Telegram-herald., 1888-05-13
WAYS or SHOPPERS
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ef sh<RlfSezs sza piexpoeksls IA - polscs
ba<hms. sAsi. ffom long hzSsss ef obs<rvs-
ton. ~ can 'as-zs aeH crowd vita re1<rk-
shs qulcxerss ana s<eGrsey. be can usx-
ally lea "A = xla1es vhc<Aer = person IN .
~ dxy goods stors - .'slrzishc~ or --crsok-
ed. fhsge Is some<king sboas every thief
that ssxives knn away Sos~sstssanesagf tie
dissais<s which trey adopt, female s5opllft<rs
and psckpockets caa asys< 8sos4ss Inspector
Knox The way they act when thsy meet
him is often sEnasakg. Ths detsctiss pre-
tends never - So them, and they az oaes
bsgia naHeavesins 10 ascertain wksther hs
has really nosloed them Wherever there Is
= rlirrer or q store window th2. offers an
opportunity 20 see ~hs. Is going On withoas
hooking around, ths ''saspectss strive In In
genioas ways 70 study the in<pectoss faes
ard eye.
The officer has been too Ion. 10 the busI-
Ness 70 get eanght mapping in this way. snd
ths thief viii gradually come 20 belisse thai
be has not been observed IL Is. OF course.
the object OF tho onicer 20 make a casa
against the suspect, and ar the same time to
fnd out IN what manner stolen property Is
likely TO be disposed Of The thins then to
be lone Is 20 shadow the suspect through all
the stores which he or she may visit, and
finally 10 tho lair. This i . most difiicult
thing 70 do. ss the thief who has had expo
riencs will always make a Number Of ''biufrs'
as going home. perhaps calling at half a
dozen different places. going In front docrs
and out back ones, until the o0icer has lest
the scent
DAT FOR BARGAIN HUNTERS
Monday s,id Inspector Knox 10 the re-
porter. ia the bargain hunters day. They
have taken all the Sunday papers just to see
what they have got to csfcr Tho news and
literary articles have no intorest 10 than.
They grab up tho paper as soon as they get
out of bed Sunday morning, and all day long
they pore over It, reading the cut down
prices Of shirts. dtEters. dress goods, house
furnishings, including tin pals and brooms,
and all The rest, and they can hardly wait for
Monday To come. they are &C anxious TO ges
to tho bargain counters 10 inspect the mark
dOwnA' Monday is hard day for the en-
ployes Ina the stores These people predofni-
nate. and they look over $4,000 worth Of
stuff for every dollars worth they
buy. OF course, there are other peo-
pie out on Monday, but mean
to say that the bargain hunter has
the right way Some OF them arc known in
the stores as shenS and 'rif,ers' and their
mission in life seems 10 10 70 make the clerks
tired Monday after Monday I SEQ hum
dreds Of faces that have not seen for Just a
week, and know them like a booS don't
suppose any Of them spend more than fifty
cents or 81, but what they don't know on tho
subject OF bargains isn't worth knowing.
They know all about prints and prices, il
they donS know anything else. Some of
them haven't got over the old fashion Of
trying to beat the clerk down. That used To
10 the favorite pastime of many esti,nablo
old ladies' from the north end, but with tho
modern methods OF doing retail business, it
Is just as useless as talking to stone wall
Tuesday is better kind Of shopping day.
Tho 'mistresscs' come out suppose they
have come 10 learn that tho bargain hunter
must have her day, and there Is not much
comfort in entering into competition with
her. So the 'rsStresses' wait until Tuesday.
and then they como forth in all their glory.
We know them pretty well now bat there is,
of course. less sameness In this class of GUS
toners than there 10 in the Monday set
FoI.Es rEoN THE COUNTRY
"wednesday we expect the country people.
The Sunday papers have by this time been
read far and near. and the farmer and the
farmers wife having read, marked, learned
AMI inEardly digcsted all that was therein
contained, harness up, drive to the depot and
take train 20 Boston, with pockets well flied.
1t is the easiest thing in the world to tell when
there are a lot of country people in town.
They clog up the sidewalts. II they are at
all numerous, and they gape into windows
! and hang over counters, as II half bewildered
by the rush and noise One would suppose
that where they came 20 often, as many Of
them undoubtedly do, they would get used to
this: but then, there is a great difference be-
tween working On q quiet farm and elbowing
| your way through Bostons narrow streets,
and IL they should como every week, don't
believe that II world be possible TO get used
to the change and act like city people The
country people arc good people for US to
handia They are always polite and much
more conEiderate than the people of the city
are. We watch ther interests closely, too,
ani guard them against pickpockets, to whom
they might easily fan victims Yet | viii
say this for the country housewife: :sho
knows how to carry her money n great deal
better than the city woman does You never
see country woman going along with a long,
narrow pocketbook sticking away out of a
/ hir pocket, from which it could be taken
holds on to her money as though 1t had come
hard, and was going Just In the same man
/ ncr.
THURSDAY brings a remarkable change
Il is tho Biddies' day. There is the plain.
every day sort Of creature, the lady help
from tho Beck bay, and the nurses, cooks
and chamber toflersI Two out of three o.
thoss vs sac cn Thursday arc servant girls
They fiood tts stores. looking for dress goods
few grades better than their rnistresses
wear. asd they I'll tbs horse cars with tbs
knockEiovn frsgranoe Of their perfumes
The wives of Solomon, in al their glory
vero nos srrayed Ike sorns Of these. Ths
Taurzday class q generous one In many
respects dpat believe thst the aversE,
servant girl r saving much money. They
sp~nd HberaIiy. and on their day OF theJ
have pretty good time of H.
Friday IS a shopping day which has no de
tincsfve fAatura. There are almost 81 End.
81 p~opte out on Friday. and usually. think
retail bzssiness Is pretty god SATURDAY i
sha sen,e- oF,lv r,c-. 80 Tt-~s = big ruSs
on SATURDAY., and vsry large amount ol
rs,orey Is ssrs.lsnlv put into circulation Tn
clerk sefs half s1 hour OF Ius
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h>s tad his ere On al the ~eek
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/ ehssrs s-sfare lie ciosing bosr, rsISbes srcuns
/ il tsrrfbse hs<te ia order 20 % ail tnat So
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