News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-03-12
ALL FOR FREE COLOGNE.
way the Baltimore Girls Have of
smelling Like Drug Store for Noth-
"Here they come I"

Here they come p
The speaker was Lexington street
storekeeper. Two young women with
Jaunty airs and good clothes swept by
to descend upon the perfumery counter.
There was 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
the bright-faced girls with Joy and
pleasant anticipations, the remark called
for an explanation.
'Just watch Them" he said in answer
to an inquiry. That is easy task enough.
They are still at the perfumery counter.
They chat and they smile and look ap-
pealingly at the clerk. They fondle the
bottles. All out comes stopper; over
tips a vial; handkerchiefs and muffs
catch the .sweet-scented drops that bub-
BILE out. Then merry word and away
they go. Perfumed without money and
without pricel
"The old, old story" Thus remarked
the storekeeper. ''The young women
have regular free cologne routes just as
every old topper has his free lunch route.
And the lunch tray isn't worked with
any more thoroughness either. 1t was
unusual year ago for customer to
came in and waste time over the perfum-
cry bottles; they generally knew what
they wanted and got it. Now the strange
thing is when we don't have hundred
feminines a adsl waltzing over to the
cologne bottlesx5 ask questions by the
acre and take free bath, with never
anything more than a suggestion of
purchasing. Don't imagine that these
are people who cannot afford to buy
their perfumery Young women who
are known in all the fashionable circles
of the city have got the MANIA and one
of those whom you have just seen is the
daughter of Charles street man who
pays taxes on over 81, 900, 900 worth of
property. Another woman who comes
here to wet her handkerchief and scent
her dress once week at least is leader
in one of the most exclusive sets up
town. It is humorous to see some OF
them disport themselves at the counter.
They uncork every bottle within reach,
sniff, and sniff, and sniff, till long after
all sense of smell is deadened; ask the
price of this and the price of that; want
to know who uses the one and who the
other; where one was manufactured and
where another; whether a certain odor
is lasting, whether it is fashionable,
whether hundred things; and then at
the tall end over they tip some one of
the bottles, sometimes more than one,
and take their daily bath. Stand it /?
OF course we stand it. How can we
help it .? Some of these folks who sponge
Oh US for their cologne are good custom
ers at other counters, and it never would
do to clash with them on such a score.
Other stores are levied on in precisely
the same way. As told you, the pretty
creatures have regular free-lunch routes,
and they work them with the sweetest
sort of devotion. Costly Well, rather
but not quiTe so costly as it was once.
Some of the bottles over on that counter
that uncork easily are not exactly I'M
ported. Yes, all the high-sounding
labels are OH them, but labels, my guile
less boy, are cheaper than eau de
cologne straight from Paris. Ladies
who really want to buy cologne are not
hurt by this bit of fiction. They know
what they want, ask for their favorite
and get it-not from the display of gilt
labels on the counter. 1" - Baltimore
HernIR