The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-02-22

soL1LooUY BY A LADY OF FASHION


"Such a sign-over coffin ware.
house! On a principal thoroughfare,
too! Ought to be on back street,
out of the way. Bad taste-makes
people nervous-have to go right by it
to the ball room-enongh to give one
the blues to see those long, narrow,
gloomy receptacles inthe shop window!
Worse yet to keep telling passers by
in SO many words that the boxes are
ready for themw . tu7A no
Very natural The sign Is a sober
affair-a loud sermon to the eager
throng. But there it is, in bright, bold
letters, persistently reading its lesson
to the crowd. GALL SIZES? 70 Yes,
young lady, just your size, in length
and breadth. Narrow as the space
may seem, you will need no more, for
the makers of such wares omit the re.
gala Of the ball room, and only provide
for plain, white robe And you will
need no room to move a limb or lift the
head. 1t is only required to be shut in,
there to lie confined and still. So, too,
with the man of herculean frame and
strength; his size is provided for, ,-for
well the tradesman knows the giant
forms of men, as we'll as frail, female
figures, must need this work. The
fascinations of beauty and the might
of physical energy must both knock at
his door for a last friendly Office.
Among the slim and polished tenements
of that wareroom, the eye also rests on
some of half size; sure indication
that the noble boy and the charming
girl, pride, of the household, must often
90 to an early rest; and some of tiny
form, for lisping infancy, which (strange
mystery, must pillow its head in the
little casket, while yet scarcely con-
sciops of life of JOY. 49,, - 20
"All sizesI" Never was sign truer
to the emergency of business; never 3
trade more in the way Of all classes,
journeying on in promiscuous compans
les, little and great. nimble youth and
bending age, -dashing beauty and
limping deformity, naughty aristocrats
and the. suffering poor, on they 60 to
common lot and level. -. :. -
And they go in hurry, as that start
ling sign indicates, for it concludes with
"READY MADE" Doubtless that man
has watched the current of events. He
knows that if he would get the custom
Of that rich banker, that enterprising
shipper, that millionaire, he must be
on hand with his work. He knows, too,
that messenger may come at any
moment from the market place, from
the crowded street, from the brilliant
hall of the dance and drama, or which
is all the same to him, from the retreat
of the debaucbee or the low haunt Of
poverty and vice. He cannot, like some
tradesmen, choose his time, and wait
upon his own conveniences, and that
for the, important reason that none
choose and sppoint the time when they
will need his wares. He cannot meet
the demands of the market only by
having supply of those sad looking
tenements, of sizes so suit allsthat live
around him, and having them ready
made SO that he can eend them out
promptly, by day or night, in storm or
sun shine, in winter or harvest But
we must leave the reader to pursue the
subject. If it makes him t'neryous,Y
it will still be none the less saiutary.
The tert, at least, may be remembered,
and allowed to stamp its lesson on the
heart in spite of the strife and con-
fusion that encom pass it 'everywhere.
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