Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-05
HIS GREAT INVENTION.
A DEVICE TO PREVENT eng
CLING AT THE KNEES.
Mr. OrvI,;e Ardup Unfoids Ills LitiiS
Scheme to Mr.. Spotca8h-Coming
Down to Bed-RociS ana Of
Tended Dignity.

returned and was picking his teeth
and meditating on the condition OF
trade.
There came a knock at the door
and man entered.
The caller was attired in once,
genteel. and sull carefully groomed,
suit of black and had n brisk. bust.
nesslike air about him.
This Is Mr.. Spotcash. is 1t not?"
he asked.
1T is.
! My name "a Ardup.-Orville,
Ardup."
! We'll. sir, what can II
10 come to the point at once Mr.
Snotcash, you are not averse TO in
vestng your money in any venture
likely to offer large returns?'
j ''Wcll"
! We'll ! am the inventor OF de-
vice that will require little capital
TO develop it but there is "a big for
tune in it. and am willing to go
shares with any man that will furnish
the money. | have come TO you first,
because of your well-known-"
Skip all that Come to business. a"
! 'Tes sir Briefly Mr. Spotcash.
/ have hit upon an idea which. If car
ried into practical effect. will prevent
trousers from bagging ut the knees.
1t will absolutely and forever do away
with the unsightly-"
''PshawP'
Hear me out Mr.. Spotcash. The
great Disagreement OF masculine at
tipa fn.dny l.. froncara
Every tailor every man OF fashion.
every person who has given the sub
ject any thought whatever will tell
you the same thing. Witness the
efforts made by well dressed men to
overcome this defect Observe how
carefully some Of them pull up the
garment at the knees wheu they sit
down. See what pains others take to
retain the fore-and-aft crease up and
down the legs. Candidly Mr. Spot
cash. do you admire creased pants--I
beg pardon-trousers?'
Why"
OF course you do not. Four or five
/ years ago Il man with pair OF creased
trousers would have been blackballed
by any club and would have been
steered into back seat by the usher
at any fashionable church us u second
rate chap who wore hand. me downs
1 How is it now? / know men person
/ ally. Mr.. Spotcash. who make prao-
: tice of folding their trousers at night
/ and placing them under their mat
! tress so that the crease shall be there
/ in the morning. Others put ironing
boards or long wire stiffener5 inside
! the legs Of the garment for the same
! purpose. But it doesn't work. sir 1t
is only u makeshift 1t merely puts
off the catastrophe. The baggy knee
is inherent in the garment itself as
now made. Mark mel say as now
made. My plan is to attack the evil
! in the beginnlng-to destroy the pos
/ siAility of baggy knees by making the
! fabric OF something that W Ii not bag"
That is simply a preposter -"
Il beg your pardon Mr. Spotcash.
1t seemed so TO ne at first But moth
] ing is insurmountable to man OF
energy and resources. The idea oc-
CURED to me at first OF fin tening
small elastic rubber bands or strips
on the inner side OF the knees but 1
soon saw this would not do. Then I
thought OF the plan OF weaving the
/ rubber into the cloth itself but this
would be equally objectonab'e It
would make the cloth wrinkle un-
equally and look odd. Finally the
1 idea struck me OF having the fabric
itself woven more tightly at the knee
than anywhere else SO it could not
give. You see the philosophy OF the
thing. There is more strain at the
knees than any other portion of the
garment Make 1T absolutely I'M
yielding at this point and the cues
ton is solved. To do this OF course.
will require special machinery ap.
piled to the looms now in use and
this is where the expense-"
''But look hero"
ii know what you are thinking OF
now. You are wondering why the
rest OF the garment could not be
shrunk in making so it would expand
more than the knees"
II am not thinking of any thing OF
the kind sir: | have now given you
five minutes OF my time and | have
no more to spare. Your invention or
device Mr.
''Arlup, s;r-Orville Ardup"
la impossible ridiculous prepos-
torous and there il no reason why
this interview should be prolonged an
other minute. l have no money to
, invest in any crack brained, nonsen:i-
cal schemes sir
Il had thought OF suggesting $40
000 p" said the caller. 'Bs suitable
amount to spend in experimenting.
but am willing to come right down
to bedrock Win you lend me S1.T5
on the ideap'
Il will not sir. "
Say quarter OF dollar"
! III yol don't get out OF here"
''Shall we say fifteen cents?"
james"
''You needn't call anybody. sir"
said the visitor. with offended digui-
". IL scorn TO debase myself by iur-
Their application. l shall not come
down another cent am now going
across the way he added. moving
( toward the door. Ito Law a business