Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-18

The death OF Poole, the great London
tailor. which wss announced q few week :
sSorf ne summer vscsiions and exciting 10 e
wrath OF number OF the most fashionable
young men OF tbs COUNTRY. wno have been
Cor years IN the han.s Of sending over for
In order 10 become one Of Poose,s c1sto-
mers, 10 was necessary 20 be iDtroiucsd add
voUched for by sotse patron Ia good stand
circle. che re sn Huets s Was trsassd IKE s
brother. Poole's shop was, In fact, q free
club house, and every morning some OF LIS
resident customers dropped In 70 drink ths
read the papers. Customers who lived out
OF town employed Poole's as a sort OF fr.e9d-
~ agency 70 procure them anything they de-
sired, from book 70 a dozen OF wine. Gus
TONERS who lived In other countries dened
the revenue authorities; for 10 was quite the
thing for Poole 20 ask Lord This to take
with him In his trunks TO Paris, Vienna, or
New York, Captain That's trousers, or coats,
snd the requests were never refused. Better
than all, Poole never sued for an account.
II you paid him cash, you astonished him
very much, And he deducted fifteen per cent.
from your bill. III You did not pay him
cash, he charged you dive per cent. interest,
and let the account run along until you were
poole was better than q father 20 me-"
said one OF his noble patrons. "He dressed
me for nothing III came Of age. and then
loaned me the money Ia pay his bill"
The practice OF Pooe's American custom
ers has been TO have their clothes sent over
In care OF travelling friends, aud To pay their
accounts when they revisit Europe. Poole
was perfectly satisfied with this arrange
mert. Long bills meant more clothes, and
bis profit upon an Americans OUTFIT on Lon
don aud the continent was not TO De despised.
On The other hand, his customers did not
have TIE trouble OF purchasing gold or bay
ing bills OF exchange N order 10 settle their
accounts promptly. In this way many OF
them have run up pretty large debts, extend
ing over two. three, four, or i've years. Nov
the great Poole Is dead, and his exec itor in
sists that these accounts must be settled
forthwith. Charles Il. Bingley, OF Lond Do,
10 the name OF this stern executor. The drst
application is a civil letter, req uesting q re-
mittaDoe OF the account with Interest to
date; bat the hand OF iron beneath the glove
OF Kid Is shown In the concluding pnrase,
"that needless litigation may be avoided"
This sudden demand for cash, with gold At a
premium, explains the excitement among
our golden youth.
company. For years Mr.. Poole has not per-
sonally superintended the tailoring depart
ment: but, like Baron Grant, he had discov-
TO the social and the n,oney-iending branches
OF the business. Since his death the clothes
turned out have doubtless been rs good as
ever, but the executor will certainly Kill the
business by threatening the old customers
with the law, and thus destroying one OF the
Fundamental rules OF the house.
The peculiartties OF Poole's clothes were
the excellence OF materials and workman
| ship. Wear them out, hang them away for
few months, and they turned mp again APP
| parently a. good as new. In this respect his
| garments were unequaled. As TO cut, bis
trousers TO rival the New York and Paris
I tailors, and OF late years the best dressed
| men In London 10y whom we do not mean
the greatest men, woo, from the Prince OF
1 Wales TO Disraeli, are ordinarily ill-dressei)
| have ordered their coats and waistcosts
from Poole and their trousers from Others.