Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-13


"If anybody thinks that the inventive
genius OF the American people is on the
wane he's hopelessly left, that's all, re.
marked one Of the leading patent lawyers Of
with his feet on the ofiice table and smoked
patent Connecticut cigar, warranted to de-
eetfe The most expert judge of Havnna to-
bacco "Jamer," he continued, addressing
the Office boy, bring me that package that
came from Washington yesterday"
The lad produced a large paper parcel,
from which the lawyer took what was to all
appearances an ordinary colored shirt, be
Ing apparently of white linen, with a small
design In the formof horseshoe and jockey
cap stamped all over the bosom and cuffs.
u have just taken out patent on this for
q man III Lpckawanna county, who ais II
ette." Here the speaker inserted his thumb
nail at the bottom of the shirt bosom and
proceeded TO tear off y layer OF the paper
OF which the shirt was made. He then
TORE ovr ANOTHER LAYER,
And then smother and another, until six
separate sheets In the shape Of the bosom
lay on the table and still he held what
looked like the original shirt in his hand
"You see It's really n remarkable idea.
Here Is this shirt. made of very tough paper,
that won't tear without good deal of press
ure. and the bosom IL made up Of seven lay
ers, one for each day In the week. II a
man chooses to be lavish with his
linen, or II he likes TO be an out
and-out swell, he can change half a
dozen times aday. Now, on this sample all
made In all sorts of styles. so that fellow
can wear this horse shoe figure II he wants
TO go to Coney Island TO the races, or a
crossed baseball bit design. II he is going
les, or a little design in dots and bars. or
something OF that sort, II he Is going off
with his girl To Atlantic City or the
matinee. That1l be all fxed by giving a
- a. III - s.Il
ON each OF the seven fronts. which win be
numbered from one to seven. Enough col
lars and cuffs will go with each shirt for the
seven fronts. and the who.e outfit Will be
sold for the small sum OF 80 cents for the as
sorted patters and 35 cents for the all white
Why It's the biggest thing that has been
struck since the telephone wns patented"
But, what about the novelette, part Of the
scheme?"
"Ah, | had forgotten to show you; see
this, ,"and the lawyer handed over one Of the
torn-off shirt fronts, on the back OF which
was printed In fine type
THE CHATTER OF STORY
Entitled, 1.-THE Phantom Jockey, Romance
of Sheepshead Bay" "rhere you are, chap
ter | OF a sporting novelette,, aud it's contin.
ued and finished on the other six fronts or
course. sometimes you Will run across the
same yarn twice on two shirts, but some
thousands Of different stories will be
printed, and the lots made up so AS to give
| each city and town as few duplicates as pos
sible. Anyhow, the card will tell you what
| story Is on the shirt and you can be careful
not to buy the same one twice. Some men
will get so Interested in the story when they
| rip off Mondays front that they will tear the
| whole week of so as to learn tine heros fate,
but that will be all the better and is, indeed,
part OF the scheme in printing them at all.
| oh. tell you, this invention is going to be a
| great go, and, aside from Its other virtues.
| will do more toward driving the Chinese
| laundrymen back to their native land than
all the political howls that were ever
heard"