Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-09-08
REGARDING PockETs

REGARDING POCKETS
Ol01o0ls Things Tor TnIlora aud DroSSe
Makers to Handle We'll.
Tho present pocket, both tor ladies
0nd gentlemen, 10 an extremely difficult
feature to mako thoroughly we'll, both
In drcsa-rnaking and IN tailoring, Gays
tho London Telegraph. Thcro 10 story
Of an EnyliDh couturicrc who thought
that pho had NIL but perfected her
Golf in tho art OF drcso-rnakinS, but who
took y trip TO Paris IN ordcr to 50
through q final course of Instruction in
tho ntolicr Ut celebrated ro!c artiotc.
Eho paid y handsome foo for q yaar'S
instruction, and after BiCnin5 articles
ohio wao put t. what seemed TO her tho
frivolous task of inserting . pocket II .
drcsp. When sho had finished her task
''ma1ano'' ohooli hor honl with kindly
gravity ard told her Grticlcd pupil that
tho mysiory OF pociset-maliinT had got
to DO learned. 1t ioa fact thai tho de-
voted student was Ecpt for eix whole
r1ontho toilinJ at pockets; ut tho c-.pira-
ton OF that period Bho was por,niStcd to
try hcr hand ut sleeves, and Uho re-
turned to Ea5laad saddcr but wiser
Doa,nstroso, destined, however. it Is to
DO hoped. to blossom into y court drcCs-
maker OF tho Crando5t typo.
40 with lalics' pocl5ct3 90 10 It in dc.
Ereo with those of gentlemen. Man
kind desires its trousers pockets, its
coat and ovcrcoat and vest pockets to
DO conveniently placed, easy OF ncccsu
and not given to getting unscwn. To
DO perfect they Chould DO entirely unob-
trusivo. Tho Emperor Alexander l., Of
Russia, WHOM no Mas in Paris, was do
circus Of having his ncthcr Carmcnts
made by famouo ''culotticr." who hud
supplied Napoleon with his buclIsliins.
But tho pockets?' said tho Emperor.
whom tho tailor had finished measuring
him. 81 am ourc," replied tho "culot
tic, shat should not know whcro to
put pockets unless cut them in your
MajoSty's floeh." Tho Gar was moro
amused than angcrcd by tho cxplana-
ton. but tho other one, Napoleon"
no pursued, what did he do for brcech-
CO pockots2" Ellis aldcG-dc-carap woro
his pockets" replied with QUOT di3li ty
tho G.:1all-clothcs artist.
Latcr brccchcs-makcrs may have
thought out Sorao means of maintaining
By1nnctry whilo providing pockets in
bucl;siiin3 or cords, but, speaking broad
~. tho resources OF tho tailor 40 taxed
to tho very utmost IN designing 'ocllctS
which Dhall hold what gentleman re-
quires without pushing tEcmoclvc8 into
Objectionable pronincuco There arc
great many things that we aro bound to
find room for In our pockets. Happily,
wo orc absolvol from tho necessity Of
carrying rcvolvcr3 beneath our gar
mon;a, bwt 1t frequently happens that n
or1all silvor la1l, holding some form
Of alcohol, occupies a modest place IN o
travellers pocket, and of courao ho
must havo duo rcccptaclc9 for his ci3ar-
caso, his leoyo, his handkerchief, and. If
no be we'll stricken in tho valo of years,
his Gpcctaclcs. It is only tho entirely
competent and long-cxpcricnccd coat
artist who knows how thcao pockets
shall BIO placed and what shall DO their
exact breadth and depth. Thua to tho
practiccd sartorial Uyo o brcast-pocliet
may really appear ridiculous" 1t may
bn tho eighth OF an INCH too high, too
low, too narrow or too broad. 1t may
DO "too straight in tho foro part" OF
just hair'G breadth too much askow for
Bymmctry or for comfort; bat IL "a o
apity thai tho cstimablc artists in coats
can not sottlo their estimablo littlo diff
..Jcrcnco without brinTing tho refine.
mont3 Of their craft into tho law courts