The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-12-05
GOING SHOPPING.
FOLLOWING A LADY THROUGH THE
DRY GOODS PALACES
The Chief Diversion OF ladies Made
Fascinating by Modern sISin-How
a Customer Is Taken Care
of-Badgereo.
New York Times.l


and sfler. has TO spare" swhat is the subtle
intoxication, the delicious exhlaration Of
the ceremony of shopping which so enthral5
the feminine worid!'
"Ah," laughed the high prie5tess of-th8
rie "a well try to describe the faint
intangible perfume of q sprig of mignonetts
OF set to music the bubbling song of child's
laugh 1t. is some instinct born within
Us, developed at very early age, and
lasting as long as we do. 1t survives all
circumstance and condition, is universal in
all classe+. To be woman is to love to
shop, and the mechanics wife spends her
Saturday nights surplus with the Same
zsst that the lady of the millionaire's home
empties her well filed purse-each over the
counters OF her favorits shopping place"
"And do you never, absolutely never, be-
come tired of its' lie inquired. II should
think it would grow so awfully monoto-
nous" -s......
mot at ALL" his companion replied
quickly. "To begin with fresh needs are
constantly arising. A woman's toilet ad-
mits Of endless variety and positively de-
mands more things han are dreamed Of in
masculine philosophy. Amy woman with
money to spend, little or much can find o
felt want to supply on the instant. 1t does
not grow monotonous because the range OF
garment AMI fabric is almost unlimited in
these fortunate days. It is q ceaseless pleas
DIRE simply to see the beautiful things the
merchants oifar-while the act OF purcbas-
ing presents bewildering and indefinite
choosing"
IN A DRY GOODS PALACE.
"The stores are SO enormous, most of
them," suggested the reporter, Il should
lose my way, besides never being able to
procure the article | wanted"
Il,,sE y l., ,oI 4 e.,
informar "you would be too well taken
care of for that From the moment you
enter one Of tho modern dry goods palaces
for the name Is more befitting them than
the railroad coaches which adopt it sofreely
-you are subjected to courteous care and
watchfulness that is at once efficient and
satisfactory. Suppose l want q cambria
handkerchief. | enter tho outer door Of the
store at which | wish to buy, which is
opened for me by boy in livery and if
the day be stormy L am quickly relieved Of
my wet umbrella, and burdened instead
with small metal check distinctly uum-
bared As this is handed me | am met By
Che head floor walker, generally a nlhl OF
distinguished appearance and affable al
dress
Cambria handkerehiafsl This war.
-.lalam,' and | follow him to second aisle,
perhaps Here another floor walker meets
me, and learning from the first my require
mcnts, conducts me down the aisle to the
elevator, touching the bell before he quits
my side.
"A momont and step from the car to the
seco8d floor The head or this floor meets
me, q brief, courteous question, and l am
pas 81 q Oh, under one escort after another
till in she nxtramo corner of the airy ana
spacious lot / fnl myself comfoltab bly,
seated. AMI upon the counter before me is
beiHS Il |aysd every grade, sizo, and price
Of al -, camhric handkerchief that
was cv-r ata se. II | had said sealskin
cloas liz man who addressed me I
Wou.a 81, : -,aen 10 better treated. TIE
merta .sl. - New York make guests Of
their "a nsr, AMI add not little thereby
to tn. .- !. a, OF Luying at their counters.
-. ale You describe" persisted the
renort-a E." mat DO an endless task to get
thr, . q yea ~ ordinary shopping list.'
~ s.. nag operation" was the quick as
sent " u. I 10 not well see how it could b.
hclpaI TIE matter has grown to such pro-
pJrti,l> That it has got to be u matter Of
time Think what an army of buyers the
shopping district of the city daily caters to-
All lie u! urban towns of New Jersey and
the Hli III Long Hand, Staten Island, the
great cisias aero IS either river, besides upper
New York self, send continuously living
stream 10 thi5 center When you think
of it tae wonder is that so much
can be accomplished in the short
Tina that it i. OF course the most
Cjmpiets System exists, the facilities for
making change ara at the maximum, the
clerk, bshlHi the counters nearly equal tho
purchasers before. every man has his
especial sgnment of wares at his tongues
end.
WORRIED BY THE LADIES.
~ >
continued, with a sigh. ito prevent the
rapid aud easy accommodation of every body
who could possibly reach the stores"
and that is
"Oursoive'. / have got to admit that the
average woman Is, rs a shopper, u clog to
any system Of services which may be ar
ranged for her She doesn't know what she
want, even when she secs it, and
10 get n taing without looking about
i 10 break some unwritten law Of her
being Half the complaints against So
called Indifferent or impertineat clerks
should be directed toward the other side of
the counter, for the clerks are frequently
badgerel and worried by the ladies Il whom
they are honestly endeavoring to please to
the pitch Of torture--aui it is this Oft-re-
paated persecution which has produced,
think, the curious condition OF antagonisnl
which you will 81 often observe between the
two classes SO mutually dependent upon each
other he seller and she who comes to bay.
But Wa are drifting into deep waters 1t is
rather absurd to talk metaphysics over buy
lnS oolnea"
tan not you give me some golden rules
fog >aCpp.ngl" asked the reporter after a
IL, m'n3s pause. You seem to speak with
au...ur.ty upon the subject"
"Neo mcrs than any OF my sex. We are
oil gi,te iupon thiS topic, and we all have
our own individual view. Experience is
cur Sole guide in tie matter, and this being
different n every case, of course affords q
vile range g: opinion. Ny advice to man
about t. shop would be. fist, don't; then ii
YOU mus, Soto the acknowledged best places.
Awv.n.;n SHOWS il a n nlslt whether & bar
gain l. a bargain, but man must take the
w.ri e .h3 seller; there are many
Places ~ this city whers the seller may ba
Wholly trU ted, his goods are the best at the
I.I-s and / se UrlCa i tba lay.,,st f.r +Hs