Telegram-herald., 1889-09-02
CHINESE STORE CLOTHES
visit to the establishments OF New
York's Pig Tailed Poole.

York's Pig Tailed Poole.
There are many Chinese tailor shops in
New York Mott street IS filed with them.
They are in cellars, whore pig tailed Mon
golians sit and watch on three-legged
stools, and a password or detective is
needed to pass a stranger from the street.
They are In the rear Of frst-foor shops and
some are In upper stories, through long,
winding halls that smell Of dried fsh, boil
ing birds nests and frying pigs tails. The
clothes are kept on dingy shelves and in
boxes under dark counters, and only form
part of the general stock, like nails in q
hardware shop. But there IS only one Poole
In New York, aud he has no imitators, says
the New York Mail aud Express To ini-
tate our Celestial Poole requires more cap
ital than the average Chinsman possesses.
Mr.. Poole is known TO the business public
as MOI Leo Wa & Co, and is familiarly
called Mr.. Mel by those who have the honor
OF his personal acquaintance. His place Of
business is in the Bowery, where he occu-
pies the srst foor and the basement OF
one of tho largest buildings under the
shadow of the elevated road.
The tailor shop looks "a little like the Gus
tomary clothing store as a Chinese laundry
does Ike Murray Hi1 drawing room. Il
is a large room filed with tables piled high
with goods, and clothing seems 10 be about
the only thing that Is DOT offered for sale.
A casual caller might fancy at the door
that NJ. Mel kept q tea store Before he
had gone twenty feet be would credit him
with keeping a crockery store. Another
hsifdo<en PAGES would change bis opinion
again, with another change in the appear
s1ce Of tho store. On the first row Of "a
bles are kept Chinese wares Of al styles
and at al prices, from common crockery
sets worth s. each 70 = superb red vase
valued at $1,000. On tho next row are
glassware and square bees holding teas
and spiced herbs Behind glass cases,
against the wall, are knicx snacks in ivory
and glt, worth a weeks wages for every
square inch Of surface Farther BACK in
the store ara laundry goods and the vari-
ous utensils used sy the frugal Nongohans
for their Housekeeping
The Chinese Poole Il q Macy and Rii-
ley combined Against the rear val.
which conceais from the barbarian world
the living apartments Of NJ Me- ard pretty
Mrs. Msi. = Kept tss clofhinz It's al made
i1 China and imported in bulk. Here are
clothes enough % deck cut The 500 China
men ~ View Ysrx xin holiday attire ard Keep
t1erl II t1etr l41F comes l0T = year
A Chnanan every day 0utft a besuth
81 ia its siup icisT. It consists of pzr -
looss trousers alnost So short a. nsnts-
lettes and entirely wanting in f.s. an
rr-s~s -irt. \ short ccat tast "a "a si Chsn
Sa Ten. OF soueth.nE that SQUADS IKE
that. ard an o-erccss Enown - the
in.-iare1 "a 200 Sci Sas. The socfs.
sied Ter san r.. torefhsr v1fh ths nat
ar1 hosiery. ~err p 80 tts ~ sr1rr
The sn1ersasrf does not q Ter msssTially y
fr7u tost ~arn ~ native NeT Ysrxsrs. III
= 1ssa'l7 made p r01zee sf< Csaese
suir@ ~heu rcf -.~Ers FL trefr is1ntrfs
wear finer Fradss ssHx The Iorz crss =
only ~or1 ~ f-stai 1cca- -rs sT tre corr--n
cseses - q, -sse. The ~-rT -<1 Esasi-
" con te1f rser seI~s~ wit1 tee snort -oss
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