New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
HE HAD A SCHEME.
HOW HE PROPOSED TO PERMIT PEOPLE TO
urrn rvrN WITH TIE WEATHER.

HOW HE PROPOSED TO PERMIT PEOPLE TO
KEEP EVEN WITH THE WEATHER.
10 rush.a into MS friends ONCE yesterday in his
usuoI abrupt manner. and. throwing his overcoat
and hat into chair. he Hoped himself down IN
no,hcr tilted Il back against the wall. and elevated
hls feet on q nearby desk
Fine day" calculated his friend.
Yep; It's 'beaut'
Great change. though
yen warm enough to roast clans on the SIDE
Walk tanning himself vigorously with q news
paper. Feel depressed!
well. yes somewhat
kind O. low DOWN
Yes"
"a, ~ you had a touch OF malaria and influenza
and didn't care whether schooi kept vi ho''
That's Il exactly.
"No energy. and blame Il on the weather.
Correct to dot
you" o.
"It H. eh? how do you make that out?''
ITO much clothes
"rhat may be. but I live in Harlem. and can't
20 home half n dozen times day. every time the
,hermomeer in this blessed climate rises or faiis
ten or fifteen points
That's It exactly. know you cant-thats what
| am here for" -,
TT"
I've got a scheme. ~
"oh. YOU have l thought you had somethins'
There are millions In It, OF course
Yep"
well. what Is it, a..
..you are like thousands OF othor men VINO i've
tim miles or more from their business. III We nave
a ,sy, hours OF warm weather. the next day you
come down here In all the glories OF your sum
mer raiment. The weather changes apout "'e
time YOU get here. and you freeze. You so hono
vowtng that you will not be caught that way again.
heay
p.,t day I'm an ulster, fur gloves ana pockets
stuffed with handkerchiefs. Another change In
the weather; the thermometer goes up twenty oe-
erees: YOU have tried to bear the weather market
when you should have bulled It. {Sa nave xos AT AT
tempted to buiidoze nature ana so' 'ei'' lou "e
you can't but / can--and that's my, scheme
Unfold Il. then, for heavens sake ana get JUL
''' arasv "a rolling of a log-simpy foresta the
weather get bulge on T. beat Il at IFS own sa tbat
wardrobe / have two suits Of clothes. several
changes Of underwear three pairs OF shoes three
too numerous to mention. When the weather
changes change with I'll mean my clothes"
clever young man but did you ever stop 70 con.
thai every sn san he aS S P
sa'swth more suits OF clothing than Berry Wail
the average man likes 20 keep some Of his clothes
a Ss E, the her. Is n he his
office; 4 ha. done such things you know. Ball.
you make me tired'
'Uumph! that's what I expected. / thought you
would say that: that's why ! gave you the OPEN
ing OF course don't expect all men to have as
large a wardrobe as l have: good clothes and some
men don't agree with each other: nor do expect
them to keep a stock OF clothing In their offices IL
is Just here that my scheme comes In. My scheme
Is 10 rent n suitable place downtown and lay In
great stock Of clothing for men. including every.
thing from n pair Of shoestrings to q fur-lined
overcoat-cothing suitable for all the S4o different
kinds of weather which we have u New YORK AZ
that the Thermometer has suddenly dropped forty
degrees and he In ten miles from home with linen
suit on ne can telephone our establishment. and an
energetic and prompt messenger boy Will take him
up a fun winter uniform. $3.50
Then again. when he realized the fact that the
Thermometer has suddenly jumped up about sixty
q hot stove, suitable clothing will be quickly fur
nished him 1t the most reasonable charge. NY