Salt Lake Times | 1890-06-12 | Page 3 | The Tabardist

The Tabard 1st. "My cousin is in business in 5Te w York on Broadway. Ho has to work rather bitrd, bnt he gets a good deal of fresh nir." "What is his business?" "He is a tabardist." "Oh, I see." That dialogue wonld describe euphemistically the occupation oc-cupation of walking up and down carrying carry-ing an advertising board on the breast and another on tho back. "Tabardist" sounds artistic, as if one wore the talv trd garment, of which the literature of costume has much to sy. Call no longer the sign bearer a "sandwich man," but give him the high sounding title which ! saw noted recently. Christian Union