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Show Gunmen of New York "Dress to Kill" NEW YOltK. -The gunmen of New York, as a rule wear dlzry clothes and are altogether alto-gether "a carefully corseted crowd." Collectively, they make a big element In the clothing market, "with their satellites, their admirers and bodyguards of prospective experts with Ihe automatic." So says the expert who writes a weekly column of men's fashions In the New York News Itec-ord, Itec-ord, a journal of the textile trade. In the mores where the professional killers do most of their buying, tliey are known as fastidious crew. Tliey have always done a trreut don I to put "finisiice" clot licit on the market. They are the one-button hoys who eslnh-Untied eslnh-Untied the cluur-slore romance. Tiny are ronnoisseins In crimson love iif-fa!r. iif-fa!r. Tlieir means of living vary from plain slaughter for profit to the -"ftlmes of- Hie o. eitles of the Orient n the sightseer's route, lt satdihc appim I, it iniis-t he intiait-od intiait-od toat eju,!,,-!! ,no.v I'.i" valii" of i. ;!.( -. ; e..! i..-v .ti..t 111 M)ii-:,v. Their motions let .,T steaai In 'liiris. neck-... neck-... I e tin- e. ,,f ., -.p Welnh rarebit. They are frequently the gentlemen who made pale blue silk popular In athletic garments. Tliey like the feeling of broadcloth next to the pelt. Their outer garments are made of the best worsted ttiut the markets mar-kets afford In subdued shades. It Is in furnishings that they love to roll and tumble around with color. Try to get the perspective of a clothier who deals with this stratum of society and lie will say thnt "style" Is the element his patrons demand. I'.y this he means that their silhouettes must be emphasized, that lines must fall away snugly. There are stores In New York that exist on the business busi-ness brought to tlieir doors by gang lenders, drug-runners, find the motley army whose business hours nre from 0 p. m. to (', a. in. As a rule lhes:o overaetlve young men, willi a kink In tlieir brains, like I'.l'oiiihv ay labels Mid so-calleil Broadway Broad-way styles. I'neoiiseloii' ly they are the arbiters who set the pace to a treat extent for tli vUUige Mpilrei" j of the nation. |