailor established him
self in Washington during Grants term,
and his experience dates from that time.
1--WE have never begun to sell rs many
clothes here since Grant went ont Of Of
fce. said he the other day. Il made
ali of Grants clothes. H. was very lib
eral and easy to please. The public men
of his time we're great buyers of clothes.
1t was common thing Tor Senator or
Member t. buy dozen suits II year.
Grants Cabinet people were very
dressy."
How was it under Hayes?"
ave never did but Ole job for Hlyes.
That knocked him cold. He came down
one hot summer day during his first year
in the Cfiice and ordered Us 10 make him
thin sack coat out Of the best gros
grain silk. The material was expensive.
1t cost us exactly S23 to get up that coat.
We had heard that be WAS close, aud, as
we wants d to ,atch his trade, we put the
price at s25. That raralyzad him. Oh,
how he did kick! But he paid the bill.
That was the last ordeswe got from him.
He bad the rest Of his clothes chopped
out for him by his old tailor in Fremont.
H. sent his boys to ns for ready mace
suits, but we never made any money Gu
OF the White House under him. We
had some OF his Cabinet on cur books,
but there wss very little dressing under
Hayes. Thepurchase of clothes by pub.
lie men fell off so per cent. I never ex-
pcct again to see 80 much Inonsy spent
in my shop as when Grant WAS Prssi-
dent" -
How was GlrfeId2'
" lie was very careless dresser. He
did not have much taste. He wns rather
slow pay when he was in Congress, but
when he got into the White House lie
began to buy much better grade Of
clothes and to pay greater attention .to
his dress. Tue day he was shot be bad
on very handsome suit we made fol
him-price S6O."
'Do you do much for President Ar
thur?' ...
Not dollars worth. He does busi
ness With his old taller in New York
the man who makes the suits for TIA,
memb RS OF the coaching club. He is {
very high-priced man, He does no
make the plaineSt business suits uude
| $40, He was over Lere the other day L
take an order for the President He sal,
he did not care apything Ter the Presi
dents trade. He was so bard to suit
He took up twenty pairs of trousers th'
other day, made the, Presidents measure
aud spent an hour with him trying then
on before he could find pair to suit
He says the only way he can get alun!
with the President is to be right up aut
down with him. One day Arthur spok'
very SHARPLY to him about tho fit OF
coat, and the tailor turned his bao!
on him. At least he said be did. Hhel
the President said;
Oh, come now, don't take any OF
Tense. 1 can't afford to quarrel witt
vou'
"You see a first class tailor is prett
independent man; but while he is pai
licular with the President, he is yer
careless with the work for the President
servants, We used to furnish the Whit
House liveries, but the job goes to th
New York nan now. The new liver
coats of the Presidents coachmen an
footmen. made OF cream color hammC
cloth, cost sl25 apiece, but, God ble'
yonl they are the worst fitting things
ever saw, except the clothes the FremoI
tailor used 10 chop ont tor Hayes"