, 1885-09-22
DRESS AND MANNERS
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Tho most striking feature of the i'm
mense crowd viii h came to town to
view the rant funeral, seemH to haze
escaped the General notice. The people
hal ONE from all Owl the country,
an Yet they displayed little or no evi-
dentes o. proylneialism. Among the
hMf mil on or mil ion OF visitors,
n ar,y all were 30 well dressed AMI
tuieily mann rel that they looked as
though they had tome from neighSor
iny titles ra her than from villages and
tho back woods. n ingenious exp.ant-
ton Is that it Is entirely due TO the
ira cling salesman. He is sal to he
the gre I civil er Of America, and Is
responsible 10 II large degree for the i'm
provenent IN the app arance Of tho
pco. le who are remote from the great
cltirs. III S j. not my " opinion ex-
artly, but 1t is one that | have often
heirl exp ts>ed.
The manner Of the drummers | have
met have not always besn lOvaOle an /
worth OF IN trtion. They are an
agreeable lot o mtn, AMI when one
meets them out o. ew DIRK they seem
mu h more important than when they
ar TN Ouutered mere. The most sur
arising tim aiout the drummers TO Ne
met on the 70 d.. particularly IN
tne extreme west aud south,
Is the f.stidio IS anil elegant
manner in which they dress Until a
year or so ago I had always supposed
hat r i'll travellers when tusly
engaged in gong from town t. town
and fair y living on tue rsllroa tr ins,
wore rough travelling suits, louses or
some OFT OF serv ceable ut not expen-
s. e attire This was very far ron the
true con t on OF things. found that
tney tray Flea in palace cars constantly,
nd that nearly all o. the dressed VITA
an amo ut ot Iretens on and eleg nee
that woul 10 ustice TO a bro ter in the
stock eAchan %. ateut leather 100 5,
IN narulate white ties, perfect lttlng
{ o hes an glrSes and neat umhreli $
were found among them o erywhe 9, in
IL word, the best dressed men to Q
lound west OF h ladelphia are m
%uestIonaOly the travelling sale men.
erh,ps our country cousins have
copied them IN tie way OF att re. IL
so thy had goo models. Mhen it
ON 5 10 manners 1t is an entirely diff
frI,nt thing The assurance of tn trav-
eng Ma Is prodigjous nothing ev r
stAggers nj and he does the most ex.
traordlnary things with II calmness and
co plalency tuHt set other tray eiers
aghasl. ne Invariably acts as if he
ownei the railroad when he travelled,
and, AS he is bright, talky and anus
ing. ne Is inyariab y on good terms with
IN porter an the sleeping, ar con
uuctor. Wh n three or four ew ork
trave ing men ne [ N n sleeper the
other travellers amount TO very little.
somehow the dTu mers r. amaze 10 Ct
tne est OF e ,erytning ottles OF iced
Leer are uroug / out OF the refr! gpratJ rs
for them. wMie the 9th r pas engers
must be content with conlen ed mi X
aud ueer co ee. and they en- oy luxu
RES that the m ilionaire trave.e r deSp TO
the most .ieerA Ii. S, can nev,r hope TO
gan
Their in uen e in the matter of dress
is upusua u potent when they h1ppen
TO ne travelling tor a ciothin house
he great eY DIRK and Philadelphia
lothing nou IS send ont small armies
oil clipper young men, who scour the
eointry thoroughly and establish
branch stor 5 or the sale OF tn ir ready
made clothes from one end OF the coun-
Try TO tue otter. They have taught
tAe farmers aud the r Logs to wedr
b sincss suits of light material and
& t co or II the sur mer. an have
Taught them mucn in the way OF what
is sc son BILE IN attire. There wa
a time when the ambition o.
avery farmer heart and the de ire oil
sy r hireI nan was TO possess n SO G
pipr h. t, a ,ong lack troaucloth coat
aud "a pair OF heavy 10 skin trousers.
nus e III ped tn y wandered anoui
/ 4 sire Is OF ..ew ork on their visits,
almost melting under the rays of tue
sun.
ess han ten years ago, at this sea
son OF ne year, the streets were alive
wi h u.t such Il surdly resell visi
tirs.. man &C rs on Ii Z that OF the iun
eral IF en. r,nt rougnt 90 lntrymen
10 town VINO we're grotes uely and un.
oom o.ta,ly clad and VINO DIVER iset
tn fact mat they were prov ncial il
e ery angle o heir curious eothes
III tnat IS chan ell now. TIE visitor
to ..ew ORR iro The country NJ
scarcely be dIstin suished from the aver
a-e I'm OF ew ORR RS themselves
e tept perhaps. that tho countrymeI
have ruddier md hal hier faces.