The sun., 1891-07-03

There is fashionable downtown tailor. moi
many blocks from the Post ONCE who recently
fought duel-wlth clothes. He DOESN'T like Il
say much about II, but although It hurts his
professional pride he 10 forced to admit that
he was vnnquished fairly BY q man whose
name he does not know. The contest lasted
for only nve weeks. It was watched with In.
terest by the commuters who live In q small
Jersey town and do business in New York.
This was the way In which It happened.
The tailor Is hne figure OF q man. and does
not believe In some OF those old saws about the
placksmith's horse going without shoes, and
fashionable tailors wearing ready. made
clothes Indeed. this tailor prldes himself
on being one Of the best dressed men In New
York For instance. he Las q tie OF different
pattern for every day In the year. His clothes
are OF the latest style. though never extreme
In cut. Tor he is q very swell tailor. and he
Not Iona Sso this same tailor rented cot.
prettiest villages. possibly one. of the Oranges
muter. and as such took interest In the other
commuters who came In with him in the morn
Ing ind out On his ra nin at BE-
He didn't know many Of the men by name. but
BY oil odds the best dressed man among them
was the tailor: 49,
81 s' es sG ssr cnqsS Ss1 6s sn % S
for two weeks, and the Montelalr circle Of
1t was that tho rival appeared None Of tho
tbem ys, Fn:w S h nor has any
douStediy well dressed i maj. on MI the sns morn- %
up the tailor and the tailor sized him mp. The
even. Each man looked at the other in that
ccritl"al way that Is popularly supposed to bo
ba shen9e had bsen
Pea, ID with the same suit % Of i eioi he's. ss
wore derens snit I from r Tie one oi tSs
"na S =: II s"ps In
was Just susgicion Of ge..
many months. When he reached New York he
suits OF clothes Tor him from the bes. % matsriai
Then his pleasure in anticipating his rivals
young Wal! street broker. who liked to wear
many suits in Q summer OF good cut. but whose
Fortunately tho broker and The tailor wore
clothes OF the Same size. The tailor. struck a
Darsn sad ~ WITH the broker by which the later
duel at half price. The broker protected him
sell later by selling these same clothes to his
tailor felt that he had his rival at his nsn merey s
Tho contest began In earnest. Every two or
three days the rival wore q new suit ot clothes.
The commuters became so interested IN this
deadly struggle that they gave up whist and
took to poker. because It did not demand such
CLOSE attention. The tailor began to feel a GER
tain amount Of respect mixed with his hatred
for his rival. He tried to discover his name
and business. No ono knew 1t. and the rival
was known as the other well-dressed man."
. At tho end Of five weeks the tailor devot d a
few minutes to a mathematical calculation.
HIS dead loss on tho clothes that he had en-
tered In tho contest was $3.50. The brok or told
him he was going too fast and he could take
no more OF tho taior's clothes. Tho rival
seemed to be rs fresh as whom he started. and
when the weather became warmer he blos-
somed like tropical plant. He was ALREADY
several suits ahead Of the tailor. and in tho
dress his display would have made a swell out.
all over He could never face that club OF com
muters ngain II he weakened. II he didn't
weaken bankruptcy stared him In the face. 1t
was the most critical crisis that he had ever
faced. He solved 1t hy giving np the lease OF
his COT tnge ana moving to Brooklyn for the
summer. The commuters missed the tailor.
and in few days the rival. finding that Brick
Church was not inclined to enter the competi-
tion. dropped out OF sight.
Who that man was and whore he got his
clothes don't know said the tailor one dav
last week. but he is made OF the right stuff.
! don't think shall take q vacation this year.
1t is 50 easy to run down to the beach from
New York when you feel like it."