Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-09-19
CALCULATING CLOTHES.
a Novel Idea for Providing Men
with Decent Raiment.

40 d people we are governed by So
cieties and provided for bv companies,
says the New. York Tribune. 1t is to
societies for the prevention Of this and
the encouragement of that rather than
the legislature or the courts to which
we look for both law and Justice. If
you have grievance inform the proper
society. Nor are the companies much
behind the societies. While YOU 90 to q
hotel for day company cleans your
house and leaves everything in its ex.
act place. a company brings Il clean
towel toyour office every morning and
takes away the dirty one. If lady is
fond of theater and has no escort a
company will send Observation-Disclosures
ing gentleman to accompany her twice
a week or oftener, report of anv mat
tentlon or impertinence on his part be-
ing thankfully received at the general
office.
The latest fostering company is the
United States MISUNDERSTANDING Com
pany. 1t proposes to supply umbrellas
to regular subscribers, and will have
branches all over the city and in all
other cities of any size in the country.
You make Il deposit, pay certain sum
for the use of an umbrella for one year.
ana then you may draw an umbrella at
the general office or any branch. The
great advantage claimed is that it saves
the subscriber from carrying an UNI
brella when 1T is not needed It rains
IN the morning and you bring your UNI
prella down town with you. 1t is fair
when you are ready to go home, and
7 you leave 1t at the nearest branch; or
perhaps boy comes and gets it. If it
begins to rain on the way home Won
drop into another branch office, present,
IL card like Il circulating library ticket.
ana get another umbrella On a rainv
morning If the records of the COMPANY
show that You have no umbrella a bow
calls and leaves one. 1t rains when Won
take the cars in New York and YOU
draw an umbrella; when you reach
yonr destination at Canajoharie it is
fair, and you turn your umbrella
in at the Canajoharie branch. If an
umbrella is stole from you the COM
pany traces 1t and the society for the
enforcement of the criminal law prose-
cutes the thief, who is defended hy the
society for the preservation of the
rights of prisoners.
One OF the advantages claimed for the
circulating umbrella system is it's cheap-
ness. You can withdraw your deposit
ut any time. and the dues are small.
This is good, but it seems to us that
there is still better field for another
company. We would respectfully suo-
FeSI the American Clothes Supply Com
pany. Many IL young man on a small
salary finds difficulty in providing him.
SELF with suitable amount of clothes.
onVlously man cannot, or at least
does not, wear more than one suit at 4
tnhc, Stlll he must be provided with
several. Let us glance att IL supposed
young clerk whom we will call Robin
son, who has become a subscriber to
the American Clothes Supply Company.
When he gets up the first morning he
finds neat business suit awaiting him.
He puts it on and goes to the store. It
Is Friday, and when he returns to his
boarding house at night, having already
Flformed the company that he calls on
young lady every Friday evening, he
finds boy with u handsome full dress
SUIT for him. He puts it on and the boy
takes away the business suit. When he
returns later in the evening the boy
again appears gets the dress suit, and
takes the subscribers order for the next
morning, There is Il prospect of warm
err weather, and nc orders a lighter suit.
Inc next morning he finds it waiting
Tor him. As he enjoys half holiday
and intends to visit Coney island, he
orders a rather dark cutaway, lipht
trousers, flannel shirt, tan shoes. and
straw hat for the afternoon. The ONLY
change he cares for that evening is a
whit" shirt, light silk tic, patent-leather
shoes and high pcarl-colored hat. At
night they arc taken away, and the
next day, being Sunday, he receives, AS
pr" agreement, u black Prince Albert
cont, light trousers and silk hat. Dur-
lnT the rest Of the week until Friday
MI. Robinson wears n business suit,
which is taken away every night and
carefully brushed, pressed and repaired,
II it need it, If the weather changes
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