The Jersey City news., 1906-12-08

HiGnoriat Appears Before Con-
0ressionaI cosniltse iii
Summer ElanaeIs.
DOESN'T LIKE hEials CLOTHES


sion % Wash Hgfor the Support Of
Proposed Law Extending Term Of
Copyrights.
Washington, Dec With the ther-
mometer Hirany with the free4ag
point Samuel Il. Clemens a{AIark Iwain)
appeared at the capitol in a cream col
ored suit OF summer ,aannel He came
over to advocate il change in the copy
right laws, So that book can be pro-
tected during the lifetime OF its au-
thor and fisty years beyond instead of
the forty-two years now provided for
by the COPYRIGHT law. Mr.. Clemens
apparently preferred to talk about
clothes rather than copyrights, for he
spent most of his time discussing what
men should wear.
II suppose every one is wondering
why am wearing what am" be said
modestly referring to the flannel out
fit. "This is q Uniform 1t is the uni
form of the American Association of
Purity and Perfection, of which am
president, secretary. and treasurer and
the only man in the United States ELI
gible to membership.
Old Enough 10 Please Himself.
81 was seFenty-one years old last
Saturday, and when a man reaches
that age he has a right to arrogate to
himself many privileges to which
younger men cannot aspire. ] have
reached The age where dark clothes
have d depressing effect on me. pre-
fer light clothing, colors, like those
worn BY the ladies at the opera"
what in your Judgment, is the most
comfortable costume?" Mr.. Clemens
was asked.
.'There is no more delightful costume
possible than the human skin. The
most satisfactory costume ] ever saw
was worn by the natives of the Sand
wich ISLANDS, whom I saw forty years
ago. When they wanted to adorn
themselves. Beyond what nature gave
them they pat on pair of spectacles.
Present Day clot!ses Uncomfortable.
CLOTHES in our modern civilization
are TO preserve deeencE and for US to
get as much comfort out OF as possible.
But how asE man can. get comfort out
of The cloehing made for men today
cannot see"
''What would you suggest for men
peekaboo waists, with shost, fluffy
sleeves? %
Certainly reDlied Mr.. Clemens,
running his fneers through his hair.
1.-THE women take and wear our clothes,
don't they? Why should we not learn
from them? They always have beau
tiful fabrics, splendid colors, and,
moreover, women's clothes are always
pretty.
Il would go back to the middle ages
for the gorgeous, glorious. gaudy cos
tunes of tbat time TIea we could
wear .coloIs. Back to the days before
buttons were Invented, when they
laced their clothing up. and it took
little time 70 do it; back to the days
of tights and helmeti Yes, admit that
it might be uncomfortable for a bald
headed man wearing a tightly screwed
on helmet WITH a bee or fly irnpris-
oned therein.
Talks on copvriqht Law.
"But lam not here to talk fashions,
but copyright law. If you had ten all-
thors and an equal number Of publish
ers IN congr rass more woeld be known
OF copyright laws. with 25.00o bills a
CONGRESS scomsne IN. l don't see how
members have ao opportunity to even
read the titles.
There are women who write, idiots
and weli meaning persons who wrl4e.
who knew nothing about copyrights,
but I profess 10 have some kaeNladge
on this sus4eet. There are between
5000 and 1896 books issued every year.
Ten NAV live f4ant,-eiel,t wears. The
nrst period 81 the present copyright,
ana t5Fo be TeEeWea to biting taen up
to the forty -tvo year ipit Tnen the
author dies and his children atarve.
4 shall hardly set into heaeea he
fore my. children will have no book on
which to live
Mr.. Clemens argued HAT there was