Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-24
WOMAN GOES SHOPPING.
She p uIs in Busy and Long Day of 1t
and Acquires Forty-twO Samples.
IEroyp tho Raston Herald

She Puts in n Busy and Long Day of IL
and Acquires Forty-two Samples.
[From the Boston Herald.l
How does woman 60 shoppingf
If the writer had been asked this ques-
tion two or three days ago, he would have
said:
''She goes right into store, purchases
what she wants, and then goes home"
He has looked into the matter and changed
his mind. No, woman does not 60 shopping
like a man. When a man starts out to buy
something, he generally knows pretty nearly
what he wants, and he buys 1t. But with
woman it is different. She doesn't know
she did she wouldn't start. She would wait
until some other day, and start without
any special object in view. She would buy
something or other before she came back,
even if it was only glass of ice cream So
da.
But the ordinary every day woman who
goes shopping starts off early in the morning,
and makes up her mind that she is going
to have large sized picnic. She hurries the
breakfast and does the usual morning clean
| ing up in just about ten minutes. Sht
hasn't got time to indulge in breakfast her
self, but will probably bolt hot cup of cof-
fee.
With a small handbag containing her poe
textbook and a few other things, she sallies
u.
store right away. She looks about first and
sees what is going on, and what is being dis
played. She sees great many things she
would like to buy. but her pooketbook Isn't
fat enough SO she postpones the pur-
chase.
Perhaps its 12 o'clock when she arrives at
the dress goods counter of the big establish
ment. She wants to match an impossible
color She hasn't got the sample with her,
l. - o~1o k,>f fhn 1orH
will show her all the goods in the department,
and she will take sample of each.
What fort
She may mean to make future purchase,
but its very unlikely. All those samples will
find there way into her crazy quilt by and
by. The poor clerk is tired and disgusted,
but forgets his sorrow when he begins hir-
tation with the girl on the opposite counter.
He forgets that she is O woman; and goes
buying dress goods somewhere else. If he
had his way he wouldn't allow male Gus
toner to buy thing from her. The clerk
grows tender hearted, the woman goes up
stairs. Both are contented and happy.
She tries on cloaks upstairs. She tries on
everything within radius of 100yards. Fur
lined cloaks, ulsters, all sorts of garments,
and all sorts of styles go on one by one.
cheap, others to dear. She tries on all the
cloaks In the department, and will send
across the street TO try on all they've got In
another store if some one will go for her. She
doesn't buy cloak, or an ulster, or a gar
ment. She only tried them on to see how
they felt. Then she goes with her newly
purchased bonnet frame into another depart
| ment. She looks at hosiery, gloves, scarfs
| for her husband, unlaundered shirts for the
| same party, linen goods, orockery ware, table
| cloths, napkins, shoes, and about everything
| else in the store.
She arrives home about $50 O'Clock. Hel
| husband has been home about half an hour
He is tired and hungry. So Is she The lire
| ia out, there is nothing to eat, and the hus
band gets mad. She doesn't. She says tina
he's brute, and DOESN'T want her to have 1
| good time at all. Then she shows him tn
result of the days tour among the big estab
lishments Here is the inventory of the stock
| One bonnet, worth 25 cents; one-half yart
of dress goods, cost so cents. (''What do yol
want that fo14" he asks. She DOESN'T know
and she doesn't care; she's got iD. One Gus
pidor, 25 cents. She has six already. On
flaming red scarf for John, cost 90 cents. 81
almost faints when he sees 1t. One unlsund
cred shirt, cost 81 cents, for John, again
John is ready to die, but he says its yer.
nice. He will give it away on Christmas
together with the scarf, to man he doesn'
like. Then she displays forty-two diferen
samples for dress goods.