Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-08-21
MISFITS FOR MEN.
Suits That They WIN Neither Pay for nor Wear
Just After the Making.


"Misfits are partly a fact, partly an
advertisement" remarked the clothing
dealer. at isn't very original idea,
we taliors borrowing it from the carpet
men, with whom it has been a feature
Tor many years. There are insists and
misnts. Sometimes cutter makes a
serious mistake, and coat or trousers
cannot be used by the customer: but
the mistake must be very bad one
which good tailor can't fix up. Mis-
nus OF TINS sort are lard things to dis
pose OF, as you'll have to wait a long
time before you'll get buyer to suit
A much commoner misfit is where fell
low, stranger, orders suit, paws a
deposit. and goes away and never comes
back. The courts say you've rot to
hold 1t reasonable time, and then sell
1t Tor what it will bring. This happens
much oftener than YOU think. Some
Times It's man who is tight, some
Tunes Its gambler or crook who's
maze what they call winner but
more often its visitor to the city who
suddenly finds he's spent nearly all his
money and has just got enough to reach
nome with. Now and then a man OF
tins kind will come in, make a clean
breast OF it, and want US to divide the
deposit" ' 'N0
do you ever divide?''
mot too often. Surprising a man
orders S25 suit, and pays Si2 on ac-
count. If he comes back and paws the
balance our profits are, say, Sc. If he
don come. and we sell it as a misfit we
won get more than SIC or Sl8 for it.
ana then have to wait some time. |
could generally afford to pay him So or
"a BACK and call it square. Not MANY
90 come back, however, and they are
chleily gamblers who are out of luck.
ana have got to have some money!
why are SO many misflts of queer
colors?" 80
"Ihat's another point. Every wear
there are some entelprising tailors or
manufacturing houses that will start
new styles. Sometimes they make a
Int and do very well. One Broadway
house last year got hold of a neat braid
pattern and sold | don't know how
much of il. After an article catches
the public fancy, especially if its i'm
ported, it takes time for rival house
to get the same made-up goods into the
market. But just as often the venture
fails, and then we misfit dealers buy nm
the unstable stock. Now there's a
good green-and-red suit which cost S18
to manufacture. The colors were too
loud, and nobody would buy it. | got
it very low, and am selling for SIS.
And SO far as style and quality 60 it's
as good as S25 suit Sometimes too.
we buy at auction and assignee's sales.
only we don't often get good chances
for bargains"
'Then misfits are all new clothesp''
"They ought to be, and all here are,
but some dealers buy secondhand
clothes slightly worn, fix them up, and
then sell as new. There are a good
many swells who wear a suit only a
short time and then give it to one of
their servants. A suit like this is almost
as good as new. Clean them, sponge
and press them, and only tailor can
tell them from a brand new article.
"There's one particular about mis-
fits. They demoralize customer. If
he cant get something already made
to suit him, he won't order anything
substantial, but wants bargain, some
thing cheap and snowy. Before went
into misfits had number of custom
ers that bought fine imported goods.
But nowadays it's all changed, and all
they care for is cheap article. There
ain so much money in the business as
in the regular trade, but it's a good deal
livelier.'