Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-06
FRANKS OF cAsm.Bors.
finning saiesiadics' Dresses ana Z,
CLERKS Ooat-rans TO the co.h,o, Y"
Stools Wrapping Up Ola shoes sar US
toners.
haIlImore llerAld

several times. al wish the nrn Ntetol
would discharge every mothers rt',D nSi "
tnese Ilile wretckgs out OF this y
ana get the paten. railway In thei s'sSv'
can't nnd boy whenever he Is .Ne'' ~,
out Just lei a pretty girl stand sne
counter i've minutes and there Nis ln.
SANITY seven cash boys sweeping ".oo.
ms aisle. ia hang a boy qnickel ~ sna -
ilghtningl | would. His proper ~ se' &c
IN ttead'mill, anyhow
w nat are the duties Of s cash ~
ASKED the reporter, as he gazed ss avuuu
ana saw several cotton headed III SA'us
Hitting ahou! here and there.
'He Is the riyulet by which the tln, notai
uraiuage OF the establishment trickles ~ ~
eNenSquer," said the clerk grand '.
luentiy. he can be used for other y
poses lnan collecting cash, aud that n
only redeeming feature. A rallyav tstes
your DOOM your cash, Sndyour pencil and
desk and back while Sow Is s,sa,rins, ,.,,n
his fellow behind ihenile of clcfts n
Keeps the fioor-walkG busy 10 nh
from morning till nisht, and ellN.h - n mo-
tnat he is used occasionally 70 cas IN
ules and remove the dustclotls itvlh
goods IN the mornllg, he would "''"'
lutely OF no use
Tho regulations Ia force I'm ,,,, 'u' ,, nouso
nave pretty well subdued at,,, 'uouen l
mere 1871 fine attached to- esv VseIi-
thing he does. II boy "a 30 10 ",.s'a,ts hs
IL hned 10 cents, aud ~ V - sN1sl
standing on his he ~ o' poh'inellng
another boy away ,, v ~. lloie,
That boy wit IN .topP.u nalr yotuer
only drew IL OF we os sn,siy yesleIoa ~
There Is ov 10 ,stn g, t tsii,osou lor
ana n IIno Icee cents for every minute
~ dSi IT, 4 the cellar after dinner. II a
boy stays In this establishment i've years
he will be the property OF the boss, There
was little red-heGded fellow here three
years ago WAC used to owe the Arm SIS
every Saturday night.
TURNING OUT TO BE MfLLoNAtREs.
al don't fancy they are sent here bv
their parents 10 make money. II they are
40 enterprise was ever more complete a
failure. The combined wages Of all these
kids after the fines have been taken out
would not be enough TO feed aud cloth a
wooden indian. Some parents would
even pay salary to have their boys In
store. There Is such an opportunity TO
learn the business You know aud thure
are so many examples OF cash.hOys turn
ing out 60 be millionaires, that parents
I think II is Just the one great chance
needed. In point Of fact, the boys nearly
all leave when they get big enough, aud
very few of them ever become second, ate
clerks.
"rhere is a lctlOu here that boy will
be hanged II he is caught playing ON the
pavement, but the morciful law keeps it's
eyes closed continually or we would have
no end OF executions every day. You can
write laws for criminals or govern grown
people with reason, but you can't con-
troll boy,
"When the salesladles were provided
with seats inside the counter some time
ago, a new field Of rascality was opened
TO the little imps Frequently, when the
girls tried to raise on seeing customer,
their skirts were found pinned round the
head OF the stool A girl tore her skirt in
q horrible manner one day, when the pro-
prletor stepped across the floor and called
her By name. She got up from the seat
rather suddenly, and the light summer
goods that she hsd on pared at tho waist
The timely arrival Of sister. saleswoman
only prevented the young lady from talat-
ing AS the cash-boys are not allowed TO
20 inside Of the counter, the occurrence
placed the clerks In a bad light. An in
overhauled, but without any good effect.
Not long after that tall clerk AZ the other
end OF the counter yonder rose up from
his seat hurriedly one day and car
rled away the cushion on his coat-tails.
The gum arabic which ls used to put la
bells on packages at the central desk, over
there, had been smeGred all over the seat.
IL cost him SO TO have his clothes cleaned
and gave him namo which be VIII carry
to his grave. He hag been known In the
store ever since az 'Gummy.'
"Ihere Is so much Of the monkey about
the average small boy that | fear there Is
no use in attempting 10 deny our common
origin. II he sees anybody do q thing
which strikes his fancy as being Ingenious
he will devote all his powers Tor the next
three weeks In trying TO accomplish the
same action. We have an expert bundle
wrapper down stairs who has beon the
admiration Of every urchin who has en-
tered this establishment for years. He
wraps bundle with the deYterity Of
lightning and filings II back OF him 20 re-
ceiye the label showing where 1t Is 10 be
sent. The rage for wrapping caught the
urchns some time ego as they stood
around the bundle-table watching Che man
after dinner. The next day they devoted
the whole dinner hour TO wrapping bun
dies. Old shoes were caught up from ali
parts OF the cellar and tied up IN bundles,
which only needed the lnbei 20 send them I
on their way Among their collection /
were lot Of bro0m.Ulats and old dam 1
aged calicocs that had been flung away in /
corner after q fire. As there were 1
number OF similar packages going TO /
Northwest Baltimore that evening, the 4
Ia hs4i-hov pnfngred tbafu al fgupfhar mud I
stuck the address on the whole pack. I
Wen, sir tell you there Was some fun I
In the business Office nexs morning as 1
soon as seven irate women could get /
on the cars. The proprietor was paral- 4
yzed, and ordered an immediate inyestiga-
lion As II happened 70 be the Srd day II 4
April, the women sgore that they were
being mgde the victims II q practical 1
Joke, aud threatened TO boycott the store.
Any boy caught Deer that bundle table
since has been fred without notice.
some morning several years ago. when
We had twice as many cash-bOys es we
have al present. everybody was aston
ished TO spe the ceiling covered over with
paper men. They had little strings tied
about their necks aud were fastened 70
the fTGscO-wofk with spit balls. All the
doors Of the house we're opened, and a.
me breeze entered the defuuct army Of
Haper men made quite a lively spectacle
kicking each other on the icgs. / need
hardly ssy that nothing was ever learned
req ardiug bow they got there. The jani-
.Or aud several assistants spent q whole
week IN getting them doTn. I thiDk the
title raseals had stuck the papers up
here during the dining-hour, aud they
lsd remained uun0ticed as long rs the