The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-29

hands of the teachers. About the same time, it
will be remembered, young Kittson was enjoy
volved with adventures old enough to be his
mother. His eseapade resulted in a marriage
ceremony, while he was irres esponsibly under the
Influence OF Stimulants and subsequently in a
suit for divorce and alimony brought by the
woman The testimony filled columns of the
daily press. but the jury threw her case out of
youth got out of a big black mailing plot at the
cost of much scandal. When he appeared here
last fall with his young wife they looked like
pair of young lovers just escaped from the
parental eye.
VINO says that the rich do not have to clean
the snow off their sidewalks7 young lady
of Senator Evartss household had hard job of
it yesterday. OF course she didn't handle
shovel. But let The snow OF the day
before lay frozen the walk. Two ragged
looking men rang the front door bell about 8
o'clock in the morning One carried a battered
iron shovel and the other had none. The young
lady responded to the summons from the bell.
but appeared averse to EMPLOY ng these callers.
She stepped out from the storm-doors, and saw
that the negro man of all work was busy shovel
ing the snow from the roof The two men lin
gered after she had gone in, and then one of
them went away. The one who remained rang
the door-bell again, ten minutes later,
as was shown by his Immediately starting
in to scrape the snow from in front of the j oor.
He had worked about three minutes. when he
threw down his shovel and ran off in the dir &C.
ton of Fifteenth street. He returned few
minutes later with his former companion. The
latter had no shovel, but rang the bell leading
to the kitchen ana secured one from the cook,
1t is long stretch of sidewalk around the Sen
ator's house, and the skoves were both OF them
poorly adapted for the work The snow was
frozen hard, and the wind was sharp and Bit
ing. The men had neither gloves mittens,
and stopped every few minutes and slapped
their hands vigorously to get little warmth
into them. All the time they were at work the
young lady stood at the window Watching them,
and seeing that they did it properly. Several
times she appeared at the door and called to
them to 60 back and attend to something
that they had shirked. When they were
all finished and came for their money, she
went out with them and looked into the street.
Sure enough. her suspicious were verified.
They had not cleaned out the snow from the
gutter to allow passage-way for the
water when the snow should melt. 1t took at
least minute and half of argument before
the agreed to attend to this part of the
work. Even when they had finished it she
did not appear be satisfied. On each of the
other occasions when snow lay on the sidewalk,
she had some similar trouble. Once her man
of-allwork started to remove the snow and left it
half finished She walked up and
Fifteenth street search of him.
Another servant was busy removing snow from
the house north of the Senator's, where one of
parently near-sighted as she at first mistook this
man for her own servant. She walked up quite
close to him, and bending down peered into his
face. This she repeated several times before
she convinced that she had been mistaken.
When the man came back, it was evident from
the motions of his hands and the shrugs of his
shoulders that he was attempting to explain his
absence, but from the way the young lady shook
her head it was also evident that his explana-
ton was not accepted as good one.
The cheeky woman whom now have in mind
is self-possessed, smiling and wel-dressed. She
is the terror of store-keepers. Recently speci-
men of this class mad piece of fine needle-work
that her own sewing machine could not do. She
knew of one in the market that could and
she went to the Office, talked prices aud quail
ties asked permission to try it on the spot took
roll from her shopping bag. stitched an hour
until the job was done, expressed entire salts
faction with the machine and price. CAV her
name, street and number with order for
of the best and went awav The agent never
saw her again, and found no machine was
wanted at the street and number desg-
mated. She would be horrifed at
the hint of shop-lfting. Her little game is diff
ferent 1t is shop-borrowing. This same woman
was invited to out-of-town reception. She
wanted more elegant outside garment than her
own for the occasion, and she got it. Going to
one of the largest establishments. she tried on.
and tried on wraps, trying at the same time the
patience of the saleswoman, as she always came
back TO one, the most elegant of the lot and
seemed just on the point of choosing it. Finally.
she begged permission to take it home to show
her husband feeling certain he would approve.
The garment was sent home, worn at the
reception. and returned with polite note and
regrets that 1t was not found wholly salts
factory.
Blu. the saleswomen get their little revenges.
They remember faces and bestow their own
titles. Here comes tough" goes down the
line of clerks when of this class appears, no
matter how richly she is dressed. I'm ready
for YOU" is in the eye of the saleswoman she
pauses before 1t is a counter of ribbon -sashes
glowing like a rainbow in soft colors. The
tough" looks at a score of them; the green
ought to be blue the pink, heliotrope, and so on.
and finally she declares they are cheap things
''You know never buy cheap goods" The girl
apologies. runs her hand under the pile, draws
out several of the same quality and price, rames
a figure double that, however, aud the customer
buys three! 'It is my business to sell goods"
she explains to a friend; II have to adapt myself
to my customer. The other day tough was
wanted something better. after che had
worried the life out of l took
from the shelves a piece of the same quality,
said she could have that for $3.50. and she
bought quantity of it, perfectly satisfied Half
of the time the tough DOESN'T know what she
wants. nor how much. Think of the mother of
a family asking me how much she wants for a
girl of five. 1t is my business to sell goods so I
name good pattern. Then she comes back for
two yards more to make dress of 1T for her
self, and scolds me for telling her too much I
don't care; my business is to sell goods"
DO you keep the extra money!
Never Everything goes TO the cashier, who
makes the change. Some etimes get some of
it back in 'spiff money; that is the per cent we
have for selling old goods. But when a lady
throws pair of slippers almost in my face and
says. Do you think I've got such big feet as
thatP get little pay for my pains by sending
up 75 cents more than the pair she buys are
worth. don't want her money"
CLARA BELLE.
Taylor's Remark to Bragg at Buena Vista.
An Old Soldier. in Thomasville Times.
In the news of yesterday l read an account of