Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-29
SAVING A MILLION LIVES.
Funny Man Gives "a Hit Of Informa-
tIon Worth Remembering.

Recently this paper has made dis
Coverv by which the lives OF millions Of
people can be saved and other millions
can be prevented from taking cold, and
when it is once III operation. and the
ueOple realize the Il. .ctit, derived they
will chip in readily for a bronze statue of
"A red. headed bald man unIightcning the
world, so quick il will mae h> head
swim Thousands OF peup'e lake cold
every day in the year. and they donI
know what Is the reason Many OF them
die OF consumption from the cold thus
taken, and tina. settles them
All this can he prevented. Ieadcr.
that is, male reader. did YOU ever notice.
when YOU have d suit of clothes made.
that though YOU selected the warme>L
woolcn goods, and had them made up re
gard c>S OF expense, that the tailor makes
the vest with back of some thin slaIy
material like CambriC, while he often
pads the front of the vest with cotton
batting Did you ever stop to ask what
the back of the vest was made So thin for
If YOU did YOU were told that there was
no use OF wasting good cloth tor the back
of a vest. that l. never seen. II YOU ASK
the tailor what he ads the front
of the vest for. he will answer
that it is to protect the lungs and keep
YOU warm lie may put in waddIng An
inch thick in front, To keep your lungs
protected and you will 60 out doors and
the cold chills will run up your back
where that Cambr.c vest back IS and you
will have cold on YOUR lungs too quick.
Why.
You know why. now that YOUR atten
ton has been called 10 the matter. and so
does your tailor Because in front the
lungs are protected hve times a> much u
in the back, b, clothing ribs. flesh. mus
Gle and fat In the back the lungs al
most come 10 the surface and you cover
them with cambria or silk. Now that
YOU think OF il does II not strike
you as foolish to bank W your house
iu front where no frost can get in. and
leave it unprotected ct the back where
frost can get in and not haf try Does
it not look foolish that for hundreds of
wears tailOrs have made vests with praC-
tically no backs. where warmth Is most
needed, and nobody ever kicked about it,
" ell, all YOU have got to do to prevent
taking cold is to order your tailor TO
build the bark OF your vest Of the same
material AS the front. or at least n warm
and after YOU have worn u vest made IN
that way one season you would shoot u
tailor " no would make vest for you in
the old way. and you will feel like rc
turning thanks to The sun for steering
4 YOU on 10 the great scheme.
Ii would bc uot A. sensible to buy "a
wooden undrrshirt with Il back made of
mus lIito bar, a. To have vest made of
wool with back of CambriC. The man
who should order a beaver OvercOat, with
the back made of an old linen ulster.
would be looked upon as a crank. and yet
il would be on the same principle As the
vests are made now. We could get this
idea patented aud charge royalty on all
vests made with good wOOIcu backs. and
make fortune of millions OF dollars. Is
every man will wear the new style YES :
after this season regardless OF price but
what do we care for paltry million or
two when there Is chance TO do good
10 suffering humanity and may be
get Barthuldi statue, The writer got
this idea about vests in studying over a
corduroy hunting vest and has told Sev
eral gentlemen. who have had vests made
with good warm backs. and after wearing
these vests the past winter are all enthu
siastiC, and say they will never have n
vest made any other way They have
gone through the hardest winter known
for wears without once taking cold
The sun gives this idea TO the world.
hoping that the day is not far distant
when vest with thin back vii
scarcely be known. and tailor
who attempts 10 sell such a vest
will be arrested for cruelty, and for en-
dangerlng the public health TailOrs vii!
hoot at this idea at first but none of them
can give a good reason for making vesl
with thin back, and none of them art
probably aware that the first vest wa
made so for a miser who did not care a
long rs the back of his vest was not seen
and who wanted to save cloth. 1t wou!C
bc much more sensible TO make the base
ment of the pants of something thin, like
sheet iron. than TO slight the vest Try
the new wooden back vest. all you who
read The >un. and report next spring
what you think about it. .. no thanks
Don mention the obligation you are un
der 80 The sun.