Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-24
MAKING A MAN OVER.
4 "Formulator'' Gives Away Somo of
 the Secrets of His Art.

the Secrets of His Art.
 "Formulating done here,' read a sign on One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street over a store. A reporter who was igno- rant of the meaning ventured in to ask He went into a close, dark apartment on the second floor of the building, and as he entered hc heard the remark: If they were not as vain as women 1 wouldn't be hero today" The speaker was little, stubby man, with small. gray eyes, full, red beard and an unctuous, fiabby face. Scattered around him on the bench on which he sat and about the floor were pieces of silk, satin and serge, bundles of horse hair and packages of half open cotton. The little man was busily stitch ing blue satin quilted article that looked like cushion of baby carriage.
 ''Yes, l am what tailors term formll- lator, he continued, in a thin, squeaky voice. ''Ffrc word is indicative of my trade, or rather profession. My occupa- tion is truly tho latter, inasmuch as it is an art-the art of improving, embellish- ing or modifying the masculine figure, as tho case demands.
 Padding? Yes, some might term it that. Didn't you know that men pad, ell? Why, bless your soul, they have been doing it since the day of Joseph There i3 a trite saying among our craft that his coat of many colors' was made by formulator.
 The speaker separated a thread with finger nail close to the garment. Then he held the pad toward the light, scruti- nizing it critically, seized his tape line and began measuring the garment, re- ferrin9 constantly to a small piece of pa per with the measurements on it.
 ''The man I refe~ to is a creature of dissatisfaction. Nothing about his own personality or make up contents him. He is essentially a being of observation. | If he has friend who is short and fat, whiie he himself is tall and thin, he forms the idea that he, too, would ikc to be stUrnpy and adipose.
 "A tailor can do little for hin3, but we can Liberal but discriminating padding will make him corpulent. and if his make up is expertly perfected it will give him the appearance of being considerably shorter than when in his normal state His frieI1,ls will remark how well he is looking ask how he has grown so 1leshy, and the artful deceiver will launch into such dissertation of gastronomy that the horse hair appliances in his artificial chest will sllriv;l up into a double bow knot with surprise.
 "Theso forms arc not limited entirely to the trunk of tho subject The calves, hips and knees all come ill for its benefit. You know that the knee of a mans trousers in less than month after they are made become. 'baggy' This neces- sitates any amount of running to the t2i!or's and having the garment pressed, if the wearer desires to be well dressed Although constant bending of the knee is n part the cause of this eyesore to men, the construction of the member is the principal reason of such state of things. Now look here," and the little man stretched one of his fat legs straight out before him. Feel my knee; you see she knee cap sits Ike hillock over the points Below it the limb swerves in Now how arc you going to mako a trou- ser leg st smoothly here without catch ing? Can't say? Then I'll tell you; use forms below and above the cap, and the Touscrs will fit like a glove and won't oag.
 You sec the form being stitched to l and prevents the cloth straining. You nay have noticed that the cloth never stretches at the knee cap, but above and below it. A little dressing about the too argo calf and little doctoring at this member itself is a valuable aid to the fit of tho leg easement.
 You can imagine how extensively padding is carried on with professionals. Of course, the ballet is 6 whole collec- ton of fats, but as it is composed moro or less of the fair sex, 1t Is not my prov nce to comment on them in my tall; with you. But tactors-tragie, comic and melodramatic-nearlv all pad.
 '' Fats arc made of a variety of ma 5erials and worn in variety of ways. Chest and spinal articles are made like a sleeveless jacket of one continuous piece of material. There is hole for the head md the garment IS slipped on by extend ing the arms upward and perpendicularly and letting the article fall on. Over the muscles of the chest the garment i: padded to any extent desired The small of the back is also touched up as neces sity dictates. The body of the article i; of silk or channels The chest pads il ,old weather are always worn next tC he skin. By this arrangement the effect s natural and consistent, and it is almost impossible, even by feeling, to discover shc artifciality of the padder's figure , Why, there is no limit to OUT possibilities A good many of our business men weal : padded undergarments, not particularly for the effect, but because tho clothipS its more comfortably. New York Star