Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 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 find it exceedingly difficult to be fitted in made-up garments. There are plenty of coats and trou ers for men with abnormal ab-’omens, but very few coats or trousers for men with unusually long legs and arms. The shirtmakers pay no hoed to any measurement save that of the neck, and the six-footer whoso nhek measurement is below sixteen inches finds the sleeves o. r the readymade shirt nearly half-way to his: ibows Shoemakers do better. A man wearing a shoe anywhere below eleven may be fitted at almost any price. The cheapest shoes, though running a: high as 1. shillings, are nearly all too broad for aland or foal