Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-25
TATTLlNG CLOTHING.
HOW A MANS CARS MAY PROCLAIM
HIS RANK IN LIFE.
A Philosophical Tailor Tells How He Reads
Character Ms Well Vocation In the
Mems Garments That Pass Before His
Critical Eye '-a.....

"1Ou may Calk ADOuJ BceGinS hho"iSSo IL
II your fellow men through the art OF e.
chronology or palmistry; about being able
to read tho people you meet by observing o
the lines about the mouth, the turn and S,
form of the nose or ear or the shape ana 81
of the human eye, but IL tell v
YOU" said Frank S. Flanagan, proprietor II
of tho Pantorium, ''thcre is nothing SO
clearly indicative Of mans character us a
tho clothes he wears. We clean and press l
,uen, q clothiuu here and it is never ncccs-
sary for him to tell US his vocation In lie
We lonrn it from his clothes We know
whether BIO is married or single, and II
married how much his wife thinks OF him;
If single. whether he lives at homo OF is
boarding Flo is no mystery TO US we
know whether he is Ii doctor. lawyer news,II l.,
paper 1nau, gambler, priest, college pro
lessor merchant, actor or what not VIC
can tell whether he is bowlcggcd, nervous
or indifferent. If no likes children or IS
in love, his clothes bear that tclltale. In
fnct YOU never know IL man until You
clean him When 1 get my hands on
| mans suit of clothes, he is no long IT UNI
known to mo. u.M- .
! "You tmke the ministers. OF course
! they all wear garb TINT is s1gnilicane Oh
| their calling The back of the coats they
! bring here to be fixed arc always shining |
| like II plate glass mirror. Their lapelS AFRO |
out of lincfrom much pulling and hauling
to improve their appearance Their trou-
sprs shine, too, with brllliaEcy tha1
speaks Of long vigils and hours of prayer
with perhaps an extra polish obtained IN
putting down carpets or too frequent rub
binu with the palms of the hands smack
ing their legs in laughter while cracking
Jokes. They do not wear creass's length
wise in their trousers pressed by the iron,
? but the crclses circle around the Is
{ That's caused by holding The chi:eirrron
A his lap. Pshaw! You can always tell 4
t preachers clothes.
Q tsThe lawyers clothes are alu!osta us east
. " distinguished us the preWhcr'S The
o seat of his trousers Is always 'hlh. lou
v see, he generally Sis on IL wooden or cane
bottom chair. This part of his trousers Is
v only an administration. II the hole is worn
Is completely through, he adopts one OF TWO
measures IIc cithOr wears y longer coat
Y, or has his pants half soled. If he wears
u longer cont to hide the lnSity If his APP
pnrcI, he is continually grabbing thc bot
tom cdgo OF it to keep the wind from cls
closing his secret If he has his trousers
- patched and continues to wear his s;'ci
co,x, he locks shnnclaccd and backs on
of ones presence like !. tuninrh':S. Ant
&c then, too. the inside coat pocket OF y law
- yer is always full Of papers. This MAKES
~ tho pocket sag, and it soon gets out o
~ shape Tho elbows of the lawyer Coz;
Va arp always shiny. In studying he puts III
w head in his hands and rests his elbows 81
~, tho table.
IN II can tell a doctor too IIis clothes
while generally cie;,n and we'll preserves,
''o have tho smell of iudoforin about then
Then, too, ho always leaves his clothes
80, be fixed ut a certain hour. Other men c;,
WY for their clothes about on time. Not
l.u with the physician. He is always two {
A, three hours late He is very aps to le:.>
o.o a small vial of morphine tablets III h
+hn vest pocket.
inc "A most peculiar suit of clothes is wo1
p,y by tho pickpocket-yes have them Il
per esle Wa!s5band Pockets eycrvwbnre-
re- never saw the like of places to CONGO
q sSoien articles. He might be searched
ro- hundred times and still retain his sc,r.,,
In : Misn you could have seen II pair of NJ, u,
CT Liked up Tor one of those circus cr,ftrr
Of 1hnS pair of pants just had exactly .
he pockets
ire Gamblers and liuuor ,7aa1crs b., ;.
he more heAtness about their dress than nm
TX Others. They dress i'm NOR, ost,,,,.:
h siah inc men OF other callings. TN. ,,.,n,
IL oler generally leaves cards or poker ~, -
N MS pockets, and Ihnrc no tro,,b1, !,
finding him out. ''o'''"o II
lake the grocery man, for Instance
ge ms clothes smell Of almost everrthip.
vs. uolli hsn TO peppermint candy The, nr1
H. ~. s.' w iess solled from coming in con
a H., i9l lArd and ether greasy substances
10 They wear AN AR Il in front. which ,,rs
II tects that part OF 80 suit.
ar It's funny to see the ncwsnoncr ,r,,
J. c!othes He dom, have time foI. tbn We,
r ~ coab. There are two full moons in
10 I ,ls pMhtalo"ns, and n;'ry patch is there
10 ms trousers are fiiE ed at tho bottom
l., anu i,e generally wears his pants turned
J. ~ nc Is ihlrly neat III appc;.rance-that
y d.. AIops ms clothes clean, because he sci
3 ooi NM, mas moro than one suit.
i -, The bowlegged man is q daisy az
z nAes ms trousers creased in order TINT bo
$ may appear straight linhcd. Hc sits tioht
8 ~ the saddle of his pants His susn,n,iars
0 1to SHORT. Ihc buttons on his tro,scrc
+ nave nArd service. His vest is short,,r
t .i'i.h o1nerwise, but tho point OF the knee
3 ~ .no slde OF the crease gives him com
t wy AWAY, way mat may be the reason that
Keep their pants pressed and crensrd '-''S
Ihe college professor has ncnt clotbos
nu6 IN them you Will find line u,rtic,.,s ~
chalk dust, etc. ''''' r'i''cieS OF
| old Commodore Vanderbilt whose
'ie3'u was SO long he could eat out If n
onurl'' gave 1t us his opinion that To hc
successful! IN life young man must be
tn "..1 Now the longer we live the more
| .io po.o'ncs his advice. Each succeed
! ,r, "SeoAcS Hcatcr III aHntylr.
t'nce. ihcre was u time when a dirty to.
oucco splnttered shirt front siynili.d dig.
ny. my ana profundity Of intellect. Hnt
'hlhss nave changed and from ont n Rot
o.osoiicous mass of pseudo natty pconle
nur young man of today is evolved lvo
una MIN to be nenter and clearer thn,, No
were; but, try how he will, man can nov.
ei escape from the fact that his tnilor
hnows more about him thnn his wife. -
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