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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
Correct
Clothes
model
of
civilized
dress
from
Singapore
to Sitka,
dis-
plays
common
sense
and
judgment
that
every
bachelor
may
do
well
to
emulate,
especially
in
the
matter
of
jewelry.
"
Rarely
does
the
king
wear
more
than
one
finger
ring," says
a
London
haberdasher's
journal.
A
profusion
of jew^elry
is
unequivocally
vulgar
in
a
man,
even
though
it
may
indicate
wealth.
To
hit
the
happy
medium
between
Frenzied
Fashiom
and
Moldy
Modes,
adapt
the
prevailing
style
of
dress
to
your
bearing
and
manner.
To
do
this
is
to
be
mas-
ter
of
one
of
the
fine
arts.
Study,
therefore,
your
apparel
that
it
may
be
fit
for
function
and
form.
An
ill-fitting
coat
Is
a
crime
against
good
taste.
First,
have
your
clothes
fit
you;
then
fit
your
clothes,
that
they
"
shall
not
make
a
false
report."
*'
Mark
Twain
"
has
said
that
"
one
cannot
tell
from
the
looks
of
a
frog how^
far
It
can
jump,"
but
more
often
than
not
a
man
is
judged
by
the
clothing
he
wears.
Whether
they
are
built
in
the
Rue
de
la
Paix,
New
Bond
Street,
Fifth
Avenue,
or
Sutter
Street,
does
not
particularly
matter,
so
long
as
they
fit.
The
unskilled
cloth
butchers
of
the
West
End
of
London
have
made
many
a
man
look
like
a
suit
of
pajamas
on an
umbrella
stand.
Togs
that
become
one
man
may
make
another
re-
semble
a
mongrel
in
a
fancy
blanket.
As
plaids
were
Invented
for
the
rail-bird,
stripes
for
the
jail-bird,
and
tweeds
for
Tammany
Hall,
so
do
various
other
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