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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-
lated,
for
none
shall
dare
say,
like
Coriolanus,
that
you
are
"
a
fool
in
good
clothes."
"
A
smart
coat
is
a
good
letter
of
introduction"
BUT
*'
A
slovenly
dress
betokens
a
careless
mind"
"
Fashion
is
more
powerful
than
any tyrant"
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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