Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-11

mt an Inquirer Had 90 Bny Pair 81
shoes 10 Flnd Ne Ouf.

nut ms Inquirer Had 90 Bny Pnirscf
shoes 20 Flnd Ne Onf.
81 want pair Of girls shoes, said :
man 70 the floor walker Of big Sixth
avenue shoe store day or two ago.
Last aisle on the left, sir, IL you
please
The man stumbled over door mat,
struck his shin against the sharp edge Of
q setkee In his effort to avoid running
over q dimiuutivo moyher who was help
ing ~ large sized child with : pair Of
shoes, said something inexcusable not
far enough under his breath to escape the
ears OF the diminutive mother; she said
'.0h, myl' to which the man responded
Don't mention It, pray, and tipped his
hat. hurried along, and finally got within
one Of the last aisles.
Tohim sub floor walker askeds "Been
waited onl" 'sNeow, hain't," with a
dash Of sarcasm that passed undiscovered.
Miss Terwilliger. wait on this gentle
man.
Miss Terwilliger was q pretty little
blonde, and the sarcasm vanished from
the mans tones She looked up a long
way to the mans eyes and asked: "What
kind of shoes do you wish, sir7" She
looked az full Of fun as last week was Of
weather. He said: 81 want pair Of
girls school shoes"
What size, pleased"
Number four and half Bonnie"
That word s'Bennie" acted like an In
PRODUCTION from their best friends on all
the salesgirls within earshot. 1t was fired
of with good lung pressure. and half q
dozen who knew what il meant looked
up and laughed and cast pleasant chances
at the big man.
Little Miss Terwilliger laughed and
turned away quickly to dumb waiter
connecting with the stock room In the
basement. Send me up pair Of girls
school A Bonnie, she called, and then
turned her head away to conceal her
mirth. Presently she returned with
pair Of shoes, size Al B. The man said:
These are too narrow"
''But you called for Bonnie, didn't
Jour"
Yes; but didn't know what it meant.
heard one of the salesgirls call for
Bonnie, and an overpowering curiosity
to find out who Bonnie was or what
Bonnie meant led me to call for it.
saw by the connection it made that you
have shop meaning for it. ! suppose
Bonnie Is your love name for B, isn't
itY'
1T Is the nnzwe we use in this store for
B widths"
"Well, then. what does c stand fors"
''Charlie."
"And Dg"
"Davie."
"And En-
"Eddie."
Bonnie, Charlie, Davie, Eddie. And
A, does that stand for Andieg'
''No; A stands for itself. You see, all
the other letters have the e sound, and
In calling for them through the speaking
tube we had the same trouble in distin-
gushing between them that you have
over the telephone. So we invented
names to distinguish the widths of the
shoes that correspond In their first letters
with the size letters"
but why did you give them boys
namesg why didn't you call them Bes-
sic and Clara and Dolly and Emma?S
"Oh, they come much quicker when
we call them by boys names" This was
delivered as q parting shot. but the mis-
chievous little clerk remembered that
she hadn't sold her shoes yet, so she
added. "What size do you want. sir2"
"Well, you see. my daughter had the
misfortune to be born out west--in Chi
cago, you know
"Then you want Al Eddie. suppose.
the salesgirl interrupted.
1.-THE same. New York Times.