Evening star., 1901-11-23

Colonel ROOseveIt's Collar fs of q
Style That is Particularly His Own.

From the New York Sun
President Roosevelt is liable to revolu-
tfonize the collar business If he doesn't
change his STYLE" said Broadway haber-
dasher the other day. Since he became
President We have had a number of calls
for the Roosevelt collar. OF course there
Is no such collar in the market, either as to
name or style. 1t is my opinion that tho
President has his collars made to order
Unquestionably there is more comfort in
the KIND he wears than in most others, but
they are not becoming to everybody any
more than the high turn-overs would be be-
coming to President Roosevelt. The Roose-
welt collar, If you care to get at it's gene
sis, came in presidential favor when Grant
was elected the first time. But Grant wore
bowknot tie, which gave the collar a diff
ferent appearance from that worn by Pres
fdent Roosevelt.
Lincoln was the first of our Presidents to
discard the old-fashioned stock which IL
worn now, would make a man look as If he
had sore throat. Lincoln's collars when he
became President were part and parcel of
his shirt. 'Sewed on, as a woman would
say. / am told that Lincoln was not no.
ticeably tidy in his collars. They had a
Wilted look always. His favorite neckwear
was black silk, tied in a careless way quite
becoming to him. When Andrew johnson
succeeded to the presidency the old stock
returned to the White House. He wore the
wide stand-up collar, which was encircled
by black satin stock with short stiff
bow.
Mr. Hayes collar was broad. turns
down, with long points, but It is 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 collar was
rather tasteful, a turn-down with square
points. His tie was black satin, with q
square bow.
Mr.. Arthur was the most correct dress 4
er of recent Presidents. He wore a high
collar. with points slightly turned out
The fit was always perfect. He was the
first President to wear a 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
Andrew Johnson. However Mr.. Cleve-
land never confined himself to one kind
OF collar. saw him at his second inaugu-
raj ball when he wore a plain, wide, turn
down, under which was white string tie.
President Harrison wore rundown
collar, broad and simple, and a plain black
tie, except on state occasions, when his
neckwear was conventional
President Mckinley usually wore a
stand-up collar, with slight flare points He
collar for man to wear IL he wants to-
feel comfortable in a standup. Mr.. Nc
Kinleys neckwear was I'm keeping with his
character, simple and unaffected.
There have been good many changes
in presidential neckwear since 1895, when
John Q. Adams wore the high collar which,
was completely enveloped by the great!
bundle Of material that was the fashion
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"