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Show 8matl Necked New Yorkers. Statistics furnished by manufacturers manufactur-ers of shirts and collars Indicate that the average New York man has a smaller neck than his out-of-town brother. Comparison of orders shows that out of a given volume of'buslness booked, Boston and Chicago led In the matter of big sizes. Inquiry at several haberdashory shops In Manhattan resulted re-sulted In the Information that any number larger than 1GV4 would have to be specially called for from the factory fac-tory or had through the selling agent. In other cities it Is an evcry-day experience ex-perience to sell as high, as size 18 over the retail counter. Of course, tho element of snug fit Is a factor, but as a regular proposition eastern and western men are more "bull-necked" than Is the case with their New York brethren. |