Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-05-13

kind, and when anybody does say any
thing unpleasant | usually have some
thing to say in return, which makes
us quits. You would be surprised to
| find how little trouble l really have.
| And then think what a relief it is,
when one arrives in a strange city,
| to be able to pick up ones grip and
| walk up street without bothering
anybody, and without having some
| soft-spoken fellow come up with a
smirk, and Is there anything l can
do for you, MISS? o, tell you, trous-
| ers are a great thing.
THE other day at the White House
| reception 1 met Mr.. WI, the Chinese
minister, who was there with his
wife. When | was introduced the
minister asked me why | wore pants
saw the question was suggested by
the natural inquisitiveness of the Ash
attic, and I replied in the same vein,
Why do you wear skirts?
because it is the custom of my
country to wear them" he replied.
Well said 1. I wear pants because
this is a free country and people are
| not hampered with customs. Then
he said: They say you are doctor
| If l was sick l would not send for
| you; but if my wife was sick l should.
l told him l should be glad to attend
his wife or him, and, would you believe
it, he has sent for me to see Nine.
| WI, and have paid her professional
| visit. How was she dressed? Well,
that is the funniest part of it. She
had broadcloth pants and tunic.
She was dressed just about as l am"
| Il have been taken for Catholic
priest a good many times" said DR..
! Mary. More than once people have
sworn to me that was FIR. So and So,
| and they wouldn't listen to a denial
Once at the White House man hailed
me as brother Brown of his church in
Atlanta, and when l told him he was
mistaken | couldn't get him to believe
me- Sometimes the mistakes have been
very funny. Young girls have tried
to f1irt with me and | have been simp-
| ly shocked by the brazen effrontery
| of some women whom l have met
while travelling. One of them actually
asked me how often I shaved. She
thought l was a boy, and wouldn't
take my word to the contrary. Some
women delight in asking me why l
them l buy my own clothes, and
really don't see why can't have them
| cut as l like without having people
| asking questions about them. l tell
such women that if they will send me
their gowns l will wear them. take
very good care not to say how l will
wear them, and as they never send
me any | am saved the trouble of ex-
| planning. One lady promised to send
me a skirt and asked me if l would
wear it as she wore hers. l told her
l would put it on over my trousers
and then hold it up as she did, so as
not to interfere with my walking.
She was angry and left me. l sup
pose she gave me up as a hopeless
case.
Who is my tailor? Well, that de-
ponds. l don't patronize anybody in
particular. and l suppose am like most
other people. When l have money
so to the best tailor can find and have
my measure taken just as you do.
When l am little hard up, as you
would say, go to a big clothing store
and get a suit ready made. | can usu-
| ally find just what l want in the stock
on hand. The only trouble is with the
sleeves. They always have to be cut
off, because my shoulders are narrower
than most mems. In other ways they
are all right. So don't see why they
should be called mems clothes when
they answer just as well for women.
And that reminds me. Why should
young fellows who have been born
since grew TO womanhood talk about
my copying after them? 1t strikes me
that they are the ones who are copying
| after me.
Il don't pretend to be dude, and I
don't care very much about following
the latest styles. l don't care whether
my trousers are cut on the American or
Persian or the Russian pattern. All l
ask is that they look we'll and fit COM
fortably.
Il really don't know" she added. In
answer to question, how many pairs
of pantaloons l wear out in the course
Of year. Not great many. though.