The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-02-04
SERIAL SHIRT FRONTS.
IN Amazing Inventlon Lately Patented ID,
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nnsses Of Mankind.

nnsses OF Mankind.
Philadelphia In1uirer.l
"If anybody thinks that the inventive
genius of the American people Is on the
wano he's hopelessly left, that's ALL" re-
marked one Of the leading patent lawyers
Of Philadelphia yesterday afternoon, as he
sat with his feet on the office table and
smoked patent Connecticut cigar war;
ranted to deceive the most expert judge OF
Havana tobacco. "James,"he continued,
addressing the Office boy, "bring me that
package that came from Washington yes
terdaY."
The lad produced large paper parcel,
from which the lawyer took what was to
all appearances an ordinary nolored shirt,
being apparently OF white linen, with a
small design In the form OF horseshoe and
jockey cap stamped all over the 5osom and
cuffs.
" have just taken out patent on this
for man In Lackawanna County, who
calls II the Excelsior patent paper shirt
and novelette," Here the speaker inserted
his thumb nail at the bottom OF the shirt
bosom and proceeded to tear Off a
idyer Of the paper Of which the
shirt was made. He then tore of an
other layer, and then another and another,
until six separate sheets In the shape Of the
bosom lay ON the table, and he still held
what looked like the original shirt In his
hand. "You see It's a really remarkable
idea. Here Is this. shirt, made Of very
tough paper, that won't tear without q
great deal OF pressure, and the bosom Is
made up Of seven layers, one for each day
In the week, II man chooses TO be lavish
with his linen, or, II he like TO be an out
and-out swell, he can change half dozen
times day. Now, on this sample all the
fronts are the same, but they wil be made
In oil sorts of Styles, 50 that fellow eau
wear this horseshoe figure II he wants 10
60 10 Coney Island TO the races, or q
crossed base ball bat design II he is going
out 10 see the Philadelphias play the Ath-
letics, or a neat little design In dots or
bars, or something Of that sort, II he Is
going on with his girl to Atlantic City
or the matinee. That'll be all fixed by
giving a card with each shirt telling the
pattern on each OF tho seven fronts, which
win be numbered from one to seven.
Enough collars and cuffs will 90 with each
shirt ior the seven fronts, and the whole
outfit will be sold for the small sum Of fifty
cents for the assorted patterns and
thirty ave cents for the all white. Why,
it.sthe biggest thing that has been struei'
since the telephone was patented"
"But what about the novelette, part Of
the schemei"
"Ah. had forgotten 10 show you; SEQ
this" and the lawyer handed over one OF
the torn of shirt fronts, on the back Of
which was printed In fine type one chap
ter OF story entitled: "The Phantom
Jockey; a Romance OF Sheepshead Bay"
"There YOU are, chapter l, OF n sporting
novelette,, and It's continued and finished
on the other six fronts. or course, some
times 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 10 give each city and
town as few duplicates rs possible. Any
how, the card will tell you what story 10
on the shirt, aud you can be careful not TO
buy the same one twice. Some men will
get so interested in the story when they
rip of Mondays front that they will tear
the whole week of, so as to learn the hero's
fate, but that will be all the better, and is,
indeed, part OF the scheme In printing
them all. Oh, l tell you this invention is
going TO be- great go, and, aside from Its
other virtues will do more toward driving
the Chinese laundrymen back TO their ma
tive land than all the political howls that
ever were heard"