The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
DRESSING IN PHILADELPHIA.
Lost Collar Button Leads to an Ar
rest.
From the Philadelphia Press.

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From the Philadelphia Press.
A young man, at first sight of somewhat
natty appearance but on closer inspection
of a decidedly shabby genteel cast, stroll
ed into the corridor of the postofilce build
ing a few days since. There was nothing
remarkable in that, but when few min
| utes later he was hurried away to a hos
pitaI in carriage the few people about
for It was very early in the morning-at
once thought Of suicide or some sudden at
tack of illness.
The removal was due, however, to moth
ing of the sort though a policeman and
the hospital attendants were firmly con-
WINGED that the man was crazy or had fits.
II all came about In this way: The IN
fortunate was simply one of the great
class of confidence guys" or, in plain
words man who lived by his wits; and
had stopped in at the postoffice to change
his linen.
He had scarcely entered the dimly light
ed corridor and taken careful survey
than he stopped, and daintily drawing up
his trousers leg hauled a spotless collar
from some hiding place beneath. A pair
of cuffs appeared after ne had explored
the other leg and then he set to work. A
very much solled collar was tWitched Off
his shirt band and a pair of sere and yell
low cuffs dropped from his sleeves like
smoky sails from a whaler's yard arm.
All was ready for the change, but just
then there was an accident. The rear
collar button slipped it's moorings and
started at once for the gents" socks by
the inside shirt route. quite naturally
the gent" dug for his collar button; he
even swore mildly, but all to no purpose.
Then, just as he twisted himself into the
attitude Of a golf expert preparing for
heavy bulger drive, an inquiring police
man strolIed In. He saw the twisted
gent" and at once presuming that the
poor man had fits he rushed to the rescue.
Now any man who lose his collar but
ton is mad and in this case as the afore-
said collar button insisted on squirming
all around this particular mans anatomy
he was doubly vexed.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS he
yelled.
That settled It. Mr.. Policeman at once
Thought he had a crazy man to deal with
and mildly but firmly he bore him outside,
collars and cuffs flying wild in the strug
gle. Into a cab the policeman tossed him,
and aided by an eVer-ready bystander
held him while the driver sent his horse
at top speed for the hospital.
"Feller's crazy or got fits" calmly an
nounced the policeman as white-coated
doctor met the party in the receiving
ward
acknowledgements" shouted the pa
TENT"
Cray" announced the doctor.
Finally, after the victim had been hus-
tied into a padded cell put In a strait
Jacket and manacled, he succeeded In ex-
planning to a passing attendant his pre-
dicament and was released. In the fu-
ture he will change collars in sewer.
Mans inventive genius never comes so
prominently to the fore as when dire ne
cessity compels him to delve deep into
the rccesses of his think tank and work
out a solution Of the everlasting problem
how to live.
The mere fact of existence Is not the
question since life is not hard to sustain
in such prosperous and charitable city
as this; but to live ans keep up appear
ances without the aid of a certain ex-
chequer IS entirely another matter. Still
some succeed and it requires only ordinar-
lily careful observation and ones presence
around town at hours when the streets
are quiet and deserted to learn some
strange things.
The corridors Of big buildings are the