Thomas County cat., 1889-09-12
WOMAN GOES SHOPPING.

She Puts In . Busy and Long Day and
Acquires Forty.Two Samples.
How does woman go shopping?
1t the writer had been asked this
question two or three days ago he
would have said:
''She goes right into a store. pur-
chases what she wants and then goes
home"
He has looked into the matter and
changed his mind. No. woman
doesn't go shopping like man.
When man starts out to buy some
thing. he generally knows pretty
nearly what he wants, and he buys it
But with woman it is different. She
doesn't know what she wants when
she starts out If she did she wouldn't
start. She would wait until some
other day, and start without any spe-
cial object in view. She would buy
something or other before she came
back, even if it was only glass of
lce-cream soda.
But the ordinary everyday 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 cleaning up in
just about ten minutes. She hasn't
got time to indulge in breakfast her.
self. but will probably bolt hot cup
of coffee.
With a small handbag containing
her pocket-book and few other
things. she sallies forth. She doesn't
go into any particular store right
away. She looks about first and sees
just what is going on, and what is be-
ing displayed. She sees a great many
things she would like to buy, but her
pocket-book isn't fat enough, SO she
postpones the purchase.
Perhaps its twelve clock when she
arrives at the dress goods counter of
the big establishment She wants to
match an impossible color She hasn't
got the sample with her. but she de-
scribes the color to the clerk. he will
show her all the goods in the depart
ment. and she will take a sample of
each.
What for?
She may mean to make future pur-
chase. but it's very unlikely. All those
samples will find their way into her
crazy quilt by and by. The poor clerk
is tired and disgusted. but fOrgets his
sorrows a moment later when he be-
gins a filtration with a pretty girl at
the opposite counter. He forgets that
she's woman, and goes buying dress
goods somewhere else. If he had his
way he wouldn't allow male customer
to buy thing from her. The clerk
grows tender-hearted. the woman goes
upstairs. Both are contented and
happy.
She tries on cloaks upstairs. She
tries on every thing within a radius OF
one hundred yards. Fur-lined clOaks.
ulsters and all sorts of garments, and all
sorts of styles go on one by one. Some
are too big, others too small; some too
cheap, others too 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
a cloak, or an ulster, or a garment
She only tried them on to see how they
felt. Then she goes with her newly
purchased bOnnet-frame into another
department. She looks at hosiery.
gloves, scarfs for her husband, un-
laundered shirts for the same party,
linen goods, crockery ware, table
cloths, napkins, shoes and about every
thing else in the store
She arrives home about $50 O. clock.
Her husband has been home about
half an hour He is tired and hungry.
So is she. The fire is out, there is
nothing to eat and the husband gets
mad. She doesn't. She says that he's |
a brute, and doesn't want her TO have |
a good time at all. Then she shows
him the result OF her day tour among
the big establishments. Here is the |
inventory of the stock: One bonnet, |
worth % cents; one-half yard Of dress !
goods. cost so cents. ("What do you
want it for?" he asks. She doesn't |
know. and doesn't care; she's got it). |
One cuspidor, % cents. She has six |
already. One flaming red scarf for
John. cost so cents. He almost faints |
when he sees it. One unlaundered |
shirt. cost 81 cents, for John, again.
John is ready to die. but he says it's
very nice. He will give it away on
Christmas. together with the scarf, to
a man he doesn't like. Then she dis
plays forty-two different SAMPLES of
dress-goods. s.-Boston Herald.
Primitive Brazilian Lamps.