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...idea that a garment has crossed the ocean gives it a prestige not attainable by other means; and, in speaking of one's winter wardrobe, it is much better, to say "I'm going to send a line to my man," that "I'm going in to the tailor's." Prices, above all, should be estimated in pounds, shillings, and pence, and be aired in at least every third sentence...
...Freshmen, to whom these lines are chiefly directed, may perhaps be a little startled by the apparent expense involved in the advice therein offered. The expense, however, is only apparent. No one ever thinks of paying his tailor out of his allowance. The correct thing is to let the bill run, and not pay it at all, --payment encourages impudence: but if the tradesman grows clamorous and threatens jail, all you have to do is to plead minority, and let your parents and guardians settle the matter at their convenience
Slain. Elizabeth, Countess Fischler von Treuberg, 58, famed European adventuress; by Edgar Beese, German flier, who committed suicide at the same time; in Berlin. Born in 1870, a tailor's daughter, Elizabeth Uhl became a wealthy, fashionable courtesan, celebrated in Continental capitals and on the Riviera. In 1911 she won long-sought social standing by her marriage to Count von Treuberg, a bankrupt naval officer. She had arranged to pay him 25,000 marks, but never did so and the marriage was later annulled. Aviator Beese's father, mother and sister all were suicides before...
...presence of comely Queen Victoria Eugenie with Royal Infantes† and Infantas on the seaside at smart Santander. Her Majesty, a granddaughter of Britain's late Queen Victoria, would be pleased to hear the gossip of her native Court, pleased too that King Alfonso had "seen his tailor" in Savile Row so successfully. The tall Infantas would sit upon their taller father's knees like little girls, playing with his mustachios, for their upbringing has been old-fashioned and they are still naïve. To arrive peevishly at Castle Magdalena would have been totally impossible...
...know . . ." piped a delegate from Wallsend, "I know one Labor candidate who was elected to Parliament and wanted a new suit of clothes to wear up to London. But did he buy it ready-made in our Cooperative store? No! He went to a b-- tailor...