Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-12
CASTOFF CLOTHING.
" PAYS 70 SEARCH THE POCKETS
AND THE Innings.
0ills, Coins and Lsttera Have . Way
Of Hiding The Observation-Disclosures ces
Of = Man Who Buys Discarded Gar
:. nents-Hints to the Careless

Oh . Man VINO Buys O1scRrde0 Gar-
: nsnts-Hints to the Careless.
Zone can't buy castoff clothing for
many years without meeting some
queer experiences" remarked an "old
clothes man" the other day as he fum-
bled through the pockets Of a suit
which he had just purchased for SO
cents. "Of course l don't expect to
hnd anything-nothlng except maybe
some old letters. But it pays to run
through the pockets and feel the lin
ing. II man who let's his wife sell
his castoff clothes only knew what
got lost in the lining of his coat some.
times he wouldn't feel so easy about
parting with them. A man sticks im-
portant letters in his inside coat pock-
ct, and some day when he wants them
they are not there. He hunts and
fumes around but the letters don't
turn up. Then he thinks they must
forgets the matter.
But important letters don't go that
way generally They turn up some
times to accuse a man. They find their
way between the lining of the coat or
vest, and we fellows get hold of them,
If | wanted to go into the blackmail
ing business could make plenty Of
money. I've found letters and papers
in castoT clothing that would make
pretty startling reading foT some peo-
pie. OF course when we get the clothes
by hunting up the address in the dl-
rectory we can locate either the writer
or the one receiving it.
II don't think that, as rule, women
sell their husbands castoff clothing
any more without going through all
their pockets. Maybe they've got into
the habit of searching them so that it
becomes a second nature to them. So
1t is not in the pockets we find things.
It's in the lining, where they have
found their way gradually.
You know how easy it is for small
coins to work their way through hole
in the lining Of vest and snuggle
down in the corner of the cloth. Well.
we pick up quite number of dimes
and nickels in this way. Usually Il
vest is small silver mine. Probably
the wife Of man feels something
there and thinks 1t is only button or
some such thing, or maybe penny,
and she won't bother in trying to fish
it out. But pennies don't work down
there nearly as readily as the dimes do
''In the same way bill will get mix.
ed ND in the lining Of the inside pocket
and finally disappear. The man prob
ably misses five or ten dollar bill
and thinks he must have lost 1t or
spent it foolshlv. The matter escapes
his mind, the suit is thrown to one side
and some day it il sold to the old
clothes man 1t doesn't escape us.
We go through every inch of the lining
and examine the corners and inside
carefully. The bills we find in the
course of a dav will often more than
pay us for what we have given for ais
of tile clothes.
.'Many men are eXtrayagant in get
ting rid of their caStoff clothing. i hey
have so many that they become nu.'
sance to them. Sell them to the first
man who comes along is the easiest
way for them to dispose OF their USE
less belongings. If the servants don't
take them, we get n fine pick at them.
For from 80 cents to dollar yoH get
suit that will when brushed, steam
ed, cleaned and pressed easily BRING
So to So The clothes are not worn
much. but just soiled and musSed lit
tie Tie trousers are stretched a little
so they will bag at tie knees When
used a few days at time. mar
with plenty of money wont stand that,
He will order his wife or valet to sell
them.
THE greatest amount ! ever found
in money in one coat was ten dollar
bill, but several times I've found two
and FIVE dollar bills and one dollar bills
by the score Once found check
for 500, but as that was no good to
me | returned it TO the owner and re-
ceIved a dollar reward for my honesty
The best flnd, however. was sevefa.
years ago, when l discovered bunch
of railroad coupons between the lining
and inside cloth Of one Of these fancy
vests. l suppose l might have cashed
the coupons and received Sl,ooU Tor
them, but there was some risk to such
proceeding. SO | concluded to turn
them over to the owner and trust ia
his generosity. He gave me 500 in
bills and commended me for my hon
esty. He had missed the coupons and
had advertised for them. Later
found that he had offered reward OF
$500 for their return. You can bet
was mad then that l didn't get more
for returning them.
GAS for important letters. / might
say that they come to us In droves
Generally we read them and chucb
them in the fire. It's the best way. II
a man has lost q letter which would
ancriminate him he doesn't like to have
st turn up. It will always worry him
little. but he lives in the hope that it Is
lost for good and gradually forgets it.
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