The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-09
now MIN NNDREsS.
Firesidc Stories Of Mans IethodsI
Cutting TO Hed.

NNhtIbE W oSus
When a man 8 fully att,red for APP
pearanco on the street in mild weather
his figure, emitting the face, neck and
hands, is concealed 10y fourteen articles
of wearing apparel, which, for convent
enco, can be elias ed as follows. over
wear: Hat, coat, vest, paats, suspendcrs
and shoes UuderWe-r: Nucktio, collar,
cuffs, shirt, nudershirt, drawers, socks,
sook-Suspender7 ami II handkerchief TO
Top of with, 70 secure those things
against falling oil IN the streets neither
pms nor strings are used, buttons alone
strNln2 he purpose. Properly speak
rag the mans outfit $ not yet complete,
for ne has 10 carry with him awatch and
ch"in, a pOckotb book, lead pencil, knife.
Matches tooth-picks, keys,s change,
cigars, como, bills paid and unpaid,
mHnCrandums, car tickets, Cummis SION
rs deputy marshal or deputy sheriff, and
letters OF either private or business
nature, or both. For places in which to
carry this assortment he has fifteen
pockets. distributed a. follows: In the
coat tive-outside breast, inside broast,
/ two in the tails and one for car tickets;
yest-upptr and lower on each outside
breast, and one inside; pauts-.two sides,
two mp ana one watch pocket, The pen
Ell ana watch are the only articles that
arc consigned 10 established pOckets,
the rest Of the things are scattered h., 81.
aud C., and can only hN found with Il
search warrant While the attire fts
Gompactly, ID Ia not held in place bv
WhalebOnes, calVaSsCd boards or steel
bWd9, and therefore every movement Is
one Of freedom.
Particular as their general appearance
on me streets, men are notably careless
~ their disposition Of The pieces on re
tulng for the night, and the variety Of
GuSIuns In this respect arc as great
rs TAO uum1er OF places in ths
/ room where they can be thrown. Adam
cannot fairly be paced ia this category.
because his WARDROBE was limited, and,
/ lurtherulOre, il unable to lind his duds
IL the morning, be had only to step to
the nearest tree and pull an entire now
suit from the closest branch.
work was all ~ on the Enquire few
mornings since and the sCalt WIS gath.
cred IN Dynamite hail, in the third
story, when conversation turned on The
melhOdS of undressing. said Ito Gopu-
| " marsha. reporter: "Ill tell Won
how do. by tho time | get to the head
OF TO stairs my coat and vest are
unhutt2nod. Going INTO the room, l
( give my Hhina Dive againsta low rock
/ lhS ran lay damn This occurs cy-
( cry ulgat III theyaGr. I've told mother
/ tlihe ana again she ought 30 discharge
tbdI guI. strike match when its too
! cF1iiastin9ly late. Next | sail my hat
! over on the table in tho corn}r and she'd
! my coat aud vest On the sofa. StnLdiEu
IA I,ont Of the glass | cake yE nv col
/ lar dnu tit, let down my ACKNOWLEDGMENT
then, leaning forward, raise my chin.
! aud, rubbing my hand, under the won.
der whether Oughta't get shaved in tho
/ hornlnS. Reaching over one shoulder.
/ intuition the shirt; then sending my
flghJ pNW over the other shoulder. 1
grIb on with both hands and pull il
/ over my head and drop her on tho door.
/ ne unuOrShlrt comes next That gets
| skinned inside out before get through
with ii. Did You ever notice that if Won
forget tho tOp.butlon how liable
you are To hang yourself when you got
lho thing upside down, tails in the air
ouL OF reach? Next inspectmy muscle
IN mo glass. I'm getting great muscle
II the night Shtr : handy that goes on
next, 1t amt, II doesn't; then l vii
u"~h on The slte Of the bed, nend over
and take oil my shoes. Loo,ening my
pants, stand up aud shove them down
below thc knees, and then, sitting dow
a am. uni Il hHud on either side, con
,hu" ,.e showing until the, lay on the
HloT u 1 pair ofmu,TS Then | makt
- ~uvul nu tie socks, aud when they
Sue, i,JF them, rir Graw,sI ,trr
..,H .tv iN, uHu =, and hey lupI. lthg
ipdrot mj''. Im Wi fixed now, and
pOi ON IhN 'iLni, miss tho bed nv 0N
,"'i I'm 'h" l'rt. gnt tH'rc uno.iv, urr
'u N"u ',huer NHli nv ass gnNauy b.