The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-28
MAUDIE vs. FANNIE.
Rr rExAs DANE.

IT you have any desire to know what the "salesladies" in most of our dry goods stores do on Sunday, you can gratity your curiosity by going shopping on Monday at about the time when the crowd is greatest and the services ot the salesladics mos. needed, !: $ then tha. they become most communicative with each other and coldly and haughtily indifferent to tho wants of purchasers. It is then that Miss Maudie Bangs says to Miss Fanny Frizzletop; "l had lovely time yesterday"
 "So did l." responds Fanny, cheer fly.
 You know Freddie Fophrain, don', you2"
 "Oh, yes; nice little fellow. isn't he?"
 "Just splendid We'll, he came around in the afternoon with the mob. biest turnout and took memo, we have no more zephyr like like that sample"
 "A shade darker will do, you say, but Miss Maudie calmly ignores your PhNoChNN NHtil NitN ltuN hNNL
 "And we had ioreiy time. Drove all over tho city and had pound of caramels and no, wc haven't shade any thing mear liko your sample"
 She has made this discovery with out looking at your samples or her zephyrs, and politely turning her back to you, proceeds:
 "Tom Slack came In the evening and Libbio Marsh and her fellow and -oh, Libbie's got splendid fellow"
 "Who Is hey"
 "Oh, forget his name, hut he's ever so tony and has lovely nous. tachc, and--no, we haven't German town in that shade either. We haven't dhything in that shade"
 This Is said with degree of asper. 1 ity calculated to serve as rebukc and reproach to you for interrupting the conversation, but you hold your ground and say
 "l think see some Saxony that will do--that dark cardinal to your right"
 "Oh, MatI That isn't ot al like your sample, and what did you do yesterday, Fannie2"
 "Oh, slept until ten o'clock and then got up and went to church, be- cause had my new olive-grecn suit to wear. You haven't seen the hat yet, have you2 Oh, It's lovely Pret- tiest suit ever had and it fits me splendidly, and
 Did you decide on plush or wa tered silk for the side panels?"
 "Oh, took the silk; it's all the rage now and it looks lovely" al like the s!lk best, for ii-dId ynn say you would take skein of thisf" You have said so six times, but Nj iss Maudic has not condesccndcd to hear you.
 "Ycs," you say decidedly, "I pa! take skeln of this"
 Cash cash cash" shricks the saleslady. "lIerc, cash lyon didn't stay in all afternoon with new suItI"
 "Well, l should smile not I started right after dinner and kept on the go until ten last night, and had per fectly elegant time. Went over to Sadie Rents, and, while was there, Jimmie Fresh and Bob Callow came in, and Sadie and made them go out and get us pound of candy apiece, ana no, ::aa'a.a; we are all out of chenille of that shade"
 "Did you see Mrs. Pottcr2" asks Maudie, ignoring the cash girl, who has been waiting five minutes for your bundle and cash.
 ~ guess did," says Fannie, with alacrIty. "FraDk Howard took me. You know him2 Donf youi Oh, he's A splendid fellow --he's head clerk nt the ribbon counter at Plush 4 Sat tin's. We saw her in Loyal Love- had two-dollar seats, and he came for me in carriage"
 "Oh, myl How fine we're getting :"
 "Ain't we thought tell you but we just spread 1t on thick. Frank wore full dress and took of my hat snd wore my white ball dress with six lonely big pink roses and"
 You take your bundle from the cash girl and leave Maudie and Fa5- nie talking 1t DetroH Frec Press.