Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-09-11
Millionaire Clifford of Prescott Sets the Pace for New York s Swell Set in Dress.
His Wardrobe Said to Contain Enough Clothes to Cover Reg iment, and the Envy of Wal dorf-AStoria Guests.

btOIy dDOut ull1, III WHICH It Sdlus There is new king of dudes in town and he's a millionaire. His name is Henry B. Clifford and he halls from that section of the country described by the effete customers as the ''wild and woody west"
 The renowned E. Berry Wall and J. Waldere Kirk, erstwhile leaders of New York fashion, may have fattered themselves that they knew thing or two about the sartorial art, but when placed in contrast with this new king of the dudes they bear a close resem- blsnce to the famous dollar bill from which seventy cents had been ex- tracted.
 Although claiming Arizona as his home. because of the fact that his myriad of business interests are To- cated there, MT. Clifford spends most of his time at the Waldorf where he lives with his wife in an ele- gant suite of rooms on the sixth floor.
 In gathering together a fashy and elaborate wardrobe, MT. Clifford had no thought of rising to that high and lofty altitude formerly occupied by the two dethroned kings. The word 1dude" does not appeal to this west ern millionaire and it is only neces- sary to mention it within his hearing to incur his displeasure.
 q merely wanted to have some thing different from what everybody is wearing" he said, when asked for an explanation of his eccentricity in dress.
 Nobody, except possibly the black valet which Mir. Clifford had added to his retinue, knows precisely how many suits are in the Clifford ward robe. Two suits a month is under stood to be the average, and the Cliff ford tailor has been at work several years. When he goes travelling, even on short journey, many large trunks are usually included in the excess baggage. Not long ago he went out to Arizona and the Pacific coast to look after his properties. Eight trunks followed him, and still there were enough suits remaining in the Waldorf apartments to clothe regi- ment.
 The new fashion plate has set a style in single breasted coats which is being freely initiated at the Waldorf. Instead of the old fashioned straight away front with four or five buttons, Mir. Clifford has designed a coat which is already the talk of the hotel corridors.
 This is cut similar to Tuxedo, but instead of the four button effect it has six buttons. It is built loose in the back with baggy appearance, and on the sleeves, around the cuffs. the tailor has cut several V shaped niches, which give the coat an em- broidered appearance. Most of the Clifford coats are cut in this fashion. On most of his winter apparel he wears a little velvet, which he be- lieves adds to his scheme of color effect.
 A new style in trousers has also been affected by the man from the west. Instead of the peg top, baggy leg affairs so common among the chappies and the college boys, Cliff ford has introduced the wide bottom. tight top trousers. The Clifford trousers are never pressed above the knee.
 MT. Clifford does not go much on fancy shirts. He believes a gentle man should always appear in public dressed in white linen. Color effects in shirt, he says, were intended for the vulgar plebians, not for the re- spectable gentlemen. Consequently he never wears a colored shirt. All his collars are attached to his shirts some standing, others roll collars. His waist coats are usually cut low in half circle, permitting the display of an expansive shirt front. In the bosom of his shirt he wears a massive diamond pin, consisting of several small ones and one large one.
 His shoes, hats and cravats- are se- lecteo according to the suit he wears. He usually wears low cut Oxfords and his hosiery harmonizes perfectly with his waist coat or his cravat. In the winter he wears fancy cloth top shoes with high heels. Patent leather is usually his selection.
 In personal appearance Clifford is striking looking individual-of medium height, slightly stopped, easy and graceful of carriage, keen, sharp eyed, smooth of face, save for heavy dark mustache.
 He was born in Louisville, Ky, in 1859. He is a nephew of the late Justice Nathan Clifford, of the Uni ted States supreme court. He was once page in the senate of the Uni ted States. For the past twenty five years, however, he has been identified with mining in Mexico and the Paci- fic coast.
 Clifford in the early nineties was reputed to be worth more than a mil lion dollars. His interests were largely in the silver belt, and during the panic of '93 when silver declined until it was thought it would never again have an intrinsic value he lost all and was compelled to go to the bankruptcy court for relief from his creditors. This was six years ago. Today he has paid every obligation and his fortune is variously estimated at from three to ten millions.
 In many respects Clifford is an ec- centric genius. He is a man who has few confdents and fewer friends. Hanging over his desk in his office at No. 10 Wall street is this motto:
 "Few men have over two friends. and man without enemies never adds much to the material progress of the world"
 On the middle finger of the left hand he wears massive snake ring which extends over the knuckle. In scribed on the ring is the following:
 Al good fellows die in hospitals"
 Did you ever see a really good fellow, as the term is used today, that ever amounted to much," said he. And haven't you noticed that the good fellows usually die in hos pitals! used to be what the boys called good fellow but I got over it after several years of bitter experi- ence.