Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-27
WHERE wEII-DREssED MEN LIYH
An ObServanI Traveller says New York
~ Behind Othor Cltles,

'ld prODnDly be discharged, mohbcd
ond have all sorts of things happen 10
me II ever Raid this over In the big
town, but ! cnn nnmp you AT least lour
American cities the men Of which ARE
better dressed year in and year out
| than the men of New York. said q
man who travels for New York uer-
chant tallor's supply houge and wh0,e
territory IN the whole continents. "l'll
name them In order Of ,heir Standing
ls communities Inhabited by tie besi
| lI IeSsed men: Denver san hrHnrisca
chicago aud Washington, How do I
igure IL? just according TO the rule OF
hghtthnt's 0ll ! dontprofess 10 know
much about Egypiology, but do
now q well dressed man when ! sec
lim.
"Mind, ] don't say that all the men
u these four cties ure better dre~bl
,han all the men OF New York, but I
10 maintain and say any impartial
man who knows the four toWIs mem
lioned as they are will uphold me ia
maintaining That In ratio 20 their re'
bpec,ve populations the men OF Der4
yer, Sun Francisco, Chicago and Wash-
lngton are very much better dressed
than are the men Of New York. 0l
course this has been the case only in
very recent years Now York was uni
III, sny, five years ago away ahead OF
all its rlynls as a city Of the best
dressed men. At that time II you
wanted TO see hundreds Of perfectly
dressed men engaged In doing buslness
all you hNd to DO wNs 20 take On cle'
yatcl train up town In the nelghbor-
hood Of ten O'Clock In the morning and
watch the men, the young middle
aged aud old, who boarded the truln
Tor the down town financial district
'Qi course you'll ytlll see slews Of
thoroughly got up men IN the financial
district Of New York but not - many
By Is per cent, us formerly, On show
occasions, such as Easter Sunday ut'
terNoon, New York viii s4lI turn Qpt
finely Clpd batch OF men, but I'm
not talking about show occasions now,
I'm talking about men that are well
clad year in and ycur out, aud 1t ls In
this respect that New York has fallcS
into the also ran list. E 4
"When You meet up town IN New
York genuinely swngger man--not &
hUshIly dressed man, but one who 10
thoroughly aud properly rugged ont
from his hat to his shoes-you nre lia'
ble to turn around TO get rcnr view
Of him, and then the fact is liable TO
be borne in upon you that he Is some
member Of the theatrical profession
whom you have seen upon the stage,
There will be plenty Of tlashlly dressed
men circulating around New York, bu!
n ilNshily dressed man will never be .
well dressed man.
"'rhc reason why the Denver men
are such n well dress lot isn't entirely
clear to me, II cGn't be especially be
cause there are 40 many wel oil men
in that town, bucuuse there arc myri
nds Of well on men in New York. May
he bccnuso in proportion to the popu
latlGn, there are prUbohly more men |
lntlon, thcrc are probably more mct |
with large incomes in Denver than IT. |
any city on the continent not except |
ing Helena that used to bear that dis |
tinction. you scarcely ever see bad |
~ dressed or an over dressed man il |
Denver, Shabby men there are n
plenty Of course, but | don't call I |
Shabby man II badly dressed man, A
badly dressed man is one who whill
having plenty Of means TO equip him
self with good makeup hasn't tht
taste to do 1t and therefore makes hit
appearance MS slouch--that's th,
word for it--slouch, A shabby man Il
simply man who Is on his upper
Ond makes no pretcntons,
"The clerks and other men Of verl
moderate incomes in Denver men whit
can't AFFORD 70 keep in the push as I'm
as correct dressing goes don't maxi
my effort whatever to tog themsclvg
out in cheap dismal imitation Of thu
men with plenty Of money; but. likl
the young woman In Ehc song, they
always dress In black. The business
men who run plants Of their own
teem to pay Just ns much attention Il
the job Of getting themselves ready
for business on weekday mornings NJ
they do to the task Of nrraylng them
selves for social functions or evening
appearances.
"FNa.crnrrs who have gone out Il
the coast have often commented upoI
the sweetness Of the average wcll llNet
San Francisco man in The mnttcr Oi
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