The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
EGGGAEs. PEpDl.Efis AND
BOOB AGENTS
ARE WARMED OEF TIE PREMISES.

never had l,ccn so inSultcd III my life.
The circumstance was fortunate, however.
for instead of utterly dis lcarteuiu. me it
made NC furious. must havc looked SO, for
the young man muttcrcd Il half apology and
pointed 10 u dcsi within Il railln, at the
other size Of the room. AS ! walked past
dozens of statesmen and bookiccpers | Oh.
served that they winicd at each other, MS
much us to say: "Anothcr Of 'em, and u
daisy, amt slc!' But my blood was up, and
! bore down OH the proprietor. He smilingly
invited me to enter, opening tho gate him
self, and inquired what he could do for me-.
you can subscribe for my book, if you
please" | answered, disresarding Mrs. judi
sons injunction to lead III to tho subject by
easy and diplomatic stages. The proprictor's
manner changed completely. lie wheeled
around to his desk and said, without looking
at me:
You evidently didn't read the sign near
the door relating to begSars, pcddlcrs and
book agents"
pardon me, sir" | answered: 81 did read
1t, and my principal reason for disrcgarding
it was that | wished to tell you that it is a
shame To you and u disgrace to the establish
mcnt."
The shaft went home. My victim blew a
long whistle aud bcamcd upon mc.
"Well, / like that. But | won't have it
taken down. What's your book ahnut"
"lt is about something you never heard of.
1t will teach you good manners" | took tho
book from the case and opened it ut the tito
page.
%"lIunp.,! American Etiquettc!' Guess
know how to handle my knife and fork"
] saw THAT | had used tho goal sufficiently,
and SO said, hlandly:
A SUCCESSFUL sTRATAGEM.
"Wiil YOU submit to an examination, and
! if you fail to answer the first question buy q
books"
"Ail right. This is getting interesting. Go
ahead"
"Wlen you have finished dinner what
should you do with you knife and fork-lay
them on your plate crossed or side by side"
"Nhy, side by-or crossed, ! mean, Of
course
"Lost" said. triumphantly. Put your
name right down here, please"
lie didn't stop to argue the point, but put
bis name down with tie best grace possible.
Then Ee went with INC to tho floor walker, to
whom he said that | was an exception to tho
rule and vas to have the freedom of tho
house. The floor walker was unable to con,
ceal his curiosity, aud | lost no time in cap
turing him. The proprietor's name at tho
head of the list was irresistible. 1t was the
entering wedge, and l forced tho campaign
with visor. The bookkcepers and statesmen
ceased winling at each other and put down
their names llie little men. When | left tho
store at lunch time | had twenty-five names
OH my list and was $3.50 ahead! But, not.
outstanding the phenomenal success of my
first plunge, | went home i'll q state of abject
misery, vowing never to solicit another
order if 1t was to save mo from starvation.
Que little incident the like of which is the
perpetual horror of the female book agents
existence spoiled all the triumph of tho
morning.
THOROUGHLY MEAN AN.
was about to leave the store wien my
last customer said:
'"You haven't got tho shipping clerk!
order yet. You will find him i'll hat LITTLE
office ut the rear of the store"
knocked at the shipping clerks door ane
was admitted. lilo was a big, coarse ma
with a stubby beard. lie shut tue door be
hind mo and said Familiarity:
"You've moved them dow right aud LETT
haven't youT
''Thcy havo been quick to see the merits o
the book," ! said. "lNill you put your nam
down for onef"
"Nhy, certainly" and, leaning toward II
as though to write his lame, the first | kne,
he had kissed me twice OH tho check.
don't know how got out of that NOR
ster's den, but | do l:now that it was MOI
than a week before all the persuasive power
of Mrs. Judsom could induce mo to repeat til
experiment.
This is tie nnbcarablc feature of the bus
neSs. Ii ~l.:s:l.S ;rc o.Icr.d you have 10 a
trr.ailve hut 10 Ucar them III si!cuce.-"Ma
E.iossoa." III Caica.o tribune