Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

Vi ms was prolific in ideas tbatd.,
WI finally shaped itself lika th;s
me pater had given me 500. two no..
suits and his blessing with which -
s.ars the world on my own hook II
'Sx conclusions were correct nv best
.'. nsacs was g make myself look as
..,A'1 AZ possible. entered the sho,
q s.' - 4skeu the price Of various things
10 1As r"uld see from the style of thu
-" VINO waited on me that this wasno,
ao'iy hrst-ciass house and aid mo.
o'uer anything. After Knocking about
lor while ! came TO another Mace
"here The sign read; Tailor and Dranar
anu NO gooas were displayed in the win
wy" I Knew ipsttnetively that m,
1917 wss enqea md inl went.
ne saiqsm4n VAS dignified. even
pnpous' eld Q1np With Dundreary
" /" IN ers, anQ bald heaA He received
W e NJ naa been heir apparent to the
eSfst PACKER ~ ChtcaRo. Well. wbat
~ yvp suppose | did?'
ufvettups replied the reporter, not
oniy interested but impressed to some
9eAOenp pysthe dudes philosophy. N
just told him who L was. sbowed
hlm my latters- and let him read one ri
them. then told him the conclusions
l nad reached, how much ready nancy
l mad and asked him how the thing
could be managed. 1t was tolerably
cailow act, III admit, but Just hap
pened to strike the right man."
Young sir, said the pompous partv
soiemnly You will succeed. You have
discovered for yourself most important
TACT governing the whole social fabric
clothes do make the man and on FIRST
Impressions most of our success or foil
ure depends
Before he let me 90 he had hooked
my order for three suits of clotbes Of
Sl20 and accepted $50 down. oiv;po M,
time on the balance. Under his direc.
tions | bought a hat, a pair of shoes
some collars and ties and other little
things, and ordered copper-plate visit.
ing card. By the time got THROUGH !
only had about So left out of nv hun
dred, and knew that EXPENSES must be
retrenched. ! found room at a. q
month out near Garfield Park next
took my other suit and sold il for 81
though it cost me $50. l then Maid NV
bill at the hotel and retired to nv modest
little room to wait until nv new clothes
were ready. the other things having
been delivered meanwhile. and vcry
very cheap restaurant supnlied the wants
of my inner man during the first vear y,
my Chicago experience. But to get on
with the story. When nv new clothes
came home ! arrayed myself carefully
in the better of the two tweed suits mn,
on fashionable collar and tie INV nav
shoes, which had meantime broken
in and my new Derby Never was
Solomon in all his glory so thoroughly
well pleased with his personal appear
a1fce as was with mine when | started
for down town. / had sent nv other
letters through the mail each accom-
panied by card OF course it was
hardly the correct thing to do, but it an
swered nv purpose. and when | sent in
the fac smile of the card. | received a
warm welcome, two invitations to din
ner, one to lunch right then and there
at Kinsley's, and bid to little in
formal gathering the next evening.
Before / slept was engaged as clerk BY
large corporation at salary, to begin
on, of 500 per month, and to-day-whis-
per, my boy-I am engaged to the sec
ond daughter of one of our high officials.
and the clothes did it" fs-@t
"Sixty month is not a particularly
fat salary" suggested the reporter.
"Not absolutely running over with
oil, agreed the dude with laugh. "but
| it's wonderful what a lot of things a
careful fellow can do with that much
money During my first year here my
| expenses were cut down as much as pos
| sible. You see, as soon as got into the
swim | kept right along AS ! had a
| position. / had no difficulty in per-
suading my friend with the Dundreary $
| to let me have dress suit and light
overcoat which he very decently gave
me at $40 for the two. This left me
owing a balance of $50, which | re-
duced at the rate of S12 month. My
other expenses were: Rent, SIS: laundry.
So. so: eating, 5000. This was hight
for seldom had to buy any thing but
breakfast and lunch. Car fare, S3. Thew
for cigarettes and sundries expended
about -. This left me So Tor very
occasional trip to the theater, mowers
FOR my lady friends, of whom l soor
had many, and other little social atten
tions. But in spite of every thing
saved $50 in the first year,
Don't your clothes cost you an a"lu
lot of money! asked the reporter aitei
he had verified the figures ana conciudeo