Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1891 — Their Size Against Them. [ARTICLE]

Their Size Against Them.

In spite of the marked improvements In the method of cutting ready-made clothing, men above six feet high still find it exceedingly difficult to be fitted in made-up garments. There are plenty of coats and trousers for men with abnormal abdomens, but very few coats or trousers for men with unusually long legs and arms. The shirtmakers pay no heed to any measurement save that of the neck, and the six-footer whose neck measurement is below sixteen inches finds the sleeves of the readymade shirt nearly half-way to his elbows. Shoemakers do better. A man wearing a shoe anywhere below eleven may be fitted at almost any price. The cheapest shoes, though running as high as 1C shillings, are nearly all too broad for slender feet