The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21
MEN TOO FAT FOR NEWEST SUITS
From the Evening Sun

Mems waist lines are growing larg-
er, according to the observation OF
those who have been engaged in SELL
ing men their spring outfits. Unless
scme improvement is made in the pre-.
sent situation, so that the scale turns
in the opposite direction, they will have
to give up all attempts to wear
the form fitting clothes now in fash
ion, which require a decided in-curve
at the waist, and 90 around in bag
like costumes resembling the smocks
Of Greenwich Village,
The discovery OF the increasing mas.
culine girth caused surprise in the
sartorial world, where it was thought
that more sylphlike proportions would
result from the enforcement Of pro-
hibition. A more thorough analysis or
the situation, however, showed that al
though there was an entire abandon
ment Of the beer drinking habit as
every one knows who has been a.
round New York at all recently, the
drinkers Immediately substituted the
candy eating habit for their former
rotations. Many of them carry paper
bags containing chocolates or gum
drops in their pockets from one week
end to another, and when the supply
becomes depleted instantly send the
Office boy out for a fresh one.
u From the point Of view Of good
form candy eating is far more pernlc-
ious than drinking" said one thought
fnl salesman who had tried to insert
several customers into new form hitting
,iuts and succeeded in producing "a
r,pping effect, not at all desirable In
the opinion of the clothing trade.
There is one thing about men, how
ever added the salesman, they are
1uore controlled and philosophical than
women when it comes to being put in
the stout class. With the exception OF
actors and other sporting characters
they always acquiesce when We tell
them they are out of the young men S
class when it comes to suits.
Actors and baseball reporters insist
on snappy styles, no matter how elder
" and fat they are. There are long
stouts, short stouts and medium stoutS
in the mems clothing trade, and all
three groups look better in double
breasted coats than anything else. We
can get form fitting effect by httlng
the coats in at the sides little anu
letting them slope out rather Subtly IN
front. Young men stouts are, OF course,
not so easily diverted from the modes
Of the moment as those of older grow
tn, and we make a special effort to
adopt the seasons waist line effects
10 their requirements.
A sweet feature of the spring top
coats for men are those OF reddish
tone, which remind the observer OF
spring poetry and 1.-The deeper Grim
son" which glows upon the robins
breast at that season, according to
Mr.. Tennyson. Extreme youth is also
expected to garb itself in rather vivid
green shades But the favorite lounge
lizard model has been shorn of its pc
culiar distinction this spring. Belts
have disappeared from coats, and thus
the pet short wasted effects are
greatly modified. There are quantities
of patch pockets which try to make
up for the disappearance Of the belt.
which in some trick clothes is
n:itted to remain for a brief space liz
tn" back only.
THE principal thing to remember,
how ever" said the salesman, 'is that
il he must carry something on the
hip it had better not be bag of candy.
Everything is form fitting now and fat
is fatal