Show FINDS VIRTUE IN OLD CLOTHES mens garments shaped to the figure by age catch art st s eye to the eye 0 the artist the gar ments of the modern man are only tolerable when age has adapted them somewhat to the lines of the figure to the average artist a sew suit 0 clothes Is an abomination it is not only that new clothes are more ugly than old said a knight of the palette who discussed the ques alon to my mind no one can be prop ariy easy or graceful in them I 1 never feel that I 1 properly know a man until I 1 have met him wearing an old suit certainly no man can bay be his natural self in evening dress I 1 have noticed again and again how different the same people are when wearing different clothes I 1 went tor instance to a large family gathering some time ago and tor some reason everybody had donned full evening dress what a differ ence it made we were all on terms of intimate friendship but somehow the clothes brought in an element of coldness and formality we all felt it even the women although of course the fair sex are not easily per s jaded of the merits of well worn gar ments but no man who has dincov ered the ease and comfort of them will readily give them up As for the artistic side of modern clothes it only comes when they have mellowed by use |