Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-26
COSTLY UNDERGRADUATES.
Suits that Knock the Spots Out of Hun
drcd Dollar Note.
New York Sun

Suits that Knock the Spots out of Hun
drcd Dollar Note.
New YORK. sun.
In gentcmcn's furnishing store up
town, near the Fifth Avenue hotel, many
wealthy and stylish men buy their linen
and ties. The clerks there wear the latest
collars, the latest ties, and the latest every.
thing. They look like brokers and are
very stylish.
This winter" the most stylish of them
said I'VE have more novelties than ever
before, and there is really no reason why
Il gentleman of refined tastes and with
plenty of money should not lie very com
Portable. Here's an Arctic sleeper. You
see its made after the fashion of the sacks
that men sicc in at the north pole, Only
its made of the finest lambs wool, and
tied around the neck with sill<cn strings.
Some Of our young gentlemen are so deli
catcly nurturcd that slight cold might
be disastrous They slide into this, and
are protected utterly, no possible danger
of slipping their feet out from under the
covers. The wool has n slightly irritating
eject on the skin, that produces II healthy
circulation on the surface and induces
sound slumbcr
What are these" the reporter asked,
pointing to what looked like ragged fur
from tho back of kitten
These are the very latest driving
gloves very ugly I'll admit. but nothing
like them in the world for warmth they
surpass scalSlin, buckskin and every
thing of The kind They consist of II
back ground of knitted silk, covered inside
and out with the fine silky hair taken
from the belly of II raccoon, not the
L,,, 4. g.,
that grows beneath. Eleven dollars a pair
already. There are those tobogganing
gloves, made in London and shipped to
Canada. They're just out, tight at the
wrist, YOU sec, and running way up over
your overcoat to your shoulders. You
could slide down from the top of Mont
Blanc, head first, with a pair of those on,
and you'd never get any snow up your
sleeve. Now step back this way and III
show you the most beautiful thing that
you ever saw in undcrgarmcnis.
Shirts and drawers" inquired the re-
porter,
YES, but don't call them that in this
store, you'd hurt our more refined Gus ON.
Call them undergarments. Now look at
this.
He drew out of fancy box II heavy
mass of knitted silk of the most beautiful
blue tint.
Nov, he said as he stretched the car.
ments out into human form, isn't that
the most lovely aesthetic thing you ever
saw? Would you think that the man
could have the heart to put such work
+ of art on his legs? But many have, and
they 30 like wildtrc. We sell them at
500 a suit, and thc,high price takes tho
fancy of the young men who have moth
ing to do but spend money. We have old
millionares for customers, and distin
guishcd statesmen as Well among the lat
ter President Arthur. Well, no; one
of those buys much fancy stock. They
got rich buying merino uudcrgar
ments AT 81 or - suit and they
keep right on that way. lis the ricl
young men who are always having
fortunes left to them that keep up I'll,
trade. We had one young gentleman whC
inherited in one wear no less than thrc,
fortunes, running from 500, 900 to $500,
600. The way he bought things that h,
didn't want would have done your hear
good to see. Here's Il lot Of plain liner
handl,crchicfs They're very fine, JUS
like cohwcrs, and sell for $50 Il dozen
The young man spoke Of bought fou
dozen Of them, and dozen Of thcs
camcIS hair socks with silk heels an,
toes They ale only ST a pair and yer,
comfortable. but why he wanted so man,
| can't understand We do good bushes
when young men are to be married The,
Get trouSScaus as well as anybody, ant
they have to pay for it. Five hundrc,
dollars is a small price for good outfit
If you ever Jump or, come around.