The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-11-06
ANECDOTE OF STULTZ, THE FASHION
ABLE TAILOR

Gutenberg, left his country to seek his fortune"
in England. Stultz was highly gifted young
man; he united to the patience and sagacty of
the Germans certain acute shrewdness which
IS seldom to be met with in that country. The
sharp or shrewd German is like the phegmatic
Southern; he has very good chances of success
IN whatever he undertakes Fortune, thus, must
needs smile on the young Stultz who selected
an occupation for which his fellow -counrymen
have many qualifications. He became tailor.
first studying his craft under the best masters of
the art, and afterwards taking to a small business,
which succeeded very fairly. Stutz in a short
time found himselfin aff1uence but that was not
enough for him; mediocriy did not suit his
ambitious aspiratons-he INDUCED in visions of
glory and opulence--he wished to become the
first tailor in London
The customers of Stultz consisted of small
tradesmen merchants assistants, lawyers clerks,
but whilst he did every justice to these plain and
simple Jobs (Which paid him well enough) he
felt that he was created to clothe persons of
much higher rank. His very scissors trembled
between his fingers when he thought OF those
brilliant equestIians who paraded the newest
fashions in Hyde Park and in Regent Street.
g There" he unused, q is business which rem
ders tailor both wealthy and illustrious - Stulz
had quite enough talent and genius to distinguish
himself in those elevated spheres, but how was
he to reach the wished-for eminence3 There
was the rub What was he to do to gain these
elegant and magnificent customers?
At that period the famous & Beau Brummel
was the king of fashion-(as Mr.. Hudson is now
the king of railroads)-the master and the model
Of the youthful aristocracy OF London. Brummels
tailor equipped every body who piqued himself
upon possessing any claim to the title of an ele-
giant man. Stultz deeply coveted the situation
of this fortunate tailor whose name, we believe
was Thomas Gibson. To dispossess ellison of his
proud position, and to seat himself on the vacant
throne-board-suc was the lofty goal towards
which he directed all the efforts of his patience,
his sagacity, and his ingenious sbrewdness
! Brummel had become his hero, the object of his
attentive and indefadgabe worship. He way
laid him every day on his route to the grand mall
and each succeeding evening found him seated
on the benches of the opera house, in the attitude
OF deep study and earnest contemplation. His
natural penetration, the correctness of his glance.
and the unerring sureness of his recollection,
were wonderful assistance to him in this i'm
portant task Had he been a painter or scuIp.
tor he would have been able to construct. from
memory, portrait or a statue of the great man :
as it was, he was tailor, and he made hun a
coat-a charming piece OF work-for the compile
ton Of which he exhausted all the resources of
his ingenuity, and all the graces Of his lmagina-
ton.
AS soon this chef-d'-euure was finished
Stultz repaired one morning to Brummel's house
chamber for three hours only, he at length OBJ
tanned the honor OF presenting himself, coat in
hand, to the great man himself
'Ah! ah 7! exclaimed Brummel, g that is a
charming new coat You are, presume, one
OF that rascal Gilson's apprentices p
No, my Lord, replied Stultz, who hoped by
this tattering title to win the favor of Brummel
81 beg your pardon, rejoined the king of FASH
ion, smiling, :" you are without doubt the partner
of that worthy fellow, ellison? p
g Neither, my Lord, a tailor as vet but
little known, who expects to derive his fame
from you, and who comes 20 present for your ac-
ceptance sample of his TALENT
every sorry, my friend, but | can do nothing
for you. What would ellison say if he found out
that had worn a coat not made by himself? It
would cause complete rupture between us!''
"Observe, my Lord, that this coat becomes you
admirably
g True, true, and it is the more astonishing. as
you never took my measure
" took your lordship's measure from the stat
ue of Antinous.'
Z" Oh oh, little flattery, eh am not dis
pleased at the compliment; | willingly accent
the merlted tribute and return it in kind. Your
coat IS eXquisite-such originality in the cut, and
such grace in the details But no matter, can
not wear it, on Gilson's account
g Gibson could not make one1l like 1t. Heis
getting old, and falling into mere routine; but |.
iHy o'u' an young leeI INSPIRED with the "a
cred hre, and with hero like you, | shall be en-
abled to introduce the most extensive innova-
tions.'
Very likely, but common honesty forbids me
to break with Gibson. Consider that he has
clothed me, gratis for the last ten years ~
He finds it answers his purpose, and the
merit is therefore not very great
He never fails, however, to extol it every
time that he is favored with an audience
" The impertinent scoundrel! When he is
still your debtor all the while AS to me.
should conduct my business with much more con.
scientiousness Pray, my Lord do me the favor
to keep my coat. | will return to- morrow to re-
celve your definitive answer.
Every body knows that Brummel has been cell
cbrased TOR excessive delicacy. Destitute alto
gether OF independent fortune, he profted by his
position in society. His extravaganza way Of liv
ing cost him nothing whatever his tradesmen
ana puryeyors were too glad to supply him with
his luxures gratis, in order to be rendered fash
ionabe by means of his patronage. Stultz was
not ighornnt of this circumstance SO favorable to
his plans and, by very simple calculation, the
clever German tailor had come to the conclusion
that he might possibly triumph over ellison by
displaying greater generosity than he; and ac-
nrly in nnffb he Il a.,