Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-03-17
l,M1151 FIRST TAILOR.
NE MceoPoLlzED THE eARToRlAl
TRADE OF TIE WORLD.

HE MCilOPOl-lZED THE sARTCRiAl
TRADE OF THE WORLD.
Ills Methods Werc Crude, and I:i,
but lie T.sracd Out Gso.s. Honest
Wcrk, Nand Stitched Th.ouE.lout.
The first industry OF tho world was
tailoring. The first maker of clothes
and tie first wcarer was .tIan. OF
this strange character who appears on
the PAGES OF history in The dual role of
the first tailor and the first customer
we have but brief biogsa .,iy. The
nleager details require sympathetic in
depreciation TO make up a complete
story. OF his Father and mother no
mention is made, but the record shows
he was destined to be- IL c!otllier OF
soi:le sort, for lie was put im.o Eden 10
"dl'e;s" tie garden. We do not know
II he obeyed this command, as his
biographers DO not 50 st;t.,,, for. it
seems, instead of "drcss!ng" the Gar-
den he dressed. himself
Ills early marriage and The trouble
relating tc the theft of some fruit with
sNntiry other unpleasant details pre-
coded his work as Il tailor. he began
III li'!Mble way; just himself and
Que assistant. He was neoi tho early
settlers III q newly opened country IL
lard of natural advantages which must
soon attract other Inhabitants. With
n large and increasing population he
forcsaw that there must cone !, grow
ing demand for clothing if he could in
troduCe them and make popular his
new invention. He was Il pioneer lie
had no competition. He controlled. the
tailoring trade of the world Thus
with the first industry came the first
trust
AS lie busly piled his needle we
know not what visions OF future bnsi-
ness and wealth flied his ambitious
m.ld. But never in lis widest dreams
did he conceive that his little Tailoring
establishment, employing only four
hands, doing only local trade and
turning out the first custom made gar
meht. would be tic beginning OF 4
rcM!y made clothing business that in
the United States alone gives labor To
hundreds; OF thousands OF hands and
covers an investment OF a great many
million dollars.
But of ti!e great wealth that has
come from his Invention .A.ism, like
most pioneers, made no money what
eyer and died leaving his family with
oft a penny. Even his name is NOT as
sociatrd With his; wonderful discovery,
but such is the sarcasm of time it APP
pears only in the word Adams apple,
in m"n"ry not of his virtues, but of an
cscapade of his Wife
Though even Carlyle has not recog-
ni1rd .sdai.l's s;irtori;ll genius. there
are some capital points in the work OF
this first tailor.
He originated the style hilaself. He
WAS not II petty trader on TIE repula-
ton of OILERS and initiating their fash
ions. Even i'm the names for the gar
ments he was original. The first suit
of clothes. in reality only 81 girdle or
belt, he lumolously termed an apron"
Il Is difficult to determine the season
of t!.c year. Judging from the coolncss
Of TIE suit, ii might have been sum
mer style. but as ii was Just Il little
after the fall it was probably early in
the winter.
They were hand stitched throughout
They contained no machine work or
cheap labor The workshop was in the
open air, and. although tailored i'm the
sweat OF his brow, no swcatshop work
was possible.
The material was not of the best, but
Adam found no better at ha:id. Some
of the modern tailors, making shoddy
gariNents at shoddy prices, initiate
Adam, who used "loa,inss"
As 20 Adam. the first customer, when
he was alone in the world he never
thought OF dress. but vixen lie came to
the realization of himself as an indi-
vidual and In relation to others Ire be
gan to spruce up. Courtship led him
to beautify himself to appear we'll in
the eyes of "the only woman he ever
loved" Human nature has not changed
much
With the entry Of society dress be-
gan. Perhaps this is why dress forms
30 prominent Il feature In society to
day
After eating the apple OF knowledge
the mind Of Adam was suddenly illu-
minated as II by thousand electric
lights. A great thought of large, prac-
teal. worldly wisdom flashed before
him. He realized that to amount to
npvtl,;p,r fp tl,.. world hu ,,,1r.t ,nnl,a n
good appearance. In this lie struck
keynote of business success.
Surely lie needed to keep up appear
ances He reflected over his actions
for the two weeks prior and then
looked at his future. He had been in
bad society and had been seen with
disreputable serpent. he had been led
into temptation, he had broken the law,
he was implicated In an apple theft as
accessory after the fact, he had some
Of the stolen goods in his possession
and he was fugitive from Justice, for
he was then In hiding" Discovery
was certain. He was to be evicted
from his home and in disgrace had to
face the awfulness of actually earning
his own living by work. Then, after
mild attack of remorse. he was equal
to the situation and In Il manly way nc-
cepted it, made himself IL suit of clothes
In which he could make n decent APP
pcarance and began life anew with the
courage, hope, pride and confidence that
comes from the consciousness OF being
we'll dressed.-Willinm George Jordan