The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
A sRANp.Nsw FAD.
why the London Swelia Are Now Wear
ing Dlaaimilar Cnn.Bnttons.

A brnnd-new fad has Just struck our
city aniidships, says tho Pittsburg Dis
pafch. Ii came direct from s'Lunnon. =
without stopping oif as usual at the
coaling station opposite Jersey City.
A Young blood. with board-oi- trade
affiliations. has been on trip TO the
',h'old eonntree.n He ranged around
there for about two months, and OF
course took In" everything In that
heightened period. About ten days
ago he returned. aud with him came
''the very latest"
Mr.. well. say Bullbear- belongs to
well-known Young buck club whose
main speeialties are nocturnal discuss
sions of Jack Potts symptoms aud the
impinging of hardwood cues with poll
ished ivory spheres.
The night OF his return MIR Il. made
his appearance at the club aud re-
ceived an eifnsive welcome. He was
heartily coniplimented on rapidly nc
quired 'Hinglish accent" aud cheeky
perfection of his 'himportedM duds.
In due time he took down his stick"
TO play game of cushion-earroms,
and rs u preliminary peeled off his
Bond street cutaway. Very few
''bones" had been scored ON the string
before quite "A crowd locked around
the table. The center of attraction
was not the game but something en-
| tirelv ''outreN in the cuii fastenings of
| the tourist Curiosity and low-toned
comment increased, aud finally the
entire membership in the house was on
the spot.
Say. Ted" blurted out one of the
explorers familiars. "that must have
| been an expensive trip. l see you've
had To soak your diamond cuff but
tons.
Mr.. B. had thoroughly enjoyed the
rising excitement. With a nonehnl-
antly elegant air he dropped his cue
/ and turned around 10 answer his chum.
Il expected some duck would make
a crack Of that sort he commenced.
smiling good-humoredly but contempt
uously. But then you fellaws daun's
know nauihing. Dye see these cuff
ersP Well that's the VARY lattist. In
/ Luunon h'every body as IS h'any body Is
! h'up to the wrinkle, but of cawrse you
fellaws awe away behind the decade.
The excitement at once rose To a
feverish point and the proud possessor
of the ''eufIers" was literally taken by
the arms by everybody while the arti-
eles were examined.
odd. in face entirely dissimilar On
the right wrist was an immense silver
affair (much larger than standard
dollar) with raised leaf design of fine
execution. The left wrist cuff was
fastened with plain gold button
/ about the size aud general style oi
| those usually used for attaching col
lar to the shirt. The contrast between
the two ''cuifcrs" was striking TO a
degree.
Mr.. b. was pressed to give the ped
igree OF the new departure aud after
keeping the crowd in suspense for
awhile. consented.
"Hof cawrse I'll hopen Your heyes.
Yer see. while Tommy was in Monte
Carlo e hused to play billiards some
times at the Casino. One hafternoon
e lost one hof s cnlTers, aud when e
took hoff is cutaway the cuff was
hopen. When the game was hover
and e wanted to skip e 'ad to borrow
cuffer and the h'only one e could get
was a collar button. The look h'ol
the two h'odd cutters caught i'm and
Us crowd aud e kept on Wearing 'em.
The thing soon got around. and now
h'every body as is h'apybody h's wear.
ing h'odd cutters. the h'odder the bet.
ter Hc>t AEt btAutAtS- bRh-ut
hem at Emanuels'. hon Bund street.
and they cost like ell"
This authentic narrative Of Tummy
(yulgarly known as Albert Edward
prince of Wales) also caught the clut
crowd. and .'h'odd cutters, the h oddei
the better. are now almost in lispen-
sable as badge of members p The
new fad was also voted th- correct
thing in other quarters, and has begun
TO spread rapidly.
Here is a change that occurs only
once in lifetime. All We of aristo-
cratic or hoi-polloi circles who have an
accumulation of "h'odd cuiTers-and
who has not?-now is Your opportun-
ity TO be right in the swim. The new
departure goes" for both sexes, 1t be-
ing only Indispensable that the large
cuffer be worn on the right wrist and
the small one on the left.