The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
NO PLACE FOR OLD CLOTHES

"Has Beens' Not Of Use Even WIZ,
1t Rains.
The passing of the utility Of o,d
clothes Is sad thing for the economis,
to reflect upon.
The places where garments a Nh
faded would formerly pass muster ara
closed to them. 1t is the era where
every station and condition, however
obscure, has It's own distinct livery and
things grown too shabby to be contiu.
ued in their original high estate may
be no longer, with impunity, be made
useful in lower spheres. The lower
sphere has its own character to main
tain.
Formerly, when a thrifty fit was on
us, and we were overstocked with old
clothes not worth making over and yet
too good to throw away, we'd HE US to
some mountain fastness, pine forests or
some squestered seaside nook for
span where conventions made no de-
mands, and where any old thing would
do to wear at any old time and no
questions asked. But these gO-asyou-
please resorts are no more.
No longer may silks and grenadines
too seedy to continue in their original
smart estate be sentenced to hard la
Dor. Hard labor has its own particular
uniform, and silk and grenadine must
stay where they belong. No utility
possibility is open to the declining days
Of a French costume. No year before
lasts visiting dress that we can hna
may be amputated for southern beach
wear or interesting jaunts or expert
ments aquatic.
One roughs it nowadays. even to the
utterm0st wilderness of Mexico, or 70
the obscure points in Florida, IN the
latest regulation style of roushlns-ll
costume, correct In every detail II
you have any self-respect, there Is DO
worn Offering of your old clothes, tna'
will do. The athletic girl with her "a
tional dress that proclaims the expert
enced tailor and her hobnailed snoeS'
her sweater and her golf clothes, Ill
fact, with her every equipment pay
havoc with ones old ideas OF frusail'
Today one dresses technically at e''
cry point, or .one Is not In gooo 1aS'e
The idea that the large portion OF peo.
pie who enjoy outdoor life ana Sports
must be appropriately garDed' III
fringes ,insistently upon the natura'
prerogative of old clothes.
They have no place now to oil e',n
on rainy days. One Is as strlcls "
costume to battle with storm d '0'
a ball or a boat trip.
Even the time which used TO Dc 20
cred to odds and ends of attire-'us
hours of the morning before any ca''', ~
more important than the butcher "o, NJ
call-has it's uniform nowadays y.
old skirt and no antique tailor-mau.
bodice may grace the breakfast 'aD's s
in the place of the neat shirtwalst an.
cloth skirt or Of the trinity made nou''
gown. .,oy
IL we attempt the use Of "has-Oeens
OF the toilet in the privacy OF ouf Wv"
domains, we have guilty consc'V IA
ness Of disregarding the cooe ' -
down, that each period and funcllon ',ot
the day should have its own u''
character In dress. It'd
The thrifty are forevermore uen ~
the thrill OF pleasure occasfoneo :, ~
wearing garment to the bone, tnroas
descending phases.-Pittsburs Lea
Home Comforts.
sThe boarders don't seem to Ike ou'
country vegetables said Mrs. 0oi'
tossel. sam.
.srhat's funny" responded the raln,
er ssrhey ought to 'preciate em. rue.
was bought right in the same town NV
come from. Washington Star.
Wallkfng Gentleman.
stOh. yes, said the first ac' =,
s.Hamin has bsen n tie profession ~
some years. z 1 .ssa -,
arndeedl- rspried the second ae"''
1Comedian 81 trasedianT ,,,,..
5slssSNeal . pedestrian. mostly.
deIphia Ledger. 49,
It.sHa poor r1l TINT CAM = vo, ~
any old WY ~ a experienced 60