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Show OLD CLOTHES IN DEMAND. Secondhand Dealers Find It Difficult t Stock Vp This Tear. The demand for ord clothe? appear to be looking up eo far as New York ii concerned. I do not know whether it i because of the recent election and the consequence of betting on the wrong ticket or the melancholy sequel of the last year's hard times, by reason of which men feel the necessity of wearing wear-ing out their clothing instead of turning it over to the secondhand dealer. If you should be accosted on Broadway Broad-way a couple of times a trip by afrcnta of the secondhand dealers with the question ques-tion whether you have any old clothes to sell, it may not be taken as an indi-cation indi-cation that your attire is out of data and coveted by the trade, but that the trade is runnfng short of stock and is pushing out for a fresh supply. It is better to consider the attention a subtle flattery, that you have the appearance of an individual who doesn't care for dress and are likely to have a score of better trousers hanging up in closets for the moths to feed 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 was 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 mer he inquired, looking himself him-self over critically. "That is tho second time you've asked me that question today." to-day." "I beg your pardon, sir, "said the solicitor so-licitor for the secondhand clothing house. "We didn't want the suit you have on. " We walked fully a block before my friend realized what I was laughing at, but when the humor of it finally permeated per-meated his intellectual system he too, me in for a glass of vichy and milk. New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch, |