The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
WARDROBE Of \ MONKEY.
ais Owner, q 6ich New Yorker, Has Him
Fitted Out by Poole.

Fitted Out by Poole.
One of the Union club men owns q
long-bearded, white-faced japanese
monkey, whose proud distinction is
that he is the best-groomed and best
dressed monkey in all the world. H,s
name is Brummel, and the expenses o
his wardrobe form an important item
in this gentleman's household accounts
With all the rest of us, Brummel de-
scended from his ancestors. That is al!
anybody knows of his past.
1t was in London recently that the
owner conceived the idea of providing
mis- monkey with decent clothes. Man,
he argued, owed a certain debt of graf
itude to dead monkeys, which they
could repay in no better fashion than
by showing decent courtesy to living
ones And to this forcible reasoning
Brummel owes his wardrobe.
His master sent to Poole. MIR. Poole
is the most fashionablc-which means
the most expensive-tailor in LondGnl,
and therefore in the world. One has tai
be introduced before Poole will make
clothes for one. This was the talk:
you make children's clothesT'
"No," replied Mr.. Poole.
won't you make an exception to
your rule, in this particular case?'
"I'm sorry" answered the tailor,
but we haven't got man in the place
who can make decent suit for boy"
ITO be fair with YOU" was the hest
Eating reply. 'it-it isn't boy"
"Oh," said Mr.. Poole
''Yes," the ambassadorI went on, eft
isn't boy-it's monkey"
Mr.. Poole drew himself to his full
height, and with considerable hauteur
replied:
That's different / thought it was
a boy. WIN you bring the monkey here.
OF shall measure him at his rooms?"
II guess you'd better send to his
rooms," was the reply; "he's not accus-
toned to tailor shops"
"What kind of a suit do you wantr'
"Oh, / want several suits. A whole
wardrobe, in fact. Brummel needs q
dress suit, an ordinary everyday suit.
golf suit, dressing gown. pajamas
and bath robe"
"How about a watch and chain p
asked the great London tailor, with {.
rare burst of British humor.
ITO tell you the TRUTH" was the re-
ply, "he had a little silver watch once,
but he couldn't digest it. and it required
two doctors to get it out"
Mr.. Poole sent Dent, the famous
Dent, his head cutter, to measure Brum-
mel, and within two weeks the monkey
had the neatest little wardrobe that
ever mortal monkey possessed.
His dress suit is made of costliest
broadcloth, faced with satin, and
stitched throughout with silk. His
walking costume is of heavy English
tweed, and when you see Brummel with
his cap perched jauntily upon his head
end a walking stick in one hand you
have a vivid impression of having seen
something like it before-probablg
upon q transatlantic liner.
His pajamas are of the lightest. finest
Chinese silk, and the monkey has be-
come SO accustomed to them that he
refuses to go to sleep without them.
The bath robe, which is OF some fieecv
material, soft to the touch, pleased
Brummel so much that he actually
learned to take q bath every morning
for the pleasure of feeling it upon his
back. SIS Hs sfe
OF course, BFumme1 has valet to
look after him, and you may depend
upon It that his valet earns his wages.
There is no monotony In his life Ills
first task in the morning lie 20 run to
Brummel's little he'd and see If Brum'
mel is stin alive. With Brummel's in-
ordinate fondpess for eating every
thing that shines, from hand-mirrora
TO silver BRUSHES, this il always
problematical. The owner, however,
| Is very fond Of the little fellow, and
spares neither trouble nor expense to
make him comfortable.
Taken all in all, the clothes for this
monkey cost as much, suit for suit, az
| the clothes his master wears. No man
we meet on Broadway wears finer or
more expensive garments. In fact,
one can't buy finer. Mr.. vanderbilt's
| dress coat costs jast as much as this
| monkeys, no more and no less.
Brummel's position in life is truly
enviable. He has all that he requires
and has no responsibilities = Y