The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-01-22
TAILOR TOPICS.

4 New Decoration q Cl0thesrAAko1V Ooo
- the Future Possibilities.
So much time and attention have been
given Of late to the all absorbing topic
of fashionable attire for the male sex
that it would seem eminently proper
eventually for some enterprising pub
Usher to launch forth magazine es-
pecially devoted to their whimsical wants
and ideas. The magazine would have
to be conducted upon the same plan OF
those designed for the fair sex. and
this of itself would be novelty. ifnoth-
ing more. Columns are devoted to the
matter in almost every paper IN the
country, and at this rate woman. who
has unquestionably held the fashionable
field, stands . chance of being crowded
out to make room for other darlings.
There is a class, however, who smile
complacently at this probable turn in
affairs, and who chuckle to themselves
in delightful anticipation. They are
the tailors-those squatty figures. who
perch on a bench after the manner OF
a Turk, deep in the mystery of shaping
coats and pants for aspiring youth.
Il tell you what, though" said pop
ular tailor, ''there is going to be an
alarming scarcity of clOthes-makers
pretty soon. At the present day, no one
wants to be a tailor. Nobody wants to
learn the trade. It's almost impossible
to get an apprentice, and venture to
say that when the present generation OF
tailors dies off there'll probably be no
one left to undertake the business. Did
YOU ever see a young man making .
pair of breeches? I don't think you
have. Nearly all are old hands with no
successors when they shuttle oil. A
great many applicants don't want to do
anything but cutting. and most of them
are botches. There has been quite a
falling of, too, in the number of tailors
recently. Do others take their places?
Not often, and when they do soon quit
in disgust. There is only one alterna-
tive, as far as l can see, and that is for
women to take the matter i'm hand when
no men are left. This event may be
long distant. But it is extremely prob
able nevertheless.
SdH WOuIdh cYudI u tsaiioi Ia HMM
ing clothes for men ?'
II never heard OF any. II they're in
existence they must be very scarce.
Some women can make shirts and pants
for Youngsters, but never knew one to
tackle coat or vest. And I'll bet you
a man or boy couldn't be persuaded to
wear them after they were made. How
ever, men should accustom themselves
to wOmen-made garments, for ! think
it will only be few years when the task
will devolve upon them entirely"
Heretofore" he continued. lit has
been regarded as distinction between
tailor-made and manufactured clothes
that the pants of the former were
pressed out round and smooth. withou.
any crease down the leg. But it seems
that the manufacturers have caught on
to this, and now their pants are also
pressed smooth by tailors employed for
that purpose. II. upon reaching their
destination, they still retain crease
caused from packing, the dealer to
whom they are consigned makes any
alteration that may be necessary to suit
the purchaser. What must then be
done? I see that in New York all the
tailors purposely make crease down
the legs of pataloons in order
to again distinguish them from
store clothes. The whole thing
naturally looks absurd. but there must
be distinction. What other follies did
you say? They are too numerous to
mention. A man comes in and wants
suit made. If he simply gave his or.
der and chose the cloth and style there
would be no trouble. But he wants the
breeches to fit just so and SO around the
leg and to delicately fall over the feet.
And the coat must not have a wrinkle.
The shoulders, however. receive more
attention than the whole business. They
must be Systematically padded. and to
do this will require great skill. This
feature of the coat has the greatest
charm lima ginable to the happy pos
SCISSOR. Many hollow-chested persons
with sloping shoulders have the shoulders
padded to make them square and give
the body an upright position. This will
account for some of the finely-formed
men you encounter daily, and if you
took their coats off you would find about
an inch and half of padding on each
shoulder. 1t is perfectly reasonable to
wish to improve defective form by ar.
tificial methods. But the matter of pad
ding is carried to such an extreme that
it becomes disgusting. What about
skin-tight pantsp l think their day is
almost over. though its hard to say what
will take their place. Yes, sir. repeated
the tailor man, as he resumed his squat
ting position, "our race is almost run,
and unless more men learn the business
there'll be panic for pants one of these
DAYS" -G0lreston Ne,rs