Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
How the Panic Affects the Fashions of
Cleveland's Young Men.

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Cleveland's Young Men.
Owing to the unprecedented tipbtpes
OF the money market, and the fact tina
most OF the young men of Cleveland ha,
their boarded earnings in Eastern savings
banks that failed, there will be decide,
change In gentlemen's fashions for the fal
and winter, and we have been at SOM
pains and expense to ascertain what will
not be worn this winter by the differen
social representatives who have heretofor,
oeen the ''model of fashion,"
| INN summer goods viii be worn fa
INTO the winter by many, especially by
clerks ON a salary of less than SIS pei
week.
A very neat pair of trowsers may b,
made by vanishing white duck pants witt
a compound of lampblack and molasses
and before the last coat has dried. sitting
coal-dust and black sand over the garment
These suits cannot be told from the finest
black cashmere by experts unless the lat
ter chew them. The molasses renders the
cloth soft and pliable, while the coal dust
and black sand give it a map" that is ele-
CANT, and the wearer of these breeches NAV
stand on the banks of Lake Erie, and defy
the Canadian blasts that whistle through
the clothes of others poorly clad. Old
linen pants that have been worn all sum-
mer, can, by being dipped i'm a kettle OF
hot Indian pudding or mush, be made to
look like new, and the fabric acquires a
body that will resist anything but rain
storm or goat.
Shirts will lowing to the high price of
soap, and hysterical condition of the
washerwomen) be worn of a darker shade
than Hftrinnr la l.
hack drivers, whom tyrannical city gov
ernment denies the use of street spittoons,
and who are compelled to expectorate
against the wind, will wear bosoms of any
color, ornamented with designs in tobacco
juics.
Many of the billiard-room proprietors
in the city have permitted their patrons to
chalk over their shirt-bosoms, as well as
cues, without extra charge. This act of
generosity enables many young man to
sport a white shirt-bOsom, who would
otherwise be unable to afford the luxury.
Stockings will be worn only by the
wealthy, but the poor and ambitious young
clerk may enjoy very good
substitute by sprinkling a mixture of
cayenne pepper and sawdust in his boots
each morning. BY doing this and eating
a mackerel breakfast he can keep warm and
dry in the most inclement weather.
To the young man who cannot afford to
purchase new silk hat this fall, and who
is afraid to steal one, we would say that
old silk hats may be remodeled into new
and fashionable tiles by soaking them IN
brine two or three days, then pressing
them into the shape desired and drying
over a slow fire.
Underclothing of very good quality may
De made out OF newspapers. We know
young bank clerk on Superior street, who
wears diamond and whose outward ap-
pearance Is faultless, yet for years this
young. man has wrapped newspaper
lround each leg for drawers, and his
bosom iscoyered with several layers of the
Tribune.
A dress coat is indispensable to the ward
-obe of any young male person who min
sles much in society, and many a noble
youth will be debarred from social festivi-
les this winter because of his inability to
)wn coat whose tails are of that peculiar
PATTERN known as swallow-tail I" or
'clawhammer." But there is relief even
or this class. Every young man owns
'oD-tailed or business coat, and of late sew
,ral establishments have been opened i'm |
his city, where coat-tlils can be rented, |
70 that for few cents the poverty-stricken |
Individual may transform his everyday |
'oat into a dress coat. These patent coat |
ails are of all shades and sizes, easily adj |
listed and warranted to give satisfaction. |
Patched boots will be worn considerably |
Turing the winter, though where the up |
'ers are badly worn rubbers will be used. |
n case the wearer's toes protrude or his |
leel is visible, a little putty will remedy |
he trouble, though many prefer to black
md polish the exposed meat. and this,
When skillfully done, will hardly be de-
ected, even by the police.
Old straw hats covered with bed-ticking,
nd ornamented with a ROSTERS feather,
re not only cheap and durable, but quite
s ''nobby' as the ''fau styles" in the win
ows of the hat stores which cost money.
For parties and balls where comfort is
ot sacrificed to style, buckskin gloves and
heepskin mittens are permitted, but these
hould be removed while at the table.
Shirts have been discarded altogether by
lany of the high-toned young squirts who
i've to Superior street that gay appearance
possesses about dinner time. No espe-
ial change, however, is noticeable i'm the
utward appearance of these two-legged1
nbe-roses, their shirt-bosoms (of paper)
nd cuffs are displayed, regardless of cost,
nd they had rather lose a meal than to
1alk two blocks without cuff i'm sight.
No gentleman feels dressed without at
,ast one article of jewelry on his person.
he has no Intimate lady friend who will
ermit him to wear her sleeve-buttons or
iamond ring, he falls back on oxidized
liver ornaments. A mule shoe, procura-
lie at any blacksmith shop, makes fash
,nable bosom or scarf-pin, while two sar-
inc boxes can, by little labor, be trans
,rmed into pair of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
az Voice.