Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-04-09

the dark days of adversely, there is
nothing more reliable than a tailor
shop" His argument was that in times
of plenty men buy more and better
clothes, than at other times, and that
a money stringency is first felt and
seen in a mans dealings with his
tailor.
This is probably true; and if we al
low ourselves to wander a bit into the
field of philosophy we shall doubtless
find that this same humble shop is al
temple, and the unpretending genius
within an oracle who speaks as Delphi
never did. of more and greater things
than mans financial we'll being, for,
i'll the language of the immortal Sartor,
man is a feathehless biped that wears
breeches, and his tailoring operations
proceed not by accident, but the hand
is ever guided on by the mysterious
workings of the mind
Ornament was the first purpose of
dress with primeyal man; his first
spiritual want was decoration.
Warmth and decency were later con-
siderations Many and various were
the cuts and colors of the garments of
men while the earth was still young,
and man was free to follow the vaga-
ries of his own fancy in the matter of
dress; but now change has come, and
the dead, mOnotonous sameness which
tha god Of fachi0p hac imn0cad uDon
our feshly habiliment has largely done
away with that Wholesome and inter
esting variety in shape and color, in
masculine garb especially, and gen
dered a commences in us, confined
not merely co the texture of our out
ward decoration, but shown also in
the texture of our inner selves. Yet
fancy is not altogether lost, and to the
philosopher, man is not wholly hidden
in his garments even yet. Through
the trifiing variations fashion suffers
still to continue, the workings of the
inner man are still more or less per-
fectly seen. Harmony of color shines
out here and there, betokening d
healthy mental poise; shapes and
forms of beauty are met with at times
that give evidence of artistic predispo-
sition; simple styles and shades. uccd-
sionally seen, declare the quiet modesty
of the man within; incongruous COM
binations frequently in evidence show
where sense of proportion is wanting,
and betrays futile struggle for an eff
fort one does not fully understand; a
laundering tumble of discordant colors,
not at all infrequent, announces to the
world that he who glories in them is
cOnStitutionally awry, spiritually
drunk, and has long forsaken his wor-
ship of the true and beautiful and
gone in search of other GODS and a
lurid tie, which also is common, suffi-
cient to madden a bull, convulse a
Venus. and make Diana weep, adver-
tises to all men the sad fact that he
who wears it is forever lost, and
vaunts his bloody emblem in capitula-
ton to the fiends of pandemonium
But to return to the tailor, with whom
we started, and whom we had almost
forgotten.
At this time of the year each warm,
sunshiny day stimulates customers to
put in their orders for spring suits,
and tailors say that the spring bus
liness has now fairly begun.
This is much better season than
nd fop
Iceding years, said downtown tailor
esterday. Our customers are asking
for better quality of goods and are
willing to pay higher prices than in
revious seasons. The very finest
abrics are in great demand"
There are very few startling or radi-
cal changes either in materials or
shapes this year. Grays will be worn
as much as ever in stripes and striped
| checks, and browns will be little
more popular than heretofore. Soft
shades of green and olive are being
introduced for sack coats Fancy
vests will be more popular than ever,
although there is a better demand for
them in the fall than in the spring.
Golf suits will be worn as much as
ever, and it is anticipated that the red
golf coat will increase in favor
AS for changes in shapes, the sack
coat will be made to fit the figure lit
tie more closely in the back, avoiding
the box effect of last season, and CIV
;np tho Shoulders q hrOadnr annaar-
ance. Vests are to be cut even higher
than last year. The trousers will be
made fuller about the hips and to the
knees, but will be small at the bottoms.
This gives the so-called peg-top ap-
pearance. The changes, however, are
$50 slight that they will be scarcely
noticeable Creasing will be less pop
ular than in the past, the present fad
being to crease the trousers to a point
l>below the knee, leaving them smooth
9bOut the ankles