Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-25
IxsoLExT CLERKS.

aCleFka are 90 insolent." said a lad
friend, that really / dread, positivel
dread, TO 90 a-Ehopping."
Well, there are some insolent clerks
/ We have seen them, and heard them
but We do not think they are the rule.
The fast Of Il is that q lady Who 4
shopping generally gets Just about thi
treatment she deserves. Your clerk OF
average intelligence knows very nearly
as soon aa he puts his eyes on her
whether ahe means business or SAM
pies" He takes her measure when she
site down before HE counter and askE
20 see something Ia gaEnet silks. dc
can gaeas with toleFable accuracy whe-
ther she means 70 bay . dress or whether
she Il out gathering 10 pieces Of silk for
her crazy quilt.
She thinks ahs has dons the thing cd
miFably. and pulled the wool completely
over his eyes, when she has told him
that she wants q sample Just 10 show 20
sister Nellie, who cannot come oat. But
she doesnlt deceive him. Not for q mo-
ment. he knows inst how IL b, and
next time STE comes be will be busy and
she will have % ask for some Article two
or three times, and then she viii tell her
friends how draadfully ihsolsat those
clerks ct Browns are!
New, ladies, do be reasonable A dry
goods clerk has legs. and arms, esd 3
back, and be Il capable Of aehing In ali
Of them. he Il oftentimes poorly paid
and insnfaoiently fed, and be has his
little trials Just like anybody else. He
u mos . mere machine. Wound M 10 run
% many hours, and be b under no legal
or moral obligation 20 climb no and
down step ladders. taking down goods
70 show 10 yon which yon have no more
thought Of purchasing than you have OF
buying BaFnun's white elephant.
Do have some consideration for him,
and don't make him handle over q tons
weight Of goods, only to be told that You
guess yoa won't decide today. You
vanl 10 sse What Smith 4 %. have cot,
and, u yea conclude TO bay, you vii
drop u.
We relnembeR going shopping ouee
With . iRdy, and On car days route We
visited twenty eight different stores, and
looked ~ everything eonceivabie. and
IS The end % tbs dag the lady bought
eleven osnta' worth Of black ribban. and
we Went home. And ~ registered q
solemn pRomtse never 70 20 shopping
again gtth that soman, and ve never
VII nor with any other like her.
From q long and somewhat varied az
peFience In buying things, we havs
gained iafoFmation enough 10 enable
us 70 oilsF With eouhdencs aome hints
% ahOppeFs-
Know What ycu want before yOa leave
home
Doa's bay anything bsoa1ss q IL
cheap.
Don't take half q dean friends aIoas.
Deaf saFry one hundred dollar bills
b small stores Il makas 3 dealer feel
mean % have - ackn0WiedRs thai be has
not 4 a smeunl 10 Ne shop.
Den't Aak 70 look e things yea Dc no.
tkiak Of buyinR.
DunAt be- dietatnrial
Don't insist upon being waited On b.
fore anybody elss. Taks y0aF tarn.
Dealt crowd
DOa't 50 mad IL somsbOdy steps On
YoaF aklr4a.
II yea lose anything, don't act a. II
Ysa suspected Ne cleFx had sfalen ii.
Dont talk news With frsnds ycu nav
naet e H. sane coantef.
Dunt beat q dealer down. II sha
pxtce daea not suit yoa. leave tks articla.
In eli drst Class stores there Is bua nns
prtot, aRa cleEka ars not aii8Wea % mAks
EedncIionA
Treat tenaa Who are WAITING an yea
as yoa wsuid ladies and Eeuflanen
anyshera. and there vii BE- very llitle
eeaasiou fef yoa - compiAin q inao-
tsai olefkA