Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07
NECKwEAR OF THE PRESIDENTS
Colonel Roosevelt's Collar is of a
Style Peculiarly His Own.

! New York Sun: President Roose-
velt is liable to revolutionize the collar
business if he doesn't change his style,
said Broadway haberdasher the other
day Since he became president we
have had 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
the president has his collars made to
order. Unquestionably there is moro
comfort in the kind he wears than in
most Others. but they are not becom-
ing TO everybody any more than the
high turn-oyers would be becoming to
President Roosevelt The Roosevelt
collar, if you care to get at its genesis,
came into presidential favor when
Grant was elected the first time But
Grant wore bowknot tie, which gave
the collar a different appearance from
that worn by President Roosevelt.
Lincoln was the first of our presi-
dents TO discard the oldfash Toned
stock, which, If worn now, would make
o man look as If lie had a sore throat.
Lincolns collars, when he became pres
ident were part and parcel of his shirt.
'Sewed on as a woman would say. !
am told that Lincoln was not notice
ably tidy in his collars. They had a
wiltcd look always His favorite neck
wear was black silk tied in careless
way, quite becoming to him When
Andrew Johnson succeeded to the pres
idency the old stock returned 10 the
hi Ia, he al a CT Nd.
up collar, which was encircled by a
black satin stock with a short, stiff
bow
Mr.. Hayes collar was a broad. turn
down with long points. but 1t was not
high. II didn't make much difference
what sort of tie he wore. as his shirt
front was covered by his beard Car
fields collar was rather tasteful turn
down with snare points. His tie was
black satin with a square bow,
AIR. Arthur was the most correct
dresser Of recent presidents. He wore
high collar with points slightly turn
cd out. The fit was always perfect lie
was the first president to wear fancy
scarf which was always set off by "A
handsome but never loud scarfpin. He
had, SO | am told the biggest stock of
neckwear of any of the presidents lie
was rather partial to black with white
dots.
Mr.. Clevelaud's collars and style of
necllwear looked as if they had been
made from the same patterns as those
worn by Andrew Johnson However,
Mr. Cleveland never confined himself
to one kind Of collar. ! saw him at his
second inaugural ball when he wore IA
plain. vide rundown, under which was
a white string tie
President Harrison wore a rundown
collar broad and simple and plain
black tie except on state occasions
when his neckwear was conventional
President Mckinley usually wore a
stdndup collar with slight flare points.
Tie liked to be at ease and that's The sort
of collar for a man to wear If he wants
to- feel comfortable in standup. Mr..
McKinley's neckwear was in keeping
with his character simple and unaf-
fccted
There have been a good many
changes in presidential neckwear since
1926 when John Q. Adams wore the
high collar which was completely en-
veloped by the great bundle of ma
terial that was the fashion of the states
men of the early period. | think he was
the last president to appear in that
STYLE But for plain, common sense. I'M
conventional style the Roosevelt collar
is. like its wearer, a style of its own