Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

hundred -dollar-a-year man will natural
ly buy few more than his friend with
only sl5 week Still. he will not spend
so awfuly much more. Half a dozen
shirts at Sl50 each-total S9-surely
ought to satisfy him for everyday wear,
and for dress occasions he can get q
very fair quality of silk for $50. TWO
of these will be about all he can afford,
making his total bill for linen just SIG.
In buying shoes the eighteen hundred
dollar-a-year man probably will want
three pars-tan. white and black, the
latter for Indictment weather. He can
get a very good shoe of each kind for
81 pair-this price giving him a white
shoe of buckskin. Hosiery to go with
these shoes will cost him $50. for which
amount he will receive one dozen pairs.
Six of these pairs will be of thin Isle,
costing 30 cents each and six pairs
will be of silk at 30 cents each.
Between the collars and ties of the
eighteen hundred dollar man and the
fifteen-dollar- "a week man there will be
no difference save that the former will
have more of them-making his bill. of
course, proportonately higher Where
the latter will manage to scrape through
the summer with one dozen collars, the
former will want two dozen. price, So.
Also where the dollar-a-Week man
must be content with six wash and two
dress ties, his more prosperous friend
will probab bly, buy half dozen of the
twenty-five-cent wash ties, then buy a
couple of wash ties of finer quality,
at 30 cents each, an1 four dress ties at
the same price. Even this brings the
total for neclwear only TO $50. which
for an entire summer can hardly be
called eXtraVagant.
Two dozen handkerchefs will also be
needed hv the eighteen hundred dollar a :
year man. and while the seventyfive-
cents a-do2en quality may not satisfy
him, ne can find plenty a: 81 dozen that
vii. In buying his underwear he may
pass by the Wenty-ilve-cents-a garment
quality, but TIE chances are in favor or
tue iifty-cents-a garment variety answer
n.; all his requirements. And at this
price he may buy eight suits, giving him
four changes a week.
Now, save for the purchase of hats, he
is through-and if he is wise he will fol-
low the lead of his less prosperous friend
and buy both straw and a cloth knock
about. Also if he is wise he will pay the
same prices as the latter-S2 for the straw
and about s1.5o for the "knockabout
The man who can afford the best
would hardly he expected to Pay anything
out the most cursory attention TO prices.
Also his wardrobe will naturally be luxur-
ious Yet despite all this it's cost in the
grand total will not be nearly so large as
one making rough guess would imagine
Such a man, for instance, unless he
lived for clothes alone would hardly feel
the need Of more than three complete
suits of clothes with a couple of extra
pairs of trousers, and all these should
not cost him more than a total OF $lo4
For this amount he would get one suit
costing $50. another costing $50 and the
third Of white flannel or serge for $25.
Probably the extra trousers would both
be white. thus enabling them to go with
any one of his coats And they ought not
to cost more than 81 a pair.
In buying shirts the man who can af-
ford the best might be inclined to be a
bit more extravagant. He probably would
want half dozen linen shirts and half a
dozen silk ones. In buying the silk ones
he proba bly, would choose quality that
would cost him 81 each. making the total
for the half dozen $40. In buying the
linen ones. however, he would be pretty
sure to find quality eminenuy satisfying.
even to his fastidious taste, at Sc the
shirt-total $1o, and grand total for shirts,
$40
In buying shoes the man who can at
ford the best would probably also bury