Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-25
CAUGHT AGAIN.
THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT THOSE TIN
DOLLAR SUITS
Birdie Hart Attempts b Pull the aW@r' Over the
Farmers Eyes and Is Likewise Osashs-
Boomerang From q Nan
uacursr.

Because Il looks so ehesp.
oh that ten dollar shoddy,
Oh, that ten dollar shoddy:-
Ten dollar shoddyIm bound TO wear,
Though ft never com from O sheep.
About half the farmers in the State have
burst the buttons off their clothes in laugh
ing over the silly attempt of Brother
Atkinson TO close up the eyes Of the Ohio
county agriculturalists on his new ten
dollar suit of clothes.
His presumption that farmers wouldn't
know wool when they saw 1t, had no more
secure foundation than the argument, ad-
dressed to his audience, and the very neat
and prompt msnner in which the shoddy
nature Of the clothes was held mp to the
public was lost what might have been ex-
peeted.
Il was reasonable to suppose that the
little incident of the Potomac Fair would
have served as q pointer for the desperate
Republican crowd-but it didn't
It has come to light that no less q per-
souags than our own Birdie Hart has been
caught up in the same way.
The story goes in this wise:
In the early part of cur good brother
Atkinson's campaigu, some one conceived
the idea that it would be q splendid thing
10 demonstrate to the rural mind just how
cheap articles Of clothing manufactured
from wool were, and how entirely uunsces-
sary any reduction Of the burthens OF the
people by placing wool on the free list was.
Il was thought the best way
IN do this would be for Mr.. Atkinson,
and his manager, Birdie Hart, to 90
{, . clothing store, purchase q suit each,
chsrgesbls to campaign expenses, and 90
forth to demonstrate to the people that
they didn't really know how we'll of they
were, and that they could now buy a good
suit of clot ies-'Ssll wool and q yard
wide',-for the small sum of tsn dollars.
By taking two suite, the accommodating
and good. natured elothier threw on q dol
lar each, and the two gentlemen went
away in high glee at the success OF their
little plap.
Time passed on, and Mr.. Atkinson, ar
raying himselfin the first ten dollar q 4
ne had worn since he was q smell boy,
went forth to the Potomac Fair, and fell
among the wide awake Ohio county flock
masters, Who proceeded to size up his all
wool suit for ordinary, everyday shoddy,
with the remark that it might have gone
through the factory three OF tour
times, and have been worn by at
least one Penitentisry bird. The
REGISTER, in the course Of recording
the good things of this life, gave the incl
dent away, and the result was sadness
among the brethren. But after = little
consultation, they went to the honest
clothing merchant and said:
Here, isn't this suit all woolP'
The gentleman said it was.
"An right; but the REGISTER says it's
shcddy. Give us a certificate, that we
NAV come at 'em in the IHteiiigeneer, and
make 'em sick"
i'Pu do better than that" says the
merchant. 'In write to headquarters
TO the manlfacturer-and he'll endorse
what I said, and you'n have 'em foul"
This ticklei the,pOliticians, and the letter
was mailed that self-same day. In tire
meantime Brother Hart had q cali TO 90 70
the Rs~yenswood Fair, and he arrayed him.
self in his ten dollar forgery, in which he
appears for campaign purposes only, and
boarded the cars. On the way down the
river certain Of the farmers OF the W
counties got on the train, and q political
discussion was started by MIR.
Hart, in which the queItion OF Tree
wool was brought up, Il the
new suit was trotted out, aud the
chsapness of the garments and their all
wool nature dwelt upon. Presently q
timid gentleman, who owns q few sheep
and who knows wool when he gets It De-
tween his fingers, softly felt OF Mr.. harts
coat sleeve. His eyes popped out q little,
and he felt il again in another spot. TRAD
uslly au air of doubt spread DER his face,
and gradually the doubt changed to sur
prise and the surprise to conviction. linen
he said:
"What are you giving us; there's no
more wool in that suit than there Is In this
car seat. It's shoddy."
In the roar which ensued, Mr.. Hart
changed his seat. 49,,
But in the meantime the letter which
went out from the Wheeling clothing
mans place of business reached New
York, and day or so ago an answer was
returned-the answer which was to knock
the RxeIsTEs silly, aud demonstrate be-
youd a doubt that the materisl OF which
those campaign garments was made was
reel wool. The merchant sent for
Brother Atkinson and opened the letter.
II was brief andt t, the pSiat. 1t said, In
substance: Those suits are not wool;
they are shoddy." ..
1t is understood the campaign suits
have been called in, and that future
demonstrations of how much the working
man and farmer can buy for q little money
will be conducted with other articles OF
ha, tsr and trada snch "a fin cups and pans.