Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21

bic field. stands chance OF being
crovdet! ont to make room for the other
dar'ings.
There is class, however. who smile
complaccntly at rn,is probable turn in
affairs. apd who cIuekc TO themselves
in delightful anticipation They arc
the tailors -tliosa sqiiattyTfgures, who
perch on Il bench after the manner of q
Turk. deep in the mystery Of shaping
coats and pants for aspiring youth.
- tell YOU, what. though" said pop
n!ar tailor; there is going to be- IN
alarming scarcity OF clothcs-makcrs
pretty soon. At the present day, no
one wants to be q tailor. Nobody wants
TO learn the trade. Its almost impos-
sible to get nm apprentice, and VEN
turc to say that when the present gener-
alton of tailors dies off therc'll proba-
bly, be no ono left to undertake the
business. Did you ever sec Young
man making pair of brooches? i,lon't
think you have. Nearly all are old
hands with no successors when they
shuttle of. A great many applicants
don't want to do anything but cutting.
and most of them are botches. There
has been quite a falling off. too. in the
number of tailors recently. Do others
take their places? Not often, and when
they d" soon quit in disgust. There is
only one alternative. as far Ms lean see.
and that is for women to take the mat
term hand when, no men are left. This
event may be long distant Bu, il is
extremely probable. nevertheless.
Can woman equal q tailor in max
ing clothes for men,"
al never heard of any II they re in
existence they must be very scarce
Some women can make shirts and pants
for youngsters. bat never knew one to
tackle a coat or vest. And I'll bet Won
that man or boy couldn't be pcrsnad.
cA TO wear thcm after they were made.
However. mrn should acclstom them
selves 10 womcn-made garments. for
think i. will onl,- be few wears when
The TASK will dcvolvc upon them entire.
ly.
Heretofore, he continued, at has
been regarded as q distinction between
tailorlnahe and manufactured clothes
that the pants OF iae former We're press
ed ont round and smooth, without any
crease down tho leg. But it seems that
the manufacturers have caught on to
this, and now their pants are also press
ed smooth, by taiiors employed for that
purpose. If. upon reaching their dcsti-
nation. they still retain a crease caused
from packing. the dealer 70 whom they
are consigned makes any alteration tina,
may be necessary 10 suit the purchaser.
What must then be done? sec that in
New York all the tailors purposely make
a crease down the legs Of pantaloons in
order to again distinguish them from
store clothes. The whole thing natur.
ally looks absurd, but there must be n
distinction. What other follics did YOU
say? They arc too numerous to men.
ton. If he simply gave his order and
chose the cloth and style there would be
no trouble. But he wants the brooches
to tit just so and so around the leg and
to delicately fall over the feet. And
the coat must not have a wrinkle The
shoulders, however. receive more at
tention than the whole business They
must be systematically padded. and to
do this well requires great skill. This
feature Of the coat has the greatest
charm imaginable to the happy possessor.
Many hollow-chcsted persons. with
STOPPING shoulders, have the shoulders
4 padded to make them square and give
the body an upright position. This will
account for some of the finely formed
men you encounter daily. and if you
took their coats of you would find about
an inch and . half of padding on eael
shoulder. It is perfectly reasonable tc
wish to improve defective form by
artificial methods. But the matter OF
padding is carried to such an extreme
that it becomes disgusting. What
about skin tight pants? I think thci,
day is almost over. though it is hard tc
say what will take their place. Yes
SIR repeated the tailor man. as he re-
4 sumed his squatting position, "o,r race
is almost run, and unless more me1
4 learn the business there'll be panic fol
pants one of these days. "-Gatvrsto,
I News.