Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-27

and is looking about to see what
pleases her"
This person will give you some
trouble. She will look ut every.
thing iii the store, from pins, and
needles, and dressed dolls, mp to
ready made suits and bridal irons.
sean. She would look at moving
machines ami steam engines il yeH
kept them for sale. She sometimes
has friend or two with her, which
complexities matters. and makes it
worse for yon.
a great many women steal your
styles in this way. They are going
10 buy, they say. and, of course, Il
lady wishes To examine anything
before she buys it, Aud if she bc
an adept Ut the business. she can
steal twenty-five dollars worth OF
styles in one morning, and leave
you, with the polite assurance thar
when she is ready to purchase she
will call again. And so she will
when she is ready.
She will want Samples q
little bit 70 show Cousin Nav the
pattern and her friends will want
samples, and it you dare to tell her
that you do not give SAMPLES, theu
look out I'D \irtuuus Indignation.
She Will never again visit Nonr
store, She tells her friends, and when
you hear of It you feel rs il she had
bccn 4 steady, paying customer;
and when your employer hears of it .,
he will tell You that YOU must he
polite to patrons or that you'll lose
your place
No wonder Il dry goods clerk paris
his hair in the middle; he has To do
it to keep his brains c,ehly halanc
ed; there /, such Il strain on them
pcrpctuaiiy that it would not do for
him to Sw"rve hair on either side.
There are all sorts OF customers
to study. Some never pay What is
asked for an article, and il You
trade with them Ann must ask IA biz
price and fall. They pride them.
selves on their skill i'll cheating
down" Such bargains as they get
50 they tell their friends. All, me,
dry goods clerks could tale unfold
regarding most OF these bargains.
There is the woman who is shop.
ping tor some one else. and has
only got So much money to pay tor
her goods. There Is the WOmau
WHO wants 10 take things home and
decide at her leisure. 1hclc is the
woman Whocluunt decide a. all. and
must bring III Mis-. Jou,s and Mis-.
Smith To- help n,1.
There j. the pretty girl who
comes IN iHst ,o inquire the Itfict
of something, and get Il chance to
Tint with Nou ovrl the plcS of cash
mcIr aud calico. OF course, She
doSrn't trouble Nnu. Iun wish
there were more like her. and that
she would stay longer. tor nature is
nst ~ strong IN the dry goods
clerk rs ~ any body.
There are the hungltug men sent
toy the busy wives 10 match some.
thing, and after they get there they
generality IND they have lost the
sample given them, and they
haven't an idra whether II VAS crash
or blo"ad" they we've rNPcrird lo
Httii
llcu, ~ shoppers. are Il failure.
They may hr able To harnrSS the
hGhlmIu. and birdie the d"mon ul
steam. hlt they don't EnuW how 10
hnV Il Nald at tap" proprllN.
And then wives never hesitate 10
tell thtIa 80 when they get home
with their purchases.
Tue dry goods clerk has 10 dress
we'll Oh Il small SataIN, hul II lac
patrunl/rS the ninety nihe cent
stolcS he will he suspected ct Iuh.
bug his employer: and II he does
NOT pr! something on the plate
every time Deacon l:fawH passes
It round, hr viii hc voted mean and
mtS>clIhir toy the church.
He - too poor 10 marry, all the
mothrtS tell their gil!>: aud he
wants tine comforts ol a home Just
is much Is any one.
Well, Young man ~ the dry
goods clicking hH>'Hc- :, cutti,aic
your patience. AMI un Your best. It
requires - mulch brains 10 attend
To Nour hr>lnrSS property rs It d1'S
10 run the uItcd States Govern.
urut. and ihc salary piid is not
bali ~ Big. And Il lnu ale a good
rlriA. perhaps 10y AND hA Yea viii
get taken into partners ship. and
InhrrH Nour employers hrlutltul
daughter. and 1--we happy ever If,
irr"drd, Just ~ ;hc poor but honest
clerks do Ia the novels.