Evening journal., 1920-08-17
THINKING ABOUT
APAPER SUIT?
New Clothing Has Many
Economic Values for
Mere Man
1T WILL SERVE
DIVERS PURPOSES

Wilmington ltands in line for the
paper clothes fad, which is. for eco
nomic reasons. becoming extremely
popular
II is said that suits on sale in New
York are bringing the small sum Of
AZ cents. and that they are quite dur
able, and are made either 10 be cool
or warm-ue cool ones. Of course.
being now in demand Thnir nne
enemy is the rain. but. II e pointed
out, many cloth suits also. look quite
odd after The rain has hit them
A number OF most progressive VIII
mington folks have looked into The
practicability OF the paper clothes,
and are highly recommending them
for lremen. life guards. lookoutsmen,
policemen, reporters and other people.
They should II IS said come IN very
mandy Tor outing excursions, ETC., but
their most practical Use can be at
tained by the newspaper reporters
The elastic usages OF paper clothing
can best be demonstrated upon this
speeds In cases where reporters are
sent TO Ncover" lodge conventions aud
nice easy trips 10 the soushOre and
places like New Castle and Bowers
Beach, II a reporter happened 10 lose
his notebook-the kind they always
have In the mOvies-it would be 8
simple expedent for him simply
while homeward bound on The train
20 write the STORY" on The tail or his
coat. The train being. as usual. abou
an hour late and arriving near p-cs'
time. the city editor could simpl,
tnHnnHInna tho NnanNsr I,.n rNIfa
door and as he strolls In. merely tea
on his coat and shoot IL up the tub'
to the composing room.
Docton. might ind The PAPER cloth
ing handy for prescriptions whei
their blanks run out. There helm.
such a demand for prescriptions now
ad7ys, a physician could overcOm
his embarrassment. were he 10 ind III
had no more blanks by simply writ
ing Spirits fermentis" on the lape
Of his frock coat. ripping Il on hand
ing i 70 the lucky patient and say
Ing. TWO dollars please"
Then there Is uie fireman II n
gets nice blue paper uniform an
gets al soaked up al a flre. a new
suit will cost him only az cents an
luxury tax. LOokoutmen on ship
that's The only place they have 'en
could do away with oilskins yer
nicely, and wear paper clothing. pro
viding they did not run into storm
or were sheltered In some way frOr
the spray.
Members in the licenses and oihe
CITY Hall rarrisons could issue per
miis on their cuffs, and theatre man
agers would ind 10 convenient {
write pass two" on the lining q
their paper vests.
Publishers might md Il pr7ctics
and profitable n advertise for ol
clothine-paper clothing of course
and roll u ont nat like print pape
and use 70 f0r getting out the flrst ed
ton. Eventually the public wOul
avail itself Of The economic advantage
~ wearing suiis made 10 order froi
newspapers. and then there would Z
the 'svicious circle" % deal With.
Detectives would ind the afil
dufe handy for purposes of disgiiis
For instance n 4 sleuth were weai
INC a perfectly ordinary tweed ftwenf
heinr printed with figures. accOrdir
N cataiogue). All they would have
40 N look Ike Russian peasai
would he N set flre 70 the collars an
char the clothing into " weird styl
This would easily deceive the Grim
ma. who. On the other hand. cnu
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ing A paper suit by doubling himse
M IN a knot and hopping on a mot,
truck. He would pass for n pape
wTapped package and inns escape
PAPER bathing suits would SER
fully as well for purpose n diSnl'
as the now popular w0olen one-plel
suits. They may. ~ course. not Ia
as long. hut they would serve u
sanne purpose. nevertheless.
Sandwich men, n they wore pap
suits. could have signs nainted {
them. and Thus eliminate the burde
some folding signs.
In fact the purposes and advantaC
not 70 say the conveniences NJ pap
clothing are quite numerous Al
remarkable.
The Want Ads VIII helu those wis
Inc 10 nf1rrhacn o. sell homes farm