TOD SLOAN 



I thanked him and on arrival in New York I went 

 straight to Powell's place, then at the corner of 12th 

 Street and Broadway. I gave the tailor the card and 

 then looked at the materials, chose one I liked and 

 was measured. Now I only weighed 4 st. 9 lbs., 

 and when Powell told me the price — sixty dollars — I 

 said, " Surely you're not going to charge a little feller 

 like me that figure ! Why, I sha'n't take half the stuff 

 that would be required to make you a suit." 



Powell started to explain to me how much more 

 difficult it was to fit a little man and handed out all 

 the " guff " about the amount of stuff it took to make 

 some of his fat giants' clothes. He had to average 

 up, and so on. Besides, he added, cutting for me 

 took [just as much time and labour as for anyone 

 else ! 



Now comes the joke : 



" Summer's coming on ; surely you want something 

 lighter for the other suits ? " the tailor suddenly 

 asked. 



" What others ? " 



" Well Johnny Campbell says, ' Make Sloan what 

 he wants and send the bill to me,' so you had better 

 fit yourself out properly and have a couple more suits 

 and an overcoat while you are about it." 



I laughed at what Johnny would think and say when 

 he got the bill but the temptation was too strong ; 

 I let myself go. I can tell you that when the things 

 came home I didn't half fancy myself and swelled it 

 about to the envy of all the boys at home. But you 

 should have heard what Campbell said to me when he 

 got the bill for two hundred and seventy-five dollars : 

 he didn't half let me have it ; but he paid it all right 

 and afterwards he would laugh and shake his fist at 

 me. In recent years Johnny and I have often laughed 



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