Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-08
KING OF THE DUDES.
The Man Who Had a Suit of Clothes
for Every Day I'm the Year.

for Every Day I'm the Year.
Club men about town are lust discuss
ing the financial affairs of the "King of
the Dudes,'' Mr.. E. Berry Wall. For
some time past the young man has with
drawn himself from public gaze, and since
the beginning of August has remained in
comparative seclusion at Saratoga Since
his retirement he has transferred his run
ming horses, with which he has had some
little success, to the Preakness stable,
under the colors of which they will here
after run. While Wall has been consid-
cred as rather embarrassed for some
time, it was not until within a day or
two, when check of his for $25 was al
lowed to go to protest, that the actual
state of his affairs was revealed. His
friends said yesterday that his follies were
only those OF a generous-hearted man,
unaccustomed to take charge of large
sums of money; he was all right, and
would be taken care of by his family
without fail. Further than this they de-
clined to speak of his financial embar-
easements. Mr.. Wall is the grandson of
Mr.. Wall who was the founder of the
great carriage works in Williamsburg,
the business of which has been continued
under the title of William Wallis Sons.
One of these, Charles Wall. was the father
of the young swell. The young man came
into possession of his property, estimated
at $500, 900, some three years since, and
during that time has figured in the pub
lie prints both here and in Europe as the
young prince prodigal. Wall was known
among his associates, as we'll as the gen.
eral public, as liking of the Dudes" and
his embarrassment will bring grief to the
hearts of many tailors, boot-makers,
hatters, and other dealers in articles that
90 to make up the outfit of a particularly
gorgeous swell. Wall was popularity
supposed to possess suit of clothes for
every day in the year, and to own no less
than 500 pairs of trousers. When he
travelled he carried more trunks than a
prima donna. He was never noted for
quiet colors or patterns in the matter of
raiment, and as general thing his ap-
parel was such as to attract attention
wherever he went. He led the fashion
among the young men of his set, and
when Berry Wall appeared in a scarlet
neckscarf, striped blue vest with brass
buttons, collar that raised his ears, a
monocle and patent leather shoes with
yellow uppers, the front of the Brunswick
at once blossomed with gilded youth
similarly arrayed. None of the peculiar
tiles in his dress were mere whims. On
the contrary he followed them out in art
in manner that showed that they had
been careful study. For instance, he
never wore collar of the same pattern
as his shirt, and his shirts, though always
startling, contained no colors but red and
sky blue. His lower limbs were always
encased in long silk stockings of mixed
grey pattern, and as often as he sat down
his patent leather shoes were shot out in
such manner as to expose full inch of
them below his pants. The gloves he
wore, and he was never seen on the
streets bare-handed, were always of
bright color, with heavy braid trimming
on their backs, and Wall always carried
a glove buttoner to fasten them. Canary
vests were popular in the mind of the
king, and his handkerchiefs were simply
gorgeous. OF jewelry he was fond and
his display was exquisite. His favorite
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ing matters, and he was wont to regret
that he couldn't have any sport in this
country like we had in England, don't
you knaw" Wallis stable in Thirty
second street contained many fine horses,
and his equipages on the road were as
varied and extensive as those of any
young man in the country. He was a
member of most of the steeplechase
hunts. Many tales are related of the
king of dudes. Upon one occasion he at
tended the Rockaway steeplechase
waited upon by valet with Russian
leather bag In the course of the after
noon Wall disappeared simultaneously
with the valet and the black bag, and
later reappeared clad throughout in en-
tirely different apparel. Last Fall he was
thrown from his horse, during hunt on
Long Island, into thicket of brambles,
whence he only emerged after complete
sacrifice of his trousers. So he was
wrapped up in horse blanket and taken
home ina carriage.-New York Letter.