A Sensible Decision.- by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 21, 1913

A Sensible Decision.—

By Editor

According to the New York World of December 4, a father refused to pay an exorbitant price for a tailor-made suit for his son who is attending college. For instance, $65 was wanted for the boy’s overcoat; his father was wearing a $20 one. Another item was a dress suit, $60, a fancy vest $14, and a sack suit $45. The boy didn’t pay, and the bill was sent to his father, and the father refused to pay. He said: “My son is receiving an allowance of $50 a month. I acknowledge no responsibility whatever for this account. He needed an overcoat and a dress suit; these I expected to purchase for him,—the dress suit for $30 and the overcoat for $20. The clothes that I expected to purchase are of the grade which I purchase for myself, and of the grade which is in harmony with his station in life.” The case was tried, and the justice would not allow it to go to the jury. He said: “This was no case of necessity. The father was willing and able to provide his son with the things he ought to have. The tailor, in advising the purchase of expensive goods, was inserting himself into the family circle, and setting the judgment against that of the father.” We think the father is right, and the judge is sensible.