The Jamesburg record., 1900-01-06

think OF II, tnere am nuSH SHonNS Va
you being a duke. How do you s'pose
l know Columbus discovered America
and Fitzsimmons knocked the waddirg
out of Corbett? Because l learned to
read when l was young. L can keep
track of the fashions just as well as you
can post yourself on the baseball scores.
That boys going to come to me with
tears of gratitude in his eyes year
from now to thank me for putting him
on the highway to fortune. What do
you think he'd ever amount to with the
kind of clothes he's wearing now?"
There's something in that" admit
ted the stationery man. He looked
considerable of slob, for fact"
That's the point exactly. If you'd
patronize a good tailor once and give
yourself show you might amount to
something yourself"
You'd feel sore if did" retorted the
stationer. Il wouldn't want to seem to
slight you.
Native nobility is all right as far as
it goes" said the tailor, oracularly,
"but it wants to be dressed for the
part. l don't mean to say that clothes
are everything. There's some men
couldn't make clothes to fit, and good
goods would be wasted on 'em, simply
because providence never intended they
should wear good clothes; but you take
10 dubs out of 20 and turn 'em over to
me and I'll fix 'em up SO you'll feel like
taking off your hat to them when you
meet 'em on the street. You can't help
yourself"
You can't judge a man by the coat
he wears" observed the stationer,
sententiously.
Maybe you can't" said the tailor.
"All the same that's the way most peo-
Pile will size you up, and it's pretty
good play to keep that in mind. You
may not have anything more than
pair of deuces in your hand, but four
ace front amt going to hurt your
bluff. There's a whole lot of bluff in
this wicked world, Billy"
You don't need to tell me that after
seein' you sell that suit"
The tailor breathed hard for mo-
ment and brushed a chalk mark from
the edge of seam. II suppose you
wouldn't believe me if told you that
I'd have made more on the SIS cloth
than 1 will out of the $22," he said at
last.
mo, 1 wouldn't" said the stationer,
with great deal of decision.
That's right" observed the tailor.
you don't want to believe everything
you're told. You'll get imposed on
sooner or later if you do. No, sir; you
guessed it all right. 1 don't see how
you managed to do it, but you did it.
I guess l might just as well own up;
it's no use trying to hide anything from
you, you're too foxy. Yes, 1 sold that
boy the $22 because 1 make So more
profit on it. You don't think he sus-
pected that, do you?"
You can't fool me-" said the sta
toner.
"I'd hate to try it," said the tailor,
genially, looking at his neighbor with
an expression of intense admiration.
when they try to pull the wool over
your eyes they get left, don't they?"
"As general thing they do" said the
stationer.
You wasn't born yesterday, was
you?" pursued the tailor.
mo, l guess I'm over seven," admit
ted the stationer, complacently.
That's what tell them when hear
them saying what fat-headed lunatic
you are. OF course l know you can't
help the way you look, and that the
drivel you talk once in awhile is apt to
give people a wrong impression of you.
If you would keep your mouth shut
when there's strangers around you
would pass for man of average intel
ligence, anyway"
80 you think that boy is going to
weep on your shoes and call you his
benefactor?" asked the stationer.
"If he's got any gratitude in his
makeup he will be apt to think of me in
after years as the man who gave him
his start in life. He's out 81 over and
above his calculations, We'll say. He'll
have to economic a little to make up
that amount. There's an advantage
right there. Habits of self-denial are
what every young man wants to cul
tivate if he expects to succeed in life.
Then he's got the advantage of looking
like somebody just as long as tn.
clothes hang together. It's an even bet
that the boss will give him raise in
his wages on the strength of those
clothes, or some other man, seeing how
nice he looks, will covet him and make
princely overtures to get him to accept
a new position. Then he will naturally
feel as if he has got to live up to the
worlds good opinion of him. He will
get the hump out of his shoulders and
into his actions, and the result will be
that in Is years from now that boy will
be at the head of some trust and will b
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