New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-26
HIGu LIT IN NEWS CLOTHES.
4 FIFTH AVENUE TAILOR WITH SOUL ABOVE
RIG KILLS.

rug BILLS.
Popular tradition paints tho tailor as sad-eyed
creature. with suuken cheeks and wasted limbs who
passes his life with legs crossed and the back bowed n
stitching and cutting withoeta thought beyond his
reedle and his scissors This like many similar SUPER
stitions must GO The tailor himself rises TO as
ssrt tue dignity Of his calling and to yindioate his
Iight TO place among the benefactors OF hui
nauity and tho devotees Of art Isaac Walker.
Of Fift-ave is & selfconsttuted champion of his guild
and throws down the gauntlet in a little book OF ZIo
peccs handsomely bound, largely illustrated and en-
tilted. " Dress As 1t Has Been, Is, and Wnl be-
In this work Sir Waller combines much that s
amusing With many sound Elections and practical SEE
gcsuoDs Under the amusing falls his Yndie4ton Oh
bis ART" To quote his own eloquent words IAere
Is satisfaction greater than the compromising coiiaFa
10 the cutter and filter who can point out well
dressed man on the and say, That Is my
work." This is a frame of mind v hch MIR. walker
customers viii DO well to encourage The artist tabor
who values Lis art above the compromising dollars
g. ict the sort Of tailor that many has been lona
and YEARLY seeking. With what loving confidence
one would abandon bis person 70 t,o Of 'his Nigh
souled being calm ia Tic ASSURANCE that no bill would
bo nreseptel SO lous as tho clothes should DO worn
with DIGNITY and distinction! Nj. Walker las how.
over que, little way Of checking any outburst Of a.
narration which his generous principles might other.
wise call FORTH by auding from tame 10 u1" ~ an on
hand sort OF way to Tue 5GI'or % , D'S
coysa some surpr1se 10 is tact, be says, that
800 suit Of clothes sold al retail in New.fort actu
sllv costs the tailor so outlay The three garments
cot lor the stitches alone 81 Tor the cloth SIS for
cutting aud trimming, upward OF 30. OI'eh the
alterations will cost from IS to 90 II the hSuIes are
correct the margin tor profit Is not large. but then
there is the satisfaction caused % the whole guud ~
alors as they this work OF art walking the avenue
on the back Of some tailor made man. 10 use one 0i
NafF. - h4rtraN
Aeeording to tho author cutters IN irst-claSs house
o'ten get salaries high as $4,000 year, eo1sd'I-
oblv In excess Of the salary OF the PRESIDENT ol ale
College and the highest professors III "ther eeloofaUeu
llstilutons of learning here and abroad"
Tho impression which Mr. Walkers book leaves
NEST deeply craven upon The uino o me Fealtt Is tDti
lie ailtb0r s man VI large IDEAS Ia the c1LInE me-
For oxanIple lie does rot admit the possibility OF gen
teuanly existence without the possession OF ave over
coats for the various According 10 TIE 0dD-
ary calendar thorc but four seasons but possibly
MI Walker il "A pioneer Ia science A. In ART ana mas
u1ade some important discovery calculated % change
received ideas upon planetary revolutions IDe7' A;e
oycrcua are. however bat tie e1teTnals q properly
appointed wardrobe should briste and elste9 win
sats for all possible circumstances IN Whlch INC i1P5
owner may find himself placed Auc woe to the M
lucky man whose costume does not correspond Wild ms
t1CT'.ntsrv occupation There must be morning s-its
@its riding suits and shooting suits. ten
ria suits and Yacht ne suit,. II by any Unforeseen
confederation Of events, person should ma nnnscH
called upon to do some act Without wearing INC aPpro
pirate apparel the consequences would be te5IlOe 10
i,,.e,,Dl.te Imngiue the CONSERVATION OF broker
NJ sr. in the morning with the IDEA OF going long
on a certain stock and donning the appropriate COS
,ome finds when the exchange opens that he can make
move Inv Going short lie buirIes home, puts on ms
sb,rt CO. tine returns 10 the street only 10 Ind mat
onniber gucation If the market w warrant no short
oDeraions On Mr. Walkers principle 1t would be 4
reat eonouy in cab fares for business men 10 JaVe
snal dressing rooms attached to their Offices where
10 CHANCES OF costume made necessary by 4 days
trausaclons could be enieutly and eNpedionsly
made TO move that his theories have already made
,rogress In the refined circles Of society the author
cites the case Of young man, with a limited BANK
account who boasts of possessing 200 suits OF clothes
Not all men. however once furnished with such
,yardrobes as Mr. WalAer ready 10 supply, for tie
Love OF the art his customers able 10 appreciate
fbo beauty OF their appearance when drraycd IN
tbts wondrous apparel. Mr. Walkers mission is not
onlv "a make clothes but also to teach people TO dun-
oish between tue artistic and the inarustc il drtss
According to hiH who has once been Initiated int
The higher mysteries Of artistic dressing "o1ld sooner
sacrifice fortune family all ose that Re holds dearest
Ia lite than descend 20 elothe his person I'd gafhe"r
yugarly known ready made. For ire naAei u Sn'u
clothing Mr. Walkers scorn Is beyond "oT"s. it p
only equaled by hs contempt Tor men occupying n,En
social position who neglect their dress lie hls lb4
eioce the dawn OF Civil Service Reform once hoioeTs
bave an opportunity 70 influence the national dress
which Is not % be- ignored This idea was probably
cleaned from a u ersatioD with Hubert o. lhoin
s,o or Collector Holden who are known to baNe eE
nansiye views on the Civil Service question. NO stt
tion however exalted is however safe from MI
WALTER structures The United States he excialn'
bas al hut one wel-dfessed President since Tie Ad
,,ini,tration of james Buehanan-PTesident Arthur