Arizona republican., 1891-10-27
CIRCULATING CLOTHES.
A Novel Idea for Providing Men
 with Decent Raiment.
It Was Suggested by the Umbrella-Pro' viding Scheme-An Invaluable Boon to Young Men of
 slender Means.


 As a people we are governed by so- cieties and provided for by companies, says the New York Tribune. It 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 go to a hotel for a day a company cleans your house and leaves everything in its ex- act place. A company brings clean towel toyour office every morning and takes away the dirty one. If a lady is fond of theater and has no escort a company will send distinguished-look ing gentleman to accompany her twice week or oftener, a report of any mat tention or impertinence on his part be- ing thankfully received at the general office.
 The latest fostering company is the United States Umbrella-Pro Com pany. It 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 6 deposit, pay a certain sum for the use of an umbrella for one year, and 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 um- brella when it is not reeded. It rains in the morning and you bring your um- brella down town with you. It is fair when you are ready to go home, and you leave it at the nearest branch; or perhaps boy comes and gets it. If it begins to rain on the way home you drop into another branch office, present a card like a circulating library ticket, and get another umbrella. On rainy morning if the records of the company show that you have no umbrella a boy calls and leaves one. It rains when you take the ears in New York and you draw an umbrella; when you reach your destination at Canajohario it is fair, and you turn your umbrella in at the Canajoharie branch. If ar umbrella is stolen from you the com pany traces it and the society for the Enforcement of the criminal law prose- cutcs the thief, who is defended by the society for the preservation of the rights of prisoners.
 Que of the advantages claimed for the circulating umbrella system is it's cheap ness. You can withdraw your deposit at 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 sug- gest the American Clothes Supply Com pany. Many young man on small salary finds difficulty in providing him self with suitable amount of clothes. Obviously a man cannot, or at least does not, wear more than one suit at a time, still he must be provided with several. Let us glance at supposed young clerk whom we will call Robin son, who has become subscriber to the American Clothes Supply Company. When he gets up the first morning he finds a 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 informed the company that he calls on young lady every Friday evening, he finds a boy with 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 prospect of warm CT weather, and he orders lighter suit The next morning he finds it waiting for him. As he enjoys half holiday and intends to visit Coney island he orders a rather dark cutaway, light trousers, flannel shirt, tan shoes, and straw hat for the afternoon. The only change he cares for that evening is a white shirt, light silk tie, patent-leather shoes and high pearl-colored hat. At night they arc taken away, and the next day, being Sunday, he receives, as per agreement, black Prince Albert coat, light trousers and silk hat. Dur ing the rest of the week until Friday Mir. Robinson wears a business suit, which is taken away every night and carefully brushed, pressed and repaired, if it need it. If the weather changes during the day he goes to the nearest branch office and gets a lighter or heavier suit, as the circumstances de- mand. If he gets to another city he has only to present his membership ticket to be supplied from the branch office in the place. A clothes supply company would be an inv ,luable boon to the young men, and we hope to see it organized before winter.