The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22
ONE OF GREAT WEIGHT.
MR. CEEVELAND,s DIMENSIONS ARE
GROWING WIN THE COUNTRY.
Zoe Several sprinG salts By ME
Tailor and the Tape Reveals n Fall
stnnnu GIrth an Eighth OF u Foot
Grester Than Ne Was Ia March, 1sDS.

Nall0r ana the Tape Reveals n Fhl-
stnninu GIrth an Eighth or u Foot
ersster Than lt Was In March. 1909.
TrDp, the Chforpo 7rLbyne.
w~AsnrSGTJS. March 15.-Presidsnt Clevc-
land is rapidly Increasing In flesh. He has
grown stouter by several inches and many
pounds within a year.
The Tribune can give the Increase In inches,
but the gain In pounds Is a secret, which the
President Is Keeping even from himself.
II gave up weighing n long time ago." he
said TO his tailor last week. and" he added
dryly. II recently gave up guessing"
The tailor and an assistant, for Il takes two
men TO measure Mr.. Cleveland. one TO hold
and the other to walk around him with n In pc,
had been called to tho White House to take tho
Presidents measure for two new spring suits.
They we're sent for by Mrs. Cleveland and told
to bring a full line OF samples. Like the wives
Of many other free born American citizens
with n family, she knows before tho President
when he needs new clothes, and takes great In.
tercst in seeing that ho gets something that
will wear well, look nice. and be becoming.
Although he has the destiny Of 10000. 900
people in his keeping. and Is the ruler Of a
mighty nation, the President of the United
States always turns TO Mrs. Cleveland when
he Is brought to face the suit question. Tsu-
ally Mrs. Cleveland selects dark goods.
Long black conts and sonhre trousers tend
to make u man Of enormous girth appear less
stout than he really Il. and the President has
heretofore affected that style of dressing. This
year, Notwithstanding the growth of the Presi.
dent about the waist line, Mrs. Cleveland has
decided TO make n radical change, at least SO
far rs ono suit is concerned. The President
will soon appear in much liyelier garment
than he has ever worn In Washington. They
WIN not be loud, nor ultra CIV. but far from
black, and really quite spring-like. Mrs: Cleve-
land has picked out for this experimental suit
a light Scotch tweed, q sort Of gray, brown,
of light blue. The pattern is what the uilors
cali an invisible check" The suit, which is
now ready for delivery. does great. credit 70
to he proud Of it.
A prospective customer soon obtained from
ing story Of the new suit. He was told fatty
at tho start that he could not have a suit like
In the store. Mr.. Cleveland had taken the en-
tire piece.
spring suit for the President had contained
was thirty inches wide. Every inch of the
only O few pieces left over for patches. The
tailor was a little astonished when his disap-
s siSitnis seven sHs and ONE r Ealf SQUARE 0a1 'f Feet It Of t cIess
to cover the President of the United States. or
g,f2o sauare inches; Cut in strips one inch Incl
strip would rench from the top of the Wash
ington monument TO the ground aud run 225
ltbl DWuIu III w VI JUS
II was then the tailor's turn to astonish the
customer: lie said he, had been obliged to
amount Of cloth required to make the suit.
He added that he could afford to make n suit
Just like it for the customer for $50, although
the latter Is over six feet high aid weighs 235
pounds. Then came inquiries about the Presi.
dents measurements; Ii was thus revealed
from the tailor's books what dimensions MIR.
Cleveland had developed in the last year, and
whore the development was the greatest.
The figures for last year and this are as fol-
lows:
XII y;;;s;s ..,.= /: : S SAC :$: : inside: f. e. f.
These are spring figures, the President, hav-
tie comparison is fair. They show the effect
prove that Mr.. Cleveland is increasing in bulk
Inches around the waist in the. last
year. one and q half Ground the hips, and 3ne
gained nor lost. His legs remain the same in
length, in spite of the efforts of the politicians
goods, the tailor chatted freely with the un-
T cofsespondens ....rn
Prince Aiberts. Besides these he has a
suit is a three-bGtton. soft-r9Iied .cntaw"y, but
pie formally. He gets two overcoats a year.
- away 'Ao haAa - AihhN INV. GNU thll hlNltt VI
Irish frieze that covers him from head to foot.
Is for bad weather when he is fishing and
No one evor sees him in 1t in Wash
ingt9n; 10 r.o,s Nrs c.r.,n,
for me 10 come 70 the White House and
bring samples; The President does not care
10 be bothered about such matters; important
as they are. In this way / called about a week
ago and took snmples Of imported English and
goods. Mrs. Cleveland's choice here
tofore has been gray or black. This time, how
ever, a change was decided upon. Mrs. Cleve.
land selected n lighter color than usual. 1t
was decided that this suit should be a sack
coat has four buttons and rounded corners. |
Then Mrs. Cleveland selected another suit Of
dark gray. That suit should be u cutaway
three buttons, made according to tho
most recent spring fashion.
when the yexatious questions OF cloth and
self began the task Of getting the Presidents
1t takes two tailors TO take his
The President Is an easy man to
please. In fact, he has little TO say. Mrs.
leveland always selects the goods and decides
upon the cut. When | 60 to the White House
the President generally nsks me to be sea ted,
and thon he, sends for Mrs. Cleveland. Her
our selections. When the clothes are
made Mrs. Cleveland inspects them. and IL
she says they are all right the President never
says u word. Behind the scenes. SO To speak.
the President Is a very atfahle man. He
the habitual reserve or hauteur char
On affairs OF State. In fact. the position of tailor
TO the President has AN advantage aside from
the pecuniary enolumcnts involved. 1t gives
\ fellow q chance to get into the inner life OF
The President, and let me say that this Presi-
dent has an interesting home life, lie APP,