The sea coast echo., 1895-10-05
AN Acs or UNIFORMS.
rheir Use Increasing IN All civiilxe

II
Kneir Use rncrenkinE In All CivIilxed
Countries.
An aged New Yorker, whose memory
runs back TO the first quarter OF the
century, spoke to a reporter Of j
change which has occurred IN his life.
time. when ] was boy In New
York, he said, I'VE used 10 guy man
who wore uniform, excepting when
there was q regimental parade, OF
when 1t was the Fourth of July; but
the boys can't do that now. When |
left the house to-day, uniformed let
ter carrier was at the door with my
mail. Half way up the block met 4
uniformed policeman going his rounds.
A uniformed messenger boy was run
ming on the other side of the street !
took an elevated car, the guard upon
which was in uniform I saw lots OF
coach drivers on Madison avenue In
livery, which Is private uniform. A
gang OF uniformed street sweeps were
plying their brooms. A uniformed
member OF the national guard
marched past me. Lots OF bl.
cyclers, men and women, have taken
to the wearing OF kind of unifof m,
rather queer looking, too, some times.
The federal supreme court Is not the
only court In which the judges now
wear a judicial garb, which Is uni.
form, went TO a college commence.
ment and saw oil the students uni.
formed in mortarbonrd hats and togas
You can see clergymen clad In part
of their clerical uniform, such MS the
all-around collar and buttoned-up vest
The walters and hall men at high
toned hotels are uniformed, and so are
the women behind the counters in
some stores. The fashionable evening
dress is uniform, and the stiffest Of
any
''At first did not like to see the
adoption OF the European custom In
the place OF The plain, old-fashioned
American ways, but there does not
seem to be any use in kicking. There
was kick against the police uniform
now worn when II was introduced, and
there was kick against the uniform.
ing of the letter carriers, aud there
has been kick at every extension of
the custom OF wearing uniforms. The
street cleaners did not like Col, War
ing's idea OF putting them in uniform
awhile ago But not kick against
uniformity, in any case, has ever had
any effect.
II am getting to wish now that
every body was uniformed, and that
every business had its own particular
uniform. ! would have the Wall
street uniform, the. poets uniform.
and distinctive uniforms for hotel
keepers, editors, grocers, professional
dudes, custom tailors, lawyers, typog.
raphcrs, gas company men. club
members, doctors. bricllayers and pull
lcrs-in. II would be very convenient.
We would know something about
man at sight The Wall street broker
might wear a plug hat, with green
coat, the hotel-keeper suit OF sky
blue, the doctor dress OF Grape, tho
grocer white apron, washed every
day. and the east-sldc barker should
be allowed to carry trumpet. There
must be thirty thousand, or forty
thousand uniformed people in the city.
and the rest of us might as we'll be
put in uniform. As 1t now is, you
know q policeman when You see him.
and letter carrier and street
sweeper and train guard and
liveried coachman and messenger
boy, and why should you not also
know a politician in white or retail
druggist In the colors OF all the bot
ties in his windowsp"- N. Y. Sun.