'BLITZ' VICTIMS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 152, 8 September 1941, Page 2

'BLITZ' VICTIMS

MILLIONAIRE'S SUITS GIVEN

Suits made in London for an American millionaire have gone bac* ncross the Atlantic. They will be handed on to London working men left by air raids with nothing but what they stand up in.

And the millionaire has given his London tailors fresh orders for live lounge suits and two sports outfits, so helping Britain to pay icr' U.S. aid in the war.

The business magnate avlio made this gesture has bought his clothes from London for over 20 years, and his tailors have made suits for Americans since 1861,

For forty years past their representatives have toured American cities every spring and. autumn, with samples of suitings, shirtings, ties, stocks, dressing gowns and so on. Advising clients of this itinerary beforehand, they talie rooms in well-known hotels, where the customer is received exactly as though he were visiting the Strand in London. Parlour F on the grrfund floot of the Murray Hill Hotel, New York, has been so used for every trip during the past 26 j^ears.

Mahomet', on the other hand, goes to the mountain too. In peace time more visitors arrive in London for Its tailors from the United States. South America and the British Empire than for all Britain's ancient monuments; night clubs and even the Derby itself.