The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-24
TAILOR TO BUMPY PEOPLE
Some Difficulties Of Making Clothes
For Crippled and Deformed.
New York Sum-

The tall man took a coat from the
rack and turned it round and round
slowly. What do you think of this
he asked.
The caller eyed the garment doubt
fully I hardly know what to think"
she said. 1t seems so kind of bumpy.~
The tall man laughed well" he ad-
mitted, 1T is something on the bumpy
order. But then. it is intended for d
bunny man. Bumpy people are my
speciality
oh" remarked the caller. apologet-
ically. L didn't know that"
Didn't you read my Sign2'' asked
the tall man. Then he led the way out
into the street and pointed TO the white
letters which informed passers-by that
tailor who sewed for cripples and de-
formed persons did business there
I didn't notice that" said the caller.
1T was hidden by the awning"
so it was" said the tall man. "bu-
SO far as business is concerned, Il
makes little difference whether my sign
/ is visible or not, for everybody knows
, where to find me. You did not know.
/ DerhaDs. that the tailor business. like
every other profession is gradually BE-
ing divided up into specialties. I have
taken the bumpy people, as you call
them. for my particular patrons For
/ the past five years I have been work
ing almost exclusively along the
bunny line. and now fully twO-Jhirds
of my customers are people troubled
] with some physical impeTfeCtiOn which
I they want concealed or. where that IS
! impossible. reduced TO a minimum by
their clothes.
! 1t stands to reason that it IS a tit-
] ficult thing to give a defOrmed man
/ good nit. It might seem to the casual
| observer that any tailor who can turn
/ out well-fitting suit of clothes for
/ sound. upright man ought 10 be able
/ to do propOrtionately good work for a
/ cripple. but this theory does not hold
/ water in practice. 1 know scores u
/ tailOrS uD town who do flrSt-claSS WORK
when sewing for their own trade. but
] as soon as they infringe on my special
/ ty they make a bOtCh Of everything
{ they Law their hands on Their IN
/ competency in that line is due chiefly
/ TO the tendency to give attention % l--
whimsical notions and suggestions Oh
patrons.
/ AS rule. a man whose physique
I out of keller is very sensitive III re-
gard to his shortcomings. He naIui-
4 ally wants the defect minimiZe1 % inc
greatest possible degree. and he mas
! griSt of ideas which would NJ nrll-L-H
tend to improve his appearance me
tailor who has not learned from eAir--
ence the cut best adapted % Various
deformities is apt to be guided by l-5
most plausible of these suggestions anu
the result is general diSsa tisfacuoA -'
/ all concerned.
"As for myself. having studi-I .l-5
branch of the trade for SO many l-@.+
I consider that I am competent % D;
the worst case of crooked limbs 'f .a-
back on record, and while ] listen lo
tiently to directions and appar-Aus ~ :,
fer to the wishes Of my customers. u
reality I follow nv own judgment anu =.
the consequence is. I am tTou'.-- -
fewer kickers than any other la--ls ~
my acquaintance I am quite H-pu-
nv acquaintance. I am qul'- "A
my reputation. too There are nos. :
these bumpy people in town. ana u.
high time somebody was maklns SF
cial study of their anatomy