The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-01
THE AVERAGE MAN.
One Who Comes Within That Classic
ficatiOn May Consider Himself In
Zion &c Chicago record.

From the Chicago Record.
ITS a pleasure to MT YOU" said the
clothing salesman to his customer
'Why2" querled his patron, as he gIanc-
ed comDlacently over hts shoulder at his
figure rejecting in a long mirror.
Because you are an average man. I
mean that your hight width Of shoulders,
chest measure, length Of back. width
across the hips, length of arms and legs
dimensions struck off by the manufactures
Of ready-made clothing"
i thought you could fit any sized man."
80 We can, but TO do 1t sometimes we
must break up three different sets of cloth
ing; take the coat from one. the vest from
another, and the trousers from another
Now, with you 1t IS different. ] simply
took the chest measure and found he
coat in few minutes made for that meas
ure. The vest and trousers were all right,
Of course, for you are a man Of average
build. And you are a lucky man. too
according to my way of thinking. / know
that when II Is said, oh, he Is an average
man. the term is used in the depresatorv
sense. AS matter Of fact, to say that
man is an average man is to say that he
viii go through life easily, with less fric-
tion with more pleasure and less annoy
ance than the man who is above or below
the average. Everything made in quanti-
ty Is made to fit the average man. A door
knob is placed where it Is most handy to
the man of average hight A letter box
is put up so that the average man can
Car straps hang down far enough for the
average man 10 clutch them with the least
effort. Car steps are place so that the
average man can get in and out of a
street car easily.
'Hats, shoes, shirts. collars, cuffs. stock
ings, clothing Of every sort, are made OF
average sizes. If a man OF a certain hight
is too fat or too slim for the average build
of that hight ne is in trouble as soon as
he enters a clothing store. If his legs are
too long or too short the salesman must
overhaul his stock and try on a number
fit and frequently ne must have them al
tered after all.
'Now. it's the same way with other
things The man who average Intelligence,
average brain power, average schooling
average morality and average religious
ideas win get along in the world better
than men who stand high above him. Men
above the average have added RESPONSE
bilities thrust upon them. More is expect
ed of them. They are supposed to keen uD
finds fault with them. The average citizen
average husband, average father, average
man IS happy, because he Is inconspicu-
Gus. He goes along unnoticed, as he Is
neither a fool nor genius. He attracts
no attention. and finds ten times more SOL
Ia pleasure in life than those who are
highly gifted in one way or another. You
see, the average man is we'll balanced
man, and balance means stability and
stability means rest l have figured this
thing out, and have come to the concur
sion that the world is better because of
go steadily and quietly along, not be-
cause of the few geniuses who flash up and
blaze like bonfires for a time, and then die
down to have their ashes blown into
everybody's eyes to annoy and poster
them"