The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-11-27
THE EhGLISHMln'S
SkRT0RIhL HABITS
Dressing for Dinner is One Dis
tinctiye National Char
acteristic.
RULES ARE STRINGENT
Wns-@s= In. s-isan Is to ss Fam
He Is a sris3n q. Dinner Time,
Though Relaxing in Cesmo-
roiitan Surroundings.

Lozdoa ie1,a-: WAY Is II that English
nza change ehet- clothes more f-s92sas-
y thza taz man q any czagr esi0n al
he ns- in Ias sails o. Loa5on taaaIers
wear -Ae regulation e7saszg suit An1 IN
tae dining raoEas . tAe chief hotels NJ
cues. ray appear IN MS dag s7lit after
: o'c2ocE Even for IN ordinary timer
pz-cy arranged ~ short rutice aaf not IL
-znte= u b 4 formal affair. the mutual
a-szzEapzgo2 always Is thu tas other VIII
dress ara thai wEls decide q r2aa 70 DO
lkewlsA Nor < the habit confined 10
Lo1do- II ta4 saloons Of the great
liners 10 s1aia Atrca-th= Unton ard
Castle 5ps-7azseng= dress for dinner
1yz=E evening OF Inzir sixteen OF seven
,@sn DAY vcyGgs. Il il tha same in the
-.Eca lclge- 55-rEzsEs 70 India and AUS
i-alIz. Tia ships are English and the
passenger lists pCEior-.nantIE English.
Esc On tbs Atlantic lIae-s where mora
n2EtC1aiiI5ss gre represented together
ihere IS NJ decided rule. Equally II IS
Hcr q social c~o-ap1iston 20 wear dress
clothes In the best SEATS OF the New York.
Gz-Zs Or Berlin cEeatsrs-
T1e phenomenon exists without oues-
ton but ta= explanation is not 50 obvious.
IL cannot be iE1s climate as regards Lon
DON Where 10 hour knows what the
a@xI hour VIII bring forth in the way Of
: I%TE &tEccity n weather it would seem
safer not u wear different textures Of
clothing OF Ihe sar1e day. Under blue
zoushern skies q man might safely CRAFTY
MS ha6!ll-geafs. All the same, cne finds
many suits as he could afford and as
often IS ne chose-he need not fear rheu-
taaitsna -or himself or mud and ain for
his h~abil-ments. Al the same. one finds
Ina1 The Latin races. with their raore re-
liable climate, change their clothing far
less often than northern peoples with the
worse climate.
somewhere in this proposition should
be found the philosophy of clothes.
"1atsVer the respective mental enrltp-
Erent Of the two tyPeS-the Latin and the
EoFthern-it Will be accepted that the
material superiority in these DAYS cf
northern product is more a matte or
nerve equipC!se and persistence among
tha average h CT individual original
~ Here- then, there is the case of the
worse conditions producing the better ra-
suits. Climate has had no share in pro
4hci-lg this valuable eqGipoise; 1t has
'as-.a to achieve any for itself. The nat
Hiai philosophy, the instinct, Of tha
Ho@t7eTn nan would seem 10 deserve the
credit.
Tn contention Of the man who makes
ih% frequent changing Of clothes a relig-
'ous!y observed ritual is something like
This: Neither fashion, in the accepted
'eHSe OF the word, nor personal vanity has
anything to do with Il. The great master
u trinity college. Cambridge, DR.. Thoap-
son, wa blamed by an envious don Tor
~'dcVotinS h time he could spare from
the neglect of his duties to the aGornmert
Of his person." This was putting the case
against changing in the sourest terms.
III master Of Trinity was probably a
taner man than his grabbed critic. The
Justification OF his proceedings lay in their
wholesome effect on his physical and nerv-
nus system. Like the generality OF his
kind, he had 10 keep that system IN hand.
The ncrc breaks in his day occupied in
the process of changing-tle half hour or
iesstaken 10 dress for dinner the exponent
Of the system declares are all to the good.
He puts any of his days business con-
Germs aside with his days business clothes.
In fresh attire he has a fresh outlook. As
4 tonic 10 his skin he finds nothing bet
ter than to get out OF one set Of under
wear into another. lie points to phe-
no1nena that sometimes puzzle the on
locker as justifying his system.
Stock Exchange Styles.
There is the rule that every croker on
the London stock exchange must wear n
silk hat and that every barrister practic-
Ing in the courts must appear in black
@Gat and Waistcoat. The new broker who
enters the exchange in other headgear
VIII find it a wreck in a very few sec
ends, and the novice at the bar who gets
Up to address the Judge in a white waist
coat or 4 gray suit has been known to
get this admonition from the bench: II
cannot hear you in that dress" And the
client has to suffer until his lawyer dors
the regulation garb. The rule is as firmly
established as the ~clergymaa's black
broadcloth and plain white ~neckband. The
wearing of similar clothes in transactlng
similar business by those who alone are
legally entitled to DC it-be It dealing in
stocks or arguing law cases-brings those
concerned, says this dress philosopher. On
Il correct professional platform. 1t brings
them eye to eye in regard for each other
and for the business in hand. AS one who
IS an enthusiast, besides a thinker, he
maintains that all the Wanted Anglo
saxon greatness is founded on the sagaci-
BUS instinct for repeatedly changing
.lothes. He will himself analyze the mat
ter in his private smoking room, having
not only dressed for dinner earlier in the
evening, but put aside his black tail coat
for a dandy maroon smoking jacket. 1t
is the apotheosis Of the cult.