The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13
NECkWEAR or THE PRESIDENTS.
Col. Roose,eit's Collar Is Of . style hst
L. Particularly Ills Own.

president Ross welt 10 liable TO revolution
ne the collar business II he doesn't change
his STYLE aid "A Broadway hatrrda-her
the other day. Since he became President
W. ha We bad a number OF calls for the Rcoss-
Welt collar. OF course. there Is no such collsr
In the market either a. 90 name or style.
IL Is my oplnion that the President has his
collars made 10 order. PROFESSIONALLY there
Is more comfort In the kind he wears than
in mos, others, but they are not becoming
10 everybody any more than the high Turn
owens would L. becoming 10 Presiden, Roose-
y.i, The Roosevelt collar. II you care 20
get AT it's genesis. came In Presidential favor
when Grant was elected the first time Hut
Grant wore a lowknot tie. which gave the
collar a different appearance from that worn
by President Roosevelt
.Iincoln was IN. first Of our Presidents
20 discard the old-fashioned stock. which II
worn now would make a man look a. II he
had a SORE throat llncoln's collars when las
t~came President were part and parcel OF
his shirt. 'Sewed on. as a woman would say.
am told that Lincoln was not notioeably
tidy In his collars. They bad a wil,ed look
ALWAYS. Hts favorts neckwear vas black
silk tied In a careless way quite becoming
10 him When Andrew johnson succeeded
To N. Presidency the old stock returned
To the White Huuse. He wore the wide stand
up collar. witch was encircled by . black
satin stock with a short, stif bow
MIR. HAyes's collar was a broad. turn
down with long points, but II was not high.
T. didn't make much difference what sort
81 tie he wore. A. his shirt front was covered
hy his bard Garfeld's collar was rather
tasteful. a rundown with square points.
His tie was black satin with a SQUARE how.
MIR Arthur was the most correct dresser
81 recent Presidents He wore n high
| collar with points slightly turned out
Tho NJ was always perfect He NNs the
first President TO wear a fancy scarf, which
was always set % by a handsome hut
never loud scarf pin. He had, ~ am
told. the biggest stock OF ncckvear OF any
81 the Presidents. He was rather partial
Co black with white dots. .
MIR Cleveland's collars and style ~
neckwear looked ~ II they had ieen made
from the same patterns as those worn by
Andrew Johnson However, Mr CieN",
land never confined himself 90 one Kind
- collar. saw him al his second inaugural
hall when he wore a plain. wide, rundown.
under which was a white string tic
President Harrison wore a ~'urndown
collar, broad and simple. and a plhn hlick
tie. except on state occasions Nhen hlS
neckwear was conventional
-Presiden,McK inley usually wore AS'aniup
collar with slight Hare points lie hhSl
TO he AT ease and that's IN" sort OF coilar
for a mar TO wear II be- VsniS 'nir.'l cnnn-
Portable In a standup Mr. Mckinney :
neckvear was In keeping with hs charac'e e.
simple and unaffected
sfherr have been n good many changes
in Presidential neckNrt sinc" 40 when
i John q Adams Worn a." hugh COLLAR Nil'l
Va COMPLETELY rnv"lnVssi hv tho great
bundle II material that was th" fashion
81 the statesmen - tho early p"ri"d l
think ha VA. the last President =" appear
In that st,lr Hut for plan, common
-. u-rrnnyon,ional s'vlc the Roosevelt
liar - Ikc n. weara-. a style " 10 own =