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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13336, 30 January 1909, Page 3

THE GESTJF LSl'lfJS BIG DROP IN THE PRICE OF MADE-TO-MEASURE SUITS Of late years wage-earners have been more and more put to it to make "both ends meet." Deepite the frequent increases in -wagee,, house-rents and almost overything else itaro e-xperiencetl c corresponding advance, ivith the suit that mofit people find themselves little, better off for their , increased earnings. It is therefore gratifying to learn of one much-wanted line that :.ot only has not advanced in price,- but on the contrary, has decreased very materially, viz., the production of made-to-measuro j eujls. , Thie has been mado possible by the adoption of modern methods, and it is gratifying to learn that the pioneers of the system were an oflS-ostoblishevl Christchurch firm, Messrs Tribe and Co., tvho introduced these 20th century methods some ten years ago. As doubtless many of the readers of this paper will be interested in learning how Tribo and Co. are enabled to* tell suits made-to-measuro from 4os, when everything else is advancing in jirice, ire will briefly describo the system here. You soe, meet tailors are "kept really busy only in the- Spring and Autumn."* That nif ans their hands are> often lulo for weeks at a time. They have got lr> pay those hrtnds. E;it they are not I in the charity business, so the cost of keeping thoir hands in slack times is passed on to their customers. It has to bo. Yotr have to stand a portion of it in the cost of every suit you buy i from i small tailor. Tribe and Co. sew that if they could maki several suits where littlotailors made one, they could sell them at about half their price. AVith characteristic enterprise they set about doing it, relying, of course, upon a small profit on the Inrger turnover, rather than on a bi;; profit on«a few suite. But, one might a&k. making the number of suits they do, can they give sums satisfaction ? Yes. they can, and do; for every suit pocs out n-ith a edst-iron guarantee thot if it is not satisfactory as to fit, style, and wear, they take it back and refun-1 tho customer's money. He has exactly the samt> privileges as when buying from a high-priced tailor, and for appcorance and style the suit will usually bp. taken for an ordinary tailor's high-priced suit. In addition to their bi,g local suit trade. Tribe and Co. have supplied hundreds of these suits by mail to men in all ports of the colony. The firm h«s never seen those customers personal, y. but they claim, and with good reason, that no one can give better value in niaterinl. linings, ritiiltins ana fin ten i n<; generally. That is why they can afford to take th»» wide risk they do in making Eureka Suits to order "fror# >.r<ws Tr.'he anci Co. had a comprehonsire exhibit in the. Exhibition, and t.i<» -or.pra, opinion of their wrorkmanfchir. may bo imagined when we etote that n hirse number of or<l<>rs were frn m visitors from nil pnrts. Liiose 01 our readers who purpose ordering a jwu- suit, will be well advised ir they call and see what this lirni con Jo. bofo.-e eominittintr t-heni-Vi - 7 lTr P , , , ? 0,, " 81 ;.* high-priced suit n.tler the o!d conditions.

ORIENTAL SHAMPOO POWDERS 1/3 Box.