Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-10

correspondent yesterday on the subject Of
| costume. Said he:
THE average man can dress Handsomely
on very few dollars more than he spends
| on his neglected attire. Nest men are H.
dressed through sheer laziness; they will not
take the trouble TO be otherwise IL man
mas not taste, he can easily compensate for
That by copying the attire of those who are
! recognized well-dressed men Women
Tor OBVIOUS reasons, cannot do this so easi-
~ III You go TO good tailor-not neces-
sarily very expensive one-your clothes
Will be properly cut and fitted. Never get
spot on your coat; there is no excuse for
IL, and no cleaner can get grease out Of
WOOL DO not wear the same pair of trousers
two days In succession, because to do SO
shabs" them and makes them bag at the
knees; 1t is cheaper to have ten pairs OF
pantaloons than enc pair; they last more
than ten times as long and always look
new.
Il hold that it pays any man to dress
wei. Clothes, within reason, are the most
ludicious possible investment for money
me consciousness of being well attired Is
Always a source of happiness-surpassinR
me c1hsoiation OF religion, IL has been said.
ana believe that IL produces a beneficial
erect OF moral nature upon the Individual
suuJecuVely. That is to say, as / look at
-, man grows to be better than he would
otnerwise become by cultivating the aspect
OF his outward self His self-respect is an
to it w
| much =
S Seneloh cannot be paid to that part of the
..T. Ihere Is hardly an item in personal
a.lHe that conveys to the observer so ac-
tSa a.e notion of the wearer's quality az
the heckue If ii is ugly his taste cannot
De good; II too bright in color wan, 81 re-
Ihsihent OF perception is indicated: n clean
anu carefully adjusted. the owner is likely
70 De neat and respecting of his person.
II dirty and awry, ne NAV he slnnpsa6 -
pe OF uhkenpt habits; If il is strung low. so
as =. 70 SLOW fancy collar button. the wear
er is presumably vugarian.
The great secret of being well drassas a.
10 take care Of your clothes Wear your
second best at your desk Hang up your
coat when you take IL on. Fold your trous-
ers ana lay them on the shelf. When Won
change your pantaloons, always take the
iowermost pair i'm the pile. Thus YOU will
not wear any pair unnecessarily often ana
they VIII Keep properly creased with &C.
caslonal ironing at the tailor's. There in
difference between 'trousers' ana .nants,
When one orders pantaloons ito measure
from one tailor. they are trousers: bought
reaoy-made, they are properly designated
as pants. man who has good legs n
hkely TO look as well in pants as in trous-
ers. he hts them. instead of requiring
them to fit him."
Pants by the Wholesale.
There is one firm in this country which
makes 2i'oco pairs Of pants every week.
hach year 1t turns out a million and a
quarter pairs. They are all manufactured
having forty branch shops in various other
towns On an average. each shop obtains
100 orders for pants per day. II the Gus
toner. in Washington, for example. IS in n
hurry. a telegram is sent to the city re-
ferred to, which reads: cut at once lot
l243; IS, q, 70, 81, &c. 26." The number OF
the lot deslgnates the cloth TO be cut. the
other numbers are measurements. II takes
one day TO make the pair of pants which
is at once dispatched by express Pants bv
thousands of pairs are made in Baltimore
FOR sale at 30 cents a pair retail. Girls DO
the work and get 10 cents q pair for their
labor. A skilled workwoman can make
three pairs in day.
in the shape Of overalls. The business Of
making these garments is conducted on an
enormous scale-particularly in the west
where great establishments strive with each
other In the contest for supplying the min
| ing population with them. Plain and un-
complicated as they appear the methods
tor turning them out are secured as pro-
prietary by patents OF immense value. The
brown tan used for dyelng them IL the
same stuff as is employed by fishermen 10
dye their nets. to keep them from being
| rotted by water. Each seam in q pair OF
overalls is repeated at least eight times by
carrying the thread back and forth. 70
that ripping Is rendered almost Impossible
Even the pockets are fastened at the cor
ners with rivets-themselves representing
valuable patents-so keep them from tear
ing.
The shirts which supply the whole coun-
| try are turned out by the million from
great factories in New York state and
Connecticut. The parts are cut out dozens
at time with keen-edged knives by pat
| terms. and women stitch the portions to-
gether. 1t is the same way with collarA
which are produced on the greatest scale
at Troy. NY. One hundred thousand dozen
is an ordinary first edition for a new coll
| lar. The fine dress shirt bosoms all come
from Paris. some Of them costing as much
as SO each. Such bosoms. with work as
fine, and embroidery equally delicate, can
not be made on this side OF the water. But
these bosoms are made up with American
shirts, because the French do not know how
TO manufacture a shirt that will At prop
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