National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-08-14
THE GIFT OF BEAUTY.
YOUNG LADIES WITH sHArELY HANDS NO
poputIp AT utovp CouNTEpa

POPULAR AT GLOVE COUNTERS.
"My hands were too small and pretty,
and 1 was discharged"
The speaker was a pretty, modest girl
Of about 10, who had been connected
with o prominent and popular glove store
on street not far from Nicollett avenue
She had only been there short time
when the proprietor discharged her. 81
am very sorry" he said, "but VIC would
lose many of our lady customers If you
stay. Your hands are entirely too
small"
A Globe reporter who had heard the
girls bitter expression asked the glove
dealer about it, and received the follow.
ing reply;
1--WE never had nicer, moreimodest,
and satisfactory girl in our store and If
there was single place vacant we wonld
have kept her. But there was not. She
was n glove.ftter, and her hands were
altogether too small and pretty. You
seem to be astonished, but l will explain.
Nine out of ten ladies' who come here
nor as pretty as that young girls. The
result was, they found 1t distasteful to
buy from her, and went elsewhere for
gloves. Nothing pleases a lady more,
than to find, in buying gloves, that her
hands are smaller and more shapely than
those of the saleswoman; and my expe-
rience has taught me that women will,
other things being equal, buy where they
find that to be the case. That young
lady has the hands of duchess, and
put TO shame half of the fashionable
young ladies who come in here. Yes, l
agree with you that IL is decided shame,
but we could not help it,"
The statements Of this merchant were
confirmed by q lady who changes her
gloves at least twice month. She
wears six and one.half Jouvin herself,
but says: "Now my hand is about me.
dunn, neither large nor small, but
know how it is to 20 into a store aud
have six and a half handed you by u
dainty saleswoman who can easily stretch
five and three quarters over her hand.
would not be so foolish as to withdraw
my patronage on that account, but |
know of ladies' who would. 1t is too bad
that girl should lose her place on that
account, yet don't doubt the story you
tell me-"
At some of the millinery stores, how
ever, pretty girls are in demand and
stylish ones are paid extra prices. The
reason is obvious. A lady customer goes
, in to look for hat. The stylish shop
girl covers her pretty head with de-
sirable article, and turns herself about to
display the effect. Every thing looks
we'll on her. and the customer is en-
,la In N,
imagines it will look as stylish on her own
Uranium, and perhaps never learns that
it does not. But sales are quickly made
and the pretty lay figure reaps her re.
wards. Handsome girls are also used
to display cloaks and shawls and othei
wraps, which appear to best advantage
on their Junoesque forms, and salaries
to correspond are paid them. These are
cases in which beauty is at n premium.
A case came under the observation o.
n Globe reporter last week that showed
very forcibly how mankind, in the mas
culine sense, is "led by beauty by q
single hair" The proprietor Of q lit
erary depot wanted an assistant, and was
inquiring where an eligible person nigh
be found. The reporter suggested tina
an abundance of such talent was lyinl
around loose, but the quantity was di
minished, when the proprietor said:
sob! | want young lady, and
pretty one, too"
This news dealer was sharp one, anC
deep student of human nature. Onl.
pretty girl would do him, and hi
course Of reasoning was this: "Th'
patrons of my depot are oil men. No
one lady in hundred wants the dali.
papers Of tho country or even the illus
irated periodicals. A pretty girl is 81
attraction, and men who come once viii
certainly come again. Once please,
they are steady patrons. Oh, I've trie'
it and know all about it. and can Civ
you several cases in point. Last week
while the Mexican, editors were here, ON
of them came in my store and bought
Chicago paper. had a pretty girl then
and this descendant Of Monte
yuma became interested IN her. ii
came again, and, sir, during the shol
stay of that delegation in Minneapolis
he was in there six times. He not onl
made purchase each time, but Gbera
one, and directed his compatriots to m
place. | was sorry when they left tn
city. This case is only one of many
could give you. know very we'll G
dozens of young men who came in an
bought papers of stationery only as
mere pretext to get to see and talk
my pretty clerk"
"Does she chat with customersr'
"Only on business topics. If she wer
further than that it wouldn't do. A cu'
toner will sometimes come in and wal
Seaside novel, without knowing exact
what he wants. Ills may be q pretens'
but it results in my pretty clerk discuss
ing the merits aud dement's of certai
authors. That is about as far as st
goes in q conversational way. Blu
simply look at the pretty girl. Take n
Mexican customer, for Instance. He coul
scarcely speak ten words in English, b.
makes it up in looking with those brig
eyes of his"
"What other points of advantage a
there in a pretty girl for clerk"
"They are too numerous to mentlo
las you newspaper men say. When yt
are at leisure come around to my sto
and see how it works. But wait until
get my pretty girl for clerk. Al
sprigbtly, active girl will do prett
blue-eyed angel of about IL years Of a
preferred" -St. Pant Globe.