Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-27
MAKING A MAN OVER.
A Formuiator Gives Away tho Secrets
of His Art

Formulating done here. read q
sign on One Hundred and Twenty fifth
street over store. A New Y DIRK Star
reporter who was ignorant of the
meaning ventured in to ask. He went
in to close. dark apartment on the
second floor of the building. and as he
entered lie heard tho remark: IF they
were not rs vain as women l wouldn't
be here to-day The speaker was
tile stubby man with small grey eyes,
full. read beard and an unctuous flabby
face. Scattered around him on the
bench on which he sat and about the
| floor were pieces of silk. satin. serge,
bundles of horse hair and packages of
half opened cotton. The little man was
bus ly sttchinga blue satin quilted ar
ticle that looked like the back of
ably carriage.
Yes. am what tailors term form
! ulator." he continued. in n thin.
squeaky voice" 1.-The word is indi-
cative of my trade, or rather profession.
M occupation is truly the latter. mas.
much as it is an art-the art of i'm.
proving, embelishing or modifying
the masculine figure, as the case de.
mands.
"PaddingP Yes. some might term
it that Didn't you know that men
pad. eh? Why. bless your soul. they
! have been doing it since the days OF
Joseph. There is a trite saying among
our craft that his coat of many colors'
was mado by formulation. You see,
our mission is a benefaction to man.
kind. We are the foundation stones
for tailoring. Indeed. if it wasn't for
the formulator, 1 doubt if that trade
would be as much in vogue"
The speaker separated thread with
q finger.nail close to the garment.
Then he held the pad toward the light.
scrutinizing it critically. seized his tape
line and began measuring the garment
referring constantly to small piece
of paper with the measurements on
| it.
"rhe man l refer TO is creature OF
dissatisfaction. Nothing about his own
personality or makeup contents him.
He is essentially being of observa-
ton. If he has friend who is short
aud fat. while he himself is tall and
Thin, he forms the idea that he. too,
would like to be stumpy and adj
pose.
"a tailor can do little for him, but
we can. Liberal but discriminating
padding will make him corpulent. and
+ his makeup is eXpertly perfected t
will give him the appearance of being
cons derably shorter than when in his
normal state. His friend will remark
how we'll he is looking. ask how he has
grown so fleshy, and the artful decev-
er will launch into such dissertation
of gastronomy that the horse hair APP.
planes in his artificial chest will
shrivel up into double bow knot with
surprise.
"1hese forms are not limited entirely
the to trunk Of the subject. The
calves hips and knees all come in for
its benefit. You know the knee of II
mans trousers in less than month
become 'baggy.' This necessitates
any amount of running to the tailor 5
and having the garment pressed If
the wearer desires to be we'll dressed.
Although constant bending of the
knee is in part the cause of this eve
sore TO men, the construct of tho
member is the principal reason of such
state of Things. Now look here,
and the little man sire tched one Of his
fat legs ght out before him. Feel
my kee; you see the knee-cap sits like
hillock over the points. Below it
the limb swerves in Now. how are
|, you going to make trouser leg sit
smoothly here without catchingp Can t
sayP Then L II tell you; use forms be :
low and above the cap and the trousers
will fit like glove. aud won't bag.
You sec the form being stitched to
J the lining of the garment. makes il
st fl and firm. and prevents the cloth
straining. You may have noticed that
the cloth never streatched at the knee
cap, but above and below it. A little
dressing about the too large calf and
little doctorng at this memb Der itself
is a valuable aid to the fit OF the leg
easement.
you can't imagine how extensively
! padding is carried on with profession
, ais. OF course. the ballet is composed
more or less of the fair sex; it is not
my province to comment on them in
my talk with you. But actors-tragic,
comic and melodramic-nearly all pad.
Why, there was an actor in company
here recently, leading man. too.
flattering comment with the audience.
He was dressed in the costume OF
medieval times, his legs were exquisite
ly nodded. and his chest, back and hips
full and muscular. in short he was a
model of manhood.
Had you seen him as l did in his
room at the hotel one day, you would
I have been pretty we'll Disguised with
! the way nature had used HIM.
" Fats are made of variety oil
materials and worn in a variety OF
ways. Chest and spinal articles are
made like sleeveless pocket of one
g continuous piece of material There
is hole for the head and the garment
G is slipped on by extending the arms
a upward and perpendicular and let.
ting the article fall on. Over the
: muscles of the chest the garment is
: padded to any extent desired. The
small OF the back is also touched ur
as necessity dictates. The body of the
q article is of silk or chamois. The
a chest pads in cold weather are always
! worn next to the skin. By this ar
: rangement the effect is natural and