Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
Mr. Greeiey's Clothes.

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Mr.. Greeiey's Clothes.
Mr.. Greeley throughout life was
twitted with his slovenliness Of person.
and many people were made to believe
that he incurred the risk of being sold
for a bag of ancient rags whenever he
passed moo Ann Street The fit and
quality of his clothes were not what
Grammont or D'Orsay would have rec
commended; ; but he was always scrupu-
lonsly clean Beethoven himself hav-
ing no greater passion for the bath
/ His linen was ever immaculate 4; his
boots, though often coarse, well black
ed; his face carefully shaven, and his
hands as daintily kept as those of fine
woman. His crayat had a tendency, it
is true, to assume the shape Of hang
man 5 knot, and his trowscrs were Of
ten suggestive ofrequired continuance
but that he was really slovenly was
palpably false. The idle tales that he
disarransed his toilet before the looking
glass, and carefully squeezed his pan
falcons into the Lee Of his boot ere he
appeared on the street, were purposely
told to annoy him, and strange to sav.
they had the effect intended He was
sensitive on the subject Of bis dress,
and seldom received advice thereupon
with becoming equanimity. Oddly
enough, he believed himself a very
well-attlred person, and that few men
IN his station went better clad. Sar-
torial comments were wont to draw
from him sharp and Stinging replies.
" hen city editor Of the Tribune
once suggested the reformation of his
neck-tie, Mr.. Greeley answered You
don't like nv dress, and | don't like
,vour department. Il you have any
improvements to make, please begin at
home.
James Watson Webb while editor
.of the Courier anil Enqtircr, was fond
ot crluclslng the costume Of his neigh
Dor, who, referring 20 the fact that
Mr.. Webb had been sentenced to the
State prison, and parlone,l, for fight
inc duel with Thomas +. Marshall.
made this extineuishinp reioinder ::
.'Aasuradly no costume in which the
editor Of the TciL,oe has ever anDear-
ed would create such . sensation in
Broadway as that James Watson Webb
would have wor, hnt e., the c,anoncv
Of Goyernor sor,or1
10 a,otbo, ;o,,rno1;a+ no+o1 Far b;s
,,o+;1;noss and bic r;d;cnla of NJ
Groolov tho I,++or rosno,dod .If our
fn;on5 of +bo ,uto ,-oors ,,o,,r,
;n. g.. h;s 1oo,r4oa ,,.u,a;+,- ,,lar h;a
& ,a;,, IN ns.,> - ..r,r;sa h;1
svsto,o With a h,tl wo nav attsnnt a
clean discussion with him )
The iIlnst,ious editor was simply
o,rnloss of his ,tt;ro +bonch f,et;l;nns-
~ naot 15n ,v,s .I,,a,,S g bnsv thst
wbon ho roso !, tho mor,;po, ba nnt
IN +ho 6r,4 th;,,, bo f,rnI md coma
t;nos ba ,,;d nof NM i moro tba, half
an U;s cIotbos navar seemed to ST
him or rarher bn ncvar sonmed to fit
h;s c,otho. Tbo vo,dor with many of
his ac,na;ntance vas where he bonrht
them. or whether thew did not grow. so
tana 'n ~ uot.o" ~ WI .aa ..o'l Wv na ~ todaar
tha-,o ,.;4r, h;,, aad =, d;sn1avaI tho
b;rbos+ hrood;,,r hT- noror ,II,j;nr 70
x5a+ vi ho ,rora + :, snnnosoJ he cot
his % rarTants ro,jy-maJa n have beeD
tol5 bic w;c, ,raa :, +Lo hab;+ of mr.
eh,s;n, thoul a,5 - .svo t;,oo bo
tool- tIo 6rs+ a,rt;oIos offereI Uo was
tho ooIv Was VarLor nf note who va
ncateIjy anneared in the street in the
,norp;,.r ~ = drossooat R,t ho made
annie atonomant f,r this hv nresont;np
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