Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-21
MAupfE AND FANNIE.
A Monday Morning Convsr.n.ioA
heard In Q Dry-0oods stors-

heard In . Dry-0sods ssoE~
Ifvou have any desire to know wna'
che " salesladies" in most OF our dfy-
goods stores do on Sunday. you can
crafty your curiosity BY going shop
hing ON Monday at about the time
when the crowd Is greatest and the
services of the salesladies are most
needed. 1t is then that they beconie
,,,ost communicative with each other
and coldly and haughtily indifferent TO
the wants of purchasers. 1t Is then
that Miss Maudie Bangs says to MISS
Fannie Frizzletop: :,
II had a lovely time yesterday
$50 did l." responds Fannie, cheer
You know Freddy Fopbrain' don't
your" ,r TAM,
he p
"Just splendid Well, he came
around in the afternoon with the noo-
best turnout and took memo, We
have no more zephyrlike that sample
"A shade darker will do. you say
but Miss Maudie calmly ignores your
presence until she has said:
"And we had lovely time. Drove
all over the city and had pound OF
carmels and-no, we haven't shade
any thing near like your sample
She has made this discovery without
looking at your samples or her zeph-
yrs, and politely turning her back to
you. proceeds:
tom Slack came in in the evening
and Libbie Marsh and her fellow and
oh, Libbie's got splendid fellow"
WHO is he ~
"Oh. l forgot his name, but he's
ever so tony and has lovely mus
tache. and-no, we hav'n't German
town in that shade either. We hav MT
any thing in that shade"
This is said with a degree OF as
perity calculated to serve as rebuke
and reproach to you for interrupting
the conversation. but you hold your
ground and say
II think see some Saxony that
will do-that dark cardinal to your
right"
"Oh. that? That isn't at all like
your sample, and-what did you dc
yesterday, FannieP"
"Oh. slept until ten o'clock and
then got up and went to church, be-
cause had my new olive green suit
to wear You haven't seen the hat yet,
have you? Oh. it's lovely! Pretties'
suit ever had and it fits me splen
didly, and"
did you decide on plush or wat
cred silk for the side panels?"
"Oh, l took the silk; it's all the
rage now, and it looks lovely"
AZ like the silk best, for ibid yor
say you would take skein of this?"
You have said so six limits. but Mis-:
Maudie has not condescended to hea
you.
Yes" you say, decidedly, II wil
take skein of this"
Cash! cash! cashr shrieks the sales
lady. Here, cash!-you didn't sta,
in all afternoon with a new suit'"
well, l should smile not! l starte,
right after dinner and kept on the G
until ten last night, and l had pei
fectly elegant time. Went over t
Sadie Kent's, and while l was Their
Jimmie Fresh and Bob Callow came in
and Sadie and made them go out an
get us pound of candy apiece, and
No, ma am; we are all out Of chenille c
: that shade.
Ibid you see Mrs. Potter?" aske
: Maudie. ignoring the cash girl. who ha
, been waiting five minutes for your bur
; die and cash.
= II guess l did," says Fannie. wit
= alacrity. Frank Howard took me
, You know him? DON. you? Oh. he
, splendid fellow-he's head clerk a
; the ribbon counter at Plush & Sal
S tins. We saw her in Loyal Love, ha
> two-dollar seats, and he came for me
e carriage" -
5 "Oh. my! How fine we're ge
Y ting!"
V Amt we, though? l tell you b.
5 we just spread it on thick. Frank wor
: full dress and l took off my hat an
A wore my white ball dress with six lore,
: big pink roses and -"
e You take your bundle from the cas-
f girl yourself and leave Maudie and Far
a ME talking il Detroit FIRE. Pros