The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-21
WELL FOR s1eo a YEAR.
IMPRESSED Man Tells How He
N for Little Money!.


Manages it for Little Money.
From the Washington Star.
fkins is the sort of man Of whom
kue is accustomed to say: "What a
tessed fellow he is-always looks as if
lust stepped out of a bandbox;
how he manages it on his incomes"
tnifkins is a department clerk at
l year, OF a little less than S25 a
Ind he has young wife to support
succeeds in being a swell at that
tthout running into debt-and de-
mt clerks at 81, 200 have not usually
feiit-is indeed a problem. How
dis is the explanation of it which a
II succeeded in ehciting from him in
citation a day or two ago. SAID he:
Kill surprise you to hear me assert
tie average man of very moderate
nAould dress handsomely on the same
all of money that he spends in being a
sid At all events, with the expendit-
urh very few additional dollars for
cid. he might always be well attired.
W y needs is the know how" and the
vii ess to take pains. Most men are ill
drekhrough sheer laziness; they will
notlthe trouble to be otherwise. They
up occasions, when they invariably
lookised up because it is not their habit
to b; but during nine-tenths of
theirk they will be indifferently clad,
and, likely, imperfectly shaved. The
younAhelor, as rule, is exceedingly
solicit about bis apparel after 6 o'clock
p. m, lon Sundays, when he is apt 60 be
on vleNfore the young female of his spe-
cies; bt is too often neglectful of his
person Their times. And, once married,
he imnhtely abandons all concern re-
garding toilet and lapses permanently
and hossly into the condition of a
SLOUGH. wv many married men do you
know WIRE habftually we'll dressedp
PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS.
"Preci few" admitted the newspaper
man.
81 shd say so. And If you ask such
SLOUGH Whe doesn't pay more attention to
dress he almost invariably tell you that
he has nthe means to be swell, even if
be had Iso many serious responsibilities
in life ohore Importance than the decora-
ton of Iperson. The explanation sounds
very pldble; but the fact is that it takes
only lie more time to dress oneself well
than to bss oneself badly, and means, as
| said bSre, are not needed if a man knows
how an will take the trouble. don't
know athing much better worth taking
pains alut than dress up to reasonable
point. is a source of happiness to the
wearer hd of qualification to others; it
makes alan more respected and is likely
to help NJ in business; it is the outward
and vlsIe expression of the inward and
spirltualgrace. /, myself, have been
Obliged tmake q study of the subject, be-
&c 4 ryk
make evet penny's worth of expenditure
Tor clothig do its utmost. But l don't
spend anymore money on what | wear
than does Iany fellow of my acqualnt-
ance who aes around shabby aud seedy. :"
Pray. hoy do you manage its"
IN tell lou. In the first place, let US
consider how,nuch it costs to be SLOUGH.
by that tenn i mean to designate the
TYPICAL man OF modern means, who buys
olS TWO suis OF clothes a year-he can
scarcely get along with less-and wears
lhem In such manner that they never
ook new OF nice, even when they are fresh
rom the tailor. Heoays $40, say. for the
,wo suits, and the hoots, hats and haber-
lashery that he must have rua up the cost
II his weariog apparel t. $3.50 per annum,
N which sum he succeed in being always
II dressed. One hundred aud sixty dollars
'er annum is precisely the sum / expend
or my attire, including every detail.
v ould you like to know how lido it?"
Very much, indeed"
Two suits a year ere all I can afford,
ut get them OF a first-rate tailor. and in
smuch as always pay MIN cash down he
willing to make me, in his best style, a
Walking suit of black diagonal with trous-
RS of different material, in delicste stripe,
or 500, and sack suit with some pretty
hecbs with two pairs of pantaloons, for
5O. make no variation in the thickness
I the stuff used from winter to summer.
ecause 1 wear the two suits in all seasons :
is much easier to make the undercloth-
lg supply the difference in warmth that
) requisite. The sack suit / buy new each
pring, and it serves me as a business CO s.
ulne. But l do not wear the coat at my
tfice ever. When | reach there | take it
II at once, hang it on a nail and put on a
lack silk coat, cost So for years wear, for
he day. When start for home l assume
lie sack coat again. The two pairs of
rousers l wear alternately, and so they
re made to last through, with care.
he cutaway suit l wear when am out
anywhere in the evenings and on Sun
avs, or when l have leisure for
aking walk abroad. And here comes
ne first important point. / never wear
lther of my two good suits while at home
ave when there are guests and at dinner.
Jpon returning from walk on Sunday,
or instance, take off my coat and waist
oat without delay and hang them up: the
rowsers put away folded, on the closet shelf
S carefully as if they were not to be used
gain for months. After dinner, unless I
m going out, | go through the same per-
never wearing my best clothes in
he house an unnecessary moment The
ults OF the year before, always in a good
bate OF preservation, are for home use. 1t
really astonishing now long clothing will
eep its fresh and new look when treated III
his way"
"oUT, DAMNED sPoT!'
But my clothes always get spots on
hemn
THAT is something which should never
70 permitted to happen; there is no good
eason or excuse for it, Care will prevent
{. Grease spots and good dressing are in
compatible. There is a popular delusion,
apparently, to the effect that grease spots
'ome out when subjected to proper treat
nent. As matter of fact no real grease
pot ever comes out of wooden cloth. Get
uch spot on the front of your diagonal
'oat--a splash of gravy at dinner will do it
and you can never eliminate it by
any means short of burning up
ne garment. You may send the
'oat TO the cleaners and have it
put through the dry process and the steam
process and it will come back looking like
lew, without a visible stain. But the
crease Is still there and as soon as it has
lad chance to catch little dust it be-
'omes as conspicuous as ever. Therefore,
ealzing the lndestructibIe quality of the
'rease spot, the man who would dress well
must, by being always on his guard, avoid
och affections. And they can be avoided
uccessfully. But SO far | have only told