Page 2 Advertisements Column 5

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14702, 9 December 1909, Page 2

TAILOR-MADE SUITS.

NOT FACTORY MADE. FROM 555. HOW IT WORKS OUT. To those who do not know tho [acta and who have not thought tho mutter out it may seem remarkable that one tailor should be able to make genuine tailor-mado suits for from 555, whilo other tailors havo to charge 4, 5, an<! 6 guineas for their suits. J3ut when wo como to think it over—when we consider tho big saving that (Icorgo Davies, " The Modern Tailor," makes by trading on strictly cosli principles—when we think of tho tremendous suit business lie docs in his 40 branches right through Now Zealand—when wo remember that every new and better method, every scientific and up-to-date device, has been eagerly seized ami turned to good account in the building of this huge and successful business, we begin to understand just how different this busines is from every other mit business in tho Dominion. Whore other tailors make ono suit, George Davies makes 20. It stands to reason ho doesn't need to make quarter the profit they do. Ho has his numbers to make tip for the lack of big profit on the individual suit, an<l it pays Jiim better to make 20 suits at a small profit than ono at a big profit. Again, where the credit tailor loses a heavy percentage of his accounts in bwl debts, Ucorgo Davies loses nothing. Eveijy euit is paid for when received—that's tho rulo in tho Gcorgo Davies business, and it's that fact which saves you a good part of your £2 in your suit. The rest of it is saved by the small profits as mentioned above, and by the exceptional buying facilities which are possible only to a firm of such sizeu Where other tailors buy Suit lengths, Mr Davies buys picices. He buys direct from the manufacturers in huge quantities, and, of course, ho gets his twoeds and suitings much cheaper -than tho tailors in a small way could possibly do. So much for business methods, which explain the saving of £2 on the George Davies suite. Now about the suits themselves: Your £2 having already been saved through fclio advantages gained by tho above-mentioned methods, it is altogether unnecessary for an,y saving to be taken out of tho making—so you have the genuine tailor-mado suit for 555, instead of 955, the three-guinea suit instead of the five-guinea, and the fourguinea suit instead o£ tho six-guinea. These 6uits on which you save Si or more are not only genuine tailor-made suits jnado in Mr Davies's own workrooms, but they represent tho very highest perfection of modern tailoring—all tho newest tailoring ideas, all tho finest cutting art (the best English cutters employed), all tho caro and honest work which is neoesary to make good suits goes into them, and so convinced is Mr Davies that li© can saw you £2, and yet at the same timo mako you an absolutely satisfactory and distinctive suit, that he gives you a written guarantee to refund you .your money in lull if you're not satisfied. Could anything bo fairer or more completely to your advantage? A magnificent range of best quality, newest style suitings awaits your solection at George Davies's shop, 61 Princes street (next Mutual Stores), Dunedin. Gentlemen are now booking orders for the Christmas holidays, and even though you may not require your suit for some weeks yet, you will bo wise to book your order now.

TO MAKE REFRESHING TEA.

A FEW DON'TS. Don't infuse lea with water that has beon \ boiling away for hours. All tlie oxygen lias been boiled out of it. It will be fiat and insipid, and will not malto a nioe, refreshing cup of tea, Don't try to infuse tea with water that is not thoroughly boiling. It should bo freshly drawn from the tap for each infusion, brought to the boil—furiously boiling,—and immediately pouted oil the leaves. Don't neglect to heat your teapot before putting in the leaves. If tho teapot is cold when the boiling water is poured in, the temperature of the boiling water is reduced accordingly, and a proper infusion is not made. Don't infuso tea more than fivo minutes. The delicate flavour and good qualities of tho tea-leaf are extracted first, the tannin last, so you should try to dedge tho tannin by pouring the liquor off the leaves after five minutes' infusion at most. Don't stand the teapot on the range or near tho fire to infuse—lh© tea might boil, and if it does it will spoil. Don't buy any tea that's offered to you, even if you think you're getting it cheap. Always buy the best you can afford. Tho best tea you can get anywhere is "Tiger" Tea, and you can get it in several grades, cach tho best value obtainablo in N.Z. Don't forgot that blended tea is the best tea, and the best blended tea is "Tiger" Tea, Don't expect to get real refreshment and healthful satisfaction from drinking tea unless you take a little trouble, first, to • get the right tea, and then to make it right. "Tiger" Tea is right whon you buy it; the rest depends on yourself.—9

Suggestions for Charming and Pleasing Xmas Gifts... From the Rare Stock of Attractive Goods at "RITCHIE'S" | Sets of Afternoon Teaspoons, Fruit I Knives, Fish Knives, Serviette Kings, I Salt Cellars, and Carvers—in E.P, I Ware, nicely cased. I Ladies' and Gents' Pocket Knives— I extra quality for presents. | Jelly Dishes, .Biscuit Jars, Salad Bowls, 9 Sweet Dishes. 1 "Royal Radford" Tea Sets, "Dainty Beleelt" Tea Sets. Nursery Rhyme Tea Sets, Mugs, etc., for children. Art Pottery of all kinds in Doulton, Wedgewood, Foley, Iladley, and other choice Wares. Immense Variety of Vases. Afternoon Tea Sugar and Cream Seta. Cruets, Cutlery, Dinner Services. Silver-backed Hair Brushes, Dressing Cases, Inkstands, etc. INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED. "RITCHIE'S," George St. ; and at Moray Place 3 j (comer Great King St.). I