The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-22
THE CLOTHES OF M1LL1oNAIREs.
Jay Gould ana His Brother-The Best
Dressed Men in New York.

fashionable tailors OF the city, about the
pecularities of some of New Yorks mil
honaires and noted men in matters Of dress,
1t IS claimed that New York tailors are
the best in the world, and in many re
spects their business is national in charac
ter People come TO New York from all
over the country 70 have their clothes
made.
The tailor who makes Jay Gould's clothes
tells me that that gentleman is a rather eX-
travagant dresser, he never asks the price
and seldom any other questions when he
gives an order for a suit Of clothes. Mr..
Gould considers his time more valuable
than money, and it is his habit 70 visit his
tailor and tell him 20 make 50 many suits OF
clothes
Il guess you'd better make me about four
suits Of clothes this time, Mr. Gould would
say. Then be will stroke his whiskeIs. look
Thoughtful and add, Possibly you'd better
make me half dozen suits this time: have
them done as soon as you can, and If they do
not prove what / ike | will give them to my
brother
Mr.. Gould leaves everything to his tailor's
Judgment; that perSJ IN also selects Mr.
GOulds neckties and underwear. The mil
llonaire says himself that he hasn't time to
bother with such small details His tailor
tAlJidliIttl 20 me Llldl MI. NTDllu > iIDLuEI.
whom he had referred 10, is rather an errat-
ic individual He is right the opposite Of
his brother Jay, for he cares nothing for
money neither does he know how to make
II. lie millionaire seldom trusts him with
very much money, but he has carte blanche
u 20 to any of his brothers trades people
and get whatever he may need. He's exactly
the same size as his brother, and a suit Of
clothes that fits one is equally suitable for
the other.
Sometimes when Mr.. Gould orders half a
dozen suits Of clothes, and they are sent
home to him, they may not be one suit that
he likes and he imme iiat5ly gives an order
for another half dozen suits He does not
even think to ask the price and never finds
fault with his tailor. His tailor says there
are few men in New York that dress bet
ter than Mr.. Gould. People only think
about him as n money maker, and pay no
attention TO his attire. 1t is estimated that
Mr.. Gould spends about S., 900 a year on his
wardrobe.
Young George Gould does not spend
over 81, 900 a year on clothes. He is
very modest in his taste and always selects
good, plain cloth, but he is very particular
regarding the fit. Mr.. Gould's other son,
Edwin, is more Of dude than his brother
George, and is the very liberal customer of
the two.
If the average New Yorker was asked
who spent the most money in clothes they
would answer Berry Wall, the King of the
Dudes. But the leading tailors laugh at
this and say that his highness is almost
coarse in his taste. 1t is seldom that he or
ders over two suits of clothes They say
that the man who spends the most on his
wardrobe IS person who is seldom heard of,
although several times a millionaire He is
George Kempt, who owns a great deal Of
real estate in New YORK, and is one of the
largest land owners in Florida. | am told
that he spends over $4,000 a year. He is a
large fine looking man, whose handsome
figure when clad IN a very ordinary suit of
clothes would attract attention anywhere
Since the death of ex-President Arthur Mr..
Kempti is nearer the hearts of the New
y ork tailors than any one else. When he
tries on a suit of clothes before giving an
opinion as to the fit, he will 90 ont and walk
around the block, and when he returns he
is able to detect every fault there may be in
the suit. It's common thing for him to
give an order for thirty pair of trousers and
dozen coats and vests | am told that
there is no other gentleman in this country
t at spends as much as Mr.. Kempt, al
though Ed. Stokes possibly did before he
killed Jim Fiskc. Now there are plenty of
men in New York working on salaries who
spend more money for clothes than Mr..
Stokes Half a dozen suits of clothes year
now satisfy his wants.
Another man who used to spend nearly as
much is John NJ. Smith, the owner of Gold
smith Maid. But of late days fortune ha,
not gone well with him. and necessity has
compelled him to be more modest in matters
of dress.
The Vanderbilt boys are good dressers
but not extravagant, when their wealth is
taken INTO consideration Cornelius is the
best dresser of them. But he rarely ever
orders over three or four suits OF clothes
at a time Their father, William H.
spent a great deal of money with the
tailors, and he was a very hard man to
please. If he had been a poor man he
could not have been more particular about
the price.
Chauncey NJ. Depew is handsome
DIRE ser, but not an extravagant one. Pos
sibly 5000 year will cover the
amount spent on his wardrobe. He always
buys the very best of clothes and he usually
visits the tailor half a dozen times in order
ing one suit. His taste is excellent He is
very careful in making his selection of n
piece of cloth.
George William Curtis presents such a
magnificent appearance that one would sup
pose that he is inclined TO be extravagant in
matters of dress, but he is not. He is very
easy on clothes, and can wear a suit for a
long time before it looks old On an aver
age he does not order over three suits of
clothes a year, but they are of the very best
Mr. Curtis says that if he was to appear be-
fore the public frequently he would dress
better, but as he leads a rather secluded
life, when he does appear before the public
no one suspects but that he has large
wardrobe.
James Gordon Bennett used to be a very
extrayagant dresser, but he is now in
Europe all the time and gets his clothes
there.
Two of the leading tailors Of this city, who
do business all over the country, tell me
that Philadelphia people do not spend a
great deal of money on clothes. although
as a class they are considered well-dressed
Boston is a little better than Philadelphia
The little city of Buffalo has a number of
men who are eXtravagant dresSers. Am
brose j. Butler, the brother of the man
who became famous over the country as the
''discoverer OF Grover Cleveland spends a
small fortune on clothes. He comes to
New York regularly once month to visit
his tailor.
Chicago people are dressing better than
they used to, and there are a number of gen
tlemen there who will average fifty suits a
year. Probably the most eXt!avagaut dresser
in that city is George 5. Everhardt, the
bucket shop king St Louis has some well
dressed men, and the most prominent among
them III this particular is Col. William H.
Nave
For its size Denver has the best dressed
citizens OF any place in the West. Edward
| I. WoOlcott, who is a candidate for United
I II.