Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18

where they will not set in conformation
to it. for the reason that constant appll-
cation of the iron has killed the
texture.
Besides all this too sharp a crease is
rot in the best of form The thing has
probably been best summed up by Beau
Hickman, famed as a dandy throughout
al the south score of years agone. VINO
declared: "One's clothes should always
look as If they were being worn for the
second time-never the first"
Paradoxical as it may seem. though the
same man who will deliberately kill
his trousers through overpressing, may
lie very apt TO never give his coat taste
of the pressing iron. Inquire at any Oh
the numerous pressing establishments
throughout the city. and they will tell
YOU that the ratio of coats to trs5users
that come to them for regeneration is
about one 20 twenty ~
Now il Is quite true that trousers need
the ron more frequently than coats AL
the same time. however. a coat ought 10
be pressed not less frequently than once
ever two weeks In that length of time,
if given any reasonable degree OF wear.
il cannot but lose the sleeve creases and
the trimness at the back. Also, the col
lar and lapelS are very apt To neeu q
bit Of doctoring.
.<ot nearly so much pressing would he
seeded by either coat OF trousers. how
ever il more care We're exercised Win
them when not in actual use. Watch the
not al all unlikely that he Will bring the
little strap inside the collar into play ana
hang il on a nail or hook, with the result
that after few such experiences the
collar is stretched into a slight bulge III
the back Again, he may hang ii over
the back of a chair. which is not quite
20 bad bat nevertheless stretches the
shoulders and has a decidedly pad eHect
on the set of the lapels. and indeed or the
entire coat in front. or finally. worst OF
all he may carelessly toss the coat on
a lounge. or on the seat of chair, any
place. just II Is off the moor, ana lei
ii lie as IL falls until he is ready TO wear
II again The effects OF such treatment
as this need no comment
There is one way. and only one proper
way, to treat a coat, as one may discover
by a casual look into any place Whert
clothes are sold, and where, hence. they
simply have to be kept right That way
IS To hang the coat on a regular hanger.
The hanger may be either OF wire or
wood may be plain or padded and cover
ID None of this matters. but there
should be a hanger. Coats that are
treated right last twice as long as
others and look four times as well.
The same tn ng applies, though In con
siderably lesser degree, to trousers. Prac'
when they take their trousers off, or fold
ing them so that they lie creased Ano
this would he quite sufficient were sum
cient care exercised In the folding to gel
the crease exact. But such Is not the
case. More probably. the fold Is about q
sixteenth OF an inch out of the way, per
haps even more. The result is that whef
the owner puts on those trousers mex
time he finds he has two creases .nsteac
of one.
All this can be obviated once and foi
all by the use of trousers hangers. BS
virtue of their very construction, th'
trousers. once placed in them, fall int
their crease lines naturally. And suci
hangers can be bought almost anywhere
for az little as Ia cents. They VIII pay FOL
themselves many times over IN the press
ing they will render unnecessary.
Another article of dress with which q
vast majority of men are woefully care
less, is footgear. Every man is more Oh
less particular in seeing to IL that hi:
shoes are properly polished, but when th'
average man changes from one pair o.