Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
TALK ABOUT SNRTS|SEE EXTRA SESSION.
Some Inside History Told at
Ladies' TaiIors' Banquet.

If only the ladies who wear tho tall
ored suits could have been present be-
hind the scenes at the banquet OF the
Ladies' Tailors' Associations at the Ra-
leigh Hotel last night they would have
heard the inside history Of the harem
skirt and the hcbble skirt-particuiarly
the hobble skirt-to say nothing OF skirts
to come, in which IN their ravishing lines
and beauty far surpass anything that
hobbies and harems have yet produced.
They would have realized. perhaps, what
depth of thought and breadth of vision
and intricate legal know. edge. in addition
to artistic perception, arc necessary in the
modelling of a new skirt Even buttons
are important Why. lawyer who rep
resents a ladies' tailors' firms said at the
dinner last night that buttons placed
half inch of the customary line had pre-
cipitated a terrific law suit! The troubles
of landscape gardener are not In 1t with
the troubles of a ladies' tailor VINO starts
a new row Of buttons somewhere.
The hobble skirt was received with
shout and hurrah at the dinner ana the
harem skirt received scarcely mention.
Why? Ask some one else. The tailors
hold 1t q secret.
Lawsuits Over Novelties.
1t was F. c. Handy, lawyer. who
made classic the right OF row OF but
tons to appear on the front of skirt,
who told the tailors Of the lawsuits
which arise over hobbies and farems and
the novelties Of form and fashion which
delight the ladies who love to wear the
latest tailormade creations. He made a
speech in which many q lady could nave
felt her heartstrings wrung over the trou-
bles involved In getting her skirt and jacket
cut in some novel mode. 1t was said that
greatest curse Of all the legacies left the
tailors since Adam started out in the
tailoring business with q waste basket
full Of fig leaves.
President Pluym's Explanation.
It was Robert Pluym. president of the
association. who told OF the wise old
pantsmaker of Hamburg. who gave
forth the Information that every pants
maker is predestined to make a certain
number OF pairs Of trousers. Mr.. Pluym
said that is why tailors are so deliber-
ate. If they make their preordained
number of breeches they died. If they
are slow they do not die until they ful-
fill the measure of their destiny. Moral,
said Mr.. Pluym, don't swear at your
tailor. He's trying to stay on earth
awhile
Mr. Pluym. as POSTMASTER. said that
the ladies' tailors of this city had an
eleven years old, and were
the first to hold a style show IN the
United States, and had been Initiated
widely.
Absence Of Jealousy.
Wlneman said he had found less jeal-
ousy In the trade in Washington than
anywhere else. E. w. Zea decried style
shows and said they interfered with
regular business. A. w. Lukei told a
joke about the llobble shirt which Mr..
Pluym, POSTMASTER. said he had been har-
boring for many days. V. Zalasek talked
about business. f. L. Miller. connected
with one of the oldest tailor establish
ments in the United States. a guest from
Philadelphia. spoke few words. as did
also NJ. Lowenstein, vice president Of the
association.
Among those present were George B.
Wagner, Il. l.. Miller. jr.: III. Muller.
R. Lemkier, V. Zalasek. A. w. Lukei,
A. Roth, E. Zea, NJ. LOwenstein, r.
Pluym. J. c. Wineman, A. ]. Pozen, Paul
Liebel. X. Schwalb and e. r. Lipschutz