Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-03
THE MAN AND HIS TAILOR.
Clash of Opinions Over the "Hand-Me-
Downs" and the Custom
Made Suit

"A chap man is known by a cheap
coat" remarked the tailor Il thought
better of you, Mr.. Spurkin." he contin-
ued, reproachfully. There wasn't
nothin' the matter with the last clothes
I made you, was there?''
I Sure" answered the man in the
| checked suit, relates the Chicago Daily
| News. They was worn over the knees
an threadbare at the elbows and the
trousers bagged at the knees. OF course,
I'd worn 'em for year steady, but they
got worse all the time"
Its matter of principle with me"
said the tailor. Il dent like to see
man of your standing wearing cheap,
ready made suit even if I've got all the
work l can do. You don't need to. You
know you don't need to-
"Ain't the cloth all right-ain't it all
wool?"
The cloth may be all right, as far as
| that goes
And is they anything the matter with
the pattern, then?"
Il amt stuck on 1t myself. l wouldn't
| never advise you to wear brown check.
1t makes you look fieshier than what
you are. You don't want to look flesh
Ter, do your" g
What's wrong with the cut? Seems
up-to-date to me-"
The coat don't hang loose enough for
you," objected the tailor. That's the
trouble with these hand-me-downs.
You've got to take 'em Just the way you
find EN-. There amt no way man can
make a. ready-made look like him. If
some other fellow bought 'em they'd
look just the same. II the same number
suit was put on dummy in the store
window nobody wouldn't be able to tell
you an the dummy apart. II you're hav-
in 'em made you get 'em humored to
the figger. You say to me: Bag 'em out
little here, or tighten 'em over the
hips or put plenty Of fullness into the
sleeves, or make the trousers break over
the instep,' and l fix 'em just the way
you want 'em. When you're in suit O.
clothes I make you feel comfortable and
you look stylish"
Its funny the way people talk" said
the man In the checked suit, musingly
The salesman who sold me that suit
he says to me: If you've been having
your clothes made to order your tailor
has lost customer. We cut our goods
by scientific methods and according to
the latest styles. All you've got to do is
to come and make your -selection-any
number of patterns to choose from-any
sort of material; and when you've picked
out the suit you want all you've got to
do is to retire to the little dressing-roo
and put 1t on. You can see for yourself
in the mirror If it fits you. You don't
have to take nobody's word for nothing.
If you don't like it you step back into
the little dresSingrOOm and take 1t off
again and no harm done. II you're sat
isfied you can keep it on and walk off in
it, You amt promised the suit by a
certain day and then put off and finally
have it come just when you've got to
wear it and then monkey about for a
month after with alterations. You amt
disappointed because they don t look the
way you thought they were going to
which ailor-made-to-orders suit never
does. You get the full effect at the jump
off. And, another thing, you save half
your money That's what the salesman
said. 1 amt giving 1t out as my own
opinion, but that's just what he said
And it sounds kind O. sensible, too"
IF you believe all you hear you'll make
trouble for yourself" said the tailor
You come around month from now
and tell me what you think about It,"
Suppose l think it's all right what
the man said?"
81 won't have much opinion of your
Judgment" said the tailor. ..