The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-05
HOW A MAN BUYS CLOTHES.
Few of The strong Sax Waste Much Time
in Sampiing.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
When a woman decides to have a new
gown built the process usually consumes
about two weeks from the inception of
the idea to the day when the dress
maker finally gets to work at it, There
are goods without end to be examined,
stores to be visited, STYLES to be dis
cussed and friends to be called into
counsel When a man wants new
suit il generally takes him about five
minutes to pick II out at his tailor's ana
the same afternoon the goods are cut
and the journeyman is getting it ready
for the trying on ordeal. But men
have as many characteristic ways of Sc
lecting their clothing as they have of
eating or drinking and no general rule
applies to them as a whole. say the tail
ofs who cater TO the wants of the best
dressed men in Chicago. Some of the
rich men who buy many suits of cloth
ing a year spend but minute selecting
a pattern; others who are rich enough
To buy the entire stock of the tailor shop
drop in once or twice a year and then
are found hard to suit.
1t is not stinginess which induces
many wealthy men 10 wear one suit of
clothes or one overcoat for many sea-
sons. In that time these men might
spend thousands upon charity. but in
early life they formed habits of saving
and they cannot outlive them. SO long
AS a sun Oh AiDluluS III u tOdl Is StINlGt-
able and presents a decent appearance
they will cling to it and il is with genu
inc regret that they present themselves
to the tailor for new one That II
isn't n miserly trait which leads them
To shun the tailor for so many months
at n time is proved by the fact that
when they do decide tn buy they patron
ize the best tailors in town and pay
fancy prices for their clothing. But SO
strong has the habit become of making
everything go as far as possible that
they hesitate about discarding IA suit or
an overcoat until the last moment
ON the other hand. there are million
aires. and even men whose fortunes,
while comfortable. are far from the
million mark, who pride themselves
upon their dressy appearance. and these
are the easiest 10 suit as, rule. Hay
ing confidence in their tailor's taste and
judgment of the quality of the goods.
they leave it largely 10 him and accept
his dictum in regard T. what is the cor
rect thing for them TO wear
Joseph Letter. whose recent trades
in the wheat market have made him the
talk of the country. wastes little time
in examining patterns or samples. He
orders six or eight suits Of clothing at a
time and in about as many minutes
He displays excellent taste i'm dress. but
it is not matter Of careful selection
and comparison Of goods. When Letter
wants lot OF clothing he goes to his
tailor and makes known his wants A
sample book is shown him with clip
pings OF the latest things from London
and the young man handles them as
rapidly as he does million or two
bushels Of wheat.
Make up that and this and this and
that and these other three" is about
the substance Of his conversation, toss
ing the samples tn the obsequious tailor
and the job is over with The clothes
are made up and delivered with equal
facility and a purchase Of several hun