East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-12-20

discriminating and the cognoscenti 1t
is apparent that he misses the point
by being over-zealous. One is always
conscious OF the coat. 1t usually
runs to the art-craft idea and sug-
gests a refinement of the advertise
ments in the street cars. One sees the
coat rst and after a time the man
in them-a tall, good looking chap he
is too. and it's q shame that he runs
to that over-perfection. The creases
are always there, In the right place.
How he can get into his trousers
without wrinkling them is a mystery
The overcoat always hangs as it does
when the tailor puts it on and
smooths it down and steers you over
to the mirror to show you the tri-
umph he has accomplished. One
would almost gamble, seeing Hitch
cock for the first time, that they
could find basting thread on him
somewhere.
Knox Is Dapper.
Secretary of State Knox is in a
class of his own. 1t is remarkable
thata man of his diminutive size can
so effectively escape asserting him
self through his clothes and be at
the same time well dressed. But he
does. One is not especially aware of
clothes in his case. He suggests
dapperness, trimness, whatever it may
be called. His boots-perhaps it is
better to say shoes in his case-are
always Immediately polished. His
coat is always brushed. His hands
always look as if they had just been
washed and touch the little black
cigars he smokes-good ones, too
as if they disdained them. The
clothes are subordinated to the man
and the impression that is conveyed
by them comes in at the tail end.
Mr.. Knox seems to exhale the asser-
ton tht he is perfectly calm and
proper even in the matter of clothes,
the latter being subjected by the evil
dent determination of the man to
see that others understand what he
is, and what he is about in any case,
whether the other doubts it or not.
Wilson Doesn't Need Clothes.
Dickinson is the sort of man with
whom the tailors must have trouble.
In the first place he is big and broad
shouldered, has a jaw as square as
granite block and absolutely will not
lend his big figure to the wiles of the
tailor to display a coat. He is above
that. One can we'll imagine HIM di-
recting the tailor to send up three
business suits, one frock coat and an
evening suit Ike he would order
bill of goods from the grocery. 1t
doesn't make any difference whether
the suit is black or grey or brown.
When Dickinson puts it on he is the
same Dickinson absolutely unchang-
ed in appearance. with the broad
shoulders and the square jaw and the
straightforward personality upper
most and the clothes so completely
subjected to his personality that they
are not worth cons dering.
Dickinson Doesn't Need Clothes.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
also a constitutional enemy of tail
ors The other day when the first
snow storm was on he came to the
cabinet meeting in an open surrey
such as the farmers out in Iowa use,
while the others came in their smart
broughams or the antique carriages
provided by the government for the
heads of departments The same con-
trast prevails IN Secretary Wilson'S
clothes. He sticks to the Jimhill idea
the farm is the most important
thing in the United States and the
farmer Is its most important citizen
Hurrah for King Corn! Hurrah for
the bumper wheat crop! Rot the
clothes. They are good to keep the
rain off and the cold out. and the
only thing to determ me 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 Sec
dietary wilson is not proper. He can
manipulate a silk tile with the best
of them, but somehow one can't dis
associate him from the idea that
clothes are made to serve a utilitar-
an and not an ornamental purpose.
WicIlersham's Gaudy Neckties.
Attorney General W'ckershams
sartorial weakness les with neck
ties--he has the wierdest collection
of any Of the cabinet. They are new
er unobtrus vely tied in just the right
spot. but invariably sprawl over one
side Of his shirt front. Beside Meyer
for instance, Wickersham looks to be
a horrid example Of sartorial don't
hut when he is the only person in
the horizon the tout en- semble isn't
so bad Since cool weather sets in,
he has taken to wearing a brown
oyercoat-one of those kind with
sort Of indiscriminate color, that looks