Wichita eagle., 1889-08-09
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BABIES CHARiOTS
Wheeled Palaces for the First Born.
Papa's Extravaganza Purchase.


Wheeled Palaces for the First Born.
Papa's Extrovsgant Purchase.
An order for 5000 tons of steel rails may
be written in six lines on an Office letterhead
sheet, or If given orally the transaction is
over In three minutes.
An iron manufacturer picks out a $3.50
diamond without ceremony and hands the
jeweler his check without comment
The club swell considers it bore to he
measured for his new full dress suit, and sub
mits to the operation silently and iinpatiently.
Even fashionable woman selects the ma
terial for her princely trousSeau with an of
handed air Of business altogether foreign %
sentiment
But let the purchase be u baby's carriage for
s12 or SIS, and the purchaser papa for the
first time, and the Importance OF the trans
action, the lordly manner Of the buyer, his
pompous request 10 be shown the whole stock,
his disposition 30 point out single scratch
on the little vehicle and the ultimate pride
with which he sets aside the carriage as his
why, it becomes "A business event % vastly
more consequence than steel rails diamonds
and costly apparel ali put together in one
package
Its the most trying thing we have got 20
pass through in the course Of a day" said the
clerk of variety store, In speaking Of the
patience necessary 10 make a sale Of q baby
buggy. Il would sooner stand all day at the
glove counter of a dry goods store than sell a
single baby carriage II the purchaser Is n
man / can tell before he has spoken three
words whether be has family Of children,
or if he is here on behalf Of his first born
Nine cases out Of ten Il l. the latter. NEXT
time new baby buggy is needed In that
family the wife has to come for IL; tho novel
ty Of making such a purchase has by that
time worn off for the father
"Of all idiotic questions We have 20 an
swer tho young father buying his hrst baby
carriage, no other article Of commerce., trGde
or manufacture would suggest VIII loot
sic not fall out % 50 big u bedf Won't red
sunshades hurt Winnies eyeSr Can't you
put mirror attachment In front 20 can
see what the Bobby is Wills push behindf
I'm afraid the tiny red headed nigel viii
push bis big feet through that thin flooring
board and get them caught in the wheols'
In the Jas. instance said the clerk, az
felt like telling the dot.ng papa that Cor fear
the blessed ecraphs whole body should slip
through tho same hols we would supply a
strap fastened 70 the roof Of The buggy. a
loop in which would nicely q. tho baby's
neck, thus saving q precious life in Gaze tho
big feet should bore their way through the
floor.
Il Ike 10 wait on q man who has Q family
Of eight CT nine children He has bought
buggics before, and "a they eventually be
come kindling wood he merely ALL for IA
extra good quality q iGnssnn1&bx wood In
the buggy, pays for II and derarr IN few
minutes
'Oh, yes, the word i The sam. al over
Even that hfec.ionsts mother could have
foresecn her shadow 10 tie dim, diszsni ia
ture, ETers she 70 ocFrs kAek, az snroe fA;,
practical roatron Ia - most Tsz;f<r-ot-fsc,
way leaves this order. Send % ny r.zi6>xr.
a new baby buggy. not quite 40 gorgeous ss
tie Last, little beaTtcr IN axis. sod tast
about the zane s4xs a. -. enc before tie last,
which my husband yurcsAssd ks3 10. par
ticllar about triraninrx' H-PfttsbsTz Dr.
patch.