The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-04
PRINCE or VANS DRESS.
lilo Krows IA Good Thing When lie
Sees 10.

Sees IL.
Speaking Of the dress bills OF the Prince
Of Wales, Casselis Saturday journal
saws.
A. a matter Of fact. the First Gen
tlcman In Europe does spend great
deal Of money with his iailors.
1t should be remembered. nevertheless.
that much of this is for uniforms. The
Prince d popularity SUPPOSED 10 possess ,>
tai is ahCnt accurate. When We remeih-
Der that a cavalry Outnt may cost $'oo
as low estimate. and that subalterhs
entering a lire regiment rarely begin Win
a lower disbursement than $50 or S"v
the amount that the Princes uniforms
have cost him is easily 10 be sIuged.
Tho Prince. OF course. possesses for the
most part colonels uniforms. but as o
field marshal he is compelled often 10 re
new the terribly expensive outnt suited
10 the rank. and 1t IS tn this line tune
that he appears at most military ceIe-
monials and at royal weddings or other
great occasions of state. In addition, he
Possesses many naval uniforms. ana the
dress Of large number OF German, Rus
sian and Austrian regiments.
AN Rye FOR GOOD CLOTH.
Putting aside the question OF uniforms.
upon which his Royal Highness cannot
spend less than $,5oO or 500 a year We
come TO the ordinary dress. IL is admit
cd universally that very few men IA town
manage things with more taste, or have
a quicker eye for good cloth. There are
youths no doubt. whose tailor's bills are
far larger than the Princes. for he Is by
no means extraNagant although exceed
ingly particular about his clothes.
Nor does he pay absurdly fancy prices.
a. many people suppose, being charged
at the usual rates of a West End house.
This means that frOck coat may cost
him So, dress suit somewhere about S5,
trousers 50. and an ordinary ditto suit
from SO 10 $50.
When he is In town. and not in uni
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hv the Prince. No doubt during the Lon
don season ne consumes a large number
OF these articles-perhaps TWO monih.-oi
which one will be a light gray. And IL il
a habit OF his never 10 wear a coat two
seasons running even tt tt has only been
used two or three times by him.
As he is in town perhaps six months In
the year. his total of frocks may he ser
down roughly at twelve. In dress suits
he Is supposed 10 be particularly eNtTaNa-
gant-but this Is not really the case. Any
man about town has five or six dress suits
year. The Prince may have dozen.
hut the story told In a contemporary re-
Gently. that he had one week. Is pure
nonsense.
III HAS BAT-rooM
when the Prince is going 10 Newman
kct he often wears a ditto suit with a
haps. his total would astonish the humble
man who pays his tailor $50 year and
considers that heavy. IL is certain that
he never wears one OF these SUITS more
than two or three times, and hts stock OF
them is tremendous. or shooting suits
Tor The autumn he has an immense va
riety. using a different style OF dress for
battue work 10 that adopted for ordinary
,Sork.wfth the dogs. Here alone fof cOun-
nv dress he can scarcely spend less than
500 a year 1000,
e., thai me Prince has three a fort
ntght also buying large number OF
hnwier and square black hats for country
use. At sandringham mn there Is a nat-r Dom
MN w "pr,rcs's hats In high condition OF
tnpH THOSE large scrafs which are now
Rvurn with . frook GOAT often cnst ~ IA.