Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1892 — Their Size Against Them. [ARTICLE]

Their Size Against Them.

In spite of the marked improvements m the method of cutting ready-made clothing, men above six feet high still hnd it exceedingly difficult to be fitted in made-up garments. There are plenty oi coats and trousers for men with abnormal abdomens, but very few coats oi trousers for men with unusually long legs and arms. The shirtmakers pay no hoed to any measurement save that nf the neck, and the six-footer whose neck measurement is below sixteen Inches finds the sleeves of the readymade shirt nearl> half-way to his rlbows Shoemakers do lmtter. A man wearing a shoe anywhere below eleven may be fitted at almost any prico. The cheapest shoes, though running as high as I shillings, are nearly all too broad for ImaA.