The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-10
WELL-DRESSED
For Once and His Fundest Day
Dreams Realized.
a Young WorkIngnIan Fits Himself
Out Ia food Cistss At = Cost
OF About Six Hundred
Dollars.


uptown jewelers. yesterday attracted n great
denl of attention. His coat was of country
cut and well worm, his trousers were baggy,
and his shoes were Of a design new to Rev
York. They were made OF grain leather.
Yet he wore a high hat In the most fashion
able shape and glossy exterior, and two
clerks were piling up jewels on the showcase
before him.
IN tell you how it is, HNsaid he; "Im from.
Pittsburg, and I've come into a little money
after working hard all my life. I've always
said I'd like to dress up first class from head
TO toe, though L never really expected To he
able u. But now I've got quite some money,
and I'm agoing to go back in as good shape
as any man in Pennsylvania. Whatn DO the
price Of the best umbreIlar
We'll, said the clerk, I'VE nave got them
at from = to S75-the gold. headed ones are
s75.r
"CrnckyI said the young man, "Ill have TO
change my tune, | guess. | don't want to be
a fool. A silver-headed umbrella will do,
and so viii be the outside figure. You see,
l didn't know how much things cost. First |
went and got silk drawers, silk undershirts,
and silk stockings. The stockings cost - "A
pair. and the shirts and drawers $40 apiece.
| got two sets, and that cost $50. Then l got
two shirts for 81 each, and n couple OF dollars
$500 'AAAAk AA1 AAAoN hAAAo a
got a set back wns when | went for a hat. 1t
was on Broad way. / amt going of Broad
way, because want the best. Well, | wanted
the INCHES priced hat, and they brought out
one Tor <23-the dafndest looking thing ever
you saw. IL was white, and made of ottnr
fur. L got his silk one for $40, and l guess
this is good enough. l went to a tailor's and
got a nice black diagonal suit for $50, and "a
beaver overcoat, lined with satin, for 500.
There may be higher priced clothes, but the
goods suited me. and the tailor said there
wasn't anything better for mo in his shop il /
was the biggest man in Pennsylvania. That's
what want. Pm close as n monkey on II
floating log, but I'm going to fit out first
class just for once, il save all the more the
rest OF my life. I've got to wait here most a
week for my clothes, and I'm payin' 81 n day
indoors, and about as much outdoors, but |
don't care just this once
He got n silver-headed umbrella for 500.
He asked h a pair Of sleeve buttons would
cost, and was visibly amazed at hearing that
he might pay BOO for i~ntaglios and ms high
az $50 for gold ones, He got u pretty pair
Tor SIS. He paid Sl2 for a gold pencil and
- FOR a silver toothpick, although the clerk
showed him toothpicks for double the money.
A set of shirt studs worth 500 staggered
him, and he got "A moderately plain set for
10 hAltH IL IlilGu boN, Dul
on being shown one for $500 said that as IL
was the only one worth having, and yet was
= ridiculous thing to pay so much for, he
wouldn't buy any. Finally he came to the
watches.
Now, said he, Il want n good gold watch,
and want one that | won't be ashamed to
haul out before any lady in the world. The
truth is | don't live right in Pittsburg, but |
come from close by there, and there's a good
many swells whore | belong, and I'm worth
more than the whole OF 'em, and l amt
agoin' to take u back seat when l get there.
L suppose you can show me watches for
$5O0-"
Seven hundred dollars, SIR said the clerk
our repeater and split-second watches are
800. But IL you want a good frst-clnss
watch, as good for all practical purposes as
any that was ever made, take one of these for
5000"
That is what the young man did. though
not until he had handled n 800 watch Tor
several minutes most tenderly and with
longing In his eyes. He could afford IL, he
said, but he thought it would be foolish.
Curious thingl" he said, quite irrelevantly
Il don't feel as II l had 10 much money, after
All. l came here to get the very best of every
thing, but believe when | 60 back / won't
have any OF the highest-priced things except
hhpSoi "a III unuefclOthes. NOW, l thought
81 would buy the best shoes on Broadway:
but when came to get them they cost SIS.
They are beauties though. They have mo-
dunn soles and patent leather up over the
foot, about like n slipper, and from the
leather up o the ankle they have wha:
anu called ~stocidngets, that is, black silk up
pens with ticsh-colored kid under them
"But they are evening shoes.n
"Oh, are theyi Well, don't care what
they are. l guess they'll take the cake whore
they're going, day or night. Well, what do
you suppose | paid for handkerchiers-silks
of counsel Why, | paid So each, and S. for
s~uspenders, and g. for a p~enkniSe."
ave have some jeweled suspender attach.
ments at Sl2O-very beautiful, indeed said
the clerk.
"Oh, never mind showing EN-" said the
young man.
He bought u comparatively plain vest
chain, n d0tble one, for SIj, and then said
that he did not think there was ANYTHING else
that he wanted except gloves, and he had
priced them and found that the very best
kids only cost s., though he could pay SIS II
he wanted sealsdn. He jotted down his
purchases on a card, and when lie came 10
calculate the total he said that at first he had
thought It would reach $500, then 800. and
TINT now it was evident that by the time he
had spent IA week in town at 50 a day and
paid his fare back to his homo $3.50 would be
about the full amount he would have ex-
pended