Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
4 T.tiIi0R- MADE MAN.

DtHti' lie ala lhlS 10 40 the llRnt
| thing by the street and also TO keep
the earth balanced.
On this cold and cheerful Christmas
| day thai we introduce him 10 our read
| ers he Is &ttirtd in one OF our nobby
/ peari-gray twecds the overcoat being
! IN oar fashionable surtout style, the
, trousers full and no. creased too sharp
| ~. lis hands are sloved in our special
| drive i'm $l9S walking gloves. back
, stitched in black lie carries malacca
walking stick. The nccktie is to match
10 suit and the pin To match the neck
! tie. He also wears one OF our s. silk
hats and he looks neither to the right
| nor the left nor to either side Of him.
For is ii not today that he is TO meet
| Aurelia MOntravers?
He PAGES restiessly up and down.
and his short pants-of respiration.
! for MS trousers are perfect tit show
but 100 plainly his excessive agitation.
She should have been here long ere
this, he mutters. Il could have sworn.
too. that she would have been here,
! for until now she always ran on sched-
ule time And he taps the ground i'm
| patiently with his neat and glossy pat
ent feathers. We have these in con-
| gross, button or lace. With the low
cuts we are Offering novel idea in
gentleman's hose black silks with
iiniatTe Ansonia clocks. They are
bcund to go.
At last the one for whom he waits
appears in sight. 1t is Aurelia Mon
travers. the one be loves most deeply.
She IS tastefully attired in one of
our street toilets skirt Of striped
tw.lled surah. with a BASQUE of tan and
brown plaid-faced cloth The basque
las the favorite coat-skirts which
characterized the Louis XVI period.
over which large pocket laps are laid.
She greets him with gesture OF
disdain aud declines his proncred
hand
l had half mind not TO come. she
says, SO | am here.
And why do YOU treat me thus?'
he asks. For he is proud of his tailor
and knows there are no cantharides
on his costume.
Today Eus;aee kehogan." she an
swers. today YOU saw me standing in
an elevated railroad ear. You sat there.
with others of your kind reading. and
you let me stand as if | were a tired
shop girl. You let me stand. the w0m-
al you profess 10 love nor profercd
me seat. Does this do honor TO your
bOasted Norman blood?"
And is love 50 selfish that il de-
mands a sacrifice such as this" he
asks. You know, Aurelia Montravers.
that | am pictured in all the fashion
plates as "a typical New Yorker To
get up and give lady my seat, None
but Jerseymen do that IS typical
New Yorker / could not do that. |
could not establish a precedent
She knows his argument is just. She
falters and furGives lie sees he is for
given and would embrace her were It
not that he fear. II would spoil he set
of his surtout
This is one of the things we'll
dressed man should be most careful
of. The cloth may be- OF the best. Tie
cut and ~ may be as classic as a sculp-
tors vision ard Yet one careless mo-
ment. one instant OF forgetfuncss. may
ruin all Get our handbook How 10
Fold Coat: Or. the Art of Care for
Clothes"
She looks at him. her eyes trimming
with tears. Eusiacc. she says softly.
is my hat on straight"
II is Christmas night They are
seated in our property conservatory.
They are wearing our property even
ing dress. She holds her property feath-
~ fan he holds his property opera hat
But It's not to pose for our artists So
ciety shit for our next weeks issue
They are there on their own hook. like
the hat in the hall.
And, Eustace" she is saying, Il
will have my complexion changed to
suit your suit" But Eustace Keho-
gan starts back in horror at her
words.
Never, never" ne cries. THAT has
happened to mo when have been en-
gagged before The day preceding my
wedding my tiancce changed her com
pleXion. and my frock coat and layen-
der trousers thar matched her former
style OF beauty fell back a dead loss on
my tailor's hands. 4 week later"-he
was sobbing bitterly now II saw them
exposed for sale in front OF Nose
Levy's Mistit Clothing Parlor,"
Il know the whole sad story. Eu-
STAGE, she murmurs. Il was that girl ="
She notes his establishment and re
sumes. Yet you will do rs any swell
dresser would give me another chance
to redeem myself"
And she thinks Of how she will look
in her handsome bridal toilet of pearl
colored brocade. in low knot design,
and plain satin. with embroidered chif-
fon 10 match. the Medici collar of gold
brocade lined with satin and wired
at the top and turned back from the
throat. And she does not notice the
thick coating OF silence which he
breaks at last.
q mink that we. us, YOU ana |, me
and you. should meet again. and like
this" he mutters. TO thinh that this
should happen, and in society. SOci-
ETY., where nothing ever happens ex-
cept things. Society, that gives out
column dress descriptions to the re-
porters Of green journals who bungle
up the terms when writing them out