Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1918 — Man Without His Pockets in the Various Garments Would Be in Predicament [ARTICLE]

Man Without His Pockets in the Various Garments Would Be in Predicament

Pockets are among the most useful things ever invented, says the Baltimore Sun. What a man would do for a’ place to put his hands had he no pockets is hard to imagine. No man knows exactly how many pockets he has. If you don’t believe it, ask the first man you meet. He can’t come within four of it. Each suit of clothes is equipped with so many of these repositories that the average “he” can’t think right off the reel how many he has got Give a man a suit of clothes without a single pocket and he would be lost. Just look what a man carries around in his pockets. Half a dozen letters, a can of tobacco and a pipe, or two or three cigars (more often these are worn in his vest just over his heart), a fountain pen, a pencil or two, a photograph of a dizzy broiler he doesn’t want wifey to see, a knife that won’t cut anything, a key ring with 14 keys on it, some stamps all stuck together, a few rubber bands, a memorandum book, a newspaper clipping or something the local paper said about him, a watch, a poker chip, a card or two admitting him to his favorite club, a pocketbook with some money in it, a laundry ticket, a rabbit foot, a clasp of a silk garter, a few cigar store coupons, a deck of cards, a pistol, a recipe for curing a cold, a piece of court plaster, a dream book, a lock of hair, and on ad to*, finltum.