Evening star., 1912-11-03

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He will require three suits ;anf under.
wear. and d-these will cost him 81 per gar.
: mentor $e For this price he Will. get
underwear a., large portion Of which IS
wool, not too heavy but. warm and
Observation-Disclosures that. ought to last
through two winters, -
Neckties will almost complete, the our
fitting of the man with 800 month
and in buying these he will probably ex-
ercise more painstaking care than In all
his other purchases put together. In the
beginning ae will probably buy three ties
of standard colors, plain blue, plain
black and plain brown. These will cost
him 30 cents each Then probably he
Will pick, out some lowered design, OF
more expensive material, paying 81 for
it--and the average man, according to
the dealers. usually goes 10 the neck
wear counter. buys one tie, then sees an
other that catches his fancy. and winds
UP by buying that. too. So the total
cost Of neckwear fer the man. with an
income of 500 a mouth will be $55G-
and with his assortment. .5e will have
plenty OF variety.
Last comes the purchase of a pair, of
gloves costing probably S1.50 and if the
man be married his outfit will have been
completed, at a total cost OF 800 even.
If he is a single man. perhaps he will
spend another dollar, or mayhap a bit
more, and buy cane-but this will de-
pend largely. on his walk OF life. For in
stance, if he is a newspaper man, or
young practicing attorney, he probably
will. If he Is in the government employ,
he probably won't
For the man who is especially particu-
lar about his dress. and who need not be
too careful about price. there are shops
galore where everything is OF the finest
possible material and where the cost is
proportionate. In the beginning. the over
coat which such a man will buy may cost
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forty dollars, according to the dealers.
being the average price paid. Then comes
the clothes Probably there will be three
suits, which will cost on an average of
$S5 each,
Like both lis less fortunate brothers. the
man who need not pay too much atten
ton to price will buy two kinds OF shirts
but instead Of buying six he will buy n
dozen. Six, of them will probably be of
madras and will cost 81 each. The other
six will be of silk. and will probably cost
on an average of 81 each. He will also
probably buy dozen pairs of. socks-and
probably all will be of silk. some costing
80 cents per pair, the rest costing 81 per
pair-total So
Such "a man will probably buy,two pairs
of shoes-and they will probably cost him
50 per pair. He is also likely to buy two
hats one of which win be imported and
win cost 81, and the other a knock
about hat costing So. His underwear
will be half silk. and will cost him 81 pefs
garment. Being fastidiOus. he will want
a daily change-hence. he will buy seven
suits at total cost Of $2S He will buy
not less than two pairs of gloves. paying
50 pair for Them, and he may buy a
dozen ties, the cost. of which will range
from 81 to $3 each-perhaps S15 would be
n fair total for the lot. Finally he will
buy a cane which will cost him about S.
Altogether SUCH an outfit will have cost
a total of $2j9,s but to the man who can
afford to spend. this much, :, it.will be
worth every cent of it-ar1d more ~