Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-01-11
A TRYING ORDEAL.
Why Men Get So Tired When Having
Clothes Fitted. n,l -

Why Men Get So Tired When Having
Clothes Fitted. So.
did you ever watch man having q
suit Of clothes tried on?" asked q
downtown tailor few days ago Of one
Of his customers who was standing pa
tiently as every crease in the newly
made coat was being analysed in Or
der that it might be smoothed out in
the finishing.
mop" continued the man with the
tape measure. well, you will never
understand what it is to have tailor
made clothes tried on until you make a
point of watching some one else. You
can't understand by going through the
operation yourself. Are you aware
that you have been gaping like a man
working into the small hours and long
ing for his bed? You didn't know what
made you SO sleepy? Now, I'll tell you;
it's the measuring that does it. It's
nothing peculiar to you. What it is
don't know, but man who can stand
the strain Of hours of physical exercise
or who car sit at his desk engaged in
the most trying mental work all day
long without showing fatigue will go
all to pieces in fifteen minutes under
the hands Of his tailor.
Il usually give strong man fifteen
minutes to get played out. At the end
Of that time he begins to cape, and he
stretches as much as he can without
throwing the tailor entirely away from
him, Then his fatigue grows rapidly.
Many man has fallen down before
he was aware how entirely exhausted
he has been under the ordeal Of pos
ing for the tailor. Not long ago one of
my customers, weighing over 800
pounds, and man reputed to have ex-
traordinary strength, fell fat on the
floor and nearly crushed me in going
down. II tell you, ,yon have to ewatch
man after he has been standing in
this way for fifteen minutes.
''The worst Of it is men do not I'M
derstand how soon they become ex-
hausted standing erect without NOV
ing. Usually when they begin to cape
they try to hide their fatigue. They
don't understand how it is. They
fight against it, but it's no use. Why
Is it they give out standing quietly
when they could walk five miles with
out feeling tired?
II put that question to my physician
some time ago, and he pulled down one
Of his books of anatomy for me to
block at. He opened it at a page on
which the muscular system was shown.
He pointed out the muscles that are
used in walking and in all classes Of
exercise. He showed how the back is
rested by change of position. Then
he pointed out the muscles that are
brought into play In the act of stand
Ing erect. They are never used except
by those whose duties require such
standing for long periods of time. The
orderly develops them as he stands at
an officers door. The clerk behind the
counter learns to use them. The Or
binary man at reception also finds
what it is to stand erect and to use
these muscles to a certain extent, and
he often wonders what it is that made
him SO tired. But the height Of devel-
opment is only had in posing for the
tailor. The next time you have to
stand for your measure or to have
clothing tried on don't think it is un-
usual when you find that you are ready
to drop down when the ordeal is over"
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