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...proportions and fitting, for if the waist be only half an inch too long or too short, or the skirt not have the proper flare, the whole effect is bad. The loose overcoats, now so popular, are another illustration. This coat, a first-class one, will last in good shape four years, and then look better than a new cheap one. The Ulster is perhaps the best garment to get cheap, as it is only worn nights or stormy days, or for travelling, and a good one can be bought ready-made if you do not mind looking like...
...above outfit, with two or three pairs of extra trousers, will fit one out for the winter in good shape, and if selected carefully, will prove truly economical. Being in the business, it would be in bad taste to recommend my own firm. But put yourself in the hands of any one of the five or six first-class city tailors, one in whom you have confidence as to what is proper, artistic, and in good proportions...
...very slow in their play. They do not play well together and there is little interference shown by the backs. It is hoped, however, that during the next week, under the coaching of Adams, Davis and Wadsworth, the eleven will make a cecided gain and get into such shape as to make a good showing in the class games...
...paper, it is evident for what kind of men we have a place. The ideal editor would be a man of good personal address, of quick observation and ready intelligence. He would be able to get facts precisely as they are and put them into readable shape with a no mean literary skill. He would, above all other things, be willing to work and even to work hard if the interests of the paper demanded...
...opposite A. Brewer and again and again downed the backs of the first eleven with loss. Johnson played tackle opposite Connor, and showed more spirit than he has done at any other time this year. Manahan, who played the other tackle opposite Newell, also showed up in particularly fine shape...