The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-09-22

PHoFEsslONAL VIEWS DRESS.


Others OF other Degree.
There are always certain classes of men
who have certain styles of their own. They
pay little attention to fashions except to
modify them into the direction of their own
ideas. This habit regard as the consum-
mate flower of high civilization. 1t gives
the individual marked character. 1t dis
tingushes him from the herd. To the
civilian his garments are as much an evil
dence of the calling-to one who can read
the sgns-as his uniform to soldier or hif
livery to footman There are clergymen
for instance. Who can mistake one, ever
though he doesn't affect the clerical cut p
How are you to distinguish the doctor
from the ltwyer %
Only novice would ask that question.
Physicians in good practice-and of course
l have none others among my customers
are the most particular of men. | take n
Madison avenue practitioner as an example,
and he's the ideal doctor for you. Large
md stout, he carries himself with great
dignity and immense pomp He dresses
well in fine black kersey topcoat in winter
Sometimes he INDUCES in fancy cashmere
vest and all must fit him without wrinkle
In hats, gloves and boots no is unexception
able and extravagant. His scarfs are tn,
richest and his linen and cambria the finest
But lawyers-pshaw They're the
worst dressers in the world, if they amount
to anything. Want something black and
t,l, he ALnt 10
never want a new suit till the old one gets
iisgracefully shabby. shocking I
The worst tiles in this town are partly dis
tributed ON the heads of our most eminent
lawyers. You can hardly get then
to come here and try on suit
but must send it ON the chance o.
fitting. They'll always take it-dont care
how it looks if it goes on easily. But, bless
you, that isn't what true artist wants.
Another class of men who dress char
enthusiastically are men Of business. They
want dozen coats aud as many trousers
and waistcoats and the like in multitudes,
after the latest fashion. Net your true man
Of fashion Is no dude. He is never pro
nounced and mover has ON shining new
clothes. It's the general effect the elc.
gance that only comes with long experience
or o careful valet-that shows and it's whai
the mere dude can never catchon to. The
dude and all the noodles who merely copy
the most extravagant fashions, while they
are our best paying customers, don't win
our admiration. It's the man who knows
his style and dresses up TO it that is the
rue dresser.
!" Of course you can always recognize the
sporting man. He is a species with divers
classes. The racing man dresses differently
from the yachting man. The dog fancier
has salient peculiarities unlike those of the
horse fancier and the mere gambler, who
looks on sports of all kinds MS simply OPP
portunities for boolI-making has n style all
his own. They diiferentiate in little things
--trinkets. linen, etc. They are all fond of
high colors and unique patterns. Their
abundant jewelry is apt to be in the form
of pugs' heads OF racing insignia. They
have q weakness for bell-crowned hats, yell
low-stitched gloves and pointed shoes. Their
canes remind you Of the neck and head of a
stork with the long bill on top. They are q
knowing crowd mostly, but about dress
they are rs innocent as babies.
Closely allied to sporting men are
actors, from ti.ilor's point Of view. But
there's vi .e Inference essentially. The
sporting man wants TO dazzle you, the acto,
to impress and overcome you. The sport
ing man will distribute his magnifcence
all over him; the actor relies on some such
concentrated effect as sealskin coat or o
low-cut shirt collar and wide-brimmed hat.
He wants his clothes cut not to fit him, but
% drape him, and he arrays himself in atti-
sudes favorable to classic folds. Actors are
liberal customers when they have money.
But politicians stand high with US. They
are the fellows for new clothes. They want
everything slick and shiny, spick and span
and brand new. They're the best tailors'
blocks, too, and afford more pleasure TO o
true artists eye than the merely elegant fel-
low who distracts attention from his clothes
to himself. "--Neao York Mail and Erpress.
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