The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12

NO. Hldulfle, put only one mOther iOr
each performer
After which the women held a council Of
war and decided nothing could be done.
So as only six we're able to prove that they
had daughters in the ballet about seventy
were turned away,
The strength which religious conviction
can attain has lately been illustrated in a
curious way to the manufacturers Of rubber
boot heels trading in Ireland. They have
found that when the rubber is corrugated in
the form Of a cross the. sales Of these heel
pads have been almost nil, This state Of
affairs was most noticeable in districts
where Roman Catholicism predominates.
1T appears says the manager Of ono
firm Of heel pad manufacturers, that the
Celtic belief as to the power Of the cross is
80 strong that the thought Of treading IL
in the dust under ones heel is to be re-
garded with nothing but horror. In these
circumstances we have had 10 withdraw
all stock bearing the Objectionable cruel
form design and substitute heels which
are not calculated to offend religious sus-
capabilities, 1t was only recently that we
discovered the cause Of the widespread
refusal to buy heels Of our usual design"
Another manufacturer said that in the
north Of England he had noted an en-
tirely contrary state Of affairs. The pres
ence Of the cross was considered there an
especial reason for buying heel pads.
Scores Of foreign %tailors, 1t is reported, are
now in Biarritz studying the latest English
styles Of dress as worn by King Edward.
But II we are to believe the editor Of the
Tailor and Cutter their mission is not at all
likely to be attended with success.
Foreign %tailors,' says this sartorial au-
thority. may get a good idea Of what the
King wears and introduce the styles to
their own customers. but they cannot com
pete with Englishmen. The best class Of
customers on the Continent and in the
United States insist on having clothes
made according TO the English style. and
they spare no trouble or expense in getting
them from England.
They cannot get tho clothes they want
in their own countries, The principal rea-
son Is that each foreign nation has its own
characteristic style, whereas the English
dress more simply, yet more elegantly,
Their clothes are cosmopolitan.
AN Englishman's dress, il properly
tailored, not only looks good hut you know
II Is good, The style is restrained. II
does not fly at you in the street, like, for
example, an Americans dress, nor is it
subjected 10 so many violent changes.
The English gentleman is always well
dressed, and foreigners know it.
AN American comes over TO England
wearing American clothes that hit you In
the eye. He goes back wearing the more
subdued and the more elegant English
clothes, and he will have English clothes
ever afterward. 1t is tho same with tho
we'll to do Frenchman or German,
Foreign tailors try their best to initiate.
us for the benefit OF their customers, but
they cannot produce the same ~thing-they
are 80 impregnated with ideas peculiar to
their country.
these observations also apply TO ladies'
tailoring as distinguished from drcssmak-
ing. No foreign tailor can turn out ladies'
equestrian garments as they are made here,
and numerous French, German, Italian.
Russian and American ladies order their