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ADVERTISEMENTS.
Originator
of the
Celebrated
"18/6"
TROUSEK
SCHEME,
42 CORDON STREET,
Sole Maker of
RILEY'S
HAWICK
" HYGIENIC "
WOOLLEN
UNDERWEAR.
42 GORDON STREET,
THE following paragraphs are copied from a work recently published
in London, entitled " Glasgow of To-day : Historical, Statistical,
and Biographical. "
. . . "A HOUSE OF GREAT CELEBRITY IN ITS LINE IS THAT OF
Mr. Alexander Riley, Merchant Tailor, Shirt Manufacturer
Hosier, Glover, and Foreign Outfitter, 42 Gordon Street. . . \
"This house was founded in 1868, and removed to the present address
from Argyle Street, in 1886. The premises now occupied consist of a
handsome shop comprising showrooms and well-appointed and spacious
workrooms. The whole depot has a fine street frontage. The total staff
employed in all the departments numbers about forty hands. The stock,
which is very large, is composed entirely of gentlemen's clothing, dress
shirts, and hosiery of the very best and finest quality. In the former
department the leading specialities are trousers, business suits, dress suits,
and overcoats ; in the latter ' hygienic hosiery.' All the hygienic goods
are made specially for this house in the well-known town of Hawick. . . .
" Mr. Eiley manufactures the ' Corona ' shirt, which is pronounced by
competent authorities to be the latest and most perfect form of dress
shirt. . . .
"This house took the lead some years ago in bringing about the cash
system for high-class clothing, which it has steadily maintained ever since.
The trade extends all over Glasgow and the surrounding districts, and is
particularly well established among the aristocracy and the upper strata
of society generally. It is well known among his patrons that whatever
Mr. Eiley undertakes will be done well, and his prestige in the commercial
world at large is such as entitles him to the respect of all his trade colleagues
in the city."