Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-08-09

They were standing near the Court
House as Beth and / passed down the
street three of the sterner sex who
represent the wheel of trains in the
Swedish city. Beth and / we're dressed
in our coolest shirt waists and linen
skirts, for the July sun was pouring
down its fiercest rays. The .allest Of tho
group, u propounder Of the theories OF
| blackstone had on blue striped
oheyiot shirt, natty tie and was coat
less. The shortest one snorted white
| cheviot shirt and linen trousers, and
| the third, past master in the steno-
graphic art was clad in an immaculate
blue linen shirt, flowing tie, and cool
CT ash trousers.
Thres TYPICAL shirtwaist men Old
Sol was pouring his fierce, unreenting
rays on poor Mother Earth, whosa tears
seemed dried UP. She was hourly wilt
| ing with the heat Along came the
| man. mopping his brow. He was clad
In suit Of heavy blue cloth, and over
| his thick coat hung heavy leather
pack burdened with messages to all
hearts in the city.
| "Dnesn't it seem ridiculous" said
beth, NOW, there, those men they all
have cool comfortable offices, where the
breezes can blow through and il they
can't have breezes they have electric
fans and they don't have to be out
save for a few hours in the day, com.
fortably dressed, and there is the post
man, by law required tc wear heavy
cloth clothes all day long and tread the
streets str, ,, whether the air be sultry Or
1t seems to me quite possible that
these government servants, the POST
man, could beep their dignitied appear
ance and at the same time be dressed
as comfortably as other people. Now,
how nice it would be il they could be
uniformed in blue or white duck and
wear straw helmets. Every summer
Americans make progress for bringing
costumes and common sense into har-
Inony, and we have begun TO realize
that for several months in the year We
have really tropical climate. The
American citizen has this year shed
his vest, ard in some cases his coat,
and 10 places the umbrella is in general
use; but here, despite the hot sun. it
is still an oddity: and one of those de-
lightful Indian helmets. so cookbook
ing and comfortable in feeling, one Of
those India blessings, is stared at as
| bhouBu ~ Wbto uuc1uoihhO SootuhOs
1t seems to me that the forces that
Eare' in Washington could do for the
whole postal force what an intelligent
man does for himself in the way of APP
J propriate dress for torrid weather. |
! am sure the Postmaster General wears
cloths suitable for the climate; may
: hap he walks hot Connecticut avenue
!. In white duck and coatless | atn sure
!, he does pot wear heavy gray blue cloth,
and l know the Eostmastefs liz the
torrid cities seek comfort before dig
unity. 1t is the cruelty of stupidity to
compel the ,postmen to suffer in heavy
clothing when the mercury Is vi
among the nineties. 1t is dangerous to
health and may even cost life. The
! postmen have right to suppose that
their superiors shall not forget thai
, they are human beings. True, they are
machines of the great postal service,
but they are human machines and neeo
, the care, consideration and sympathy
3 of other human beings. ~ 3
On one Of the hottest days last week,
, it was even hotter than the day of which
, I am talking, at half-past two in thu
, afternoon, when the sun does it,
heaviest work, when the pavement.
we're SO hot that to walk was torture
3 when everyone who could sought shelte
and shade, and when the THERMOMETERS
seemed to be doing its best to burst OH
the top | saw these fait hful blue-coa
government servants treading their wa,
from house to house, burdened with
their heavy cloth coats and their bi,
knapsacks. Does it seem fair? Doe
= it seem sensible? don't suggest a
once that they shall all become shirt
. waist men; our eye, trained to the con
: ventionRl, is hardly ready for such
change; but there are materials o
4 light weight equally rs attractive look
!, ing as the blue cloth and match j
almost entirely. Then there is whit
duck; is there anything core attractiy
!. to the eye than white on a summers
a day? ..
y Apropos Of the shirt-waist man, / de.
4 cidetlly admire the courage of one o
y the well-known dictators of the lay
: who few days ago screwed up hi
4 courage to the point of openly disap
provitig CT this careless costume. Th
order in court as bit vague, owing
K perhaps, to the paralyzing impact upc
II the judicial mind, but the COATES
j. gentleman who walked into the cour
v understood and Immediately retired
i surrendering to custom, and donned hi
y coat. 1t is not that this judicial rerre
! sentative objscted to the shirt-wais
il man in general, but we are hardly pre-
pared for his appearance In the dig
q nifiod atmosphere of court room, an,
g after all, there are cool and comfortabl
70 coats to be had, and these cool coat
Q would seem to be the best solution O
o the question Just at present until GU
a minds become accustomed to tropica
l. costumes. HF #0g gat
% Indeed the shirt-waist man has
e hard road to travel. He will find it i
uphill work as did the rainy day Skin
n woman but she has gained the day an
10 SO will he. 1t only behooves HIM tina
b he shall be immaculate in appearance
d At present, he is being put out Q
d restaurants and sneeie at by his fellow
70 citizens. The other day one OF hi
genius went to the Astor House dinin
room and took a seat. The cashier
hands vert up in horror and til
walters gazed in alarm. No one darel
20 90 near him. At last the haught
field maj shall Of Brilliat Savarin's fol
rs lowers, clad in his heavy black claw
hammer coat, walked up and in ster
1T accents said:
.'Sir, we must decline to serve you
le Have you no coat?''
The man in the shirt waist paralyze
it the pompous head waiter with an uppe
Of Fifth avenue glare and walked to III
cashier. s-@..a atH
r, .Nlhere is my card" he said. i"
4. will not be served here today, but I'll
IN best to educate your house to recogniz
proper styles.
IN Tho cashier paZed at the card. who