The herald., 1898-09-05
ANGELES HERALD. MONDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER rse,

mine are the exact shade Of the goods.
would never think of such thing"
do 1 think that men are giving more
and better care to their personal appear
,, ance than formerly? Well. the younger
set are but old men, like old dogs. cannot
learn new tricks"
Selecting a blue-black serge from among
the suits and q white waistcoat, Kirk
quickly donned them, and then picking out
a light gray with q check Of something
over an, inch and threaded with black, he
| explained that this was the latest thing for
travelling or morning wear. For afternoon
dark suit of either brown or blue-black
he considers the best thing and his taste
for early evening Is dark suit cut square
with a vest of some dark goods AS to
| wearing trousers Of one color, vest of an
other and coat Of another, his royal dude
dom would never think Of such a thing.
1 "In waistcoats, Of course" he said, there
Is a considerable choice, but by all means
don't have any half contrasts. II you have
difference have It decided and yet at the
| same time DONE let 1t be too loud"
| The gray suit with the dark check is de-
cided enough to suit the king and is very
pleasant contrast even If 1t is trifie talk
ative. It was this suit that Mr.. Kirk wore
when he first burst on the startled gaze Of
the Ava,onites. Mr.. Kirk does not like
the title of the "King Of the Dudes" and
said that dude was thing that dressed
in very bad taste.
Even down to his stationery Mr.. Kirk IS
different from hoi polloi. The paper Is Of
every tint and shade and the envelopes are
| about eight inches long and two wide, with
~. Walders Kirk" IN gold letters on the
back and In the upper left hand corner of
the paper. Some Of the stationery was Of
the reddest red that ever was and was
made especially for him. 1t was on a sheet
Of this paper that the king opened corre-
lspondence with the authorities In France
that led to his getting the soda water con-
lcession at the Paris exposition for 1900
The matter was first started through the
kindly offices Of Sir Andrew Upton, the
millionaire provision dealer in England. Mr..
Kirk admits that he obtained the conces-
sion at such a ridiculously low figure that
he would not dare to tell 1t, but says that
he has been offered enough for 1t that his
lprofit would be over $4,000. Fifty thousand
dollars is the sum that Kirk expects to
put into the project for q carbonating
plant and fountains.
Kirk has also dabbled in literature and
Just now Is very much interested In a book
describing some Of his experiences. The
book was to have been brought out last fall,
but was held over until next spring. The
book deals with his standpoint Of dressing
and from that to the publicity that he has
attracted, leading down to description OF
the different ways OF reporters when inter-
viewing him and his methods Of dealing
with them.
For a man who has the reputation of
being the best dressed man in America, Mr..
Kirk is not a success as a dancer, and
could well be benefited by a course Of les
sons. It was after o'clock when Kirk fin-
ished dressing and the interview, which
had begun an hour and half before, was
brought to a termination. Waiting down
In the hotel lobby was another reporter,
but the king said, mot now; tomorrow at
ternoon." And the next day when the re-
porter came for his interview the king had
gone. And he had taken his wardrobe with
him. o. A. JONES.