Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-17
CHEATING tbs TYRANT.
She Surmounted the Barriers Fashion Puts
Tn and Got what She Wanted

/ She Surmounted the Barriers Fashion Puts
Up and Got What she Wanted.
What tyrant" Amongst 50 many one
may well ask, what tyrautT This time it
was the tyrant of fashion. and all his jailcts
in the form of West End millirers. boot
makers. etc. We are often biamed-indeed,
l. being woman, might say we are elwa 50
blamed-for submitting to the tyTant Fash.
ion, as though We created him ourselves. and
set him up ourselves, 10 rule and govern ~
like King SJork, who devoured ali MS sub
jects
by old school girl watch had seen its best
days, and after many months of scraplng
and working, getting little odd jobs over
and above my regular pay. | had saved
enouzh 70 buy myself a real good gold lever
watch, self winding, minute hand and eli
the rest of il | went TO the army and navy
stores and requested an amieblc young man
behind the counter to show me s0a.e
watches. He brought cut case Of ladies
watches
| have a feeling against small watch-s aad
wanted something sensible and useful, - ;sk
ing up the largest one / said, II want ono
size larger than this lie replied. That =
the largest size we make for la6ies.H "Hen"
| said. then show me your smallest lie Of
gentleTnen's watches A look q intense de
dEst passed over his face. a. though bad
been guilty Of an impropriety in asking fof
mans watcs. After considerable argument
and pressure be STOPPED down and brought
out a case Of mems watches. 1 chose the one
| wanted, which WIS II course. rather
dsarer than the larg est Of the ladies' watcles.
- strong was The young man prejudice
that. although it was % bis Interest u eel
me a higher priced article. hs showed nn-
noyancc and disgust that l. woman sho1ld
refuse tie articles made expressly for TIE in
ferior sex. and shOnid provide myself with
one made and intended for the ezclUzive uss
Of tire superior male being lie felt perEori-
ally szgriered and insaIted. ard be showed &.
by male watch goes very well
Some tine after this friend in the coGn-
try asked me 70 get for hIG1 an extra szroag
clasp for iocket AMI chain vsjcn Be- always
wore, containing ais caild's portrait. weni
INTO TIE seop Of one Of the first jewellers n
Bond street and sad: "5hor ne sorss extra
strong clasps for bockst ard chain PlezEy
Of trEmp~ry CLASPS were shown roe, bit moth
Ing really strorz or extra good After
long search through the ciasps. rose and
sad. half 20 r1yseif- II an =0-ry cant fad
one; the gentIs19za vii - disappointed
T be gen,.eruarT cys~d the man, 'yoa never
tod ne Il was for gentleman I've gos "a.
very thing be wants nsreupo1 be wers.
ssrziyht 70 a drawer ard showed TIE. 20 nv
szrpri-e. q quantity q strong, good csssyz.
made fer TIE superior s<I again so~ these
two incidents ~ ne thinking; In both c&sez
I lad ts&de u Gear .hs; price VA 10 ob1eSt.
snd ira: ready money would p~ pad nzt.
then. DID II msanf
l. Means thai ~c-nsa are ard a-e 70 Re.
slaves q changing ard. tserssore. epserssrzi
f&s1sor; tsst ,Ae Sold good taisSs q sxyrs
are not for .ssn. AID toat ts<.S r<e,e-s2os1s
70 pgsse-s-ce for what rsxy Dc sss8 AID
good over WHAT - franp ~ry ard poor Is al
asdacsoss snd ss5tbe fo-Ea q woz3sus rssts<.
] r.oncsrsd deeply th~ss ra~n are noe far
vrong, Eores's rigz.< sEvs tzages zss
EAzey. mary tE4nsx. 410nsEt ose~rs hey
have t&agnt ase ac~ 20 eseas toe ;yrkst
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hurry l rpqzfzei st-o1g. izrge. cuufors<-
be noosx- Yagxs had ross sE.s cited nse, -
! wsz. toward Is ~ Eesezs: seFsss.
nassG-sk~ t<oo,s ! required zass be vsAs
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