Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1912 — GOOD DRESSING AS AN ART [ARTICLE]

GOOD DRESSING AS AN ART

Incident in a Chicago Office Which May Prove of Value to Those Able to See the Point. There are two fellows ip our office who present a sort of moral in clothes. One of them, Billy Williams, manages his clothing appropriation in a business way, while the other, called “Bubble,” spends more money and gets results that make him look like a side show spieler. William bought a suit five months ago. He paid $35 for it, and selected a high grade, ready made serge suit. He hps worn the suit every day for the five months, except Saturday afternoons, when he has it cleaned and pressed. It looks about as well today as It did the day die bought it. “Bubble” bought a suit the same day. Billy did. He picked put a novelty affair with a check that could be seen for eight blocks. It fitted well enough them, but was too flimsy to hold its, shape. “Bubble*’ paid $22.60 for it. He wore it a month, then threw it away, looking all out of shape and color. , Since then “Bubble” has had two other suits, making three jn the five months. And notwithstanding this he has never looked well dressed and well groomed for a day, as does Billy with his two suits a year. Billy is always freshly shaved each morning, his shoes are neat, and his hair is brushed and trimmed. He may have noticed that the boss doesn’t like peg top trousers and “Willy-boy” hats. Anyhow he doesn’t wear them. He Illustrates the moral of good business dressing. He buys his clothes and shoes and hats of good material, but of conservative pattern and design. He keeps his suit young tjy pressing It often. His linen, including his handkerchief, is fresh. It isn’t so much what a man wears, as the way he wears it that counts. —Chicago Tribune.