The age-herald., 1901-10-20
The Neckwear of
 Our Presidents
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 President Roosevelt is liable to revolu- tionize the collar business if he doesn't change his style" said Broadway hab- erdasher the other day Since he be- came 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. Ii | Is my opinion that the President has his collars made to order Unquestionabiy 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 turnovers would be becom- Ing to President Roosevelt The Roose- Welt collar, If you care to get at it's genesis, came in Presidential favor when Grant was elected the first time. But Grant wore bowknot tie, which gave tne collar a different appearance from that worn by President Roosevelt.
 Lincoln was the first of our Presidents to discard the old-fashioned stock, which If worn now would make man look as If he had sore throat. Lincoln's col lars when he became President were part and parcel of his shirt. 'Sewed on,' as woman would sey. I am told that Lin coin was not noticeably tidy in his col aeeA D. hCy AltQ WllLeu LOOK alWaYS. His favorite neckwear was black silk tied in 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 standup collar, which was encircled by black satin stock with a short, stifr bow.
 MT. Hayes collar was a broad. turn down with lonk points, but it was not high It didn't make much difference what sort of tie he wore, as his shirt front was covered by his beard. Gar fields collar was rather tasteful. turn down with square points. His tie was black satin with a square bow.
 MT. Arthur was the most correct dresser 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 fancy scarf which was always set off by a handsome but never loud scarf pin. He had. so I am told, the biggest stock of neckwear of any of the Presidents. He was rather partial to black with white dots.
 MT. 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, MT. Cleveland never confined himself to one kind of collar. I saw him at his second inaugural ball when he wore plain, wide. turndown, under which was white string tie.
 President Harrison wore a turndown collar, broad and simple, and a plain black tie, except on state occasions when his neckwear was conventional.
 President Mckinley usually wore standup collar with slight flare points. He liked to be at ease and that's the sort of collar for a man to wear if he wants to feel comfortable in a standup. Mir McKinley's neckwear was in keep ing with his character. simple and unaf- fected.
 There have been good many changes in Presidential neokwear since 1895 when John c. 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 Presi- dent to appear in that style. But for plain, common sense, unconventional style the Roosevelt collar is. like it's wearer, a style of its own"