Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-23
WONDERFUL DRESSERS

81 may delude myself about a whole lot
II may have plenty Of wfstfuI dreams.
most OF them quite impossible OF fulfu-
ment. as to what the future holds in store
for me. may cast the drasnet of my
vagrant fancy into the unknown waters OF
the to-be and picture myself making ali
kinds OF q fine haul there In the time that
Is to come after. But there Is one point
upon which I make no mistake. never
try to bamboozie myself into the beiief
that I'll ever. In this world or any other.
present anything like the surprisingly per
feet appearance. In q new suit OF toys, that
the young fellows In the clothing and tail
orings ads present.
Sad reflection. too. used to have
Of those young chaps In the clothing and
tailoring ads 1rst began to appear. that
some old day might possibly have wee
little bit of chance Of sizing up .omething
like they do In the pictures But know
now that such q sinking hope was q mere
will-o' -the-wisp. q Rrotesque imagining,
thing never even vaguely destined to be.
DIE ever notice how fine those strap
ping young fellows in the ready-made
clothing and the tailoring ads. look? Leave
aside their toys. and In the matter OF
physique alone they've got the Dana GID
son. the Chandler Cristy and the Frederic
Remington men just burned to the ground
vast shoulders. SOS you'd think they'd
never be able to pass through any ordinary
door; legs of herculean development. yet
shapely and ornamental, heads set on their
shoulders as II by the hands Of a sculptor.
fine, perfectly chseled. slightly bored coun-
tenances, and a general graceful languor
about em-say. / wonder just where the
dickens they get the fellows who act as
models for those pictures?
And the way their clothes fit 'em! You've
noticed where the arrows In the pictures
l. L. TO- 1n
collars. Well. sir. I've been gazing and gaz
ing and gazing at the fit of those shoulders
and collars for all the years that those pic
lures have been published, and I've never
yet got over the feeling of amazement and
wonder over the way the clothes of those
rather sangfroidy young fellows sure do mt
'em. Everything snug, and yet with GER
tain neglge looseness, all the seams JUST
In the right place, the creases pressed ~
tight as the folds of parchment, every cneck
in the goods showing, even the wrinkles
adding certain careless grace TO the gen
eraI effect-it certainly Is g. fascina ing
thing to look at those pictures. Even their
hats fit 'em and become EN- In way that
1 could never get a hat to At or become me.
They've got a rakish way OF wearing tneIr
hats that must be admired. Dut that GER
tainly never can be initiated. And what
bully shoes they wear-shoes that always
keep their perfect shape, with the hicks IN
the extension soles perfectly Visible TO tne
naked eye, no mud on 'em, She gloss.
whether tan or patent leather. beautifully
brought out In the pictures, and even the
snug and increased fit of the socks around
the ankles portrayed In way caicuIal s.
to make fellow who tries to rig himself
up to look right Just go off and hide with
shame over what figure of fun he presents
by comparison
And those fellows In the ready-made
clothing and tailoring ads. know how to
strike such picturesque, yet perfectly easy
and natural, pastures! rake the oroinary
man and let him sit on tabouret Tor IN
1T, q N
clumsy and hunched up. and his clothes'il
look wrnkled and baggy and out or shape,
and there won't be anything graceful or
engaging about him. But those feiioWs IN
the ready-made clothing and tailoring ads.
can sit on any old thing-on section OF
barb-wire fence. 1 fairly believe-and
look just as neat and tidy and gracefui,
with their little swish-canes resting at ease,
as any young Narcissus examining his re-
Fiction in pooa of water or Mercury pois-
ing himself on one foot ready TO ny throusn
the circumambent. And when they re stand
ing up, cane In one hand and overeoat light
w thrown over the other ARM l guess they
don't look just right, even the troublesome
trousers bottoms over the tops OF tn@ir
shoes absolutely correct in the NUMBER
and arrangement of little folds, lapels or
the coat pressed as fiat as pancakes
against their chests, collars just glued
around their necks, buttons properly placed
to the thousandth part of an inch! I've got
collection of those pictures-been keeping
'em for a long time now--and every time
feel Disconnected with the way my clothes
look / just yank out bunch OF those pic
lures and look at 'em, and then feel bet
ter. l know that the pictures present an
ideaiized version of something that l am
never meant to realize myself, and l am
content to go my humble way looking as
baggy and bunchy and yokelish and clumsy
as l know l must have been intended 10
look from the beginning.
Talking of which, wonder what genius
OF tailor man it was who. about twenty
400 fl,n t1aA D. ~
good form men had to have their trousers
creased? 1t certainly seems to me that this
remarkably crafty and clever benefactor of
tailors and folks engaged in sideIines of the
tailoring trade ought to be looked upon
with such reverence by men in his business
that they'd build large marble statue or
shaft to perpetuate his memory. For he
started new industry, just surely as
Hahnemann started a new science of medt
cine. 1t would be out of the question, OF
course to calculate with anything like ap-
proximate correctness the amount of money
that has been spent In having trousers
pressed. the civilized world over, since that
ave-'em-creased scheme was sprung, but
the sum must by now mount away up In
the tens Of millions. Nowadays a man Sim
ply must have his suits, and particularly
his trousers, pressed at frequent intervals
IL he Is to remain within the pale of polite
society, but, while ! am not so very old, 1
can easily remember when man I'D never
have a suit of clothes pressed at all, but
just wear 1t out with never an iron to touch
It after 1t came from the taior's hands, and
then the tailor only pressed 1t to take the
wrinkles out of 1t.
II can remember the first ready-made
suit of clothes / ever bought as q boy.
There were creases In the trousers only,
because the trousers had been folded that
way while lying In stock, and 1 recall now
I chagrined I was when the clothing folks
sent those trousers home without having
complied with my boyish Instructions to
iron the creases out and totally eradicate
the creases. 1 took 'em right back to the
clothing store and had 'em remove those
creases while l was there and looking on.
And grown men, In buying ready-made
suits always had the creases ironed out OF
the trousers before wearing 'eIn. a mat
ter OF course"
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