Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-20
ABOUT SHOP GIRLS.

An EneiiAh woman Compare the New
York Girls with Their Skaters In Lon
den. .r
A compact and energetic little woman
with neatly brushed hair, high cOio-
AID al exceedingly business-llks nau'
uer, was busting down the flor of
great uptown dry goods store yesterday
when the spectacle of = solitary mau
amUng several hundred ind. fferent Va
men attracted her attention. The man
couldn't endure the situation uucn
Cnger. He had been shared At, josti-d
jeered, and snubbed uutil he felt rJu nd
shoulttert d aid hollow-eyed.
What can / do for you, sir"' aske,
the compact little woman IN au agree
able Voice.
"Oh, came in search of intorms
ton" said n New York Sun reporter.
"Have you found it?'
mo, ! can't say that | have.
wanted to make some inquiries sboui
tue relative merits OF foreign aud domes
tic shop girls. / asked two vi the mauy
young women here. One told NE thai
the intelligence Office was in the base
ment, behind the elevator shaft, and
The other that the best time for \ casus
conversation was on Monday after
Z. NJ"
"You made the mistake of approach.
ing pretty girls. Men always do that,
aud they usually do 1t with smile that
gives the pretty girl AL opportunity.
Plain girls are always civil with men.
It's habit they squire early"
lynntu oil a ,,nt uhnn All rlo ~ am.
tinued the little woman, resting plump
hand OH one hip while she tapped her
teeth thoughtfully with q long pencil,
which she suatched from her back hair,
where it had stuck out like the fish bone
IN the lead. dress Of FIJI islander. 81
lave b. en- with them all my life. am
now, only I'm no longer q girl, but
have three of my own. I'm superin.
tepdent of them here, and / tind them
easy to manage. One must never be
the least bit familiar with the girls, or
they will become uumansgeab!e."
"A great many Of them have been In
much better circumstances, have they
Ot"n
THAT il u very common impression,
ut ole that hasn't the smallest founda.
ton in my opinion. The girls are fond
f giving people that idea. In point OF
TACT, how ever, they are almost all OIL
them the most lretentious and ambi.
tiuus members of their families, and
miles above their parents in the social
,cale. When Il woman OF p)sition
ru,eis with misfortune she resolutely
avoids the shop. She will do anythin ]
rather than come to an establishment
like this. She takes in sewing, give,
painting or music lessons, or goes out o.
= go,erness for half the money that
shr could earn here"
GLOW do American shop girls com
are with those in Englaudm
"There is no comparison whatever
aid the little English woman with de-
cIsive shake of her head. "rhe Ameri
can girls are superior in every respect =
intelligence, taste, neatness, qulckneSs
and courtesy. 1t may strike you tina
there is doubt about the last, but | all
right. The London shop girls are inso
lent, If they offend at all. There Is
vast difference. London girls are 81
stupid, you know"
"Are there many complaints abou
the girls"
ooh, yes; quite a number. We OBJ
serve, however, that the complaints al
ways come from shoppers who are moi
ladies. A well-bred woman will not
find disagreeable shop girl IN u long
pilgrimage in New YORK. II the girl'
IRE bothered by questions which no one
has a right to ask, they are very apt tc
he pert"
With this the little woman nodded
brightly, thrust the pencil into hel
hack hair again, aud hustled cheerlv
AWAY.