1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD Correct Clothes pronounced styles adapt themselves to the various pur- suits and professions. The fitness of clothes is quite as important as the fit, and the bachelor w^ho devotes a little time and thought to his apparel will soon be as fit as possible. " Be not vain of thy covering," and remember that " it's the man beneath the clothes " that counts w^ith most people. One meets occasionally a man who, like Adam, " doesn't give a fig what he wears." But cus- tom and climate combine to give him a certain respon- sibility in the matter, although he's generally the sort of fellow w^hose apparel doesn't concern people so long as he wears something. There's a happy medium between a dandy and a *' Dirty Dick," and he w^ho strikes it is to be congratu-

for none shall dare say, like Coriolanus, that

lated,

you are " a fool in good clothes."

" A smart coat is a good letter of introduction"

BUT

*' A slovenly dress betokens a careless mind"

more powerful than any tyrant"

" Fashion is

The Londoner has the reputation of being the best dressed man in the world. Search for him not in the City, where silk hats and tan shoes are at either end of

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