Show TAILORS TALK a if clothes make men here Is a mm n who made presidents chicago neway washington D C bilue 18 it is not often the voice of the tai lor is heard beard in criticism of public men an administration viewed from the standpoint of a tailor has the merit of novelty A fashionable bashi on tailor established h himself here daring during gra grants fits term and his experience dates from that time we have never begun I 1 to sell as many clothes here since grant went out of office said he lie today to day 1 I made all of grants clothes lie ile was very liberal and easy to please the public men of his time lim were great buyers of clothes it was a very common thing fora Senator or A member to buy a dozen suits in a year grants cabinet people were very vel ry dressy how was it under hayes V we never did but one job for hayes that knocked him cold he came down one hot summer day during his first year in office and 0 ordered us to make him a thin sack coat out of the very best gros silk the material was expensive it cost us exactly 23 to get up that coat we had heard that he lie was close and as we wonted to catch his lit s trade we put the price at 25 that paralyzed him oh ob how lie did kick but he h e paid the bill that was the last 0 order r de r w we e got from him ho ile had the rest of his clothes chopped out for him by his old tailor in fremont he sent his boys to us for ready made suits but we never made any nione money out of the white house under him gehad some of his cabinet on oil our books but there was very little drem dressing i tug under hayes the purchase of clothes by public mn fell ell cent I 1 never expect again to see so much spent in my shop as when grant was president how was garfield he was a very careless dresser he did not have much taste he ile was rather slow pay when he lie waa was in congress but when he went white house he began to buy a much better grade of clothes clot lies and to pay py greater reater attention to his dress 1 the I lie jaylie day was shot lie had on a very vary handsome suit we made for him price 60 hayes would have live died before ho be would have paid that money for a suit of clothes do you do much for president arthur not a dollars worth he ile doea does business with his old tailor in new york the man mail who makes the suits for foche the members of the coa coaching cling club he ile is a very high priced m man an he ile docs does not make the plainest business suit under tinder 70 he was over here the other day to take an order for the president he ile said he did lid not cae cave anything any thim fur for the presidents trade he lie was wa s too hard to suit he ile took up twenty pairs of trousers the other day made to the president Cs s measure and spent an all hour with him trying them on before he lie could find a pair to suit he lie says the only way he lie can call get along with the tile president is to be right up and down with him one day arthur spoke ke to him very sharply about the fit of a coar and the tailor turned his back on oil him at least he be said lie did then the president said 11 oil come conic now dont take any on ense I 1 cant afford to quarrel with you you sec see a first fl clasi tailor ia is it pretty pr etty independent man but while lie be ia is particular with the president lie is very careless with the work for the Pr presidents esidell t I 1 s servants we used to furnish the white house li veries but that job goes to the tile new york man mon now the new livery coats of the presidents coachmen and footmen made of cream colored hammer cloth cost adieco but god bless bles you I 1 they are the worst fitting bilings th ings you ever saw except the clothes clot lies tho fremont tailor haiir used ud to chop out fur for hayes do you have any of the cabinet for your customers 2 no since the hot weather I 1 cell sell them an occasional thin thill coat but they all take their cue from the president and go to new york for their clothed clothes except brewster he lie pets gets hi his s wonderful garments in philadelphia chan chandler d ler buys an occasional I 1 suit though he is a chain lightning basim s man mail he ile wants ilia exact inon moneys evs worth but lie is not hard to please and always pays cash do you ever lose money in gelling elling ellig it ig clothing to bublie public meu not now i used to when I 1 first came here I 1 have of ot worthless accounts with public men nearly every dollar of this id is against southern men I 1 cannot remember ember an all account we have lo 10 lost t from a public man mail from the north you seo see we cannot suo sue senators or members during a bession eff sion of con gress cressand res sand and in past we havo have elen been terribly swindled there are very few public public men from frow the south who can call have lave credit ere lit in in my in shop there lire tire two southern so athern senators gena senators tors who are worse than swindlers lers oue one is now noy in E england the other ii a resident of this city they cannot bernade bo made to pay a bill the one n now in the city buys ev everything e grything he can on credit and insults I 1 t s the man w who comes to collect bis his bill it wv was 3 not long ago ono one of tho the best dressed of the southern senators noted for the extreme length and whiteness of his shirt cuha ame came herband here and begged for credit I 1 refused it point blank notwithstanding his courtly ways and fine appearance pe arance he lie is hopelessly involved iu in debt and pays nothing A wealthy friend offis of his came to TOO me and protested ro tested at the insult I 1 said to hi him ivyon will guarantee his account a ho he can come liero for any amount he refused then I 1 said that settles tho the matter and it did we do a good deal for bf C butler he ile is a gentleman and good pay so is his colleague wade ty hampton all alleton when I 1 have named them and senator joe brown bro wn I 1 have flanged nearly al all I 1 the southern men I 1 would care to havo have as customers the average southern man orders wit without hout re regard ardts f costa cost and never can be niage made to pay al 0 butler is is a very particular man he goes about with the president a good deal when they are going off hunting hu together butler will spend hours i in n picking out a hunting suit he lie b buys uv 8 very few clothes but he be buys with such judgment and taste that lio lie is always as well dressed as the president who is the leading dresser in the country senator joe Jo brown cBrown is cash on the nail every time he ile is very eccentric he ile hates going 9 out into society he ile never had bad a dress suit in his life until he came here ho ile heard lie had to b have ave ony one and up he conies canies to me ni he has bas weak ui lungs and c catches cold very easily he ile dreaded putting on oil the broadcloth and he lie actually made me make hid ilia dress c coat 0 at out of of heavy overcoat beaver cloth it cut me to the heart to turn a job but he was the tile doctor that coat made such a sensation in society that brown was known all over ever washington a week after it was made these southern sons of chivalry maybe daisies in congress perfect miracles of honor lionor but they cannot come into our place except as cash customers |