The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-21
MAKING A MAN OVER.
New York Star.


 tnrei In to ask. He went into close, dark apartment on the second floor of the building, and as he entered he heard the remark: "lf they were not as vain as women l wouldn't bc here to-day" The speaker was little, stnbhy man with small, gray eyes, full red 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 and serge, bundles ot horse hair and pack ages of half-open cotton. The little man was husily engaged stitching T blue satin quilted article that looked like cushion of baby carriage.
 "Ies, l am what tailors term a formulator," he continued, in a thin. sQucaky voice. "Tho woni is indica~ tive of my trade, or rather profession. My occupation Is truly the latter. h. asmuch as 1t k an art---the art of im- proving, embellishing or modifying the masculine figure. as the case de- mands.
 Padding? Yes, some might term it that. Didn't you know that mon pad, eh2 Why, bless your soul, they have been doing 1t since the days oi Joseph There k trite saying among our craft that his coat of many colors' was made by tormu- lator. You see, our mission is a bcne- faction to mankind We arc the foundation stones for tailoring. ln- deed, If 1t wasn't for the formulator, doubt If that trade would bc sa much in vogue"
 The speaker separated thread with finger mail close to the garment. Then he held the pad toward the light, scrutinizing 1t critically, seized his tape line and began measuring the garment, referring constantly to a piece ot paper with the measurements on it.
 "rhe man refer to Is n creature of dissatisfaction. Nothing about his own personality or makeup contents him. iie Tx essentially a being of ob- servation. lf he has n friend who Is short and 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 if his makeup Is expertly perfected it will give him the appearance oi l,cing considerably shorter than when In his normal state. His friends will remark how well he k looking, ask how he has grown so fieshy, and the arttul deceiver will launch into such dis sertation of gastronomy that the horse hair appliances in his artificial chest will shrivel up into a double bow knot with surprise
 "Why, sir, can make an Adonis out of A dude or Urtdh Heep out of Hercules.
 These forms are not limited entirely to the trunk of the subject The calves, knees and hips all come In for it's ben eft. You know the knee of mans trousers in less than n month after they arc made becomes 'baggy' This HGcoss!tates any amount of running to the tailor's and having the garment pressed, If the wcarer desires Co be well dressed. Although n constant bending of the knee k In part the cause of this cycsore t0 men, the con struction of the member is the prin- cipaI reason of such state oc things. Now look here," and the little man stretched one of his fat legs straight out before him. "Feel my knee; you see tho knee cap sits like II hillock over the points. Below 1t the limb swcrves In. Now, how are you going to make trouscr leg sit smoothly here without catchiBgf Can't myf Then Pll tell you use forms below and above the cap and the trousers will it like glove and won't bag. n
 "Yod see the form being stitched tO the lining of the garment makes 1t stiff and firm, and prevents the cloth straining. You may have noticed that the cloth never stretches at the knee cap, but above and below If. A little dressing about the too large calf and little doctoring at this member itself is valuable aid Co the fit of the lex easement.
 "Y0u can't imagine how C tensiveIy padding is carried on with profession als. Of course, the ballet is 4 whole collection of fats but, as 1t is com- posed more or less oi the fair sex, 1t Is not my province to comment on them in my talk with you. But actors tragic, comic and mclotiramatic- nearly all pad. Why, there was an actor in A company here last week, a leading man, too, whose form was constant subject of fattering comment 1 with the audience. lie was dressed in 1 the costume of medieval times, his 1 legs were exquisitely nodded, and his chest, hack and lips fii Il and rnuscnlar in short, he was model of manhood. |
 "Had you seen him as l did in his 1