The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-02
MAkINe OWE a Nan,
a Formuiator Gives Away Some OF the Sc
crets of Tits Art

a Fornuiator Gives Away some OF the se-
crets of IHis Art
Formulating done here,s read a
sign over a store. Within sat a little
stubby man. with small gray eyes. full
red beard and an unotuous, fabby face.
Scattered around him on the bench on
which hc sat and about the floor were
pieces of silk, satin and serge, bundles
OF horse hair and packages of half
open cottnn. The little man was busily
stitching blue satin quilted article
that looked like cushion OF baby
carriage.
Yes. I am what tailors term a
formulator.'' he replied 10 a question
ing visitor, in n thin. squealxy voice.
The word is indicative Of my trade
or rather profession. My occupation
Is truly the latter. inasmuch as it is an
art, tho art Of Improving. embellishing
or modifying the masculine figure, a.
the case demands Padding? Yes.
some might term il that. Didn't you
know that men pad. eh9 Why. bless
your soul. they have been doing it
since the days Of Joseph"
The speaker separated a thread with
finger-nan close to the garment.
Then he hold tho pad toward tho light,
scrutinizing it critically, seized his
tape line and began measuring the
| yarment, referring constantly to a
small piece of paper with the meas
| urements on it.
The man that call patron is a
| creature OF dissatisfaction. Nothing
about his own personality or makeup
! contents him. He IS essentially being
/ of observation. IL he has a friend who
/ is short and fat. while he himself i
tall and thin, he forms the idea that
he, too, would like to be stumpy and
| adipose. A tailor can do little for him.
hut we can. Liberal but discri1nina-
ting padding will make him corpulent,
and If his makeup IS expertly perfected
il viii give him the appearance of be
ing considerably shorter than when III
his normal state His friends will re
mark how well he is looking. ask how
he has grown SO aeshy, and the artfuI
deceiver win launch into such a disser<
ta4ion of gastrono1ny that the horse
Aair appliances in his artificial chess
VII shrivel up into a double bowkno'
Tith surprise
/ These forms are not limited entirely
to the trunk of the subject. TIL,
| alves, hips and knees all come in 10
| its benefit. You know that the knee c
mans trousers In less than a month
after they are made become .baggy".
This necessitates any amount OF run
ming to the tailor's and having the gar
ment pressed. if the wearer desires to
be well dressed. Although constant
bending of the knee is in part the
cause of this eye-sore to men, the
constructive of the member is the
principal reason of such a state oi
things. Now. look here" and the lit
tie man stretched oSe of his fat legs
straight out before him. Feel my
knee; you see the knee-cap sits like a
hillock over the points. Below it the
limb swerves in. Now, how are you
going to make a trouser leg sit
smoothly here without catchingi
Can't say? Then III tell you; use
forms below and above the cap, and
the trousers will fit like a glove and
won't bag.
You see the form being stitched tc
the lining of the garment makes it stiff
and prevents the cloth straining. You
may have noticed that the cloth never
stretches at the knee cap, but above
land below it. A little dressing about
the too large calf and a little doctor.