Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-17
MAup.e AND FANNIE.


+ MAUDle AND FANNIE.
A Monday Mssnisg Co.vsrsatlon 0vsr.
heard In Dry-GoOds Store.
Hyou have any desire to know what
the IS salesladies" in most Of our dry
goods stores do on Sunday. you can
crafty your curiosity II going shop
ping 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 become
most 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: i.
IL had a lovely time yesterday"
$50 did 1" responds Fannie, cheer
lily.
"You know Freddy Fopbrain, don't
you p
"Oh. yes; nice little fellow. isn't
he p
Just splendid Well. he came
around in the afternoon with the mob
best turnout and took memo, We
have no more zephyr like that sample. !"
"A shade darker will do" you say.
but Miss Maudie calmly ignores your
presence until she has said:
land We had a lovely time. Drove
all over the city and had a 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. Mbbie's got6ssplendid fellow"
WHO is he p
"Oh, forgot his name, but he's
ever so tony and has a lovely mus
tache, and-no, we hav'n't German
town in that shade either. We hav'n't
any thing in that shade"
This is said with degree of as
perity calculated to serve as a rebuke
and reproach to you for interrupting
the conversation, but you hold your
ground and say:
Il think l see some Saxony that
will do-that dark cardinal to your
right"
"Oh. that? That isn't al all like
your sample, and-what did you do
yesterday, Fannie?"
"Oh. 1 slept until ten o'clock and
then got up and went to church. be-
cause l had my new olive green suit
to wear. You haven't seen the hat vet.
have your Oh. it's lovely! Prettiest
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
II like the silk best, for ibid you
say you would take skein of this?''
You have said SO six timts. but Miss
Maudie has not condescended to hear
you.
EYES," you say. decidedly, II yiA
take skein of this"
Cash! cash! cashr' shrieks the sales
lady. Here. cash!-you didn't stay
in all afternoon with new suit?''
"Well, l should smile not! started
right after dinner and kept on the 60
until ten last night, and l had per-
fectly elegant time. Went over to
Sadie Kent's, and while was there
T:v,,,;o E.o.b onJ Rob C.11o,,x ..-n:.
and Sadie and I made them go out and
etus pound of candy apiece, and
No, a'am; we are all out Of chenille of
that shade"
Ibid you see Mrs. Potter?" asked
Maudie, ignoring the cash girl who has
been waiting five minutes for your bum
die and cash.
II guess l did," says Fannie. with
alacrity. Frank Howard took me.
You know him? Don't you? Oh. he's
a splendid fellow-he's head clerk at
the ribbon counter at Plush & Sat-
tins We saw her in Loyal Love. had
two-dollar seats. and he came for me in
a carriage"
"oh. my! How fine we're get
tingr' I
..Ain't we, though? l tell you but
we just spread it on thick. Frank wore
full dress and I took OF my hat and
wore my white ball dress with six lorely
big pink roses and -"
You take your bundle from the cash
girl yourself and leave Maudie and Fam
nie talkino o Il mt -D,froff free Pr>ss |