Kaiser Turns Tailor

Levin Daily Chronicle, 7 September 1918, Page 4

Kaiser Turns Tailor

SETS STYLES AND PRICES,

CASH DOWN AND NO DISCUSSION. Emperor William is the greatest merchant tailor in the •world, according to German newspapers which arrived six weeks ago in Holland. He has taken over practically the whole tailoring business of Germany, for men as well as women. The Emperor tS running his new tailoring business under the name of 'Beichsbekloidungsstelle, which means the Empire's Clothing Place. * xi, German newspapers announce the Kaiser's clothing shops are open for business in all parts of the Fatherland. Thus the Kaiser controls the whole cloting industry of the nation. He is in a position to dictate the style, the shade of goods to be used and the length of the skirts for women. At present the Kaiser seems to favour dark goods for men's suits, for the newspapers say the goorla used for the Kaiers coats are exclusively of dark shade* Formerly it used to be the .exclusive privilege of the military man to wear the Kaisers coat, but now everybody practically not only will be privileged but even compelled, to wear the Kaisers coat. And the women will not only wear Kaiser coats but also Kaiser skirts. It may be assumed the Kaiser is in favour of short and narrow skirts for women, in order to save material. PRICES FIXED BY KAISER. While the Kaiser is in charge of the I wholesale department of the German I clothing industry, so to speak, the local shops in the different cities, towns-and villages are to be in charge of the municipal authorities. However, the prices are fixed in Berlin by the One cannot buy ft hand-me-down early on Saturday morning any cheaper than at any other will one have a chance to buy one leg ox a pair of trousers this week and the other leg next week. Bargaining is verbotcn, if the Kaiser has his way. No more clearing sales, no more nrc sales, no more bankrupt sale, no more misfit sales. , . The German clothing industry has been Prussianised indeed, pressed with a hot iron into a methodical shape o r a shapeless method. Mens suits have been standardised, running in six series, from the letter Ato F. All male Germans will soon know to whicn series they belong. They won't have to have their measurements taken. Alt they will have to do is to go to the Kaiser's shop and say: "Hand me down an A suit." The Kaiser's salesmen will know exactly what the customer wants, and any argument as to whether it nts well i around the neck will be superflous. i And the customer must pay cash for his suit. The Kaiser needs the money. No more suits on tick, is th e standing CREDIT IS ABOLISHED. The Germans no longer can have a suit made to order, forget to pay the bill and fail to recognise the tailor when they happen to pass him in the street. Nor can they any longer buy a suit on tick and hock it with the uncle on the same day, to squander the lllaotten gain in a beer garden. Of course, the Kaiser has_ given his J new clothing a high souding name. I He calls his suits reichsanzuegc, mean- ' nig Empire or State suits. The rcicliBsanzug for men costs from 70 to 100 marks. This is about the same price that prevailed before the war for cus- ■ torn made clothing. I Whether the women of Germany will ' submit to the styles dictated by the H Kaiser remains to be seen. Newspapers H announcing th 0 Kaiser's new departure state the measure is first appnec to mere man, considered as more docile j So if a revolution should break out in _ ' Germany these days it may _be th< Q German women rebelled against th< M Kaiser's styles.