The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-28
OLD CLOTHES TRADE
Ne. or FASHION WHO APPEAR IN
BORROWED FINERY.

Secrets II the business Diselassl-Csa-
mon Clothes Nor. Valuable Than Fine
f..ris>-Th- -Ch..S. Act. nd Its
Economy.
ApI.st.-r d->1"th Of ohsainns sms IN
f1rulatbls in r'74,iri u the oil elpthts trala
Ia kF's'zlyn cattrl "a a bal ,laal-r. Th,. rr-
l-'rt.-r', osit .m. infarrnan, WIS fOunI sur.
r''Ghisst by tiiSe piIs II cllthin. he WIS
Intelligent ami sefnei 70 thoclastly IN, ier-
stani his taslDN After making the ~
I.'rfer promise mt b IRntiea his nam, Ls
sakl:
AZ srtsia sals.ns u the year the oil
cloths h;ISineSs Is hrttsr than az others
Nor trssis Is dane daring April than in
aim ~ all th' oth.r month, of th.. Year nut
tr1tiTr. In April, g,.nthnrn sllsi the
"l,thf~ suu all ~intr AMI don sprils, at
hre. The elthiny thif has ls,-A warn H.
e'hi v'vsrhfr Is, u coarse, unfit /, gar DIN.
inS III" h'atssl term, AMI Is Usually pr,ttY
w'li us.i nIl The prrlnt man. rather than
Put hiS winter rilths away, anil in TIN, fall
ttA" tisin cut meath szlt@n, S.llS them know
nsn who tan we'll alf,Si ,tzrn suits. but
VII" have n,'tn, 0th'r idt thr on. 81, th,.ir lark
Wien tisy Ct "A n."s one tia oll sllit l. .hl
or given away IL s.euls stranse. hut rou.h,
e''lnnp'n ehtlss arr more valtni.k' L, h aLr,
uan iiis. fahtcs. Fine broaL,lyth suit, ara
MT sil,sbls wlien thsy l.ssas, a ktth, worn
Much II our trak, i don" with I.or I.oplc,
Who prefer rough to tine clothing
Are TIN ei'thos ha,hs by lir.klyn ,laal-
ers all s;ilibh' here again.
oh, no; "A h.; tr@te Is, 81 cours., done with
rssients, la, lar,er part of tn oLi clothes
purciiassi arr s'nt -,uth az o. Ir,.lanl since
ue war hr,e tra'ie has bsen done with tho
e'lpr"i I."ph ~ that sstion A color,l
man, think, wogti prefer ass,,nl-hand sui,
81 rl"tins Ia a new ona They alb buy
everything Of - loal pattsn obtainabkD.
The trnle with ir.laml has of late years al
m,nt ,itTl out Ia former years AMI ,iurin.
the familhs, business with the Eiuernll Isln
was brisk Many str,hgc AMI incrslihle
SCENES are often enacted In oil cloths deal.
ers sii"Is There Is one branch Of the bust
hess which don't think i, done NJ much l,ero
~ IN New York This " call.~l tho change
at. Chatham street and the Bouery contain
many dealrs who make specially Of the
change trade
THE "cHANug ACT' EXPLAINED
The change at consists II changing n
COOL siiit II clothes for an inferior one, anil
Ia resiving II sum VI money Us an equivalent
for thc difference IN valne VI the two snitS
wlrn man Is broke h. win do ANYTHING. %
get money, and II he has . g~sl s,ht ami
knows the rnls~, h. soon dkp,~.> II his own
grsi clpths tor some of inferior quality.
For instance, III man enters my place with
$Dsuit of clothes On his bpk, AMI trade
him one worth go, can we'll afforl o. give
him T. or - cash Ia boot. Some fashionable
geIltlein.n Who are -.rn In dorm different
suits each month own but one
The manner in which they are enabled 10
cut swell Is ts follows: S.,n, obi clotbe,
dealers do a pawnbroking business In a miLl
way IL IA man has gonl suit he can, b;
paying small SUN, always exchange IL for
ono Ut equal quality, AMI still not lus all
ownership IN his original suit After he has
worn tho suit hirsl u few days h. can, by
paying sum, wear still another suit This
arrangement can le continued indefinitely.
and finally the lessee, II he desires, can have
returned b. him his original suit. have
one customer, an imlscnnious young man,
WIN Ii well known IN secicty. Ii he IL going
out IN the evening AMI wishes 10 aplsar in
fnll dress, b" comes here, leaves tn suit Of
clothes h. has .csli wearing AMI lions ono Of
my dress suits. In the early morning tho
young man again nplrals, takes oil the dress
suit AMI puts oh his own clothes For tho ne.
colnllrslafIoh ! charge only small fee
BruDklyu Each