The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-29
WIRE GARMENTS.

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favor of hygienic garments has 6
great deal to answer for. He opened
the way for ell sorts of inventions il
the shape of Combination gar
ments," patent stocking-hslyaH lie,
and shoulder straps Of degree of in
tricacy in comparison with which
running-rigging Of q ship seems sim
pie and clear even to the eye of the
lsndsman. Then came the inventors
of medicinal garments and toilet
articles-gslvanio corsets, electric
tooth-brushes, and magnetic & -rt-rs.
The final result of ell this is that the
advertising pages of the religious
weeklies are filled with wood cuts
that are to the last degree painful TO
the sensitive man, and the columns
of the secular press TEEN with curious
and alarminglY worded advertise
mente.
Perhaps the most astonishing OF
these latter is one that recently sp.
peared in daily paper. The adver-
tiser, or rather RdVertisers-for the
advertisement was signed with the
name Of a frm-snnounced that they
wanted certain wire garments. with.
ont specifying how many pairs they
desired. This is the first intimation
that has appeared that wire has been
used as a material for undertaking
but the fact that the advertisers are
prepared to purchase any number OF
the garments in question shows that
they expect to sell them again, and
are expecting a large demand for
them.
The object in using wire as a ma.
teral for the manufacture of q gar
ment that is believed to be univer.
sally worn by both sexes may be two
fold. The garment in question is
VIGOROUSLY subjected to hard usage,
where hard bottomed chairs
are used. Whether it be made of
linen, cotton, or wool, it ssWill wear
only for a comparatively short time
without needing repairs or becoming
wholly worthless. Now, were this i'm.
portant garment to be made of wire
it would be practically indestructible.
The wearer could ride in springless
Western wagons over corduroy roads,
be could cit through hundreds OF
successive Baptist sermons in primi-
tive meetiug-bouses, and he could |
kpeel as frequently as hard work
ing riIuajist clergy man without wear
ing the smalles hole In his wire
garments. Two pairs would last
even the most active small-boy during
his entire small boyhood, provided
care vas taken 10 keep them welt
coated with zinc or nickel, so as to
prevent them from rustiDg after the
exposure OF the boy to rain OF after
his return from fishing expedition.
Similarly, two pairs would be all that
any man would need, since nothing
less than railway Or mule accident
could SERIOUSLY damage them What
ever might be their 6ret cost, the
wire garments would prove cheaper
IN the end than the cheapest of cot
ton garments, and although they
would not stretch, and hence could not |
accommodate themselves to incress
ing tatness, care would always be
taken by the purchaser to provide |
himslf with a large pair, so that be
could have pleLty of room for iu-
ture development
1t is probable, however, the main |
object OF the Inventor of these wire
garments is to convince the public |
tbst by wearing them all manner OF
disc es Gao be cured. Hitherto all |
metallic uudergarments which have
been put upon the markel-such "a
G.rt-rs and gaIvsnic belts
have 0een sold as remedies TO Gre.
julous invalids, and the new wire
garments undoubtedly belong 10 the
same clase. We shall soon see scores
If published certificates from men VINO
lave been cured by wearing them.
: a Prominent Western Pastor" will |
estify that after wearing them for
hree weeks he was radically cured of
N obstinate brain difficulty which had
prevented him from understanding
DIR. En- erSon's philosophy, and had de.
eioped iphim tendency to read Tup-
'er's "Proverbisl Philosophy" Mr.. II
smith will certify that the wire gar
nents cured him of consumption.
ca.arrh. cholera, and a
'ooden leg. and Mr.. Brown will bless
De inventor for having been the
leans OF rescuing him from srheuma.
o and hydrocephalous grave. Prob
oily the inventor will call himself
Mrs. Windbam" or Mrs. PinkloW u
nd will print at the head of his sd.
ertisment the portrait Of e middle.