The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17
Member of The Associated Press.
APPROPRIATE RAIMENT

Gentlemen of the South, you have good friend
in the Miami Herald! We have endured summer
season after summer season, clothing appro-
pirate for Michigan in mid-winte than for Flor
IDA in midsummer. In most towns and cities in
South Florida straw hats and Palm Beach suits
are worn practically all the year through In ex-
IRENE north Florida this type of clothing is rarely
seen except in the larger cities. So comment
appropriate clothing is made with conditions in
South Florida more particularly in mind than in
other sections of the State. The Herald mentions
the proceedings of the recent meeting of the Flor
ida Retail Clothiers and Mems Furnishers, held in
ST. Petersburg when wholesale clothing houses
were taken to task for frequently shipping to the
Southern trade shirts with sleeves several inches
too long for the average man. But to return to the
matter of clothing, are prone to suits
entirely too heavy for summer wear here or in any
CHER part of The country. With health condi-
tons in Florida so exceptionally good, there would
seem to be every reason for the adoption Of certain
grades of cloth and certain styles of both sutngs
and shirt material that would afford the wearers
solid comfort. 1t is a distressing sight to have to
be forced tc witness he torture of poor swelter-
irg mortal encased in a coat while around his neck
is high board fence in the shape of linen collar.
Men should demand Lord Byron styles, the grace
full folded soft cellar, the personihcation Of solid
comfort and not inartstic in appearance. Some
day men will rise in their might and smite the
style setter who dares impose by asking The male
portion of the population to wear linen collars,
coats and sometimes vests, while the ladies go about
in comfort and locking most alluring and charming
in the sensible summer styles permitted the fair sex.
This is what the Herald fas to say about this
important matter:
The Florida Retail Clothers and Furnishers,
in convention at 81. Petersburg. attacked two very
serious problems, and made recommendations that
will appeal strongly to the average man. Whether
they will accomplish anything or not remains to be
seen.
The first glaring evil against which the conven-
ton took action is the unshapeiness Of the summer
clothing which men wear the year round in Flor
ida A pressing need of the day is Palm Beach
or ether summer suit that will not need pressing
so often. If there is anything that looks any more
ornery" than the average tropical suit after it has
been worn a few hours. it has not put in its APP
pearance here. This is especially true if the suit
happens to be worn by fat man, or by man
unusually thin. 1t has way of hanging about
the figure like discouraged meal bag, and has
no trace of that natty appearance which every man
desires. We desperately need shapely suit that
will retain its shape.
Mere important even than this, however, is a
reform in The matter of shirt sleeves that is pro-
posed by the convention. The delegates rose right
up in meeting and proclaimed that the average
shirt sleeve in these days is too long, to which most
men will say hearty amen The shirts seem to
be made for the exceptional skinny chap with long,
ungainly arms. and TO the average man they are
a source of infinite annoyance. The thing is made
more serious by the fact that the mssus will not
let hubby wear sleeve holders, because they are not
fashionable.
Shirts ought to be made for the average per-
son. and let the slim Jims look out for themselves.