Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-08-20
A Tailor Talks.

ing establishment sat in front of his
store last night, gazing at the passing
multitude, or rather that portion of the
multitude who wore trousers and coats.
While to the moralists the crowd
represented human weakness and human
vanity, to the tailor 1t was but the con-
stituency Of diagonal and broadcloth,
much of which, he thought complacen-
tly, had emanated from his own store.
The tailor had book in his hand. He
had been reading. He had Just ordered
an emplOye to put a handsome remnant
IN the window among SIS. suits, and
if any one should happen to select that
remnant, to say it was the last piece
and could not be had, but that some
thing could be purchased closely resem-
bling it. Having successfully manipu-
lated this stroke of diplomacy, the
tailor turned to young man who was
anxious to ask questions.
You don't want q suitp" he asked.
''No; see you want to talk. Well, L
like to supply any information in my
power. l don't think we shall have any
very strlkingly new things this winter.
Mems fashions never change radically.
There has been rumOr to the effect
that knee-breeches are to be worn this
winter, but don't believe 1t. People
spoke about 1t last year, and there was
no result. Do you know why there
never will be?"
The young man did not.
well, it's simply this: Men would
be ashamed to show what feeble calves
they've got. Those who would patro-
nize knee-breeches would be society
men, and their calves amt worth q
cent, as a rule. l suppose you know
that absence Of calf is a sign of deteri-
Grating species. That's not an original
idea, but an old established fact. The
lowest kind Of sayages have no calves
and you don't suppose our New York,
ers would lay themselves open to a new
classification, do you? l know them
better. 1 could mention to you a
dozen prominent men-lawyers and
brokers-who haven't a calf among
them. Comes from sedentary habits
and an indifference to athletics"
Didn't Oscar Wilde wear knee
breeches? l am sure his habits were
sedentary enough"
''Ha, ha!' laughed the tailor, "there-
by hangs tail. Oscars calves were
padded with nice little wads of cork
and silk, and while such deceit may
exist in one man, L don't believe it
could in twenty. No, sir, you'll never
see knee breeches, though know the
question will be brought up again."
"Will there be no new styles in
everyday suits?"
"LoOk here. young man; thing that
very soon the question of dress suits
will be taken up. Among my custo-
mers there's a growing dislike to the
cIawhammer. Men have come to the
not unreasonable conclusion that
some way from their Wallets and walters.
The ordinary swallOwtsll is undoubtedly
more suited to the waiter than to the
gentleman. Dear mel" said he Of the
scissors, laughing, ''hOw / remember
an awful mistake made. Twas at the
Casino concert one Sunday night, about
two months ago. Ange'e was singing,
and CapOul was In the lobby listening
and waiting for her. / came i'll and
ran up to dreSs-coated man who was
standing by an aisle, and who, I
thought, was an usher. Show me to
seat, says I, for was in a hurry,
and be quick about IT. You should
have seen the glance of hate and impo-
tent rage he cast upon me as he ex-
claimed. 'Tonnerre de chienI vous
m'insultez,' and he was about to strike
me when suddenly became aware of my
mistake and apologized. l, a man Of
cotton and tape, to be caught by the
tricks of Clothes" remarked the tailor
in disgust. mo, sir, l strongly favor
the new movement. which would adopt
another form of dress apparel for gen.
tlemen. All the dudes are with me,
am glad TO say"
"Why glad?"
81 like dudes, -" said the tailor, fondly,
''They're good fellows. They don't
want credit; they're inoffsnsive and
kindly, and the only thing they require
is admiration. They are clothes-wear-
ing men, pure and simple. Only look
at them and they're quite satisfied
merely this and nothing more.' With
the dudes on my side III win the dress
suit contest"