The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-03-12
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Only One Man In Ten Knows How +
Take Good Care of Clothes.

Only One Man In Ten Knows How to
Take Good Care of Clothes.
Did you ever notice how many shock
ingly bad suitso of clothes are seen on the
street every day." said a tailor to re-
porter the other day.
. You did not? Well just notice the
men who pass you and you will see some
very shabby outfits. Some of them look
as though they had just been taken out
OF rag bag. If you will also observe
the fact you will notice that the suits
are not in bad repair. That is. they are
not torn or worn. They are simply dis
reputable looking, and seem ashamed of
the daylight. But it's not the fault OF
of the clothes, the owners are to blame.
The fact is, not one man i'll five knows
how to take care of good clothes. The
man who is in a business where it is de-
sirabie that he should appear well
dressed should never have less than
three suits of clothes and this solely on
the score of economy. 1t is much
cheaper to buy three suits at once, than
to buy one wear it out and then get an
other. The man who buys and has the
three suits will have smaller taller 8
bill at the end OF the year, and will ap-
pear better dressed all the time than the
man who buys one suit at time. The
man with one suit always looks the same,
and finally his friends begin to recognize
his clothes rather than his features. He
has no chance for com blnatlOn such as
the other man has. He has the same
duds on every day and they never get a
rest.
Clothes need rest just as much
as man does. They are improved
by it. too, quite as much as is their
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worn say couple of months, brush
them up well, knock the dust out of
t EN-, pull them into place so as to get
creaSeS out and hang them awayin dry
closet for Il month, and you won't know
them when you take them out. They
will have acquired IA freshness and
brightness hat will astonish you.
But you must clean them we'll before
you put them away, then the air will act
as a renovator. 1t Will straighten the
kinks out of the fiber Of the goods Get
them pressed once in Il while. Here is
where the one suit man is at a disadvan-
tage. He cant hang up his clothes for
renovation. He's got to wear them until
they're worn out. The three suit man
can not only give the clothes the rest
necessary to keep them in good shape,
but by judiciouS combinations he can
have the benefit of six suits. He can
combine parts of the three suits so as to
produce the effect of new suit. He can
vary this combination indefinitely. So
you see the advantage be has over the
man who must wear one suit until it is
threadbare.
with little judgment in selecting
the three suits, 50 that when in combi-
nation they will be supplementary, a
man can arrange his wardrobe SO that he
will appear to have new suit every
month. / know a man who does this
and he is counted one of the best dressed
men in the town. He knows how to take
care OF his clothes. After wearing q suit
down town during the day, a man should
carefully brush his clothes before retir-
ing Don't leave them over to clean in
the morning. If you do the dust and
dirt work in the fabric and cannot be
dislodged. : A whisk in time saves nine
you know, where clothes are concerned.
Overcoats and other woolen clothes
should be whipped with a stick
A spot should never be allowed to
remain on clothes. Clean it at the first
opportunity. A little ammonia and hot
water will remove almost any kind of
grease spot. without injury to the gar
ment Now you just try this three suit
scheme and see if what | tell you is not
the truth