THINGS MEN SHOULD KNOW.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 147, 22 June 1909, Page 2

THINGS MEN SHOULD KNOW.

IXSIDE FACTS ABOIT THE MAKING OF SUITS TO MEASURE. HOW TO SAVE MONEY BUT AVOID DECEPTION—SECURE THE BEST GARMENTS MADE. Every man who formerly had to pay 4. 5, or 6 guineas to have a satisfactory suit made to his measure, and who has since taken advantage of the modern methods adopted by a now well known firm of suit specialists, knows that there is no longer any need to pay the above exorbitant prices to secure complete satisfaction in every respect. The wonderful success and the rapid growth of the business conducted by Mr. Georga Davies in this city, and also at every | other principal centre throughout New j Zealand, is sufficient proof that men were j tired of paying the old-style credit i tailors the necessary exorbitant pricea I which they had to charge to cover their bad debts, and the costly antiquated I methods they adopt in manufacture. I Just as is the case, however, where any I great success is achieved as the result of jan honest, intelligent effort to serve the i public well, a host of would-be imitators have put in an appearance, attempting to deceive the public; and it is against these, imitators we would specially warn our readers. You will rind this kind of thing mostly among drapers and clothiers, who handle ready-made clothing, mercery, and sometimes almost every conceivable article worn by men, women and children. These firms advertise suits as low in price as those produced by George Davies, in some cases lower, and when they have taken your measurements they sentl your suit out to some factory where ready-made slop suits are made, and all sorts of garments of a cheaper kind. The result is that you would certainly have a suit made to your measure by these various firms, but what sort of a suit is it? It is necessarily similar to the ready-made slop suits ! which arc made every day in these very 'factories for customers who cannot, afford |to pay even moderate prices for their j suits. How dili'erent when you place your order with (leorge Davies I Your suit is cut by an expert cutter of the .'highest skill, made in Mr. Davies' own I workroom under careful supervision; the | highest quality Italian cloth and haircloth is used in the making of garments, and every little point in the making receives special care in your interests. Yet although the suits made by Mr. Davies are the equal of any suits made in New Zealand, at any price, no matter howhigh, they cost you but a trifle more than a suit which yen can have slop-made to your measure at almost any drapery, | mercery, or ready-made clothing estabj lishments in the town. Some superb j materials just landed direct from the I world's best manufacturers, as well as j from the colonial mills, are vow shown j for the winter season. Your inspection I U cordially incited. The Auckland ttt j- | dress, is id, Queen-street, 41135,