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Show OLD CLOTHES IN DEMAND. Secondhand Dealer Find It Difficult ta Stock Up This Year. The demand for nirj clothes appear to be looking up so far as New York ii concerned. I do not know whether it ia secause of tho recent election and ths consequence of betting on the wrong ticket or tho melancholy sequol of the last year's hard times, by reason of which men feel the necessity of wear-ing wear-ing out their clothing instead'of turning it "over to the secondhand dealer. If you should be accosted on Broad way a couple of times a trip by agr-nts f the secondhand dealers with the question ques-tion whether you have any old clothe to sell, it may not be taken as an indication indi-cation that your attire is out of date and coveted by the trade, but that tho trade is running short of stock and is pushing out for a fresh supply. It ia better to consider the attention a subtle flattery, that you have the appearance of an individual who doesn't care foi dress and are likely to have a score of better trousers hanging up in closets for the moths to foed upon. Twice on a single afternoon last week, while conversing with a friend on Broadway, I was accosted by sharp looking young men in the interests of the secondhand trade. My friend wa Inclined to resent the intrusion. He said it was getting too hot for him when he was beset by old clothes men every time he stopped on Broadway. - "Is there anything out of the way about me?" he inquired, looking him Belf over critically. "That is tho second time you've asked mo that question today." to-day." "I beg your pardon, sir, " said tho solicitor so-licitor for the secondhand clothing house. "We didn't want the suit you havo on. " Wo walked fully a block before my friend roalized what I was laughing at, but when the humor of it finally permeated per-meated his intellectual system he tooi mo in for a glass of vichy and milk.--New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch, |