Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-15
QUEER PADS

Some of my customers have eXtraor,li &ary notions regarding clothing, and nov 4nd again l am called upon to make d &ut from material which is never found $ ithin tailor's shop, said a fashionable 8ailor the other day. Only last week an Nlderly gentleman required me to make a s4uit out of blanket which be had had 4yed purple-brown.
 $6 prominent K. C. always wears a 1rowD suit, and during the last three Years he has had to my knowledge never Gdered suit of any other color He Nons trousers and coat of a brown hue Xecause that is the color of his wife $ lhF. Whenever he requires new suit he Invariably sends me small tuft of the
 hr from his wifes head, with a request Br pattern as near to the shade as pssible, says Tid-Bits.
 LA stock broker wears great and under
 ats with movable sleeves The sleeves
 fastened to the shoulder by an ingen- E. arrangement of his own invention,
 b the fit of the garments is not inter xtrel with in any way. This gentlemen s nDusers are somewhat unique, owing to the .act that no buttons appear on them. T&e fronts are fastened with a particular Ind of clasp, resembling that found on 6lDyes while safety pins attach the tops t0 the inside lining of the waiStcoat, Mixing suspenders unnecessary.
 zlDne of our best known actors always Wars coats that are braided. His dinner f1ekets are bound with gay-colored ribbon J3d the waistcoats he wears with them 0R hand painted with forget me nots. aRe painting is done by firstrate artist. XAo charges me [ guineas for each waist U2At l place in .is hands on behalf of my SSstomer The waistcoats, ] might say, G8 made of fine white leather.
 a8 judge who always comes to me when W is in need of new wearing apparel de- JISns his own suits. This gentleman is &1fy eccentric with regard to his pocket LIDS, and he is constantly changing thelr re and shape Not long ago he cofn-
 6sioned me to make him riding suit. %4le seat and inner parts of the knlckefS A Ire to be of leather, and painted |" 4dtate the coth-a check-of which the
 was otherwise composed. When l
 completed the suit, the leather DOT \ hs were so well painted that the judge
 I liSOhpV ed M order and had made the knickers en- | ely of cloth.
 sV well known sportsman wears i'll the 1hting field waistcoat manufactured
 m the hair of his wife and five
 Fighters. l had to call in the services
 "a wigmaker in constructing the garment. # hat reminds me that an artist living
 Paris has a coat woven of human hair. collar and cuffs of this novel gar
 nt are of black hair, while the body
 sleeves are of brown.
 SSS he late MT. Samuel Pope, K. C., a man particularly heavy build, was always
 Asured for his clothes sitting down. He xSMnd that when he was measured in the eN fomary way he looked ridiculous w.7n Seqted. On account of his enormous pro- ponlons MT. Pope was permitted to ad- aress the court seated, and so that he Woeld look alright in his clothes when in M position, he was always measured \. nem in the way described.
 xd of N customers wears suit of Ssfa fa0 les which in color resembles the coat k%nls dog-a towny poodle. Moreover n1N n oVereoat is of the same color, and on ttM inside breast pocket of this garment %e IS woven in silk an admiral DOT of the dog. It appears that this
 ma1 saved it's masters life by awaken him in the dead of night when his
 se caught fire some years ago. In
 !nory of the deed my customer carries
 dogs portrait about with him, and
 lrs clothes that match the color of the
 Is coat.