The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-09
TATTLING CLOTHING.
HOW A MANS GARB MAY PROCLAIM
HIS RANK IN LIFE.

A Philosophical Tailor Tells How He Reads
Character rs Well as Vocation In the
Mems Garments That Pass Before His
Critical Eye.
"You may talk about getting knowlege
Of your fellow men through the art Of
phrenology or palmistry; about being able
to read the people you meet by observing
the lines about the mouth, the turn and
form of the nose or ear OF the shape and
expression of the human eye, but I'll tell
you, said Frank 5, Flanagan, proprietor
of the Pantorium There is nothing so
clearly indicative of mans character as
the clothes he wears We clean and press
men's s clothing here, and it is never neces-
sary for him to tell us his vocation I'm life.
We learn 1t from his clothes We know
whether he Is married or single, and II
married how much his wife thinks of him;
If SINGLE whether he lives at home or is
boarding He is no mystery to U.S. We
know whether he is doctor, lawyer, news
paper man, gambler, priest college pro.
fessor, merchant actor or what not. We
can tell whether he is bowlegged, nervous
or indifferent. If he likes children or is
in love, his clothes bear that telltale. In
fact you never know a man until you
clean him. When l get my hands on a
mans suit of clothes, he is no long n un
known to me.
"You take the ministers. OF course
they all wear garb that is significant of
their calling. The back of the coats they
bring here to be fixed are always shining
like plate glass mirror. Their lapels are
out of line from much pulling and hauling
to improve their appearance. Their trou
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speaks of long vigils and hours of prayer,
with perhaps an extra polish obtained in
putting down carpets or too frequent rub
bing with the palms of the hands, smack
ing their legs in laughter while cracking
Jokes They do not wear oreases length
wise in their trousers pressed by the iron,
but the creases circle around the legs.
That's caused by holding the children on
his lap. Pshawi You can always tell a
preachers clothes.
'The lawyers clothes are almost as easi-
ly distinguished as the preachers The
seat of his trousers is always thin. You
see, he generally sits on wooden or cane
bottom chair. This part of his trousers is
only an adumbration II the hole is worn
completely through, he adopts one of two
measures He either wears a longer coat
or has his pants half soled.' If he wears
longer coat to hide the laxity Of his ap-
parel, he is continually grabbing the bot
tom edge of it to keep the wind from dis
closing his secret. If he has his trousers
patched and continues to wear his sack
coat, he looks shamefaced and backs out
of ones presence like tumblebug. And
then, too, the inside coat pocket of a law
yer is always full Of papers. This makes
the pocket sag, and 1t soon gets out of
shape The elbows of the lawyers coat
are always shiny. In studying he puts his
head in his hands and rests his elbows on
| the table.
II can tell doctor too. His clothes,
while generally clean and well preserved,
have the smell of iodoform about them.
Then, too, he always leaves his clothes to
be fixed at certain hour Other men call
for their clothes about on time. Not SC
with the physician. He is always two OF
three hours late He is very apt to leave
small vial of morphine tablets in his
vest pocket.
"a most peculiar suit of clothes is worn
by the pickpocket-yes, 1 have them fol
customers too. His pockets are as numer
Gus as the political pie hunters. Pockets
on the inside of pockets. Pockets undel
the waistband Pockets everywhere.
never saw the like of places to concea
stolen articles. He might be searched 6
hundred times and still retain his 'swag.
l wish you could have seen pair of pant:
fixed up for one of those circus grafters
That pair of pants just had exactly 4:
pockets.
Gamblers and liquor dealers hav,
more neatness about their dress than any
others. They dress in more ostentatioI
than the men of other callings. The gam
bier generally leaves cards or poker chip
in his pockets, and / have no trouble il
finding him out.
"Take the grocery man, for instance
His clothes smell of almost everything
from fish to peppermint candy. They ar
more or less soiled from coming in con
tact with lard and other greasy substances
They wear an apron in front, which pro
tects that part of the suit.
cts funny to see the newspaper man
clothes. He don't have time for the us
of coat There are two full moons il
his pantaloons, and nary patch is there
His trousers are fringed at the bottom
and he generally wears his pants turne
up, He is fairly neat in appearance-tha
is, keeps his clothes Clean because he sci
, dom has moro than one suit,
1.-THE bowlegged man is daisy. II
i likes his trousers creased in order that h
may appear straight limbed. He sits tigh
In the saddle of his pants. His suspendeI
\ are short. The buttons on his trousel
a have hard service. His vest is shorte
l. than otherwise, but the point of the kne
! to the side of the crease gives him con
pletely away. That may be the reason tha
;, women like bowlegged men, because the
+ keep their pants pressed and creased.
Is "The college professor has neat clothes
but in them you will find fine particles {
It chalk dust, etc.
Il "Old Commodore Vanderbilt, who's
head was so long he could eat out of
:, churn, gave it as his opinion that to
successful in life a young man must /
- natty. Now, the longer we live the MOI
forcible becomes his advice. Each succeed
ing generation becomes neater in appea
ance There was time when a dirty, Il
bacco splattered shirt front signifled dii
. nifty and profundity of intellect. Bl
things have changed and from out he
erogeneous mass of pseudo natty peop
I' our young man of today is evolved.
find him TO be neater and cleaner than v
y were; but, try how he will, man can ne
er escape from the fact that his tall
T knows more about him than his wife. -
Kansas City World.