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From the depths of Central Europe used to come in olden days young, men who, landing in the U. S., went directly to tailor shops and with great shears learned the artful intricacies of cutting out men's fashionable suits. Now, under the quota law, they come no more-or at least not in sufficient numbers to meet the demands of the purveyors of fine suitings. Young Americans cannot or will not serve as apprentice cutters. The ranks of experts grow thin. Wage demands go up. Hence the high cost of fashion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Cutters Cut | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...there was a prizefight and a ceremony. The ceremony was simple: Jack Dempsey climbed through the ropes; the announcer, red-faced Joe Humphreys, made a gesture; the lights went down; a bugler played taps. Presently the lights went on and Jimmy McLarnin, of Vancouver, Wash., beat Joe Glick, Brooklyn tailor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rickard's Heirs | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...Webb came up to me . . . commenced fighting with a species of brutal and demoniac desperation characteristic of a fury. My damage is a scratch, about three quarters of an inch in length, on the third finger of the left hand . . . and three buttons torn from my vest, which any tailor will reinstate for a sixpence. His loss is a rent from top to bottom of a very beautiful black coat, which cost the ruffian $40, and a blow in the face, which may have knocked down his throat some of his infernal teeth for anything I know. Balance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Father & Son | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

...approximately 800,000 college or university students in the U. S. What if an editor could find a common denominator to their interests and publish a magazine that each of these 800,000 would read? To probers of student psychology the publication would be a telltale document. And to tailor, tobacconist, maker of sweets or shoes-what a medium for national advertising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: College Comics | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

Pending the building of quarters on shore, Mr. Ford has sent to the Tapajoz River a large motor ship, Lake Ormoc, on which live the vanguard of his engineers, managers, experts. The Lake Ormoc, luxurious, has recreation rooms, a gymnasium, a hospital, a dentist, a tailor, a barber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Ford Rubber | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

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