Word: suits
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...garment. The wool used in the finest English cloths, is allowed to lie over two years, after being dyed, before being used; you can readily see how much more reliable the colors would be than when the wool is transferred from the sheep's back to the ready-made suit inside of six months, as is often done in this country. This principle runs through the whole subject of high class clothes. In the second place, never affect the careless in dress. Literary men are often inclined to do this to show their disregard of conventionalities. Though one should never...
...subject of evening dress, if the coat and waistcoat are properly cut and proportioned, and made from tasty cloth, a good dress suit will last a man through his entire college course. But a dress suit is the worst thing to experiment on; many of them are out of style when new, simply because they are not properly cut. The Tuxedo can be dispensed with, if one is to be economical, but not the dress suit, for that is indispensable for every occasion of any importance after sun-down. The long frock is the swell coat of the season...
...garment. The wool used in the finest English cloths, is allowed to lie over two years, after being dyed, before being used; you can readily see how much more reliable the colors would be than when the wool is transferred from the sheep's back to the ready-made suit inside of six months, as is often deno in this country. This principle runs through the whole subject of high class clothes. In the second place, never affect the careless in dress. Literary men are often inclined to do this to show their disregard of conventionalities. Though one should never...
...subject of evening dress, if the coat and waistcoat are properly cut and proportioned, and made from tasty cloth, a good dress suit will last a man through his entire college course. But a dress suit is the worst thing to experiment on; many of them are out of style when new, simply because they are not properly cut. The Tuxedo can be dispensed with, if one is to be economical, but not the dress suit, for that is indispensable for every occasion of any importance after sun-down. The long frock is the swell coat of the season...
...Bennett has offered similar prizes to other colleges as well, including Yale and Princeton, and the less important conditions as to the choice of a subject, the rules of composition, etc., he has left for the Faculty of each college to arrange as shall best suit each case. His idea is that the prize be adapted locally to each college in which it is established while maintaining the same general plan...