The National tribune., 1901-10-17
Neckwsar of the Presidents.

president Roosevelt is liable to revolu.
tioniZe the collar business If he doesn't
change his STYLE" said Broadway haber.
dasher the other day. Since he became
President we have had number of calls
for the Roosevelt collar. or course. there
is no such collar in the market either as
to name or style. 1t is my opinion that
the President has his collars made to or
der. Unquestionably there is more COM
fort in the Kind he wears chan in most
others, but they are not becoming to every
body any more than the high turnpvers
would be becoming TO President Roosevelt
The Roosevelt collar, il you care to get
ut its genesis. came in Presidential favor
when Grant was elected the first time.
But Grant wore bowknOt tie. which
gave the collar different appearance from
that worn by President Roosevelt
Lincoln was the first of our Presidents
to discard the old-fashioned stock. which
if worn row would make a man look as
if he had Il sore throat i.incoln's collars
when he became President were part and
parcel of his shirt. Sewed on, as Il wo-
man would say. l am told that Lincoln
was not noticeably tidy in his collars.
They had n wilted look always. His
favorite ncckwcar was black silk tied in q
careless way quite becoming to him. When
Andrew Johnson succeeded to the Presi-
dency the old stock returned to the White
r.
which was encircled by black satin stock
with a short. stiff bow.
Mr.. Haycs's collar was a broad, Sturn-
down with long points. but it was not
high. 1t didn't make much difference
what sort of tie he Wore. as his shirt front
was covered by his beard. Garfield's col
lar was rather tasteful. rundown with
square points. His tic was black satin
with Il square bow.
ssNTp A,thup tha ,,,oc+ oorracf
dresser of recent Presidents. He wore a
high collar with points slightly turned out
The # was always perfect. He was the
first President to wear fancy scarf,
which was always set off by a handsome
but never loud scarf pin. He had, so
am told, the biggest stock of neckwear Of
any of the Presidents. He was rather
partial to black with white dots.
''Mr. Cleveland's collars and style of
neckwear looked as if they had been made
from the same patterns as those worn by
Andrew Johnson. However. Mr.. Cleve-
land never confined himself to one kind of
collar. | saw him at his second inaugural
ball when he wore plain. wide rundown,
under which was n white string tie.
president Harrison wore n rundown
collar. broad and simple, and a plain
black tie. except on state occasions when
his neckwenr was conventional.
president Mckinley usually wore
standup collar with slight flare points. He
liked to be Mt ease and that's the sort of
collar for man to wear if he wants to
feel comfortable in a standup. Mr.. Nc
Kinley's neckwear was in keeping with
his character simple and unaffected.
There have been coed many changes
in Presidential neckwear since 1925 when
John Q. Adams wore the high collar which
was completely enveloped by the great
bundle of material that was the fashion of
the Statesmen of the early period. I
think he was the last President to appear
in that style. But for plain. common
sense. unconventional style the Roosevelt
collar is, like its wearer, style of its
own"