The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
In THIS COLLAR
WHITING WEATHER.
LET US TALK A.
WHILE TOGETHER.

Good Shirts,
And GOOd-fOr-nOtIling Shirts.
Yes, There Are Three Kinds.
And the third is
Neither good, nor good-for-nothing.
just fairish-a Mugwump sort of Shirt.
A lukewarm concoction of Mongrel Cot
ton, Hybrid Linen--(a cross between
Ireland and South Carolina.)
An emasculated fit.
Such Shirts are demoralizing.
| Almost as certain to break up happy
homes as saloons or dyspepsia.
| In the first class mentioned above
The "Good Shirt class
(And the top boy Of the class every day of the
! year,
Is the famous
| Senator Shirt.
Some think it's monotonous having that
one kind of Shirt at the top always in
all weathers.
But there are envious people.
Shirt dealers themselves who woke up
| years too late to a realizing sense Of
what a good shirt should be.
Do you know the Ingredients that enter
into the composition of the
Nj. G. Larrabee
Senator Shirt.
Firstly.
The best, absolutely the best Bleached
Cotton made for Shirt making.
Secondly.
The finest, frmest, smoothest fibre Linen
possible for the purpose. These two are
formed together In holy wedlock by the
skilledest Shirtmaking experts in the
land.
Thirdly.
The cut the shape, the conformation to
the body of the wearer are absolutely
perfection.
Fourthly.
Gussets that giggle in grumhling glee at
the idea chat the fiercest strain or tug of
tornado VS.. clothes line, or contortions Of
the wearer. can start thread of their
impregnable fastness.
Yes, the Senator is the acknowledged
autocrat of Dress Shirts.
Price One Dollar.
(Ten cents extra when laundered.)
Then next to the top of the class and
crowding the topster hard is the
Bonanza Shirt.
ITO vary the symbol we should call it the sena-
tors running mate)
Almost every word we have said of the
Senator is true of the Bonanza except
the price.
SWELL" you say, "if the Bonanza is so
excellent why do you sell it for rs
cents? Why not charge SIP
Well, my logical friend, do you know it
keeps us awake nights trying to solve
that same puzzle ourselves.
We've almost contracted nervous pros
perity in the effort.
We really don't know why. If ever we
fiud out we'll advertise it, but today
we don't know.
The Bonanza is Shirt-wearing satisfac-
ton.
Price 70 cents.
(Ten cents more when laundered.)
Come See the Magic of the
Yankee Half Dollar.
Hold fifty-cent piece in your right
hand. A Portland Pride, Shirt in
your left and careful examination
will show you that your left hand con-
tains double the value of the other.
Examine this Portland Pride" Shirt.
The cotton is even, firm, tough, elastic.
The Linen Bosom is cold Celtic Linen, a
starch-assimilating fabric.
The suspender-chafing spaces reinforced
by doudle-laid-on armor.
The stitching mathematical accuracy.
The shape and fit correct enough to give
the Senator and Bonanza the envious
sulks.
90 cents Numbered. N
The Open-Fr0nt, Short. BOsOmed
''Forest City" Shirt
Is an honor to it's inventor.
Unlaundered, 65 cents.
Laundered, Is cents.
The sCulnberlandn
won't cumberland long here. They
move off with swinging step and an
elastic stride.
Well they may.
They are good value-not a bad spot in
them except the price.
Conundrun.
What's the difference between Liberty
and the Cumberland" Shirt?
Give 1t up?
Answer.
Eternal vigilance ia the price of Tibertv