The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-18
GELS TROUSERS.
THEIR FAILURE TO FIT CAUSES A
ROW IN BAXTER STREET.

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h'is Aunt, Carmina. Cats or the Tip Of the
Ear or tho Ntisnt Ciothier's wife. and His
Elder nrother. Don,inico. LaSs Opeh the
Ciothierna Eace-noth Of Them Used Rasors.
In the course Of time II became evident that
tho little TUmmaso Gel must have q pair OF
Sunday trousers and waistcoat; not home-maue
articles, but real store clothes. As for the coat,
his brother Domlnico's outgrown black coat,
which cost $S-no lcss-but FIVE years Duck
could no altered suitably. To Dominica, VINO
Is 10 years old and earns money, was intrusted
the task Of purchasing tho necessary clothing.
With his younger brother he set out from their
homo at 206 East 18th street on Tuesday attor-
noon for the homo Of their sister, Concotta,who
Is u good girl and lives at 40 Mulberry street,
right In tho heart OF tho fashionable clothing
district which centres about Baxter street.
Concotta didn't know much about trousers,
but their aunt, Carmina valcro, just across tho
street, was wise in such matters. Why not In.
decd, aimee she had three boys and q husband TO
buy fort Few were as keen at q bargain rs
Aunt Carmina. Why, even tho Levys OF Bax'
ter street had been known to compliment nor;
not to her face, indeed, which would have boon
but a matter of business, but among themselves
and complainingly. So Concetta took Domin-
leo and the little Tommaso over to SEQ Aunt Car
nina. who was delighted with the prospect OF
another bout at bargaining. There was tho
very thing, she said. at Krcssnor's across the
park, on the corner Of Franklin street. To
Krcssner's she led them. together with two
women neighbors who invited themselves to 60
along rs spectators.
what, pantsl" said Mr.. Louis Krcssner.
running his p~ractised eye over tho figure Of the
little Tommaso "And a vesti We have the
beautiful goods, and cheap! So cheap 1t would
mako you almost cry to 500 thcm!"
The goods were produced. and the waistcoat
tried on, to tho vast admiration Of Mr.. Krossncr
and his wife, Yotta.
"Oh, what n bcc-yutiful. elegant suit!' they
cried with uplifted eyes. Don't he look lovely
in ~"
To try on the pants, they insisted. was quite
superfluous. since the rest fitted with such pro-
cision. BY oil tho gods of trade they sworo
that the neither garment would be satisfactory
beyond the power Of words to express. Began,
then, the important matter OF the price. Very
little English has Aunt Cnrnina, but such as
she had was chiefly numerical, and she stuck
20 it with a portinacity that half won her point.
Tho purchasers went away in triumph. the little
Tommaso himself joyqgsly bearing the new
1 no,hi0S xo ArFiV do b at amt thaf he ea mns, ,srt F60ms +
tho company. No sooner had he appeared, clad
madonna! What outrage! What wool
What pants! Those thieving Kressners! They
enOnld SuH6r Tor inns CnehtlnH. vendetta!
For the Wanted trousers wore a most pictur-
osque misht; They ,baggcd most amazingly
where they shouldn't have bagged at all, but in
other places they were so tight that when the
, little Tommaso sought to ait down he all but
wept with anguish. Another moment and no
Of indignant criticism which his appearance
aroused. Wrath was the dominant emotion in
the souls Of Aunt Carnlina, Concetta and Do
miniCo. They got raZUrs and set out to rectify
the error.
At Krossner's store they, were met by Kress,
Dn- hta ..iFz A~l I-.lNh la-la 49, ace 4l..a
Instantly they burst out into a storm of pas
sslGpn ,oa Italian 20 80 y9eifor9 % that tho store
italy is ono of those Tongues which OK ali
emotions at about tho same pitch. and the
Kressner contingent was doubtful W neither
true diplomacy the head Of the firm asusmed
All" said he, smiling bonignly; Come
ill., hGw ,i mS1ld E9S like 3 t to SFy E sh different sorMI pattern
what subsidized sSoi't tie . S%f tones ) 1 Hant SS caT.
m mt%f; T rang W through nHsS'f re u sRo 9n0 S %ith eloqa ssrt
gestures and an expression no less eloquent.
even pretend to misunderstood her, despite the
un %6on.s IT, huadI as', Of 'hs ssT "Fhn M eIiea indignantly.
t nr eoarf S,,,l they ,v bag t RisS That's the way
fiP Iolsa 20 sh SS'lf Is full Mlh 81 pants aliah that aSeb bSs. s 5ust Ike, Ike
Get out added Mrs. Kressner, motion
ing toward tho door.
Seeing that the time had come for action,
Aunt Carmina produced her razor, and with q
! Sirs: kSr rassi%l' s%seps; it iha a sSrie Sf thai sh0 br sip St
tho pullersin hurrying to the scene. Mrs.
krcssner fell to the floor. Aunt Carmina
then closed with Kressner, and proceeded to
hack ut his short ribs. Either her razor was
dull or the cloth of his coat was thick. for she
didn't get to the flesh. but she did occupy his
attention so successfully that he didn't have
time to dodge u slash from Dominica Gel
which laid his face open from temple to chin.
Down he went, and Aunt Carmina was tackled
by Flanders. upon whose arm she endcavorcd
to carve her name. Dominica fled, and Aunt
Carmina, fiourishing her razor. made her way to
liberty before two Park policemen ana Police
man Pickert of tho Elizabeth Street station:ap.
penred.' Concetta and Mrs. Kressner were
taken TO the station house. and Kressnor was
carried upstairs to have his wound attended to
by a doctor. He will be laid up for ton days.
Concetta had u torn finger, and tho ambulance
surgeon who was called to look after that also
repaired Mrs. Kressner's mutilated ear. After
both sides had talked him almost deaf, the ser
geant declined to hold anybody.
Meantime the little Tonmaso. still clinging
to his misfit trousers. wandered weeping about
Mulberry Park until his aunt found him and took
him homo to DO spanked as the cause of all the
trouble. Dominica Is still at large, but the
krcssners have his razor, as well as the marks
1t left, az 4 remembrance of his visit.