Milford chronicle., 1885-02-27
ALL FOR FREE COLOGNE.
Way the Baltimore Girls HIVE NJ
Smelling Like a Drug Store for Noth-
ing.
''Here thew come p

'Here they come p
The speaker was a Lexington stree
: storekeeper. Two young women wifi
| launty airs and good clothes swept by
70 descend upon the perfumery counter
Ihere was a sort of mournful tone to the
expression of the prOprietor's face which
was astonishing to behold. As most
storekeepers would hail the coming Of
ID the bright-faced girls with iov and
he nignapt anticipations, the remark called
rrUinG- take hahTs
''Just watcnver. .aa.iRu,,. tIIeh take a TS
to an inquiry. That is easv tasR = and ?
;TIhey are still at the perfumery counter.
1hey chat and they smile and look ap-
peaiiingly at the clerk. They fondle the
ootties. All out comes a stopper; over
tips a vial; handkerchiefs and mnffs
catch the sweet-scented drops that bub-
bic out. Then a merry word and awav
tneey go. Perfumed without money and
without price ''
., "Ihe old, old story" Thus remarked
the storekeeper. ''The young women
nave regular free cologne routes inst as
every Old topper has his free lunch route.
and the lunch tray isn't worked with
any more thoroughness either. II was
unusual year ago for q customer TO |
came In and waste time over the perfnm- |
cry bottles; they generally knew what |
they wanted and got it. Now the sfronge
.nlng Is when we don't have a hundred
ieminines q day waltzing over to tbe
cologne bottles to ask questions nv fine
acre and take a free bath, with never
anything more than a suggestion of
Don't imagine that these
are people who cannot afford to Inv
their perfumery. Young women who
are known in all the fashionable circles
d the city have got the mania. and one
u those whom you have lust seen Is fine {
laughter of a Charles street man who
pays faxes on over 81, OOO. 600 worth If ,
property. Another woman who con,es
leIe 70 wet her handkerchief and scent
Ier dress once a week at least is a leader
one OF the most exclusive sets M :
OWL 1t IS humorous to see some Of
aem dlsport themselves at the counter. .,
ney uncork every bottle within reach. Z
nm, and sniff, and sniff, till long after q
Il sense Of smell is deadened: ask tbe
rice OF this and the price of that: want 81
Know who uses the one and who the /,
,,her; where one was manufactured and
mere another; whether a certain odor eV
lasting, whether it is fashionable 70
nether-a hundred things; and then al
@ tall end over they tip some one Of or
9 bottles, sometimes more than one, al
d take their daily bath. Stand itp
course we stand it. How can we -,
lp it E? Some of these folks who snonge a. -
us for their cologne are good cusfo9- r"
at other counters, and it never would a.,
to clash with them on such a score q d
ner stores are levied on in precisely IL
same way. As told you, the pretty
atures have regular free-lunch routes tw
they work them with the sweetest tin
OF devotion. Costly? Well. rather
'ut not quite so costly as it was once. age
ne OF the bottles over on that connter gre
uncork easily are not exactly i'm 4
ted. Yes, all the high-soundinq Ne,
BIS are OF them, but labels. nv ouiIe. Sta
boy, are cheaper than can da
'gne straight from Paris. Ladies l
really want to buy cologne are NOT pou
by this bit of fiction. Thev know bus
t they want, ask for their favorite I
get it-not from the display of gilt the
Is on the counter. - Baltfn,oro avai
aid. ''"'''' =,