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Show ! GOVERNMENT TOGS WORN BY PARISIANS l'Aili.S. Doc. 3. The national costume for men, manufactured by the government govern-ment to combat the increasing pri.-e of cloUiins. mode its appearar.ee on the Paris boulevards December I. as promised prom-ised by i he authorities. The suit it, not such as to draw the attention of promehaurrs either by its eit-panee or its tslinhlmies?. and hut for a little strip or" linen inside the eoat marked "National garment," one would never know that the suit had anything different from others daily turned out of the so-railed fashionahle tailoring houses Wearer of ihe suits, hou'Jver. seiuned proud to exhibit the inside of the coat to friends and strangers in the cafes and theater lobbies. There is one thing alone in which the national garment differs from others, aud that is the price, as the suit sells for 110 francs, or $ 1 1 A. mer ican money. |