The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-14
FAREWELL TO OLD SUMNER
Cool Nights Give the First Warning that
the Searching Sun Must Wane,
And with 1t Must Go tie Neglected. Shirt.
Tan Shoe. sailor Hat and Lois Of
Pretty Things We Love.

The neglIge shirt that has for the last
two months been a benefactor to the
human race In Indianapolis will soon have
to go. 1t came with the first tOrrid breath
of summer. and opened its confiding
bosom behind the furnishers plate glass.
and smiled out at the swelterlng public
with pleasing assurance and modest prom
Use, but its departure Is only question of
few weeks.
Then hail 20 this friend of the heated spell,
When the sunbang sized, and the brOiliDg day
Walked down TO Ihe very coasts Of hell
In It's wilted negnge.
The neglige shirt has appeared in many
changes. colors and conditions. and under
many disadvantages, but has never failed
to score in any inning. 1t has chung low
ingly about good physiques, but the man
whose neck was long and whose frame was
angular, this comfortable fabric has de-
spised from the time Y. NJ. c. A. Park first
exhibited league game to the last meet
ing of the City Council. 1t has sold all
the way from 81 TO IS, with no extra charge
for suburban connections. This shirt is
no friend of the laundryman. as it
has saved its wearers during the last
few weeks a small fortune on account
of it's stationary collars and cuffs.
The white flannel suit will soon be ar
rested tor loitering If II does not go with its
neighbOr. This modern diversion has had
q breezy visit to the lakes; IL has felt the
comfortable imitation of the best watering
places; il has stridden tho greenest swards
chasing the tennis-bail. while knowing
that splendid rivalry which leads TO hasty
enga gements and the purchase of cheap
wedding-rings. This should be sufficient
for any one life. Barring a few accidental
sittings where some malicious water plug
left its autograph sEIrched across Its young
conceit the summer suit Will go. leaving as
sp0tlessa record as any other unpretentious
citizen of small means.
Now. while appropriate ortuary respects
are being paid the tan shoe might as we'll
be included, as Its demise Is Just as certain.
likewise the sailor hat that has for ten
weeks corrected to certain en-
tent the general appearance of bottle
shaped dudes-eyen this summer JOY must
be put aside for the more sentimental felt,
worn when leaves are falling-aye. when
BY ONE, Leaves are n falling nos. GIs
TO indulge such wounded fancies. and c.
cape the pathos which predominates them.
Others OF no brighter color Will wedge
themselves IN, suggestive of the niiammable
results that follow in particular cases
where there Is no garment or gear waiting
TO succeed tho ephemeral toilet that
must go-and then there come
visions OF dye-houses with freckled signs,
and men with tottooed aprons waiting to
change the color of this light-hearted
despair into n ROB, wrinkled brown so
brown that the summer flannel shrlnks at
Its touch. and draws MP above the ankle
with an indignant sbrug. These are un-
holy thoughtsi For when tho cold breath
OF October swings round Illinois and
Washington streets, II catches the dis
tempered ghost Of "A summer holiday. and
blows It ruthlessly into coffee house,
where the numbed senses are soothed at
last into some kind of reconciliation.
Then if Is that that cold cav comes
With tho fIst spit Of snow, "Whad 20