The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-09-20
nIlstIts FOR Men.


ssNlisfits are partly q fact, partly an
advertisement, remarked the chothing
dealer. ut isn't very original idea,
we tailors borrowing it from the carpet
men, with whom it has beena feature
for many years. There are misiits and
mistits. Sometimes cutter makes d
serious mistake. and coat or trousers
cannot be used BY the customer; but the
mistake must beia very bad one which
q good tailor can't fix up. Mielits Of
this sort are hard thingsto dispose of. as
you'll have to wait long time before
you'll get buyer to suit. a much COM
moner misfit is where q fellow, ri
stranger, orders q suit, pays a deposit,
and goes away and never comes back.
The courts say you've got to hold it
reasonable time, and then sell it for
what it will bring. This happens much
oftener than. you think. Sometimes it's
man who is tight, sometimes it's a
gambler or crook who's made what they
call a winner, but more often it's a
visitorto the city who suddenly finds he's
spent nearly all his money and has Just
got enough to reach home with. Now
and then man of this kind will come
In. make clean breast of it, and want
us to divide the profit
'.Do you ever divide?"
''Not too often. Surprising man
orders q twenty-five-dollar suit, and
pays twelve dollars on account. II he
comes back and pays the balance our
profit is, say, six dollars. If he don't
come, and we sell It as q misft. we won't
get more than sixteen or eighteen dol
lars for it, and then have to wait some
time. / could generally afford to pay
him three or four dollars back and call
It square. Not many do come back,
however, and they are chiefly gamblers
who are out Of luck, and have got to
have some money!
why are so many insists Of queer
colorsps'
"Thetls another point. Every year
there are. some enterprising taifors or
manufacturing houses Chat will start
new styles, Sometimes they make II hit
and do very we'll. One Broadway house
last year got hold OF O. neat plaid pat
tern and sold don't know how much
Of it, Afteran article catches the pub
lie fancy, especially.if it's imported, 1t
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 INSIST dealers buy up the UNI
salable stock. Now there's good
green-and-red suit which cost eighteen
dollars to manufacture. The colors were
too loud, and nobody would buy It. / got
1t very low, and am selling it.for fifteen
dollars. And so faras style and quality
go it's as good as twenty. five-dolIar
suit. Sometimes, too. we buy at cauc-
tions and assignees' sales but we don't
often get good chances for bargains.
"Then insists are all new clothesp'
'eThey ought to be, and all here are,
but some dealers buy second hand
clothes slightly worn, fix them up, and
then sell them as new. There are n
great many swells who wear a suit only
short time and then give it to one of
their servants. A suit like that is al
most as good as new. Clean them,
sponge and press them, and only a
tailor can tell them from brand new
article.
There's one particular about mis-
fits. They demoralize d customer. If
he can't get something already made to
suit him, he won't order anything sub
stantial, but wants a bargain, something
cheap and snowy Before Invent into
insists | had numberof customers that
bought tine imported goods. But now
a-days it's all changed, and all they
care for is cheap article, There amt
SO much money ia the business as there
is in theregular trade, but it's a good
deal liYelier IN. Z. SIN.