The Irish standard., 1889-07-20
SHOPPING IN LONDON.
a Singers Experience with Brit.
ish Shop-Keepers.

| A Singers Experience with Brit
ish Shop-Keepers.
They Keep Every Thing Under Lock and
| Key and LookUp Customers with
Suspicious Eyes-A Hunt for
Jacqueminot Rose.
| In an interview with New Y FORK Herald
reporter singer vino has undergone much
| of her training abroad describes her search
after q desired article in London store.
! SIN London they keep every thing under
| lock and key. Why, I went to the shoe
maker of His Royal Highness the Prince of
| Wales to buy pair of rubbers. Here's the
| conversation that attended the sale:
"sWhat would the lady ]iEe!'
| "sA pair of rubbers.'
"'Oh, yes. Mr.. Brown, please step this
way
! "Mr Brown appears and inquiries:
| "'What would you like miss?
! "'Rubbers'
'"Oh, yes, Fosdick! Fosdick, please call
| Charles to unlock the drawer the sandals
| are in
'Charles comes forward, urlocks drawer
! after drawer till find a pair to fit, and
| begin to look upon rubbers as very valuable
articles and wonder if I must keep mine in
! a jewel case hereafter:
"You go into a picture gallery, and
! every time YOU turn your head you see
guard behind you watching that you do not
take any thing, and there are innumerable
/ injunctions to Move on Don't touch the
! pictures No canes or umbrellas allowed
| inside etc.
s'You have only to cross the channel-a
shcrt hour and half it takes-and you are
in a totally different nation, different cos
tunes, different language, and OH how diff
| ferent the customs. Every thing is open to
! inspection No one suspects you of being
| thief; nothing is under lock and key.
E'Why. I have been to the Palace of Yer
sailles on fountain day when probably ten
thousand were there, and all you saw of
espionage was man to let you in and one
to let you out. And inside you can walk all
through, look at the beautiful vases pict-
ures, rarest objects of art without pro-
! test from any one. For all could see, one
could carry off two or three vases, poke his
umbrella through picture, punch hole in
the wall, drop dynamite in 81 corner and no
one would know who did it.
slow comprehending you, while the French
understand the slightest nod, and even an
ticipate your wishes.
II went into florists in London and
asked for some Jacqueminot roses.
| "'Ah,' said the proprietor, 'Jack-Jack-'
'Jacqueminot roses
"'Oh, yes. Miss Clara, please come for
ward
"Miss Clara appears.
What would the lady Ikea
"Jacqueminot roses--red, red roses; some
thing like June roses, you know
| "'June roses. How many?'
"I dom twant June roses. Jacqueminot
roses; something like June roses, I said.'
! "sMr. Brown!' Miss Clara calls.
! "Mr. Brown appears on the scene to play
his little part in the farce.
| "'Whatdid you say you wanted?' inquired
Miss Clara.
II was getting quite desperate.
| s''Red roses Jacqueminot. Red-sort OF
magenta coior.' Meantime I was turning
magenta color myself with frenzy.
sssMr. Brown, have we any Jack
sJacqueminot roses, said, feebly.
| "sWhat did the lady say she wished?' in
CURED Mr.. Brown, suavely.
:Jacqueminot roses. Red-nearly like
|
"'We can give you some very handsome
yellow roses
s'sNo, I want Jacqueminot. Have you
none?'
| "sWe have several other varieties. Al
low me to show you some.'
"sNo, thank you
"Mss Clara here inquired politely if the
lady would not take some June roses?
"'No, nor
":We have several other varieties. AL
low me to show you some,' said Miss Clara,
like photograph of Mr. Brown.
"sNo, no, no! I thank you.'
GAS I neared the door the proprietor,
who had first passed me over to Miss Clara,
advanced again with: What did the lady
wishs'
| 'Jacqueminot roses.'
i "sMiss Clara, haven't we any thing to
please the lady? Show her some yellow
roses
emo, l thank you, no. and escaped.
| "Well, went from one end OF Regent
street to the other, from one end Of Oxford
street to the other, and passed through
! that Identical experience at every florists
shop, but did not find a single Jacqueminot
| rose.
"Now, in Paris, if they haven't the thing
you want they tell you so, take your address
and the following day send the very articles
to you on approval''