St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-23
TAILOR TOPICS.
A New Generation of Clothes-Makers One
of the Future Possibilities.

So much time ana alCGnliOn nave DeeN
oiyen of late to the all absorbing topic
of fashionable attire for the male sex
that it would seem eminently proper
eventually for some enterprlsing 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 a novelty, if moth
inc more Columns are devoted to the
matter in almost every paper IN the
country, and at this rate woman. VINO
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 q 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'l probably be no
one left to undertake the business. Did
YOU ever see a young man making
pair of brooches? | don't think you
have. Nearly all are old hands with no
successors when they shuttle Off. A
great many applicants don't want to do
anything but cutting. and most OF them
are botches. There has been quite 4
falling off, too, in the number OF tallors
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 can see, and that is for
women to take the matter in hand when
no men are left. This event may be
long distant. But it is extremely prob
able nevertheless.
Can woman equal tailor in maxi
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 Ill bet you
man OF boy couldn't be persua ded to
wear them after they were made. How
ever, men should accustom themselves
to women-made garments, for l think
it will only be few years when the task
will devolve upon them entirely.
Heretofore, he continued, 1T has
been regarded as a distinction between
tailor-made and manufactured clothes
that the pants of the former were
pressed out round and smooth, without
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 If, upon reaching their
destination, they still retain Il 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
done9 l see that in New York all the
tailors purposely make a crease down
the leg s of pataloons in order
to again distinguish them from
store clothes. The whole thing
naturally looks absurd, but there must
he distinction. What other follies did
you say? They are too numerous to
mention. A man comes in and wants
a suit made. If he simply gave his Or
der and chose the cloth and style there
would be no trouble. Bat 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 imaginable 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 tinely.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
tifcial methods. But the matter of pad
ding is carried to such an extreme that
it becomes disgusting. What about
skin-tight pants? I 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 g. our race is almost run,
and unless more men learn the business
there'll be panic for pants one OF these
days. GalUeston Ne,Os.
We are gratified to learn that Mr.
Hormusjee Edulgee Kotwai, of Bombay,
has been presented with silver medal