St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-04-04
DUDES UNREASONABLE.
To BE Succeeded by Quietly-Dressed Men
of Stately Men.

of Stately Hien.
'"The dude? The dude is N. G. He
has gone out of fashion" said a fashion
able tailor on Saturday. ..The correct
young man this winter will be stately,
intellectuallooking and quietly dressed.
We are going to approach somewhat to
the elegance Of manner and apparel Of
| the old schooI. The dude really re-
manned in vogue longer than any other
| type that | have dressed during my ex-
perience with worsted and tWeeds. I
ascribe that to the fact that the ladies
really dotted on him. Young men used
to come to my establishment weary of
/ the old inane type, but they hesitated
| to abandon it, because they were afraid
of losing the admiration of the ladies.
But / tell you some of my dude custom
''For example9''
swell, / made one of them thirteen
oyercoats and two listers in one season.
He had his head full of something he
called harmony of color and circum-
stances. He used to wear certain col
ors on dark days and other colors when
the sun shone. Then he was always
very particular that his overcoat should
harmonic with the color of his trousers
and coat. He thought it absolutely
necessary, too, to wear an oVereoat of
a certain color when he went out to
dinner and one of different color
when he simply made call. True, he
took off the coat when lie reached his
destination, but all the same he had the
notion that certain color ought to go
with particular occasion. That was
one of the things he called the har-
mony of circumstances. Another Gus
toner Of mine, the son of man who
had made millions and millions during
the war, told me that he had 800 suits.
Two rooms in his fathers house were
used solely as store-rooms for his dry
goods. All the same he had no more
idea of what good dressing was than q
HOttentot His dad seemed to me to
always wear the same old-fashioned
suit, but looked at heart like man
with level head.
'.My best-dressed customer was a
young man who never got more than
three suits a year and was not fool
enough to pay top-notch prices, either
He had the eye and taste of a gentle
man Besides that, he had genius for
combination. He could make last years
trousers go with this years coat in q
way that made the arrangement appear
as if it ought to be the fashion if it
really were not. He didn't have much
money, but he went in swell set, and
there was not one of the sons of
1,o tod
that could come within a block Of him
as well-dressed man. 1t is the taste
either of the customer or Of the tailor
that must tell. Any experienced tailor,
if he is allowed to have his own way,
will make up for the want of taste in
customer and make his patron look at
least presentable. Badly-dressed men
have only themselves to blame. They
haven't the first idea of taste, but they,
nevertheless, insist on having their own
ideas. In such case it is the business
of the tailor to obey orders, even if he
knows his customer will look like
fool. If you have any doubt as to your
own ability to choose that which will be
at once fashionable and handsome,
leave everything to the tailor. He will
turn out the proper thing. Baltimore
Herald. 4
The children of London public
schools are surely coming 70 happier
estate The philanthropists who be-
lieve them to be suffering from over
pressure on the part of the teachers are
quarreling with the philanthropists
who believe them to be suffering from
undertaking on the part Of their
parents The result is likely to be that
they will obtain more food at home and
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