The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-17
FROM ''SKIN OUT"
That Is Way One Soldier Be-
gan an Outfit.
Another One Started at Roof
To Furnish Frame"
LOUD SILK SHIRTS DEMANDED
Buddies Baked at Buying Gar
tiers From a Girl.
4 Little Bravery. However, Car
ried Them Thru Ordeal.

Two brand new discharged soldiers
from the 35th division marched down
town bright and early one morning
this week. Their detectives were the
stores where mems clothes could be
purcha sed
What are you going to do. or what
are you going to get?" one Of them
asked
We'll" replied the other. st expect
to start in at the roof and furnish each
apartment right on down to the cellar.
I am going to buy a new hat and
new suit. some shirts. collars. neck
ties socks and shoes. provided can
find any big enough"
You've just about said it all am
going to try and do the same thing
provided my jack holds out Only
would rather arrive at the same end
by a different route. I believe I will
buy a pair Of shoes first. then a pair
Of white mans socks. then a pair of
Paris garters. next I want a suit of
cool breezy 3. V. DIS, SO I can think
I'm d Kiltie. Next [ want shirt
One Of those cry-out-1oud-from- the
mountain-top kind You know"
\ Fighting Shirt. Sure:
"Yeh. The sort that when people
see you wearin' them they ask where
the fight was"
''Unhuh. You said it. Good. nice.
sweet. soft. shimmering silk. Ooo-la-
la You know Topeka girls always did
like to pillow their heads on a nice
pair OF shoulders. and we've got EN-.
only think how much more attractive
they would be in Silk. COmpre2"
"Oui. I compre all right. I got you
the first time. I was way ahead of
you"
They landed in the hat department
first What size hat do you weat?''
the clerk asked. 81 don't know Just
a hat was the reply. But they took
some civilian friends with them to see
that they did not go wrong on their
purchases. Heaven forbid that SOL
der Just returned from the battlefields
of France should go wrong on styles
tine first time he has a chance to wear
something not issue
The clerks brought out all the hats
they had AlthO the soldier boys were
satisfied with almost the first thing
thew were shown their friends insisted
that they should consider the color
of the suit they were going to buy.
He'll take that hat" was the remark
from civilian friend The clerk
wrapped up the hat One of the lads
bought a higher priced hat He was
going to charge it. The poor chap al
70 pay the war tax before he could get
it charged
Then to Suit Department.
Then to the suit department. Real
Joys commenced then They tried on
ali the suits in the house 'One of
those regular gotoheH suits" said
one. waist seam, and all that. you
know Il am a little afraid of that
waist seam stuff" said one. II keep
thinking I am still in the army and
That I VIII have to wear il for the next
two years whether I like It or not
But when he found he could do no
better, the attractive lines of the suit
showing off to the best advantage the
physique he had developed in the
army satisfied When he saw his fine
broad shoulders. his chest swelling out
above a torso that shaped down TO a
trim. racy pair OF hips-he fell hard.
He walked back and forth in front of
the mirror admiring a specimen of
physical perfection
This is my suit" he announced
suddenly aItho his friend did not ap-
pear to be, much in favor of a double
breasted coat lust wait till I get
all dolled up. It'n be look me over
girls, I'm 4 wild man from the