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??Mfc2_?0 ?*?.~?fc w^ft*?^ w-twa?. ai?' *a ?Mt^nt^^ ' (fi I'Vil / lttfiliiliili THERE arc the Twentieth Century Limited, the Pennsyl? vania Special, and the Express Elevators to The Man's Shop at Lord &. Taylor's?a floor whose lofty windows look straight down into the heart of Fifth Avenue, It is a new thing tor the man about town to discuss. Occupy? ing the tenth floor of the store. The Man's Shop is like a man's planet, all to itself, with the busy city moving about beneath it. From it one gets a bird's-eye view, not alone of the accepted styles in clothes, but of London's newest raincoats and single stud evening shirts?o? the latest gloves and the bootmaker's finest products?of this Fall's Spitalfields squares, and brushed yarn stockings from the Highlands ? of lounge robes from England and motor scarfs from Zurich. Atop the Lord & Taylor Stor An Institution New to the Metr?polis, with Express Elevators which Lift One Instantly into a Realm of Complete Masculinity For The Man's Shop is unique among shops?immaculately, splendidly masculine?offering in ready-for-service form acorn? plete wardrobe selected from the best the world affords for the busy man or the man of leisure, each article characterized by that correct simplicity7 and quietness of taste whose prime requisite is quality. All in a setting as interesting as that of a most realistic play, [here is an appropriate background tor the business and street suits and topcoats; quite a different one for the requirements of the traveler and the sojourner in foreign parts; and yet another for the male characters in the metropolitan society drama, with its weddings, its afternoon sauntering^ and its opera ?with the evening clothes actually shown in evening shadows. fhe'Maivs Shop distinctly is a spot to visit. ti f You Are in \x J T 7HEN a man from the West strike the Hudson River at nects to find something . i mospheric difference, in dress, a different i ;ement o? trie elegances of life. is i earing New York?the ::.?? the v\ orld. ; ? on Manhattan lie thrill 5 with " c realization o? his expect is. He has reached that Murray Hill ? the ? the greatest hotels and the finest ho an : ? in the world. on eit lei lostwon lerful Firth Avenue. We, too, who live in this metro? politan district, whether boni here or true Manhattanites from orner sections of the globe, constantly ?ee? ? e thrill when we \ isit this most attractive sphere oi human activity. in the center of this plateau, on the Avenue, a short walk from any of the great railway terminals, is the Lord &.. Taylor store, atop of which, at the end of an express-elevator trip of twenty seconds is The Man's Shop ? the journey's end if you are in quest of What a Man Wants. It is a shop so new in character fhat New Yorkers are still talking about it ?-presenting the best that New York, London and Paris can offer. The greater his hurry, the more pressing his demand, the more vividly will the limitless resources of this shop shine forth. If it be a suit o? Scotch tweeds, he will find it. If it is a suit of English blue diagonal, he will find it. If it is a mixture, a herringbone, a brown or business-like gray or check, the suit will be readily forthcoming. IN overcoats, he will find the same conservative taste and perfect tit. in a numerous selection made o? ma? terials imported by Lord ek faylor'i Man's Shop and made up by leading American tailors. Among the scores of imported coat he will find English Guards' Coats, oi the type worn by the Prince of Wales; and raincoats of those strictly British. materials which are not imitated else? where?made for this shop by London coatmakers. Then there is the Ashe ville Coat, made of the famous Bih more hand-loom homespuns woven at Grove Park Inn, North Carolin;.. - a coat sold exclusively by this shop which has obtained the sole right to offer this sturdy homespun in ready to-wear coats. o R if it be a golf suit, made in England, or made here of Englisl ; ds, or a pair of Scotch golf hose of What u-r v B?X ?ffv ' which only an Edinboro house would be expected to supply, or a pair of Pom Logan golf shoes?he may be fitted and on his way to the links without loss o( time. 38th Street The Man's Shop Tenth Floor FIFTH AVENUE Branch o? New Jersey Bureau of Licenses for Motoring An Added^Service in The Man's Shop 39th Street Whatever his desires?he will notre annoyed uith 'novelties " fusl filings that men of tue world are using he will find here, ?elected by a rigid standard oi correctness ? some new with the season others appro1 :d b) long usage. In the underweai ? >flei e? ? h will find adequate assortments from th< teat underwear makers of England, as well as of the \ nited States in che lounge tobes and house gowns, everything from an Englisl lam the richest of import! ? caded silks ?quite the largest assort: tent h has ever seen. Where he mighl expect to find a lew offerings of imported wo hosiery, just now so much in /ogue tor street wear, he will find probabh the largest assortments ever broi hi to America?with wide selections oi imported French lisle and silk hosiery. ?HIRTS in such variety of fa! i and patterns that they well : exhaust the range?and every distinctly desirable, ? ??? ippi ? mg the venturesome in color or m: the ready - to - weai assort ments Lacked up with a custom made department. And particularly evening Ores* shirts and collars, which are asunques ? tionably correct as the evening clothes and boots, and all the evening circs accessories shown in trie room espe ? iallv set ?[ art for th One could keep on, mentioning? pajamas, from the sheerest India silks -j imported flannels; sweaters and knitted golf waistcoats; walking boots, bro; ues, oxfords arid dancing shoes; tweed '..api, telt and \elour hats?until a wardrobe trunk would c neede I tor one's purchase: hat a Man Wants is ail here? md What a Man's Chauffeur Wants, as well, even co a chauffeur's over? coat ..en?:;? mported English ! ox-cloth I he Man's Shop extends - ou a coi dial invitation to call ? his morning, tins nooi : ^^I^H^^H^Homr Express Elevators Without Stop if I t U1 i?sss?see ?tic