ESSAYIST.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1815, 25 July 1891, Page 2 (Supplement)

ESSAYIST.

What a Tailor Can Tell-

A oareful observer en tell a man by his dress aa easily as a footman is known by hia livery. A3 a rule,phyeici»nß carry themselves with marked dignity. They dress in fiaa diagonals, with rich back Kersey top ooat ia winter. Sometimes th?y wear v fancy cashmere vest. In hat 3, glovea and boots they are unexeeptionab'e apd extravagant. Their neck Bcarfe are the richest and linen and oambrio the fineet. Liwyers, especially famous ones, are the worst dressera in tho world. They generally affect something black, and usually oboose the fir^t goods that come to hand. They seldom order a new suit until the old one grows ebabby. Hats — shocking! Sopie'oE the worst tiles in this town are seen on the heads of our most eminent lawyers. You can hardly get them to oome and iry on a suit-. It must be gent to them at once, whteher it fka or not. They don't trouble how it looks if it goes en easily. Prosperous business men are generally carefully dressed. Their wardrobe is unusally large and fashionable. The true man 0! fashion is no dude. H5 is never pronounced. One can always recognise tho sporting man. The racing man tlreaees differently from tha yachting man. Tho dog fancier does not resemble the horsemen, and tha gambler has a style of hia own. They diffor in liUla things — trinkets, linen, etc. They are all fond of high colors and unique patterns. Their abundant jeweHeiy isspi to be in the form of pugs' heads for racing insignia. Thsy hays & weakness for bell-crowned hats, yellow stitched gloves and pointed shoes. Their canes remind you of the head and neok of a stork, with the loog bill on top. They are a knowing crowd, mo-Hly, but about dress they are as innocent as kabiee. Closely allied to sporting men are actors, from a tailor's point of view. But the re i i really a wide differenca between them. The sporting man will distribute hia magnificence all over bis person, while the actor relies on some paculiarity, eucn as a sealskin ooat or a low-out shirt collar and a wide-brimmrd hat, to produce hi 3 effdiß. He wan! s hie c'othcsoutnotitofit hfm, but to drape him. A.otors aro liberal customers when they have the money. They ara the feliowa for new clothes. They wans everything slick end shiny, spick and span and brand new. They're the beet tailors' blocks, too, and afford more pleasure to a true artist's eye than the merely elegant fellow who distracts attention from his clothes to himself. Absent MiNDEDT-^Mrs. Gilhooly : " How is your daughter coming on ?" Mrs.. Peterby : " She is too absent-minded, poor thing. Just think of it ; she went out walking yesterday afternoon with her intended, and came home at eleven o'clock with a gentleman who was a perfect £ t ranger.' ' Sanso : " What was the population 0! the earth at the time of the flood 7" Bodd : "It is hard to Bay. You see, it was impossible to have an accurate census taken owing to the extent of the floating populajion,"