The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-12-09
SELLING OLD sDUDs.' .
GIRL EASY VICTIM or WILEs OF
OLD CLOTHES MAN.
According 10 Fair New Yorker He Had
the An Of DisParagement Down
Fine-Msde Her Ashamed Of Her
Lack Of Taste

If you want to realize how really
cheap and mean yOu are, and what an
awful figure you cut in the clothes
you wear, and what bad taste you
have, and a few other things that It is
good for you to know" said a New
York woman, Just try To dispose OF
some OF your old clothes 10 a prOfes-
sionaI old clothes man
oh, never could, said the girl
from Jersey
I'd ike TO know why you couldn't
remarked the other scathingiy. DO
you fancy you are too good or too re
spectable2 Why, Mrs. Astor does il!
Mrs Vanderbilt and the old clothes
nan are hand in glove. He told me
so himself He showed NE a cotton
veITeteen dress that she sold him only
last week. Yes. indeed: and you've
no idea how scornfuI and how gorge
Gus he is.
7 had a lot Of last years. garments
that had OutgrOwn-nOt that I'm get
ting fat, my dear. so don't look at me
with pity in your eyes; leo is not fat
Well, I had been seeing all sorts OF
advertisements in the papers about
/ highest prices given for CASTOR
clothing. They all seemed so anxious
10 pay out their money that L decided
to get rid Of my clothes in a lump. I
couldn't select among them. all were
so full Of golden offers. So 1 Just shut
my eyes and put my finger on one,
and 1 sent that one a postal card tell
ing him to call.
He came early the next morning
and really, my dear, he was so gorge
Gus and smart and beautiful in his silk
hat and Prince Albert coat that want
ed to run when he caught me in my
kimOnO. with my bangs done up in
wiggers.
ALAS, my dear. Do you remember
that mink jacket felt so proud Of last
winter?"
THE one with the frogs and the cut
steel buttons?" asked the girl from
Jersey.
Yes. Well, would you believe it?
Though 1 gave a cool hundred for it,
that fur wasn't real; and it must have
been mOth-eaten when 1 got it; and,
although 1 thought it very smart,
| assure you it was quite out of date
at least, it was beside Mrs. Wander
! bits cotton velveteen gown, so the old
clothes man assured me; and, if you
had ever seen him, you couldn't have
/ doubted his word.
"And my $40 fOulard was a mere
rag, scarcely worth fixing over.
And that French hat I paid S28 for
was a complete bit Of buncO-steering
on the part of the milIiner. Why, the
ostrich feathers on it weren't even OF
an ostrich, but just made Of cotton.
And you should have seen the fine
scOrn with which he glanced over all
my silk petticOats and my last win
ter's suit and reIegated them to the
rags.
And then what do you suppose he
offered me? Five dollars for the lot! -
And what did you dog" asked the
sympathetic girl from Jersey.
well, 1 was so ashamed of those
disgracefuI garments, and so impress
ed with the idea Of my own frightfuI
bad taste that I accepted 1t to get rid
of them, and went out and bought a
collarette-"
You silly girl"
And, on, I forgot to tell you, the
old clothes man suggested that come
right down to his shop and spend
that So He felt sure 1 should be
charmed with Mrs. VanderbiIts cot
ton YeIyeteen gown. New York
Press.