The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-10
WELL DRESSED MEN.
ORDER OF THE CITLESIN WHICH
 THEY MOST ABOUND.
An Expert Says Denver Heads tEe List, With San Francisco seeOndS Chicago Third, Washington Fourth and New York Trails Along Fifth.

I'd probably be discharged, mobbed and have all sorts of things happen to me if I said this over in the ;g town. but can name yeu at least four Amer ican cities the men of which are bet ter dressed year in and year out than the men of New York said man who travels for a New York merchant tailor's supply house and whose terri- tory, is the whole continent. I'll name them in the order of their standing as communities inhabited by the best dressed men: Denver, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington. How do l figure it? Just according to: the rule of sight, that's all. I don't profess 10 know much about Egyptology, but do know a we'll dressed man when l see him.
 Mind, I don't say that all Of the men of those four cities are Dettef dressed than all of the men or New York, but I do maintain and say any impartial man who knows the four towns mentioned as they are now Will uphold me in maintaining that in ratio to their respective populations the men of Denver, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington are very much petIer dressed than are the men of New HorK' Of course this has been the case only in very recent years. New York was until, say, five years ago away ahead Of all it's rivals as a city of the best dressed men. At that time if you want ed to see hundreds of perfectly dressed and perfectly groomed men engag- ed in doing business all you had to do was to take an elevated train up town in the neighborhood of 10 o'clock in the morning and watch the men, young, middle aged and old, who boarded the train for the down town financial dis | trict.
 "of course you'll still see slews of thoroughly got up men down in the financial district of New York, but not SO many by 75 per cent: as formerly On show occasions, such as Easter ! Sunday afternoon, New York will stil turn out a. finely clad batch Of men, pu' I'm not talking about show occasions now. I'm talking about men who arc we'll clad year in and year out, and l is in this respect that New York has fallen into the also ran list.
 When you meet up town in NeV York a genuinely swagger man--not fiashily dressed man, but one who Il thoroughly and properly rigged ou from his hat to his shoes-you are lia ble to turn around to get rear VieV of him. and then the fact is liable u be slowly borne in upon you that he Ii some member of theatrical profes sion whom you have seen upon thu stage. There are still plenty Of flash lilly dressed men circulating around Nev York, but fiashily dresed man neve will be well dresesd man.
 "The reason why the men of Denve are such we'll dressed lot isn't entire ly clear to me. It can't be especial. because there are so many well off mel in that town, because there are myri ads of we'll off men in New York Maybe it is because, in proportion t the population, there are probabl more men with large incomes in Den yer than in any city on the continent
 not excepting Helena, that used t
 bear that distinction. You scarcel
 ever see badly dressed or an over
 dressed man in Denver. Shabby me
 there are in plenty, of course, but
 don't call shabby man badly dress
 ed man. A badly dressed man is on
 who, while having plenty of means t
 equip himself with a good make III
 hasn't the taste to do it and therefor
 makes his appearance as slouch-
 that's the word for it--slouch. A shab by man is simply a man who is on hi
 uppers and makes no pretensions.
 ''The clerks and other men of yer
 moderate incomes in Denver, men wh
 can't afford to keep in the push as ia