Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-21

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/ Of full evening dress being all correctly
! maintained. II was not designated as
substitute for the hammer, and was
not displayed on formal occasions. 1t was
worn more az an elegant neglge coat.
SUCCESSOR or THk TUXEDO.
But there was great talk made about it
nevertheless. Diligent inquiry soon proved
| il 10 be anything but new idea, as II was
I familiar in Calcutta and all the Oriental
capitals among English officials, who
claimed IL had been IN use for fully guar
ter Of a century. Once adopted one would
suppose that this comfortable and attract
! i've garment would be likely TO stay. But
/ fashion unfortunately, or fortunately,
as the case may be, is never thorough
| " itself unless it appear as ty-
rant. Hence the Tuxedo" is no
exception 20 the general rule, and
must submit 10 this inevitable law
Of change in fashions. The man of sense
who keeps within the prevailing fashion
sufficiently 10 avoid being conspicuous by
ignoring it. will therefore adopt the new
swell coat for next season that will super
sede the Tuxedo" IL will be a black
double-Sreasted sack in Saxonv wool, with
stitched edges, plain OF double, and have
hard, four-holed Buffalo-horn sunk but
tons. and lapelsl faced with silk TO the
edges For stag parties and club purposes
the hard buttons will be most favored,
but when the coat is worn with the dress
SUIT dress buttons viii obtain.
HOME DRESS COAT.
Fine Saxonv cloth being now greatly in
demand for drcss-suits this new form Of
home dress-coat Will for that reason make
its appearance quite appropriately in that
material. Undoubtedly there will arise
the same opposition at first, in connection
with il. As was evidenced in the case of the
Tuxedo" The advantage though which
the new coat will have is the feature Of
permitting its wearer to change in twink
ling, AZ occasion may require, Its entire
character. Being made With soft roll,
| il will H., when rolled back, as dressy
as the handsome silk facing and its con-
trast with the shirt front and embroidered
vest can very well make it. When it is
buttoned up it will be snug and comforta-
hle to smoke in and for other purposes
demanding warm, protecting garment as
elegant and drcssv as II Is useful, II Will be
equally acceptable. In the summer ii can
be very readily adjusted for an evening
stroll. and thus do away with the necessity
Of a change upon going out. and IN winter
il will he an additional safeguard against
the blasts Of old Boreas, with its double
thickness Of cloth buttOned down 50 costly
over the chest.
The fact that quilted silk and satin chest
protectors are so much worn under the
drcsS-shirt because of the exposure to
which the lOw-cut vest and the dress-coat
with its open front, subject men who are
continually in society. shows that the need
of n garment like this new coat has been
long felt, and that it should become conse-
Queutly very quickly popular.
How admirably adapted 1t is for the
theatre can be very easily understood when
one recalls the careless habit that so many
have of adjourning 10 a cGG or wine-room
between acts without the precautIOn of an
oycrcoat over the evening dress.
ANOvEL SICK ASSOCIATION.
A curious novelty in business enterprise
is being cOnspicuOusly advertised about
town. 1t is an Association" TO furnish
medical attendance and drugs to its mem
bors at bedrock" prices and even
below. For forty cents per month
the association guarantees competent
medical attendance, and this medical
combine processes to have arrange
mcnts made ut good, reliable drugstores,
in all parts Of town. 10y which prescrp-
tions viii be filed at an uniform cost of
twenty cents each, no matter what ingre-
dents they may contain, for the assOcla-
tion's members. Well. it is by no means
improbable that at that price prescriptions
taking them as they run, would still pay
large profit to the pharmacists, whose ordl-
nary percentage Of profit is from 800 TO
800 per cent.
Striking AN AVERAGE.
There are. of course, some few rare
chemicals and costly drugs that could not
be made up in appreciate quantities at
any such figure. hut they are very little re-
CURED, and doubtless 1t is understood that
the associations physicians shall not
call for them, or If they do, that they shall
strike a good general average by turn
ing in a lot of prescriptions that will
not cost over cent each to fill. Latin
is a fine cloak for such little games. But
all this is of course mere speculation.
The scheme of the concern may be honest
enough and its practice may have no per-
ceptible effect in increasing the bills of
mortality. Surely some device is wanted
to ill in between the charity of the dis
pensaries and the robbery of fashionable
medical practice, by which people of mod
crate means can have and pay for medi-
cal attendance when they are sick.
YEARLY CONTRACT.
Some Hebrew societies have a rather in
genious system for getting their doctors
bills down 10 a minimum. They contract
with physician by the year TO attend all
cases of illness among members and Their
families for a certain stipulated sum,
which is paid whether anybody needs
doctor during the year or not. OF course
in sickly season the physician might feel
that they were rather getting the best of
him, but after all he would only be called
upon 30 skip around little more lively and
be more anxious to effect cures than if he
were charging by the visit.
Indeed, this thing Of charging by the
visit for medical attendance is the weak
point in the relations between doctor and
= l. 9t,fs 10
them sick as long as possible. SO clearly
is this recognized by many of our practical.
lOng-headed business men-whO have
money enough 10 enable them 10 do as
they please-that they now follow the
example Of the Hebrew societies and
engage the services of their physicians 10y
the year, paving whether they and theirs
are sick or well. The annual terms of such
contracts run all the way from $3.50 to
-. 500. 1t is an excellent arrangement for
the doctor. who with a few such good con-
tracts on his hands can be easy about his
income and it is good for the patients, as it
is clearly TO the interest of the physician to
keep them as well as possible to save him.
self trouble.
The next better thing is the Chinese sys-
TEN Of hiring the doctor by the year and
stopping his salary whenever his patient Is
sick. 1t will be a sad day for druggists
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foothOld in this country.
JACK DEMPsEYs SWELL PUPIL.
Jack Dempsey told me this story the
other evening: II never made business
of teaching for several reasons. 1t is not
satisfactory from a financial standpoint
and 1t has many annOyanceS. If you teach
you are tied to your pupils and must not
break your engagements with them. You
cannot dispose of your time with as good
results as if YOU are free. Now and then.
though, l have given lessons TO my
friends for nothing, and once | had pupil
who paid me. That was in San Francisco;
be was physician of that city, and he
gave me $50 a lesson. | would not go
through the same trouble again for 5000
lesson. He was one of those theoretical
athletes who have their heads stuffed full
of rules. and he nearly had me crazy.
A bout with him was like a policy game
one meant a straight left-hander; two a
straight Highlander; one-two right
hand cross counter; two-fOur left hand
swing; then there was two-four-two and
'four-two-four and 'five-seyen-eight, and
all the other combinations you can make
ont the numbers below ten. He insisted
that should 60 by the book and was kind
enough to show me everything. Dash the
thing | Dot those figures on the brain trv-