The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-12-29
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Shopping is.6ssrbtiRlly ynha6IhiG
fnille art,ahd Women cagHtllu
attend looit siealtelSiss Y figI 4
fftiend ifitoaI6 awfalll6ts6f ttaiBIs
recently by giving hiHraCbtGfIs.
sion. Coming hunVGlDm tiis the.
ster | bUcatie a@anI6tsom9thihg
wrong wherO liouuidu't convent.
emily get Ut IL "A @batt Of iay
standing tisBihgta worked loose,
and'a stocking was slipping down
Unto a miserable Uncomfortable
folds abodt my ankle. N.Y. com.
paniOd noticed my prcoccupitHHlF
andinquired tho cause, aud when
Itold him he joEingiy inquired il
he .,..,spia axtaRlf sa,ll make sao0dsNll
losses incurred whtlsI was uhtvf
his protection. Auit would beain.
convenient t6 20 outiin The morn.
ing, ! accepted his suggestion and
told him he could get inc d paifoh
his way down lown and send them
up By h messenger. The poOriman
was visably agitsrod, but he would
not back out and rather t0tfdlty
accepted the commission. tie had
u terrible time tIie hext day. He
thought he wbuld step into Maty's
ftst, but when he got thcto his
coutuge begar tOo oozo out. Tho
place was full Of women, aud he
thought they were Just waiting fyf
him to come III and ask for gartets.
Every wOthdn who passed him
looked at him as though she knew
what he was utter, aud was silent.
! ly laughing at him. Sn he weak.
Gned and kept on down town. HI:
ually he sneakpd around Il curngf
when he thought nobody WIS look.
ing, and furtively lodged into the
door Of smull stofB thatseemedtd
bea nice, quiet place, and to brg,
sent possibilities Of gartets, jadg.
ing by tho works Of aftdi4pIayed
in the windo@. lie stepped uptd
the counter nearest the dUhr and
told the saleswOman whathcwant.
I'd in d way that indicated gtcat
haste. bolieye he added that he
wanted to catch train.
1--WE don't keep Gents furnish.
iugs, ,"'sho fSplied. p
Then he said hc wanted them
for a lady, and she rejoined in. her
regular cash.here voice:
Next to the last d6fnter on the
other side for LADIES garl6rs."
He was the only customer In thE
store, and all clerks were young
women, but he braced up ,,ud
started for the other end Of tho
apartment, which looked like the
perspective Of a prairie rhilroad.
1t seemed to him that he never
would reach the vanishing point
with all those girls looking at him.
He tried to walk firmly, and Of
course tramped liked a horse
Then he essayed tlis essay, lhGoh.
cerned glide, scufFed along like
schoolooy, aud caught asplintor in
the sole of his boot that caused him
to stumble and lose both his baI
ance and his self fcommand. He
tried 10 81 his bearings from ths
Autographs on the walls picLuring
all sorts Of feminine harness in ac
tive service, AS Che Fitogtaphs bu.
gan to grow tnOre Interesting ttc
concluded that he was about in the
latitude Of gartOrS, and pulled up
at q counter, his face rod and his
eyes blurred, Odasked the gitlEhf
garters, expecting her TO hand
them over forthwith and pat All
end to tire trouble. Poor little in.
nocen'l The young woman smiled
coldly and said; aG4 o1 Ha2o
"What Kind, pleasef"' ''''ag 'o
"Oh, the best SOu have" hi slia,
plainly Conscious thaL his ea.rs
wers blazing red.
"But what Stl le do you wanL?n
she rejpined, evidently enjoying
his plight, He didn't know, as !
hadn't given him any spccifcG.
tions, and puhablyit never occur.
red TO him that there cuUld bO
more than one kind, II was usS.
less fur him to attempt 10 eaeGpe.
all the clerks were watching him,
or seemed TO be. 81 he asked what
style was generally used, and the
clerk proceeded TO exhibit aud OK.
plain the various styles. Shg
showed him saSpenders garters ut,
taChed to . waist belt, dress reform
gartcrs, garters that hitch on To
the side of the corset, gnrlgte of Gv.
cry imaginable Bind, and when he
seemed dazed by her dc.cl iplions
she took down Autographs aud
infinitely painted mt the way Of
wearing patent stocking hut uaSses.
He was bewiltbred and helpless,
and gazed At her apparently fnr
HELM, Al last he slnmmrrcA.-