Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-22
OBB CLOTHES M4RkET IN LONDON.
HOshe Cousumptlon and -Rxporlatlon.

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The London Times has curious article,
showing what becomes Of the old clothes
\ picked up in London. We copy the ma
teTial portions:
The streams Of old clothes that hour by
hanr are seducliy8ly drained, either by
floral exchange, attractive advertisement,
or by the downright Fostering oil "Old
keys" eliminate in the great od-clothes'
mart in HOundsditch where Hebrews most
do coagregate. The clothes that are in-
tended 10 remain in this country have TO
be tulored AMI transformed. The "clOb-
bsrer," the ereviver," and tie 'translator,"
/ lay hands upon them. The duty Of the
"clob5erer" Is 70 patch, 20 sew up and to re-
store as far as possible the garments to
their pristine appearance; black cloth gar
ments pass into the hands Of the '.reVive7s,
who rejavenate seedy black cloth coats,
and for tie moment, make thelG look as
good Us new. The "tfanslatOr's" duty is Of
a higher order; his Office is to transform
one garment into another the skirts of
csst,of cost, being the least worn part of
the garment, makes capital wEistcoats and
tunics for children, &c. Hats are revived
in 8 still more wonderful manner; they are |
cut down TO take out the grease marks, re-
lined, and appear in the shops like new |
ones. The streets surrounding the old |
clothes market are full of shops where |
these "clobbered' and revived" goods are |
exposed for sale, and really q stranger to /
the trade would not know but what they /
were new goods.
THE PURCHASERS
There is part of the market also dedi-
Gated to old clothes, male and female,
''clobbered" and revived. It is touching
sight TO see the class of persons who fre-
quent the mems market and turn over the
seedy black garments that are doing their
best to put on a good appearance the
tJil worn clerks, Who for some social reason
are expected TO apparel themselves in
black, and the equally care worn members
of the clerical profession, chiefly curates
whose meagre stipends do MT Termit of
the extravaganza of new suits of clothes
The ladies market is vast wardrobe of
silk dresses, but if we are to believe the
saleswomen, the matrons Of England are
more thrifty than we give them credit for.
Servants come here TO purchase sir No,
indeed, sir, ladies worth hundreds of
pounds" was the reply We got 10 our in
quIlies as to the class ofpurchasers.
EXPORTED MATERIALS.
Black cloth clothes are too far gone to
be "clobbered' and revived are always
sent abroad TO make up caps. France
takes the best Of these old clothes for this
purpose. The Innings are stripped out, and
In this condition they are admitted duty
free as old rags. Russia and Poland, where
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working population, are content with still
more thread bare garments to b. cut up for
this purpose. The great bulk of our cast
of clothes OF all kinds, however. find their
way to two markets-lrelsnda and Holland. |
The old clothes bags of the collectors may,
in fact, be said to be emptied out in the
land Of Erin, as far as the ordinary order
of clothes go, while to Holland only spe-
cial articles of apparel are exported. Sin
gularly enough, the destination of the red
tnrics Of the whole British infantry IS tine
chests of the sturdy Dutchman. There
seems to be some popular belief or super
stiLion in that wster-legged country that
red cloth affords the best protection against
consequently these jackets all
lind their way to the land Of dykes. The
are cut of, and they are made to
button in double-breasted fashion thus
they are worn next to the skin
like g flannel wRistcoat by all careful
DGichmsn among the laboring classes
rbr Irish chiefly favor corduroys, and we
suspect the worn-out legs Of British ANITA
looms of this material are cut off and con-
verted inte breeches for Pat. Where he
gets those wonderful swallow tailed coats
with brass buttons is puzzle to all deal
ers; it is very certain they do not come
from this side of the Chsnnel, ami it is
equally clear they are remnants Of COS
tunes two generations back.