New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-02
ize themselves, it has not reached the full meas
,ra IF IFS duty,
CIRCULATING CLOTHES.

CIRCULATING CLOTHES.
A. neople we are governed by Societies and
u,o,,ided for by Companies. II is TO societies
To- the Prevention of This and the Discourage
rnort Of That rather than the Legislatures or tine
curtis TO which we look for both law and justice
II Won have a grievance inform the proper DO
o;otv Nor are the Companies much behind the
Societies While you go TO hotel Tor oay
oomnanv cleans your house and leaves everything
in its exact place. company brings oie""
,o,yol 70 YOUR office every morning and takes away
the dirty one. II a lady is fond of the theatre
and has no escort. company will send dlSth-
ouishcd- looking gentleman to accompany her tWlce
| n work or oftener. a report OF any inattenuon Oh
,mnertinence on his part being thankfully received
nj the general Offices
| The latest fostering company is the Unlte"
States Umbrella Providing Company. 1t proposes
IN supply umbrellas TO regular subscriDers' anu
will have branches all over the city, and In ali
other cities of any size in the country. you MAKE
n deposit pay a certain sum for the Use OF ah
umbrella for one year, and then you may ara"
an umbrella at the general ONCE OF any oiano"
The great advantage claimed is that IL saves ''io
| subscriber from carrying an umprelld "Iieu ~ %
not NODDED II rains in the morning, and you
| bring vour umbrella downtown with you IL II
fair when Won are ready to go home, and you leave
| il 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 once present.
. card like a circulating library ticket. and get
another umbrella On rainy morning, II the
records Of the company show that you have no
| umbrella boy calls and leaves one IL raihs
| when Won take the cars in New-Yorl1 and you draw
an umbrella: when you reach your destination
at Canaiobarie it is fair, and you turn your UNI
breIla in at the Cana joharie branch. III an UNI
brella is stolen from you the company traces IL
and the Society for the Enforcement OF the Orlni-
inal Law prosecutes the thief, who is deiendeu
by the Society for the Preservation of the Rights
of Prisoners.
| One of the advantages claimed for tne clrcui"'
ing umbrella system is its cheapness You o"n
withdraw your deposit at any time, and the uues
are small This is good, but it seems to us that
there is o still better field for another company
We would respectfully suggest the American
| Clothes Supply Company Many young man
on a small salary finds difficulty in providing
himself with q suitable amount Of clothes ObVl-
| ousv a man cannot or at least does not, wear
| more than one suit at time, still he must Oe
| provided with several Let us glance at sup
| posed Young clerk whom will call hoolnsoh
who has become a subscriber to the American
| Clothes Supply Company. When he gets up 'Iie
/ first morning he finds neat business suit await
| ing him He puts IL and goes to the store
| II is Friday and when he returns to his boarding.
house at night, having already informed the com
pany that he calls on a young lady every FRIDAY
evening, he finds a boy with handsome fuil-uIesS
suit for him. lie puts it on and the boy taxes
awav the business suit. When he returns later
in the evening the boy again appears gets tIe
dress suit and takes the subscribers order lor uNe
next morning. There is a prospect OF warmer
weather. and he orders lighter suit. The next
morning he finds it waiting for him. AS he en-
lows O half-holiday and intends to visit Coney
Island he orders rather dark cutaway, nght
trousers, flannel shirt, tan shoes and stra"
hat for the afternoon. The only change
he cares for that evening is d white shirt, HSht
silk tie patent leather shoes, and high, pearl
colored hat. At night they taken away, and
the next day being Sunday, he receives as per
agreement, a black Prince Albert coat, light
trousers and silk hat During the rest of the
week until Friday Mr.. Robinson wears busi-
ness suit which is taken away every night ana
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, the circumstances de-
mand. If he goes to another city, he has only
to present his membership ticket to be supplied
from the branch office in the place. clothes
supply company would be an invaluable boon to
voung men, and we hope to see it organized before
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