Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-20

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call it with the same silk-it makes
the lining look nice, it feels nice, and
1t wears nice. The other coat has
different type Of seam in which part
OF 1t is turned under and sewed down
This gives a railroad track effect on
the outside of the coat down the
back instead Of an attractive high
grade looking joining of the cloth
The wide double seam is perfectly
all right if you like it, there are
some styles Of even the finest cloth
ing that feature that but it's no secret
tnat It's the least cosby way to TN
lsh the coat. Just suppose we look
Tor minute at the button-holes. Inc
coat they are hand worked, the other
other ones are machine made. you
| might not see much difference while
the coats are new but after you'd
worn them a while if you had the
hand button-holes you'd smile over 1t
and If you didn't you'd kick about it.
Next We might utrn I'D the collar
OF the coat, storm collar as we said,
one that would naturally be turned
up IN storm. The higher priced
coat on the under side has high
grade piece Of under collar cloth; it's
smoothly applied by hand, no rough
edges, on unsightliness. The other
coat nine times out Of ten has no
tlceably cheap piece of under-collar
cloth with ragged edge both in the
back. Of course, we know that when
the collar is turned down in the or.
binary way it doesn't show but
were talking about storm collar,
that's meant to be turned up. Sup
pose we examine the pockets of the
coat. In one you will find the flap is
faced with. silk just like the lining;
on the other coat you will probably
find sateen. It's all right while it's
new but as We said before it can't be
expected to remain new You buy the
coat to wear and use. If we take the
front of the coat, the front edges of it
from the lapel all the way down to the
bottom. This again is somwhat
technical point but we think we can
make ourselves reasonably clear of
it. The good coat is constructed in
such way that the edge is perfect
ly smooth. There's no seam and no
stitching down the front. You'd
probably call it Glass" | mean the
appearance of it, a sort of aristo-
cratic look. The other coat will have
a seam of machine stitching all the
way down. From standpoint OF
utility that doesn't make much diff
ference but it isn't fine clothing and
no man who gives a thought to his
personal appearance would fail to be
affected by the diffcrcnc even though
he wouldn't know enough about the
technical end of it to know just what
there was about it to cause the differ
encc; he would like the one and not
particularly like the other.
We have occasionally run across a
man who said that as far as he could
see that didn't affect the main fea.
ture Of the overcoat which was to
keep you warm. The only answer
We could make to that was, $50 would
a Navajo blanket keep US warm but
most Of us prefer civilized clothing to
Navajo blankets" and for exactly the
same reason and for the same line OF
logic most Of US prefer to feel that
our clothing is right rather than just
makeshift.
To go back to our coats; there
might be difference in the buttons
That's a minor consideration of
course which would have something
to do with your acceptance or rejec-
ton Of coat that was submitted to
you for your personal selection, but
from a cost standpoint one set of
buttons wouldn't make much differ
ence by themselves but they help to
max up the total.
Naturally good house doesn't use
the best OF everything else on their
garments and then use cheap buttons
Their buttons have to come up to
scratch just like everything else