, 1885-08-11
SAVING ! MILLION Ewes



Recently this paper has made II dis.
covery by which the lives of millions OF
pc pie can BE- saved, aud other millions
can be prevented from taking cold, and
when IL Is once In operation. and the
people realize The le-ents derived. they
will chip in readily for n bronze statue Of
II red headed bald man enlightening the
world. so quick II will ma e his head
swim. Thousands OF Peep e take cold
every day in the year. and they don I
know what is the rcasln. Many of them
de u c, assumption from the cold thus
take and that settles them.
All this eau be prevented. eader,
that Is, male reader. did you ever notice.
when ytu have q suit OF clothes made.
that though you selected the warmest
wooden goods. aud had them made up re
gard ess of expense. hat the lailOr makes
the vest with Il back of some thin slahy
material. like cambria. while he often
pads tho trout Of the vest with cotton
batting Did you ever stop to ask what
the back OF the vest was made so thin for Z
If you did you were told that there was
no use OF w~lstilg good cloth or the back
OF a vet. that is never seen. II you ask
the tailor what he ads the front
OF the vest for. he will answer
That I is to protect he lungs and keep
you warm. He may put in wadding an
inch tn Oh In front. To keep you lungs
protected aud you will go out doors aud
The cold chiils will run up your back.
where thai cambr C vest back is. and you
will have a cold on your lungs too quick.
Why
lou know why. now that your atten
ton has been called to the matter. aud so
does your tailor Because in front the
lungs arc protected five times as much Us
in the back. b clothing. ribs. flesh. mus
Gle and fat In tie back the lungs al
most tome to the surface. and you cover
them with cambrlc or silk. now that
you think OF il does 1t not strike
you as 70 dish to bauk up your house
II front where no frost can get in, and
leave il unprotected at the back where
frost can get in and moi haf lry7 Loes
Il not look foolish that for hundreds of
years tailors ave made vests with prac.
tcally nc backs, where warmth is most
needed. and nobody ever kicAed about itY
ell. all you have got TO do to prevent
taking cold. Is 10 order your tailor to
build he la k Of your vest Of the same
ma eria as the front. or al least rs warm.
aud after you have worn a vest made In
that WA one season you would shoot a
tailor who would make a vest for you in
the o d way. and you will feel like re.
turning thanks to The u for steering
you on to the great scheme
II would be ust as sensible TO buy n
wooden undershirt with a back made of
mus uito lar. as to have vest made Of
wool. with a back Of cambria The man
who should order a beaver oyercoai. with
the back made of an old linen ulster.
would be looked upon as a crank. and yet
1t would be OF the same principle as the
vests are male now. We could get this
idea patented and charge a royalty on all
vests made with good wooden backs. and
make a fortune II millions of dollars. as
e, cry man will wear the new style YES s
after this season regardless of price. but
what do we care for n paltry million or
two when there Is a chance TO do good
10 suAering humanity, and may be
get "A BarthOldi statue2 The writer got
his idea about vests in studying over a
corduroy hunting vest. aud has told sew
eral gentlemen. who have had vests made
with good warm backs, and after wearing
these vests the past winter are all euthu
%siastic. and say they will never have a
vest made any other way. They have
gone through the hardest winter known
for years. without once taking cold
The sun gives this idea to the world.
hoping that the day is not far distant
when a vest with q thin back will
scarcely be known. and Il tailoI
who attempts to sell such a vest
will be arrested for cruelty, and for en-
%dangering the publ G health Tailors will.
root at this idea at first. but none of them
can give a good reason for making a vest
with a thin back, and none of them are
probably aware that the first vest was
made so for Il miser who did not care rs
long as the back Of his est was not seen.
aud who wanted to save cloth 1t would
be much more sensible TO make the base.
menl Of the pants Of something thin. like
sheet iron. than 10 slight the vest Try
the new wooden back vest, all you who
what you think abont 1t. o. no hanks
on I mennra the obligation you are un
der TO sfhe Sun.