The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-14
yANGLOMlNIA IN VIEW YORE


FERNS, aud Customs decreasing.
A New Yorker who has just returned from
n Ave- years sojourn at an English university
said yesterday:
Il doubt very much II people who have been
living here for tho last few years realize tho
wonderful strides Anglomania has taken In
New York Of late Tho hansoms are tho latest
and tho most conspicuous examples OF 1t. out
they are only one feature. What strikes me as
being the most curious element OF II Is the
way tho craso las slipped into trade. Every
tailor OF any consequence In Now York seems
to think II necessary TO get tho word EnRi,sh
on hts sign In ono way or another. ana tho
shops that succeed in establishing reputation
for following the English fashions most care
fully have apparently the most trade. Tho
iuxtaposition Of words Is often odd over the
tailors' shops; for instance, 'O'Shaughnessy.
English Tailor One mover sees sign which
announces that tho owner Of the shop ls an
Irish tailor. Besides this. there are thousands
OF men In New York who boast that their
clothes como from England. 1t Ia enough to
say that thoy arc the worst dressed mon In New
York, Is English tailors do not compare In IT.
That rem nis me-. by the way that am CON
tinually startled ut the Appearance men who
profess to be professional present 10 tho streets
pnlpably. endeavorinn To look English. and yet
assure you that nowhere In England VIII you
club m"n OF New York In the way Of attire.
Yesterday / WAS on Fifth avenue, and three
ssseSy the et 1se Sne in Ns% york
swung out Of the club house and started NJ
Fifth avenue Thsy were almost PRECISELY
similar in the matter Of dress; each wore IN xed
trousers with big squares aimy outlined in
texture: their coats wcrs very long-tailed and
spade shaped. which was the fashion among
cockneys in England several years ago: they
wal ked with tho curious and affected gait which
liz characteristic Of n dude. and To tho uractiseu
tory imitation Of the genuine article
Many Of tho tailors in London have agen-
ctes here and 1t is n saying among thnm across
the water that anything will do for New YORK.
That ~ one reason why mon who phy heavy
dressed according TO the English standard.
bv the way. tho climax has been Reached in tho
nou m that he has The iis,insnisiei honor
Of being patron ized by his Royal fighn"ss tn.
Princs Outside of the tailoring business
find that tradesmcn are using the royal arms
VI tho ruling house in England on their bills
with quite as much JUNCTION rs their English
brethren. The other day came, across = dane
ing mnStor's bill which was hcai"d br tho coat
of arms of Queen Victoria. It was "a note OK.
planning that the dancing master had once
taught under the patronage Of the Princess
Louise when her husband. the Marquis OF
nnd he M tnns ,@g hmse ra, p' bv
tho Qunen-if not personally. ut least hy proxy
and held that he was entitled TO place her
tn. way, II he succced.h in getting any pupils
by This little device Probably. for Angiomania
"Onlyu fow days ago ! amused myself by
r"nding tho signs on the windows OF z vino
sellers place IL Iifth avenue. near the Bruins
wick I'or One OF them was emb ahoned
PUrvovnr to hsr Majesty the Queen On all
the Windows were set forth til" fact that tho
wine sci rf''s goods were purchased by English
mon al title. The names OF uoarly all tho mem
beers OF Quren Nict"ria'S immediate family and
pna,ed IN big gilt letters This is "A II zee state Of
affairs Tor democratic city and "A dem ocratic
country. isn't il? Th.re is IL grocery shop on
the avenue a little further NJ which mas its own
crest over the door under which hangs II tiny
gait siga brarin. the words, PhtronHrd by
Royalty 1t is worth noting that on none of
these signs l. II stated that IL is the Queen OF
England on the Prince Of Wales: il il assumed
nj once that tho only Queen and Prince that
one knows 81 ara thos. of England
] have been living ~ n hotel since my re-
turn, and hay" hnd nothing TO do but wander
around the stleeis. 80 am tolrr,bly familiar
with the spread ~ AnEIomaniu. and see it
creeping in everywhere. irOin the shops which
advertise tbat they ar" English iaheria@hrrs
- Gentlemen. all III" way M or down TO Her
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