Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-13
THE TAILOR AND HIS RIVAL.
4 Duel With New Suits Between Deter
mined Man

Duel With New Suits Between Deter
mined Men.
There is u fashionable downtown
tailor, not many blocks from the post
Office, who recently fought a duel
with clothes. He doesn't like to say
much about it, but although it hurts
his professional pride he is forced to
admit that he was vanquished fairly by
a man whose name he does not know.
The contest lasted for only five weeks
1t was watched with interest by the
commuters who live in a small Jersey
town and do business in New York.
This, was the way in which it hap
pened. The tailor is a fine figure of
man, and does not believe in some of
those old saws about the blacksmith'S
horse going without shoes, and fash
ionable tailors wearing ready-made
clothes. Indeed, this tailor prides him
self on being one of the best dressed
men in New York. For instance, he
has tie of different pattern for every
day in the year. His clothes are of the
latest style, though never extreme in
cut, for he is very swell tailor, and
he detests sporty" clothes.
Not long ago this same tailor rented
a cottage for the summer in one of New
Jerseys prettiest villages, possibly one
of the Oranges 1t need hardly be said
that he became a commuter, and as
such took in the other commuters who
came in with him in the morning and
went out on his train at night. He be-
gan to smoke brier-wood niC,e. be-
cause that is the DISTINCTIVE mark of an
Orange commrser. He didn't know
many OF the men by name, but he had
p whist acquaintance with all of them.
BY all odds the best dressed man among
them was the tailor.
Some of the Brick Church young men
discarded plush ties after they had
known him for two weeks, and the
Montclair circle of young mems whist
commuters put aside their Prince Albert
coats for business wear. Then it was
that the rival appeared. None of the
other commuters knew him nor has any
of them yet discovered his identity. He
was undoubtedly a well dressed man.
On the morning that he first made his
appearance he sized up the tailor and
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commuters agreed that honors were
even Each man looked at the other in
that critical way that is popularity sup
posed to be the exclusive right of wom-
en-. No words were spoken but the
challenge had been passed and accepted
The next morning the tailor appeared
with the same suit of clothes, but with
a new tie and a new cane The rival
scored the first point, for he wore a
different suit from the one of the day
before, and it was every bit as swagger
in appearance. He was conscious of
his superiority, and as he looked at the
tailor there was just a suspicion of
get-on-to-my-clothes smoker around his
eyes The tailor felt hurt 1t was the
first rebuff he had received for many
months. When he reached New York
he ordered his cutter to map out half a
dozen new suits of clothes for him from
the best material in the shop
Then his pleasure IN anticipating his
rivals crushing defeat was increased by
the visit of young Wall street broker,
who liked TO wear many suits in sum-
mer of good cut, but whose income was
of the three-suits-a-season style. For
itunately the broker and the tailor wore
clothes Of the same size The tailor
strsck 3 bargain with the broker by