The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-12
he FINDS HIS CUSTOMER HARD TO SUIT.

He FINDS HIS CUSTOMER ARD TO sUIT.
nands to see Q peculiar kind Of goods
which belongs to that particular depart
meut.
The clerk pulls down something for her.
1t ;urns out to be the wrong article, and
leaving the first customer TO contemplate
fine extensive assortment Of embroidcrfs
before her, he endcavors to please the
tec:nd customer. Immediately he finds
himself the victim of two exactinR and un-
reasonable females, and, after showing
them a large share Of the goods in his de-
partment, he is mortified TO see them walk
away, each ont in . different direction,
without having borgffta dimes worth, and
he is subsequently, mortified to find that
two or three cards of the most costly lace
have been stolen.
"Substituting IN empty pocket-b0ok for q
we.l-tilled one is another dodge. A lady
lays her pocket-book On the counter while
she looks at some goods that have been
taken down for her inspection. In the
twinkliBG Of an eye an empty purse has
been substituted for the p!cthoric one, and
the shoplifter betakes herself to another
store to repeat the operation"
Are the women who ply this trade well
dresscd!"
"No, not as . rule; il you would IKE to
get an idea Of their general appearance sou
ought to 60 to q police station and see the
.Kogues' Gallery" -,
Rather glad Of Q pretext for seein& this
interesting collection Of celebrities, I went
to n of the police stations and had the
pleasure of seeing 1875 rogues, all in Q row
such a bad looking lot, either. as !
had expected to see. The shoplifters, who
were pointed out to me, were mostly WON.
en-; as q rule they affect shawls or loose
sacks and jaunty hats. Some Of the wom-
en- were not " twenty or whereabouts,
but the majority were middle-aGed, and,
from their appearance, had grown hard
enedi in crime. Some Of the men had been
decidedly averse TO having their photo.
graphs taken, and in some cases drawn
their faces into all sorts Of contortious,
Where . man had absolutely refused %
look the camera squarely In the face q DO.
liceman had obliRingly held up his head
for him; but with the women It was dl6er.
ent Their pride In having their photo.
graphs lsok % well - possible had over.
ruled their desire for disguising their coun.
tenances. In one or Two cases, however.
the less hardenedof tho Wretches held their
heads bent over a. far - they could, and
their eyes were closed. This was possibly
the first time they had been asked to con.
tribute mementoes Of themselves to the
Rogues' Gallery
''They have very little mi Of shame,
however," remarked IN ofloer, ''a1d They
seldom reform. A shoplifter onoe, . shop.
litter always. Now, this woman here, No.
-" he continued; "she has been brought
MP here three or four times, and there 10 no
telling how many times she has appeared
In other police courts"
The record accompanying each picture Il
concise aud TO the point:
Name, aliases. crime. nationality. age. color
OF eyes. read. writs.
A young girl about twelve years old was
arrested in one Of the stores yesterday and
brought here. When searched It was found
that she had innumerable pockets In her
skirts, witch she had filed with . variety
of articles, gloves and handkerchief pre-
dominating.
There is q regular system OF education in
rogue amsrg shoplifters. There arc nu