Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-07
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
OUTSIDE CLOTHING.
The Dilemma Of the Man Who Takes
Large Sizes.
Some Of the Largest Sizes That are Found IN
Augusta.

at would like to look at some of your
latest fancy shirts" said the corpulent
man who entered the clothing store on
Water street, yesterday
Eyes, sir, very much pleased to show
them to YOU" remarked the smooth
and voluable clerk. "Er-what size
please?"
eighteen" coolly replied the man.
Il am very sorry, but we never keep
anything of that sort in stock, courte-
ously said the clerk. 1T is a size that
we never have call for"
The customer was mad, terribly so.
He didn't see why some of the furnish
ers of Augusta did not keep something
that would fit a man. They were all
out of date anyway. He couldn't fnd
a thing that fitted him. Not even
shirt could be found.
The clerk stood it all for time,
when he suggested as coolly as though
he were lellIuS VI SOiiiC SoCo PohAAe ~
a suit of clothes he was selling, Per
haps you think you have entered a
place where they sell circus tents.
should advise you to go to some sail
loft and have a circus tent of the size
made for you, and wear it for a shirt.
Perhaps they could get it large enough.
If you wish though, we can get you a
shirt in day or so by sending for it"
That took the wind out of the mans
sails, and he stopped
These calls for outsizes are not in
frequent. Men who wear large hats
have as hard work to find what will
suit them as the man who wears a
large shirt. The man with the large head
has a terrible life to live, for he has to
take what he can get. He does not
have a whole lot to select from. Usual
ly in his case there are but two or
three, and if he does not take one, he
will have to wear his old hat.
1t is the same with the men who
wear any kind of an article of apparel.
they, as rule, have to take what they
can get
The largest pair of shoes, gloves and
hat that any one man in Augusta has
ever been known to take. was the late
George Ramsell. who was for years
turnkey at the county Jail. He had
hands and feet of enormous size. His
gloves We're No. u, where the average
man will take from a to 9. Mr..
Ramscll had to have his shoes made for
him as he required a No. IA. His head
was also of large size.
The largest stocking commonly kept
in stock is a Y, though few Of that size
are often sold, one size smaller being the
most common size. In gloves the sizes
seldom run higher than 10.
In shoes the dealers never make pro-
vision in large quantities for anything
larger than an II. They always keep
larger rubbers and overshoes, and can
get larger shoes in small numbers when
they are needed.
With regard to shirts plans are sell
dom made for anything larger than a
Il, anything larger than that in most
cases having to be made to order.
Hats seldom go above ~, and few Of
those are kept. To get a larger size,
one usually has to send to the factory
for them, through the dealer.
In trousers a 46 or As waist is seldom
seen in a pile, though some dealers
keep them in those sizes and even
higher. 1t usually occurs in a case OF
a large waist on pair of trousers, that
they have short legs. Once in a while
though large waist and long legs are
asked for. A man six feet in height
will take about a 34-inch leg pant in
length. A man recently called fol
trousers with a Sc leg and a As waist.
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