Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-01
THE GIFT or BEAUrY.
yeuuH Ladies wish sharply iisnss Sss Psss-
lav us Glcve.CcsGers

ISL. Paul Mimi 0lobe.I
"My hands were too small and pretty
and was discharged"
The speaker was . pretty, modest
girl Of about nineteen. who had been
connected with prominent and popu-
lar elove-store on street not far from
Nicollet avenue. She had only been
there short time when the proprietor
discharged her. +" i am very sorry"
he said, ..but we would lose many Of
our lady customers If you stay. Your
hands are entirely too small"
A Globe reporter who had heard tho
girls bitter expression asked the glove
dealer about it, and received the fol-
lowing reply;
ave never had a nicer, more modest
and satisfactory girl in our store, and
if there was single place vacant We
would have kept her. But there Was
not. She was a gloye-ftter. and her
hands were entirely too small and
pretty. You seem astonished, but |
will explain. Nine out of ten ladies
who come here for gloves have hands
neither as small nor as pretty as that
Young girls. The result was they
found it distastefal 10 buy from her
and went elsewhere for gloves. No
thing pleases lady more than to find,
in buying gloves. that her hands are
smaller and more shspely than those
of the saleswoman, and my experiences
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,
I agree with you that it is decided
shame, bat we could not help it,"
The statements Of this merchant were
confirmed by a lady who changes her
gloves at least twice q month. She
wears a six-snd-a-half Jouyin herself,
but says: Now. my hand is about
medium-neither large nor small--but
| know how it is TO go into store and
have q six snd-a-half handed you by .
dainty saleswoman who can easily
stretch acknowledgements over her
hand. would not be so foolish as TO
withdraw my patronage on that ac-
count. 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,
however, pretty girls are in demand,
and stylish ones are paid extra prices.
The reason is obvious. A lady GUS
toner goes in to look for a hat. Tho
sty fish shop girl covers her pretty head
with a desirable article, and turns her
self about to display the effect. Every
thing looks well on her. and the Gus
toner is enraptured with the bonnet.
She fondly imagineS it will look Al
stylish on her own Uranium, and per-
hapS never learns that il does not. But
sales are quickly made, and the pretty
lay figure reapS her rewards. Hand
some girls are also used to display
closks and shawlS and other wraps,
which appear to best advantage on their
Junoesquc forms, and salaries to cor
respond are paid them. These are
cases in which beauty is at pre-
MUM.
A case came under the observation
OF Globe reporter last week that
showed very forcibly how mankind. in
the masculine sense, is " led by beauty
by single hair" The proprietor Of a
literary depot wanted an assistant, and
was inquiring where an eligible person
might be found. The reporter sug-
gested that an abundance Of such
talent was lying around loose, bat the
quantity was diminished when the pro-
prietor said
"0h. | want young lady, and q
pretty one, too"
This news-dealer was sharp one and
/ a deep student OF human nature. Only
a pretty girl would do him, and his
course of reasoning was this "The pa
irons Of my depot are all men. Not one
lady in hundred wants the daily pa
pers Of the country or even the illustra-
ted periodicals. A pretty girl is an
attraction. and men who come once will
certainly come again. Once pleased
they are steady patrons. Oh, I've tried
it and know all about it, and ] can
give you several cases in point.
! Last week. while the Mexican
editors were here, one of them came in
my store and bought a Chicago pa
per. had a pretty girl there then,
and this descendant Of Montezuma be-
came interested in her lie came again,
and, sir, during the short stay Of that
delegation in Minneapolis he was in
there six times. lie not only made .
purchase each time, but liberal one,
and directed his compatriots TO my
place. was sorry when they lett the
city. This case is only one Of many
could give you. know very we'll Of
dozens of young men who came in and
bought papers or stationery only IS Z
mere pretext to get to see and talk Il
my pretty clerk"
" Does she chat with customers!r
"Only ON business topics. II she
went further than that it wouldn't do,
A customer will sometimes come in
and want Seaside novel, without
knowing exactly what he wants. This
may be pretence, but it results in my
pretty clerk discussing the merits and
dement's Of certain authors. That il
about as far as she goes In a converse
tional way. But, my dear sir, DOM
you know man likes TO simply look
at pretty girl. Take my Mexican
customer, for instance. lie could
scarcely speak ten words in English,
but be makes it up in looking with
those bright, black eyes Of his"
What other points Of advantage
are there in pretty girl for clerk -
"Theya are too numerous to mention
as you newspa2er-men say. When 20,
are at leisure come around to my stor,
and see how it works. But wait unit
| get my pretty girl for clerk. An,
sprightly, attractive girl will do--pret
ty blue-eyed angel Of about eighteen
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