Show J c j e eG e o e jO fOld Old Sport i explains ins matters matt rs of Dress Dr to th tb tbS thc c Senator S a 1 t t s t Jf By JOEL L PRIEST ST STee S ee 0 ee eee I T Is begin e f nm to dawn down on me meI mer r I that as a glass of fashion an a mould of ot shape I come conic nigh bein four aces with I II straights an flushes I barred said the Old Sport as he waved 1 his hand toward the cracked bottle John Johnny Johnny I ny fly silently set It out outon outon on tho the counter along with a ginger ale ate I Having refreshed himself the Old Sp continued his monologue l I r soon seon by paper John that I Torn Tom Kearns has succeeded Ed Wolcott as tho the best bost dressed d res sod man In the senate Now far tar be It from me to cop out so much as one white chip from Toms stack stank of O t glory but I desires to relate to you I confidential oon that If It been for Cor me Toms clothes would have attracted a aI ader dern der sight loss less attention than his cam campaign campaign I speeches I aint braggin none Modesty Is a Jool which I sots sets storo by an flashes whenever the piny seems worth while But of ot that piece about Toms I clothes reminds me of ot how I been aldin aidin an abet Un in this here which se sean m 3 to havo have captivated the eye of ot I Washington Toms a a genial cuss with his I 1 dunno I dunno but if ho dont I know kaow more about poker than he about dressin when I lays luS ort oil to t run my i brand on him well the boys In Wash Vash split out a right smart chunk of Silver King coin before he gits his But let us hope for the best John J hn let us hope for tor tho the best although we must mut fear Coor the worst Along about the time Tom gits a notion in his lila head that hes some tall taU as sena senatorial senatorial tonal timber he ho comes comas to me an asks about some on clothes That showed his heads all right He Be he whatever about things ong regel Catch that John No Ong aint no relation to Sam Reggel Its another breed altogether which I aint get got no time to explain to you ou now Yes Tom wants to get wised up on dude dud an hes next nott that Im the lad that can wise Iso him First thing I says to him 01 J S f Ike Got One On of Them ThemIs Coats Is to buy bu him a Do overcoat Git the tho real thing Tom JL L says Buy n tt coat that fits you like you got on a corset an bells beIls out at the bottom like you got hoops on onlIe Ho lIe looks at me inc kinder dubious I 1 dunno he says Ike sot got ot one of them coats Did you OU como come to me for Cor advice or to tell teIl me what kind of garments other gents is I says An what If It Ike Trum Trumbo bo ho does wear one Aint Int Ike Ikc as nobby a dresser as you ou Ter or seen Tom Tam admits that Ike Is prett prell clever on clothes an anthe anthe anthe the upshot of or It all nIl Is I persuades him to buy bu p a coat like his Maybe e you seen him hint himIn himin In It John Honest Honet Hon when he gets it on you cant tell his back from rom Ike Ilee back as alike as two chips in a arack arack arack rack 1 I tries to tit sit Tom to have a Do fur collar an some broad fur cuffs put on his coat coatH H He stand for tor em though Said he want President Snow to think he had too much coin But he does look good In it though he tells me mo he feels like It up when he crosses the street same as a woman her skirts Well Vell John the result Is as I maps out tho the system The cards falls our way Wd an anthe anthe anthe the first thing Tom knows me an somo some of ot tho the church boys has haq elected him to the senate Then ho h l ha has a fit tit right Come beatin on my m door about 11 one mornin when Im just gittin a n good start on o my nap havin set up late the night before deal dealin in stud for one of ot the boys that s sick Sport he says when Ive let him himin hi himin in an a jigger of ot licker down his neck Sport I got to git a trousseau an you got to help me he says Why shore Tommy I says any anything anythIng anything thing to oblige even if 1 you does come in of ot the night So I gives him my Idee of what whitt wh t he ought to have You want a suit of ot light checks I says for mornin wear Afternoons you have to i have a plaid of some kind not too start un but kinder gay Your shirts must be principally boys but if you desires I says Its permissible to wear the stripes perpendicular Never go out I says without a red in the an a sky blue bow In the afternoons Allus wear I r w i vT Ak Tom Would Look Well in a Rag Bag Raglan BagIan Ian lan I Isas says Wear em big an wear em plenty Its a dead sate safe play to shove sparks to the front strong Now do doIn doIn doin In the tho clothes TV way ay as a general thing But the chances Is bein a senator be Invited out In society some I says The weskit Ve Is the most important tem for tor poker parties I says You plays your hands close to your weskit an nat natural natural natural ural It attracts some attention The boys boy rubbers at your hands an seem some thin flowery In the weskit line they rub rubbers rubbers rubbers bers at that too By no means I says go g to a poker party without a weskit that can cnn be heard half a block John ho lo drinks in itt this information like Uke a child chUd a lesson at his maws knee oe e Scala hes Interested d I gives him hint some pInts on the proper dress for rou roulette roulette lette Jette for stud deals deats for forfaro forfaro faro taro pink teas an for every other form of social diversion hes likely to butt against in Washington a I Sport old friend he says when I gits through Sport JOG Joe Lippman an Billy OMeara aint In It when it comes to If It it been for you Id Idof Idof of ot been liable to go to a poker party with witha a plain black vest on he ho says or 01 make some other break I sees what your Idee Is Sport ha he says Youre next that I aint no orator an you want my clothes to talk for me he says Aint that good John Hes dead next in a minute But he takes my advice an anthe anthe anthe the clothes he lie l e buys is enough to jar a party of at a debauch Now hes the of or all the eyes of or Washington Howsoever John I cant help a t little bout about manger ration day Im some fearful wear weara w ar ara a pale blue tic tie with a spotted yellow vest vestin vestin vestin in the parade or a shirt with his evenin dress at the ball Im as nervous n rous over ove him as if Id opened a fat tat jack with a pair of queens right under the gun but maybe Mark and Perry be able to keep him straight Anyway I wont rest none until I knows Tom has come through safe And having tossed off oft another out of the cracked bottle for which he requested John to make a note on the slate the theOld theOld theOld Old Sport Spart carried his worried expression into the outer air all |