Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-26

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{: custom department taken orders
:. for two of the largest and best
!. "wholcsale tailors" in the United
!. States. They have agents in ali
!. of the principal cities, and their
!. sales are so enormous that they
!. are obliged to buy their goods in
!. immense quantities thus enabling
!. them to secure them at the low
(. est possible prices. In their largo
:: wo-k rooms employing hundreds
J. Of skilled workmen the organiza-
:: ton is SO perfect that the cost Of
I production is reduced to the low.
! est possible point.
j. OF necessity they employ none
!: but the most skilIful cutters to
!. draft and cut the garments. They
J: have done everything at their end
:: Of the business that long expo
:. riencc and immense capital can
]. do. The weak point in the sys-
!. TEN has often been the lack Of
!. knowledge Of the tailoring bust
J. ness on the part Of the local
Z AGENTS. 1t requires skilled cut
!. ter to take the measures properly
!. and give the description of the
!. customers form to the cutter at
: headquarters, who has to see the
). customer through the eye of thu
:. man who takes the measure.
:: The skilled cutter from his ex-
!. perience in the business, notices
!. peeuiiarities in a mans form that
I the ordinary agent would not see
!. and that no measure, however ac-
:. curatc would indicate. The rea-
: son why we have been SO sue
!. cessful with this work is that We
J. have added to the immense re-
: sources of these large establish
:. mcnt5 all the skill and knowledge
:. Of our own custom department.
: We act as "t,e man behind the
!. gun" We know how to aim it
:. and make center shot every
!. time.
I. Our cutter takes the customers
J. measure as accurately and makes
!. note Of all pecuIiarities of his
:: form as carefully as though we
!. were going to make the suit.
!. This measure and description is
!. sent to headquarters. There is
J. no guesswork or experiment
]. about It. Whcn the suit is fin
= shcd and sent to us the customer
!, comes to the store and tries it on.
!. Our cutter examines it critically.
i The work and Fl in this suit has
!. been guaranteed to US, that is
!. what we have paid for and we
:: want our moneys worth. We
j. have guaranteed the work and fit
:. to our customer and put our name
I. on the suit and backed it up
!. with our reputation, established
!. for years. of sending out firstclass
: garments. 1t must be right. 1t
:: must not only suit our customer
:. but it must suit US. Oftentines
:. we are harder to suit than our
I customer. What if we find some
!. thing wrong? If it is a radical
!. fault the suit is returned with ex-
= plantations why it does not fit and
!. ncwsuit IS made, if the fault is
!. light the suit goes into our Gus
!. tom work rooms and is made
!. right.
!. Now we come to the economi-
! cal part of the business, the part
!. that hits the pocket book, and in
:. this case hits it light. These
!. large establishments because Of
!. their immense output can afford
!. AND DO make the clothing for
!. us at very small margin Of
:. profit. as we have no capital in
J. vested, take no risks, have no
:. goods left on our hands we can
:. AND DO sell our customers at a
). very small margin Of profit. 1t
!. does not add one cent to our ex-
:: pcnses to do this business, ex-
!. ccptInJ what advertising we dc
!. ard the postage on our orders
!. The result is we furnish a suit
!. as we'll made as the average Gus
:. tom tailor and it will be better
! IT and better style. The price
!. will be such that no tailor can
! possibly meet it.
!. We show hundreds of styles OF
!. goods to select from, Cheviots
J. oass'mcrcs., Scotchcs, unfinishcd
: worsteds. scrges, &C.. at
:: $13.0u, 5000 & $1,000
4 In our own custom department
!. our prices range from $500 to
j. So5.oO per suit and we show ar
I. unusual line Of choice goods. and
:: our facilities for making hiq h
!. grade work are not exceIicd by
: any tailoring house in the State
:. Consider that tailoring is our
!. business. we have made it a study
:. TOT years. we have expended
I. more time, thought. and money
). on 1t than any other tailor in this
=. part Of the State. the experience
:. thus gained IS of value to YOU il
:. you avail yourself Of it, and is at
!. your service at no additional
! cost. 1t will afford us much
:; pleasure to show you our GOODS
). 1T any time that is convenient To
j you.
!.