Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-12-02

gOOo nH new. Th0 "tonal6tor8' duty 10 OF |
higher order; his office is to transform one
garment Into Another-the skirts Of a oabt-oh |
coat, being the least worn part OF the garment.
make capital Waistcoais aud tunics for children,
&c. Hats are revived in still more wonder
ful manner they are cut down to take out the
grease marks, refined and appear in the shop
like new ones. The streets surrounding the old
clothes market are full OF shops where those
"clobbered" aud "revived' goods are exposed
for sale, and really stranger TO the trade would
uot know but what they we're new goods.
THE PURCHASERS.
There Ia q department OF the market also
dedicated to old Clothes male and female,
"clObbored" and revived. II 10 a touching sight
to see the class OF persons who frequent the
mems market, and iurn over the seedy black
garments that are doing their best to Put on
good appearan ance--the toil-worn clerks, who for
some social reason expected to apparel them.
salyes in blaok, and the equally careworn mem
bers OF the clerical profession, chiefly curates
whose meagre stipenls do not permit Of the ex-
trayagance Of new cults Of clothes. The ladies'
market is vast wardrobe Of silk dresses. but
II we to believe the sales omen, the matrons
Of England are more thrifty than we give them
credit for, "ServAnts come hero to purchase,
sir No. indeed, sir ladies worla hundreds OF
pounds was the reply We got TO our inquiries
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EXPORTED MATERIALS.
Black cloth cloths that are too far gone 10 be
"clcbbored" and "rsvived" are always sent
abroad to be cut up to make caps. France takes
the best Of these old clothes for this purpose
The Innings are stripped out, aud in this cOndl-
ton they are admitted duty free as old rags
Russia and Poland, where caps seem TO be uni.
versaly worn by the working population, are
content with still more threadbare garments to
b. cut up for this purpose. The great bulk OF
our ckst-oH clothes Of all kinds, however, find
their way to two markets--Ireland and Holland
The old clothes bags may, 10 fact, be said to be
emptied out In the land Of Erin, aa far as the
ordinary order Of clothes go, while to Holland
only special articles Of apparel are. exported
Singularly enough, the destination OF the red
tunes Of the whole British Infantry is the chests
OF the sturdy Dutohman. There seems to be
some popular belief or superstition in that
waler-logged country that red cloth affords the
best protection against rheumatism consequept-
ly these jackets all fnd their way to the land Of
dykes. The sleeves are cut on, and they are
made to button in a double breasted fashion
thus remodeled, they are worn next to the akin
like flannel Waiatcoat by all careful Dutchmen
among the laboring classes. The Irish chiefly
favor corduroys, and we suspect the worn-out
legs OF Brltish pantaloons Of this material are
cut of and converted into breeehes for Pat
Where he gets those wonderful HWallow-tailed
coats with brass buttons is a puzzle to all the
dealers it ia very certain they do not come from
this side Of tho Channel, and II Is equally el ear
they are remnants Of costume two generations
back.
UNIFORMS AND LIvRRlKs.
Our readers will perhaps have noticed the
special asidiy the dealers in old clothes evince
Tor all kinds OF regimenlals, full dress iiveriea
volunteers unifoTns. beadles' coats SO. Any
thing specially splendid in this line is marked
by the collectors ae a sportsman marks any rare
and brilliantly pummRged bird, and ultimately
il is sure to be bugged by them. Ons of lhs
largest dealers in London in these SNOWY dresses
once said to us, seeing guardsman 40, ng along
the street, "a thousand to one that coat comee
into my banda" Really the inevitabiity there
appears TO be about the destination Of these
regimentals, II known to their wearers, should
make them very uncomfortable The dealers
would, if they could, strip them of their backs
just as IN eel woman skins an eel
4 Lord Mayors footman's fun dress livery il
viewed BY ihese gentry with wolAsh eyes. These
are the great prizes Of the profession, aud their
hatbarc splendors are destined for a special
market--tbe south coast Of Africa, where nature
puts on her most gorgeous apparel, and the
great ones of the land are determined TO have
something to match. Travellers often tell Us Of
the marvellous appearance Of the chiefs Of these
parts when in full mutt; but We scarcely ex-
pecied TO hnd our old clothes dealers the regular
costuniisTq of these sable dienitaries. transmit
ting regimenias, laced iiveriss, and cooked hats
as regularly 10 them as London tailor eend.
his clothes to his country customers. AnJ
Munibo Jumbo will not be put of with inferior
articles thu slightest blemsh in color or in
ierlorlty in cloth is instantly detected and ie.
Jected by these semi -savRges, hence the great
est care is necessary in catering for their wauts
II IS just possible that the Lord Mayors for these
last dozen years would be able 70 recognize theil
own splendid liveries on the backs Of a oouuoi
OF these potentates, IL they could ever be 20
together for any purpose whatever. We our
selves saw an assortment Of we'll preserved
lIveries Of the heir to the proudest throne in th
world just being packed for expectation to the
grand destination Of all fine veries we have jusI
mentioned. 1t should be some solaee to thu
parish beAdle that his clothes, instead Of de
scending 10 the social acalo like those Of ortli
nary eiVlliAns, 10 destined to fame upon the bacl
OF some 0utOorat who holds the lives Of thou
sands Of men at his disposal, instead Of onI,
Oeing The emblems OF terror to poor parish boys
THE wAIsTcoArs.
There is one odd item OF old clothes that ba,
q singular history. There are still a certain
class in the community addicted TO the use o
silk velvet waistcoats. This GLASS is general,
to be found among the well.io.do tradesmen o
country towns. The longevity Of q black sill
velvet waistcoat ia proverbialj 1t will not veal
out. After adornlng the respectable corpora
ton OF some provincial grocer until he is tho
roughly tired OF II, what does our reader thinl
ls lta ultimate destination The pate of som,
street German or Polish Jew. In obedience Il
a habhlnoial law il is not considered right b,
some OF tne more conscientious Hebrews to q
uncovered, and these secondhand waistooat
are brought up to make skull-oaps for their use
RAGS.
When old clothes are too bad for AnythIn,
else, they are still good enough for sh oddly ant
mungo. IL 10 not many years since Mr. Fer
rand denounced the ''devil'B dust" of the York
shire Woollen manufactures; this DEVILS dus
arises from the grand translation Of old olotI
into new. Bailey, Dewsbury, and Leeds hav
been described IS the grand centres of woollel
rags-the tatterdemalion capitals, into whiol
are drawn all the greasy iroWsy, cast off clothes
Of Europe, and whence issue the pilot cloths
me Pe'ershams, the beavers, the Talmas, th
ebesteIhelds, and the Mohairs in which GU
modern dandies di5pOrt themselves The oil
rags after bcig reduced to the condition o.
WOOL ny enormous toothed wheels, are mixel
with varying amount of fresh wool. and ID,
whole then worked up into the fabrics we haV,
mentioned, which now have the run Of fashion
IL rs estimated that shoddy and mnugo suppl
the materials for third OF tho woollen mana
IacIures OF this country. Here Ia a grand trans
formation No man oRu say that the material
Oh the coat he is wearing has not been alread
on 'he Daek OIL some greasy beggar.
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