The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-11

1 ing London ii "a marked a fashion that
lit must surely have been made BY an
\ exclusive New York tailor. Ii there Is
any one thing that the observer cannot
overlook in Mr. Meyers clothes II Is
the absolute certainty that the clothes
are proper according To the class ut per-
sons who refer 20 their Costumes, rath-
er than their asuits.n which is very
bourgeois term
The clothes don't overshadow the sec-
retary Of the navy but they are just
sufficiently apparent 70 enable one to
4 understand at glance that he il most
\ proper and most orthodox person from
the sartorial point Of view, who could
mot commit an error Of dress without
creating an impression Of catastrophe
and dissolution
Hitchcock doesn't qaite come up to
the serene level of Secretary Meyer Hp
4 gives an extraordinary amount o. atten
ton to clothes, or his valet, II he mas
4 one and II is hard to imagine him with
\ out one--bnt 10 the discriminating and
4 the cognosceHti II Is apparent that be
misses the point by being over jealous.
4 One Is always conscious Of the coat.
II usually runs to che art.cfaft idea
and suggests refinement OF the adver
/ tisements in the street cars One gees
The coat first and after a time the man
\ in them---a tall. good looking chap lie i,
too and it's a shame that he runs TO
\ that over PERFECTION The creases are
always there, in tire right place How
I he can get into his trousers without
wrinklng them is a mystery The over
\ coat always hangs az IL does when the
tailor puts it on and smootbs il down
I and steers you over 10 the mirror TO-
show you the triumph he has accom-
plished, One would almost gamble, see
+ ing Hitchcock for the FIRST time that
they could end basting thread on him
4 somewhere.
Secretary OF State Knox Il in class
Of his own. II is remarkable that a
4 man OF his diminutiee size can 80 effect
4 lively escape asserting himself through
\ his clothes and he at the same time
well dressed But he does. One is not
especially aware 81 clothes in his case
He suggests dapperness, trimness, what
ever It may be called His boots per
4 haps II is better to say shoes in bis
case are always Immediately polished
His coat Is always brushed. His hands
always look as ii they had just heen
washed and touch the little black cigars
he smokes good ONES too if they
disdained them The clothes are sub0r-
\ dinated to the man. and the impression
that IL conveyed by them comes III at
the tail end Mr.. Knox seems to exhale
the assertion that he is perfectly calm
and proper, even in the matter Of
clothes the latter being subjected BY the
evident determination or the man 10 zee
that others understand that he knows
Y what ne Is. and what Ike Is about in any
case, whether the other doubts it or
not.
4 Dickinson Is tie sort Of man with
whom tailors must have trouble In
the first place, he Is big and broad
H Shouldered has 4 Jaw as square ~ a
grhnite block and absolutely will net
Ilend his big figure to the wiles Of the
tailor to display a coat. He is above
that One can we'll imagine him direct
ing the tailor To send lip three business
suits one frock coat and an evening suit.
4 like he would order bill Of goods from
4 the grocery 1t doesn't make any dif-
4 ference whether the suit is black or
E HffA OF hIHMfls MULCH 8ytthlfNHH puts
II on, he Is the same Dickinson. ahso,
lntely unchanged n appearance With the
broad shoulders and the square Jaw and
the straightforward personality upper
most and the clothes 80 completely sub
ieeted TO his personality that they are
not worth considering
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson Is
also a constitutional enemy of tailors
4 The other day, when the first snow
storm was on, he came TO the cabinet
meeting Ia an open surrey, such a. the
\ farmers out III Iowa use, while the 9TH
ers came in their smart broughams OF
the antique carriages provided by the
government for the heads Of depart
ments. The same contrast prevails ia
/ Secretary Wilson's clothes He sticks to
4 the JimhilI idea The farm Is the most
important thing ii the United States,
/ and the farmer Is It's most important
citizen. Hurrah for King Corn Hurrah
for the bumper wheat cropl Rot the
clothes They are good to Keep the rain
/ off and the cold ont. and the only thing
! to determine about them Is whether they
are going To wear well and shed water.
At stretch one might care whether
they will fade or not. This doesn't mean
that Secretary Wilson Is not proper TIE
can manipulate a silk tile with the best
of them, but somehow one can't dissas-
sociate him from the idea that clothes
are made to serve a utilitarian and not
an ornamental purpose.
Attorney General Understands sar-
torial weakness lies with neck ties 'he
has the weirdest collection Of any Of
the cabinet They are never unobtrusive.
" tied in Just the right spot, but invari.
/ ably sprawl over one side 81 his shirt
4 front Beside Never, for instance, Wick
ersham looks to be a horrid example Of
sartorial don't--but when he IL the only
person III the horizon, the tout ensemble
/ isn't 50 bad Since cool weather set in
be has taken to wearing a brown over
coat one Of those kind with i sort Of
indiscriminate color that looks rs If it
had a questionable past
Secretaryof the Interior Ballinger and
Secretary Of the Treasury MaeNeagh
don't take any chances and always ap.
pear in either froelS coats or cntaways.
Secretary Nagel Of the department Of
commerce and labor is another Of the
sort Of men over whom the tailors de-
sparkle Is SO tall and has such extraor-
dinarily long arms Apparently he de-.
tests overeoats, and merely Tugs one
around over his arm, just to show that
he is provided.
$3.50 SPECIMENS COLLECTED
Total Gathered BY the Roosevelt Expedi-