Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-11

person; il it is dirty and awry he may be sup
posed to be OF unkempt habits; if it is strung
low. so as to show fancy collar button the
wearer is presumably bulgarian. The neck
tie Is, as II were,
THE CENTER OF THE DRESS,
and 1t should always crafty the eye with its
color and arrangement You will always find
considerable stock of the old-fashioned fat
neck scarfs in haberdasher's shop; they sell
mostly to men of the older generation, who do
not follow the fashion and are reluctant to
give up wearing what has become to them a
habit. l have more than once heard sur
prise expressed by men of authority
in matters OF dress that so few
of the neckties offered for sale are pretty: but
you must realize the fact that it is the excep-
tional person in this world who has good taste
People say that there is no such thing as right
ana wrong where tastes are concerned; it is
simply matter Of individual Judgment But
l contend that beauty is thing absolute and
good taste likewise. Good taste means only
that the possessor of it has been educated up to
or was born with the faculty OF experimenting
the beautiful. 1t is a curious fact, which has
often come under my observation. that the per-
son who has bad taste not only does not per-
celve that the beautiful thing in color arrange
ments. say. ia better than the ugly thing, but
actually he prefers in nearly every case the
ugly thing, conceiving that to be the beautiful
thing. woman devoid of taste choosing ma
terials for her dress will select the uglies every
time. OF course we must cater to our custom
ers at large as We find them"
uNDERCLoTHEs. CANES AND STUDS
"Where does the Undertaking you sell come
from!''
From England, and the great center for the
manufacture of the best underclothing of the
world is Nottingham. French understanding
L am including hosiery under that term-is less
good, and the German makes are of very in
Wa IN inn ans bus in,
pajamahs. the wool and cloth for which is i'm
ported into Eng land from Ceylon and made up.
The silk of which silk pajamahs are composedi is
brought to England in the same way from In
dia. These garments are growing more and
more into popular use in this country. In the
hot climates of southern Asia they are. OF
course, most convenient to wear. the shirtlike
jacket and pantaloons furnishing at once a
sleeping costume and a dress in which a man is
presentable to the public though nothing be
worn underneath. Such things they make in Eng
land much better than we can here. In the
manufacture of dressing gowns, loose undress
jackets of all sorts and lounging garments
generally we cannot compete with the British
makes. The imported articles of this sort are
much softer than ours and more comfortable,
somehow"
las to canes?"
"They form very pretty feature of our
business. The woods of which they are made
are brought by the manufacturers in New York
from all over the known world. There, in that
rack, you may see sticks of orange from Flor
ida, bamboo from India, malacca from the Is
land of Malacca, coffee wood from Brazil.
stringy hair wood from Morocco, grape stem
from Madagascar, close jointed whanghee from
China. pink palmetto and goodness knows how
many other queer ones. Umbrellas are made
mostly in Philadelphia. They, as we'll as the
canes, are usually sold by drummers, who come
to us with sample handles, Of silver chiefly, to
choose FROM The shirt studs, of which we
sell so many, are pretty nearly all made in
Providence, RI, and in Connecticut. The
ware houses for such goods are in New York
ity