The evening world., 1913-05-14

Even IL you have not 100 suits Of
clothes and do not pay $500 a dozen
for your shirts or spend 5000 year
on your wardrobe-you. OF course. being
male-there Is no excuse for saying
you are not well dressed. The classieet,
as 1t were. cosmopolitan dresser that
New York has entertained for a gen.
Grafton. Prince Pignatelli Of Paris, Lon
don and elsewhere. says that seventy
five suits Of clothes are an excessive
wardrobe and that $500 y year is
enough for any man to spend on his
apparel including everything. from
socks to hats. from the skin out.
! Prince Pignatehi expressed amaze
ment when told that certain would-be
American authorities have asserted
that gentleman cannot be well
dressed on an expenditure of less than
5000 year.
Much OF the Princes time Is spent In
buying clothes and wearing appropriate
suits and what goes with suits II Is
not SO much, the Prince declares. what
you pay for your clothes as in knowing
how to order them and how " wear
them.
Men never wear jewelry In Paris
never" he exclaimed. emphatically.
Diamond or ruby or sapphire studs or
llinks-ah. no. no. no. In fact the Pa
risians dress far more quietly than over
here.
There are spendthrifts In Paris. yes.
no doubt. but the safe and sane Pa
risian does not spend SO much money
as over hero. The only men who dress
lavishly and gaudily are the South
Am orleans. $50 =:
Five thousand dollars a year OF
clothes for a man? Why. what should
be done with man who would spend
; that much on his clothes? La, la. Ia
ha! I should say not! The best
dressed man in Paris spends not more
than $500 n year on his wardrobe. !:
! would be ridiculous TO spend more.
"Seventy-hve dollars will purchase a
full dress suit from the best. the nos'
exclusive. artists In Paris-ah. yes. the
tailors there are artists. | have my
tailor-I had him all my life l never
20 near him. He has my measure.
send to him from any part OF the world
chance to be---the fit Is perfect.
'Our tailors. ha. they know thell
business even to hairs breadth II
. measurement; they have been tailors
for generations back
, NO MAN IN PARIS WEARS COR
SETS, PRINCE SAYS.
"Corsets. oh my! I know OF no mar
D In Paris or here who wears corsets
We accept no fads-no restrictions. i
\ Is individuality that counts In clothes
, and 500 would be the limit for a dress
I suit or any other kind OF suit fol
= even the most fashionable society man
81 would consider twenty-five suits o
; clothes quite ample for any man Il
possess. A man Will change his clothes
il three times n day: For the morning h
4 wears a sack coat. In the afternoon {
r tea or morning coat and In the evenini
4 a dress suit or frock coat.
q "Then a man must have his ridin'
q clothes, his tennis. golf and shooting
toys, and yachting suit Americans ar
as rule too busy to spend their tim
. In pursuit OF pleasure, and tho av
erage man must be very lavish IL h
exceeds $1,000 year for his apparel
But l like Americans. / like thel
busy life far more than the life OF idle
ness. However. l am extremely de
voted to hunting and other outdoo
sports OF my native land.
INFORMATION AS II
SUITABLE CLOTHES.
e How many suits should man pos
sess? / know Of no man In New Yor
who owns more than 100 suits q
clothes and no Partisan who has NOR
than seventy-five suits. These woui
u include to be correctly attired for a.
u occasions:
:, six morning coats. two frock, tw
= suits for weddings OF funerals, severs
= Tuxedos. six what you call smokin
q Jackets, six full dress. twelve ridni
q seven different kinds OF shooting tog!