The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-23

Charles / have almost come to blows
because there is only one wig between
them. In the next Falstaff pines away
before full-length mirror almost to
a skeleton for want of proper stuffing.
On the next floor Shylock is clamor-
ing for a nose; and from the ladies'
department comes word that loan of
Arc looks but disdainfully on the
washboiler-cover breastplate Suitable
for vaudeville purposes only which
has unfortunately got mixed in with
her slender coat of mail No wonder,
then, that a prominent member of Bos-
ton society, having decided to appear
gCrgeously one evening as Philip of
Spain, opened the package from the
ccstumer's at the last moment and
found it contained only pair of red
corsets and string of sawdust sau-
sages.
Another popularity which lends pic
turesqueness to this prince of shreds
and patches is that he's always be-
hind the scenes. He sees the wrong
side-out of humanity; and how curious
the behind the-scenes sometimes is you
may judge from an incident or two.
One morning a rather smart looking
young chap dropped in upon him and
requested to be made up as a Jew
peddler. He had with him a paste
board box in which were neatly fas-
tened four genuine silver dollars. Later
in the day he appeared on the Com
mon in the center of large but very
skeptical crowd, trying to sell them for
twenty-five cents each. He did not sue
ceed In State street ne tried again 4;
hlIt the manila 40
handled too much good money every
day to be fooled with spurious imita =
tons He tried all day, in fact, with
cut success. He turned out, when he
dropped IN to return his costume next
day, to be newspaper man, who for
the sake of a wager and a few columns
of copy" had emulated the English
lord who (also for a wager, but with
out regard for the resultant "copy'D
had tried the same experiment on
London bridge; but whose countrymen.
though proving easy marks for any
enc with false article to dispense,
were quite as weary of the genuine as
the people of Boston.
On another occasion, a policeman
appeared to the costumer and ex-
planned that young man who was in
custody of brother officer would pres
emily arrive, and that whatever he
wished should be granted him with all
possible dispatch The young man ar
rived. He seemed to have something
on his mind. Beads of perspiration
stood out on his brow, and his hands
were shaky with excitement.
Fix me up so my own father
wouldn't know me-" said ne, land be
quick about it,
About what price would you ex-"
fPrifp he hQ nUpdf mi
and be quick"
The costumer 'sized him up" with
one swift glance, jumped for his step
ladder, diVed into his high-tie cases
came to earth again with an armful of
ancient-looking garments, three old
hats and a wig or two, and in much
less time than 1t usually took him to
dress in the morning the young man
departed with his guardian angel, as
completely a changed man" as though
he had been through a revivalist's
camp melting. Half an hour after he
returned without his policeman and in
high spirits.
1t finally came to light (but not to
the COURT that he had had the little
embarrassment OF being captured dur
ing the raiding Of a favorite gamblers
resort, had appeared In court, pleaded
guilty and had been sentenced and fined
by his own father, who was a police
court Judge, without that venerable
person discovering his identity.
Just at present our sartorial harle-
quin is buried deeply I'm the gloom Of
the ages when knighthood was under
dollhouse cultivation. and is busily en-
gagged ia fabrfcating crusades for the
Tavern Club: and the great skill and
rapidity with which he Is able to turn
them out at SO a head would indicate
that had he lived really instead Of inn
aginatively, in those chivalrous times,
the unspeakable Turk might to-day be
as extinct as the dodo.
IL is not to be expected that human
ity In general can concede the same
amount of power and importance TO the
sartoral art as did the philosophic leu
felsdrockh. Yet II cannot be denied.
from the foregoing Incidents. that. for
a man who makes a business OF keep
ing behind the times. our Sartor Ora
matls manages 10 exert quite a per-
ceptible influence upon affairs OF the
day. His mission ~ obvious. He IN
directly associated with many Of the
things We call fun. and Keeps US in
formed ~ 10 the rules Of the game
that We may play fair. Without him
II Do reasonable 10 fear that the pro-
mOtera Of private theatricals and kind
red frolics. n the cares Of detailed his
tOric treatment were added 10 the
weighty responsibilities Of making
fhom social successes, would never Sur
vise, and we should have 10 hei about