Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-26
Price Four Cents.

man shirt first made it's appearance in Europe
 1t was bi-sexual garment. It was visibly l worn by women well as men Gradually 1 and by successive steps, it ceased to be wis | ible part of feminine dress It lost its 1 sleeves in order that women might display | their bare arms, and it lost not merely its l collar, but it's neckband and bosora, in order l that low necked dresses might be effectively worn. Its complete extinction naturally fol 1 lowed It is true that Professor Huxley
 maintains that feminine garment which is | identical in purpose with the masculine shirt I still exists but 1t is only necessary to visit 8
 modern ball room to perceive that the pro lessor is wholly mistaken. The shirt is now exclusively masculine garment and when
 we remember the causes which led to its ex-
 tinction among women, we can understand
 that there is great probability that it will be- come extinct among men
 Of what use would 8 tree be without
 leaves, fruit or bark? Of what use is the
 shirt when the collar and wristbands are in-
 dependent of it and the bosom has become
 invisible? It affords little CT no warmth to
 the wearer. It does not prevent his coat and
 waistcoat from coming in contact with his
 surface, for that duty would be performed by
 his undershirt were the shirt itself unknown. A garment which is neither useful nor visi-
 ble clearly has no claims to respect. On the
 other hand, there are grave charges which can be brought against the shirt It Is the chief means of keeping washervomen in af- huenee and luxury and of keeping struggling young men in poverty. It has wrecked the domestic peace of countless families Eher- ever the tradition that shirts must be made by the wife or mother has been religiously followed, with the result that the shirts thus made never fit anybody, and so give rise to il-temper, profanity, wife murder, and other things inconsistent with peace and happiness.
 bv oh alT fn and worse than useless garmeut? Let them initiate the other sex and boldly discard 1t, wearing in it's place some such neat and ef- fective substitute ss the panier or the dol man.
 Tramps and Their Houses in England.
 From the Psu Mall Gazette.l
 All regular tramp houses-there are irregu- lar ones with peculiar and noteworthy feat ures- are licensed taverns, spirit houses, O., as the phrase goes on the road, "binjo kens," Cfrom it bianco, white, the color of gin). Most of these licenses are very old, indeed, and some are the oldest in the kingdom. Every one of these houses are known far and wide. No tramp, let him come from where he may, ever enters town without very definite ideas to the house where he Is to put up. He has learned all about it-eye, hundred miles of {; and he goes to 1t as readi- ly, and, when inside, conforms as smoothly to all its ways as though he had been born within it's precincts. The custom of such a house Is constant. The tramps' stream thith- CT is perennial. and maintains about the same level season after season, and year after year
 This kind of people, indeed, will halt here and nowhere else so long as the house con- tinues to maintain it's reputation among them and they are much more profitable company than most people would imagine. In great many instances the tramp-house is managed L.-- Ea,, F1- of% is one-the Goat, or, as the genuine tramp prefers to term it the Welsh Buffalo-at w, which has been held by the same people since the days of the long parliament, as records in the possession of the landlord show. They were just the sort to conduct such house successfully. In stature the family has al- ways been gigantic; little too stolid and surly, perhaps, but in temper and tastes tramp all over. For one thing, nobody ever heard of regular marriage taking place among them. The eldest son rules over the family during the 'old mans" life. The younger sons, as a rule, join the police in their native town or elsewhere, but by pref erence in London. Wherever they settle, the fact is worthy of notice they remain to the last in the full confidence of the fraternity among which they have been brought up.
 It is the landlords of these tramp houses who keep up the vagabond organization, and who renew and circulate its signs and pass words from time. The vagabonds themselves could not do it, and never think of doing It. It is difficult to g1ve an idea of the beggar password and sign system, but ws will do the best we can. It has no common center and no uniformity. There may be, and probably there are, fifty different sets of them in Eng land Each has its own domain and thoss domains intersect one another in curious fashion. These landlords form small circles among themselves according to contiguity; and dozen or twenty of these small circles will form one great one. i great circle of tramp andlords-perhRps 1t were better to call 1t oval-may spread fifty miles along one of the great highways and ten and fifteen miles on each side of it. And so far the set of signs and passwords in use therein are good for three months, when they are regularly chang ed. A free tramp pays threepence for the sign and password every time thep are renew ed. All he has to do on these occasions is to go to any landlord of the right sort, give in the old sign and password in due form, and pay his pence. And he has to pay again every time he enters new circle Experience teaches him very well the bounds of each However, when he manifests ignorance on this point he is very soon set right by the landlord, and must purchase the freedom of the new circle in the usual way. He meets with little difficulty here-provided the pence are forthcoming. For the tramp landlord can tell in an instant, by the word and sign given by the tramp, whether the latter is one of the right sort or not. Password and sign, indeed, serve, among other things, as 8 means whereby tramp landlords levy tax upon vagabonds all over the country.
 The uses of this vagabond freemasonry are manifold. It teaches the vsgabond whom he may safely consort and traffic with every where The man who gives the right response to the ID stic word and sign is invariably the one in whom confidence may be safely repos- ed. On the roadside the exchange of these tokens is immediately followed by free sx- change of recent experiences. to the benefit of both parties Nor is this all. The vagrant out of luck Is entitled to all the assistance his more fortunate brother can render, and in- variably receives it. A fortunate vsgrant never objects to picking up brother in a bad plight and treating him to supper, bed and breakfast, besides starting him on his next days journey with few pence in his pocket The uninitiated vagrant notices, as he cannot help noticing, the constant use of these signs and countersigns on the road, and the effects that follow them and numer- ous instances. He often sees fellow as bad Iy off as himself picked up and made much of by perfect stranger, and for no reason on earth he can see, except that one address es another with an apparent unmeaning catchword. He picks up the word and em- ploys 1t on all occasions, in the hope that some time or other it may bring the like for tune to himself. Other silly ones catch it from him, ahd use it for no reason at all that they can give as a salutation. Thus spread over the country such phrases as Have you seen Simpson ?" ''Is Murphy right ?'' tSIs your father working! 7"
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