Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-04-15
a MANS OLD CLOTHES.
Two Methods Of Procedure In Looking
over Disca rsied Garments.

Over Discard ied Garments.
spring Is the season OF the year when all
the nnreRenerate IN mans nature comes
out IL comes out in this way Some
morning his wife says TO him, briskly: "My
dear, I've been looking through the closets
preparatory TO house cleaning, and I find
that your closet Is just full Of clothes, and
! wish you'd pick out what you want to
keep and what may give away" Then
there are two ways, In Que OF which the un.
regenerate In the man displays itself II
he Is nothing OF a diplomat, but only an
out~and-ou be blurts out; Give away
my clothe~f Not a thiugi ! haven't got
enough now to put me through the sea
son" But, my dear" says the wife,
there's that heavy overcoat you haven't
worn for two winters Surely you don't
want that next summer, do your"
The sarcasm finds the loose Joint In his
armor "Ycs. ! do" he bursts out EN-
phatically: II wnnt every blessed rag In
that closet, and don't want you TO med
die with them II were TO let you give
my things away I'd wake up some morn
| lug without suit 10 my back" Aud be-
ing woman. wise In her day and genera
| ton. She says not another word But the
very next day she gave away five coats, ten
| waistcoats, four pairs of trousers and two
| topcoats. Aud her husband never knows II
! The other type Of husband Is diplomatic
| When his wife makes her suggestion TO
him he not only promises to look over the
things at once, but he does it. His wife at
tends upon the performances. Now" he
begins, ddactcally. rs he makes the first
plunge into the closet, ''I'll make pile on
this side OF all the things | don't want and
on that side Of all the things | do" Yes,
dear, says his wife "rherel'' with salts
faction as he pulls ont the coat TO heavy
suit, that's the coat | was looking for the
other day I'm going To finish out the
cold weat her with this " So IL goes over
on the do pile.
The next thing he fishes out is pair OF
light trousers Now, these" he remarks
mcditatively, as he pulls the legs carefully
aud lays them down on the do pile, these
I'm going TO have put IN order and get lots
OF wear ont OF all summer Then comes
a shabby heavy overcoat This ] shall
want for hlizlar,i weather next winter
want you To pack that away where moths
won't get into IL Over goes that on the
do pile
SO does the next and the next aud the
next aud the next When the operation is
complete here il "A pile on one side that
covers half the floor ana is nearly as high
as the mans head. On the other side liz
two waistcoats and AN old straw hat That
is what> she may give away And every
garment ia the do pile has been so skill
fully utilized in the Imagination OF the
wearer that the wife knows the perils Of
disposing of them. and does not try IL A
comparison between men and women IN
their love for many possessions, when 1,
comes to clothes. will show always that II
Is men who cling 10 their old clothes. ant
not women
Why most men are perfect magpe'
about their garments No matter how
frayed or shabby or soiled "a garment is. nc
matter how impossible il Is that he should
ever want IL. he would no more think o
parting with it than he would with biz
scalplock And as for getting clothe,
enough. no man ever did that The write
knows one man who has eighteen over
coats aud forty three pairs Of Shoes and b,
could not I've induced to sell. give away o
pawn blessed one of the coats or pair O
the shoes New YORK Evening Sun