1939-04-18 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 18, 1939

News Snack

STREAMLINED

SUITS ON WAY

Cheerful news for all short men and fairly fat men American tailors have designed stream- lined suits to give the illusion of adding to height and subtracting from waistline. This was revealed at the annual fashion show of the New York Custom Cutters Club. The "slenderising" process, creating an illusion of greater height for men of from 5ft. to 5ft. 8in. tall, will be achieved through a longer leg line and a shorter waist effect on coats and-waist- coats, with long streamlined tails on morning coats and tail-coats.

STRIKE AT CATHEDRAL

Eleven choirmen of St. Nicho- las's Cathedral, Newcastle-on- Tyne, are on strike following the dismissal of three, others.

Calon G. E. Brigstocke, Pro- vost of the Cathedral, said: “I have no statement to make. This is a purely domestic dispute con- nected with the inner life of the Cathedral, and has no bearing on anything to do with public life.”

HE WALKS WITH

A SKELETON

When Mr. John Hunt locks up the

"Many short men in the past have had their coats designed with too....... much stress on width of shoulder* and not enough leg length. This also applies to trousers," one au- thority pointed out,

"Short men should not wear wide trousers."

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In honour of the World's Fair the leading, tailors have introduced a new fashion, called the "Dawn of To-morrow" suit,

This has no hip pockets, a lower waist-line, and is much fuller round the chest than the ordinary suit, says Reuter.

Because of these features, it was pointed out, wearers would be able to cram their coat pocket without losing their natty appearance.”

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