The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-30
The Dude bY the Sea,

aSceftalned what dude outfit is
for the seashore by close obversation of
one of the species. He brings with him
light overcOat, straw, 8 beaver and
derby hat; dark, cutaway frock suit,
light sack suit, an evening suit, an
extra pair of trousers, and an English
shooting jacket, with belt, which he
fancies is some kind of travelling coat.
He combines these in such manner as
to produce q wonderful series of cos
TUNES on the plan invented by Sir Pier
Gle Shafton. who tells how his -four
suits of pure and elegant device" might
be so changed about as, ''as it were to
renew each of them and multiply the
four into twelve" Thus my dude man.
aged: He came to the hotel wearing
his shooting jacket, his extra trousers
and the derby hat, late in the afternoon.
This gave him an opportunity to walk
up and down the veranda and display
his toilet before supper. He came down
to the supper table attired in the dark
corkscrew cutaway suit and wore the
beaver hat in the SmOking-room during
the evening. Iii the morning he APP
pe:'red ut breakfast wearing the light
sack suit, III which he posed until din
ner time, his head adorned with the
straw hat. After dinner he began tc
combine He put on the cutaway coat,
with the extra trousers and the derby
hat, and lasted until supper-time thus
appareled. He came down to his yes.
per feed attired in the trousers that be.
longed to the cutaway suit, and his sack
coat and vest, with the brown hat. His
next combination was to wear the shoot
I1f.E q
derby hat. Now he has begun to change
about with his waistcOats, and though
he has been here ten days, and changed
his spots three times day, he has not
yet suffered the ionominy of appearing
twice in that same costume. When he
has made all combinations possible with
these suits-which mathematical calcu-
lation proves to be eighty-one-he will
change about with his three scarfs and
three scarf pins, wearing first the blue
scarf and the horse shoe pin, then the
white scarf with the lawn-tennis bat.
then the bride scarf and the horse shoe,
and SO on ad intinitum. l conceived
quite an affection for this dude-at n dis
tance; he seemed so patient while suf-
fering in his clothes, and | pitied him
when he came into dinner ut noon. He
had suspendered up his trousers until
he was actually swinging in them and
could not put his foot to the. floor with
any certainty whatever. The table
where he had previously taken his meals
was situated in the northeast corner OF
the dining room, and when he got to the
foot of the stairs he steadied himself by
the balustrade, held his head up straight
to preserve his bearings, knowing that
to stop on the way was to topple. Well,
he pushed himself off from the balus-
trade and started. But, alas! The
head waiter had seated another person
in the northeast corner, and he politely
motioned to the dude to take seat in
the southwest angle of the dining room.
The dude was in agony. He was wound
up and steered for the northeast, and 'tc
to stop or turn abruptly was destruc-
ton. Therefore he moved on straight
like Il thing of life, cut wide circle
about the room, just managed to escape
q collision with the other tables, and
finally moved intelligently up and sank
into the chair before the proper table in
a state of collapse.-N. Y. Times.