The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-07-01

"ny' nes doing time now. II he
hears OF it at all it will be by letter
from her, telling how easy she got off.
II we hadn't been in court within a
month | believe I'd put her through.
Tor she deserves it. She's an old hand.
and pretty well known in the stores.
But to take her.up. Ever been at the
Armory Police Court? OF course YOU
have. Well, once a month is often
enough for me there I wonder how
she came in to play that when there
were SO few in the house Why. three
| or four were watching her noting the
1nn. Thought you knew her, did youf
How's thatp'' SO ,1~e
"She's the image of the wife of a
well-known architect, explained the
reporter. q =
Suppose she is; I know she. is nc
I architects wife. She's stone-cutter's
| by the way" laughing at the idea.
"Now, whatever there is in il. I've
theory that such resemblances are
designed by some professionals, and
they study their prototypes most care.
FULLY. even to associations, so as to
talk familiarly of friends if occasion
brings about the opportunity, I have
been mistaken myself in assumptions,
but got over it long ago, after most
! disagreeable scfape. + was Younger
! and brash. / saw a modest-lodking
woman take off half-dozen as nice
embroidered handkerchiefs as ave had
in the store. was positive she was
certain customer on our books, and was
confirmed in the belief by recollectne
the absent-minded way she worked. To
tme itseemed a sad case of kleptomania,
and | fancied her house full of all sorts
of stolen nicknacks OF no use, butsaid
to be presents from friends. That's
the way, you know, So | let her pass
out unnoticed. and at the end Of the
month sent up the item with the
]rest OF the statement of the month y
purchases Then it all came out. AS
soon as saw the lady 1 aknew@ my
error. But it was aclose resemblance.
mo, / take no stock in kleptomania. II
you notice, it's only a disease for rich
folks. Who knows but what Pasteur
will be inoculating for it after he gets
Through with hydrophobia? There's
more money in it for him. They say
the nobility have attacks of it once ii
awhile. Yes, every stock suffers with
us. o, it might stop stealing. if we
didn't display goods SO much. but it
Ssa You'd stop stop tI,s trsas TO- Why sAe s.hes
| hook bunch of hair crimpens off the
notion counter - that were plainly
marked two bkinehes for three c6nlS.
The gall of it paralyzed me and the
clerks around, and we nearly laughed
aloud. We let her 60 her way. though.
| Silksren1nants and bolts of ribbon or
lace are the most tempting Hang me,
but wonder what the shoppers take
us for? They can't reason at all, most
/ of them, but steal on the impulse,
especially such as were arrested the
other day. 1t s, our business to watch
the goods around, and we get so by
experience that we can take in good
deal with one scope of our eyes. We
know all our patterns, besides having
tsthem marked otherwise. Then we get
to know the character of our visitors
pretty well by the way they carry
themselves. BY just a moments. talk
we know if woman really wants to
buy to-day, or well call again.
They can't play it on us unless the;
store is pretty full, and then it is cur
losses occur, aud our profits, too,
might say. Yes, we do search, but
more frequently it is not necessary, but
as you saw. If a woman comes pre-
pared to steal, and has the customary
bag or pocket sewed in her clothes. We
can know whether she is good to
search by beating around her cloth
ing, when we feel uncommon OBJ
tjects for the pocket. From time to
time we have accumulated up stairs
stacks of stuff taken out of such places,
but not stolen from us. Rarely do
they try to ba-azen it out, but cry, and
talk of their homes, and they never
did it before, and never will again, and
so on. As said, we don't care to go
into court, and let, most go if we get
our goods back. Articles regularly
purchased, you know, are wrapped and
have cash checksrwith them. We have
found such with goods acknowledged
/, to be stolen, but never keep them. of
course. How do we. keep track of
every thing in such a varied stockp
By ssysteun, and. nothing else. Then
every thing gets familiar to the sales
people Their eyes are sharp for
patterns offgootls and bulk of pack
ages. It's only when things are known
to- be sold that they nevet Will be
missed We did have a girl here who
boasted she could tell if d hole was
gone out Of q pattern Of lace, but she
|died, or got married, which is the same,
SO far as regards business. for they
quit then. But I'm off of shoplifters.
You can say nine ont of ten are pre-
sumab1y respe ectable, and most Of them
never stole before they were caught,
and never will afterward. sOnce is
enough. Shouldn't you think so?'-
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FHattie-..AresFou out Wit, Sadie
Brown, Carrie Carrie-sAes; We
don t.speak novel H-s@ssyN NiIak ii the
MISTER a'' O. stShe is tao sat in her.
ways for me- q, -..In what respectp'
C.-.sWel1, she won't do her hair up IN
the zMikado twist, and she objects to