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Show HERE'S LATEST FAD "MENAGERIE" 8HIRT3 HOR CH, CAQO ALDE3MAN. "The Bathhouse," as He Is Loeal Known, Again Illustrates the R sourcrfulness and Fertility of Inventive Powers. Chicago. "Menagerlo" shirt Is tho latest thing In "gents' " haberdashery Alderman John J. Coughlin, "the llathliouse," Is tho orglnator of it Ho wae measured tho othor day for a dozen of the new creations, the cost of which will bo $500. A Paris shirt-maker shirt-maker who has a branch establishment establish-ment near tho Waldorf-Astorln, Now York, will make tho garments. One of tho linn's representatives came nil tho way from Gotham to Chicago to tako tho alderman's measure. Rivaling tho dlrcctolro effect of tho now gnrment will bo n hand embroidered em-broidered menagerlo symbolical of tho aldrrmnn's amusement pnrk at Colorado Colo-rado Springs. There nro 30 or 40 dlf feront kinds of animals at tho park, nnd each of these will bo embroidered on Bomo part of tho shirt. Another fcaturo which "tho Dnth I hotiso" says will appeal to the con nolsseur in haberdashery is that tho i bosoms of tho shirts will each con tnln 210 plaits. Mother of pearl but tons for tho cuffs and bosoniB will complete tho garment. When asked regarding tho now ere ntlon, Alderman Coughlin oxprossed surprise that n dlrcctolro shirt should cnuso nny talk on the Illalto. "Why, yes, 1 have ordered a dozen shlrtB," he Bald, "but as I ant going to wenr them mysolf I don't seo thnt It Is anybody's business but my own. I originated tho Idea of a nienngorlc shirt nnd I expect It will Jump Into popular favor at onco." "How about tho nnlmnls to bo em-broldorcd em-broldorcd on tho garments?' ho was asked. "Suro, Mike," wns the alderman's reply. "I lovo animals. They nro tho best friends wo hnvo on earth. Tako I'rlnccss, my elephant out at tho Springs. Say, sho's got more sense than a wholo lot of people. Then" there's Teddy, tho bear, which I raised ,from a cub. Thero's moro roal affection in ono of Teddy's paws than In some people's hoarts "My Invention is something thnt every man will hall with delight. Of courso one doesn't hnvo to order tho nnlmnls unless ho so desires. Tho mnn who enmo on from Now York to measure mo said ho would make n gnrment gnr-ment thnt could not fall to plcaso tho most fastidious. "Pno of the doslgns will bo tho Mephitis Amerlcnno, I think tho man called It, which will bo ombrolderoit on tho sleeves. Another pretty design will bo n circlet of clmcx lcctulnrlus, or something llko thnt. In violet silk. "When n follow wakes up In tho morning nnd bccs ono of thoso kind of shirts hanging over tho foot of his bed It will llro him with enthusiasm for tho day's work." "Tho Dathhouso" has not decided tho manner In which ho will nltornato tho wearing of the shlrtB. It was suggested, sug-gested, however, that on certain dayB ho hold annual receptions nt his "zoo," and that for tho "monkey" day ho wear tho "monkey" Bhlrt, and In Utla fashion proceed through tho category. |