| Show WARDROBE OF A MONKEY qi owner a alch new yorker lias nim fitted oat by poole one of the union club men owns a long bearded white faced japanese monkey proud distinction ia ahat he is the best groomed and best dressed monkey in all the world hu name is brummel and the expenses 0 his wardrobe form an important item in this gent lemans household accounts with all the rest of us brummel de from his ancestors that is all anybody knows of his past it was in london recently that the owner conceived the idea of providing hie monkey with decent clothes man he argued owed a certain debt of gratitude to dead monkeys which they could repay in no better fashion than by showing a decent courtesy to living ones and to this forcible reasoning brummel owes his wardrobe hiis master sent to poole mr poole IR the most fashionable which means the moat expensive tailor in london and therefore in the world one has to be introduced before poole will make clothes for one was the talk you make childrens clothes no replied mr poole wont you make an exception to your rule in this particular case im sorry answered the tailor but we got a man in the place who can make a decent auit for a boy to be fair with you was the hesitating reply it it a boy oh said mr poole yep the ambassador went on it a boy its a monkey mr poole drew himself to his full height and with considerable hauteur replied different I 1 thought it was a boy will you bring the monkey here or shall I 1 measure him at his rooms 1 I guess better bend to his i waa the reply hes not accustomed to tailor shops what kind of a suit do you want oh I 1 want several suite A whole wardrobe in fact brummel needs n dress suit an ordinary everyday suit u golf suit a dressing gown pajamas and a bath robe how about a watch and chain asked the great london tailor with rare burst of british humor to tell you the truth was the reply he had a little silver watch once but he digest its and it required iwo doctors to get it out mr poole sent dent the famous dent his head cutter to measure brummel and within two weeks the monkey biad the neatest little wardrobe that ever mortal monkey possessed his dress suit is made of costliest cost liest broadcloth faced with and stitched throughout with silk his walking costume is of heavy english tweed and when you ce rummel with his cap perched jauntily upon his head and a walking stick in one hand you have a vivid impression of having seen something like it before probably upon a transatlantic liner his pajamas are of th lightest finest chinese silk and the monkey has become so accustomed to them that he refuses to go to sleep without them the bath robe which is of some fleece material soft to the touch pleased brummel BO much that he actually learned to take a bath very morning for the pleasure of feeling it upon his back of course brummel has a valet to look after him and you may depend upon it that bis valet earns bis there is no monotony in his life his first task in the morning is to run to brummels little bed and see it brummel is still alive with brummels inordinate fondness for eating everything that shines from hand to calver hair brushes this is alway problematical the owner however is very fond of the little fellow and spares neither trouble nor expense lo 10 make him comfortable taken all in all the clothes for this monkey cost as much suit for suit aa the clothed his master wears no man we meet on broadway wears findt or more expensive garments in fact one cant buy finer air vanderbilt drees coat costs just as much as tah monkeys no more and no leas brummels position ia life is truly enviable he baa all that he required require i and baa no responsibilities N Y world |
