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Show A Miiu'n Clothes. Tlie tnott elegant iy dresse i man who has walked the streets of Boston for fifty yearn was the !;.! I.uueuted Nat haiiiel G. Greene. Ho had atievef r coa.r. He would go into the shop of a t.-.io.- ho might be unknon a to him, liuvi;:g b allured by a piece o goods in the wind .v., and ask in his winning : tones: "My friend, c-.u you make a pair of I trousers accerdittg to a jK1ttern tliat I will draw?" Then wkh chaik he would outline on the cutting table precisely his idea, take from his pocket a memorandum of width of waist and length of leg, ni, wKuout osKlng Iiriee, would order the garment to be s?nt to his address. ad-dress. If that tailor carried out his idea he would buy cloth wherever lie' saw what he liked and return and patronize him until ho made a mistake. So, also, with his coats, es-!ecially es-!ecially overcoats. If the tailor remonstrated remonstra-ted as to fashion, Nat would smile and pat his shoulder, and inquire: "Are you to wear this garment when iiuished or am I? Your reputation will not bo iujured because you follow my playful, pe.-hap reasonless, fancy." Boitou Gazette. |