New-York tribune., 1922-03-18
What's St. Patrick's DayWihout
Pair of Pants? Asks CalIagI,an
Just Because McQueene, Who Took Them Out To Be
Pressed, Had Bit of Argument, Landed in Jail and
Forgot Levy's Address, Neither of Them Parades

Mr.. Callaghan's lardlady was called
into the conference and agreed, it
being the day it was and all, to go to
the police station and get the $40
which Nj. McQueeney had forgotten
to send by the patrolman and to re
deem Mr. Callaghan's suit.
Mr.. McQueeney was disappointed not
to see his friend Mr. Calaghan, for
what was suit of clothes, he said,
when a friend was in Jail on ST. Pat
rick's Day? He gave Mr. Callaghan's $
scribed to her as we'll as native of
Yorkville could be expected to, the
location of the tailor shop at which ne
had left Mr. Callaghan's suit.
The good woman was sure she knew
the place and went straight to Abraham
Lcvy's on Vernon Avenue She de-
scribed the predicament her lodger was
in and the suit he. had sent to be
pressed, and sympathetic assistant
tailor took so cents out Of the $40
bill and gave her suit.
Callaghan in Tight Place
With The newly-pressed garments on
her arm she returned triumphant to
Mr.. Callaghan. He put on the suit.
it was an effort, but he idid it..
1t wasn't his suit. 1t was the suit of
a slender youth of sixteen or so. 1T
gave Mr. Callaghan the aspect Of the
infant in the advertisement whose
mother didn't buy all-wool undergar-
ments.
Once on, however, it seemed fully as
risky to try to get it off as TO leave
it where ic was. Not button could
Mr.. Callaghan button, but his overcoat
would cover multitude Of sins,
though, to his humiliation, not his
two shins. A fierce desire to see his
friend MIR. McQueeney pvcrcame his
humiliation, however, and he made his
way to the police station with quick
but mincing steps.
Abraham Levy was already there, re-
lating to Lieutenant Ryan the depreda-
ton wrought in his shop by lady
swindler who had walked off with a
snappy boys suit just by giving his
dumbhead assistant so cents and hard
luck story. Mr.. Levy recognized the
suit at the same moment that Mr.. Cal
laghan saw Mr.. McQueeney and Mr.
McQueeney saw Nh. Callaghan
So, They Didn't Parade
Mutual recriminations filed the air
Mr.. Callaghan wanted to know what
Mr.. McQuecney meant to make fool
of him, this being the day it was and
all. Mr.. McQueeney wanted to know
what Mr.. Callaghan meant by sending
him out into strange city with a
suit of clothes when he knew he might
get locked up and then leaving him in
Jail for hours and this the day it was
Mr.. Levy wanted to know what Mr.
Callaghan was doing in those clothes
how he intended to get out of them
and who was going to pay for having
them pressed again if Mr.. Callaghan
did succeed in getting out of them.
1t took some time to straighten
things out, In custody of Mr. Levy
Mr.. Callaghan went to the right tailo,
shop and got the right suit and with
the help of two tailors got out of the
one he WAS in and into the one he had
| been out. Then he paid so cents more
to the right tailor and started for
Manb attain to get Mrs. McQueeneyy,, who
Mr.. McQueeney' was sure, could get
him out of Jail.
But by that time the parade was
breaking up.