The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-21
wRAT A MAN CARRIES.
Weight of Clothing Which He Has
 to Have on Him All. the Time.

l Weight of Clothing Which He Has to Have on Him All the Time.
 New Orleans Times Democrat:
 Man carries d pretty good weight in | these modern times. when you come to think of 1t" said a gentleman whose I mind has an analytical turn. and. | really. it makes a fellow a trife tired when he begins to enumerate the num- Der of things he is forced to carry | around with him. He is beast of bur- l den. and Is heavily laden. We will take
 him from the skin out, and analyz,a the superficialities which hang about
 him. and which are necessary at this
 time in the history of civilization in order to give him a polite standing in the community in which he lives, and
 In order to maae him comfortable. One is almost inclined to shrink away from
 the fearful responsibility of carrying
 such a load. and yet. one must do 1t If he is happy. Here<are the two articles which sticketh closer than a brother.
 and then we find pulled up around his
 shius and ankles two socks. He wears two shoes. unless he was in the war, and two strings are needed to lace
 them. or twelve buttons Or more, 1T they are not lace shoes. He wears one top shirt. one collar, and two cuffs. He wears one coat one vest, and one
 pair of trousers. and there are F but
 tons on his trousers. six generally on
 his coat and six on his vest. He car-
 ries two cuff buttons around with him.
 two collar buttons. three shirt buttons.
 two sleeve buttons and various other
 buttons on his undergo rments. There Is
 one buckle on his tSousers. and two on
 his suspenders. He generally wears
 suspenders He wears two garters. He
 wears one necktte. or sometimes one cravat with one clampsr to hold 1t in
 place.
 He carries one handkerchief in his
 pocket. He wears one hat In the win
 ter he must have two gloves and one
 overcoat; and maybe twp overshoes.
 But this is not all He has watch
 and a chain to carry around with him.
 a bundle of letters. a package of cards.
 a plug or sack of tobacco a knife pen cil and few other things which usu- ally make up the pocket outflt, such as
 matches. buckeyes and other good luck
 symbols There is leather in his shoes,
 with hair in the soles and steel pegs in
 the heels thereof. There Is silk or sat
 in in his cravat or necktie. There is wool and cotton and linen. and other things in the clothes he wears. There
 Is straw in his hat. There is starch in
 his shirt. There Is gold and silver, ana pewter, anu OIheT HletdiS, III tHs watch and chain he wears; there Is brass and bone in some of his buttons. There is tin in his garter clamIers and in the clamper which holds his cravat in place. "here Is glass over the frame of his watch. Dye is used | in staining his clothes, and one may find here all the colors-red, white, l blue. black purple. yellow. brown and | almost every other tint. He has paper in his pockets. There is rubber in his | suspenders and garters. Paint is found ! in the figures Of his watch. and polish
 on his shoes. So. after all, man Is
 really a beast of burden. and when he | begins to count up the more than one | hundred superficialtieS he carries around with him. and the vast number l of factories he represents. if the season 1 is warm with the thermometer ranging l above the 100 mark. he will probably swelter a bit more on account of the
 vast load he is carrying"