Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-21
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Prentice milford Does Up Fourteenth
Street il. Brief.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, June 3-This is Fourteenth
street. Between Fifth and Sixth avenues
Early summer day and trade. Everybody out.
Element four-fftls female. Tire, p. NJ
High tide of trade and travel. Women and
girls. Girls and women. Passing at the rate
of one hundred per minute. All sorts of wo-
men. All conditions. Lean, fat, long, short,
pudgy, sallow, pale, sour, sweet, Hurried,
placid, rags, tags, velvet gowns. silk ditto.
Look in the windows! Things 50 cheap.
Things SO desirable. Lovely shades of color.
Lovely hats Ditto ribbons and trimmings.
JeweIry ravishing. Lovely everything. Ex-
cept pocketbook. P. B. not lovely Not
full enough. Not like widows -four barrel
Won't replenish itself. Common fault of
purses. Self recuperative, self filling purse
not yet invented.
Big store Walk in. Ram jam, crush,
squeeze, hustle, hustle, buzz. Boils over with
women. Before and behind counters Shrill
cry every three seconds ''Cashl" Women at
the mark down ribbon counter. Ten deep
Sorting ribbons. Pulling ribbons. Snatch
ing ribbons. Clawing ribbons Tangling
ribbons. Mad for ribbons. Mad with rib
bons. Mad at each other Mad at the rib
bon sales girl. Sales girl mad at customer.
General ribbon madness
Air thick with vexation. Ditto perspira-
ton. Melting mad women.
Sad place to see women. Upsets sentiment
Too much woman inwardneSs put outward
But let US buy. Buy things we don't want.
Buy things we're sick of a day afterward
Things we've no use for. Things we've no
room for Things to fill up the house
House full Of 'em now. Too full Parlor
full Upset things every time we turn round
Woman making last purchase. Somewhat
sad woman. Wants gimcrack. Wants it
very bad Must have it. Pocketbook very
low Last two dollar bill Afraid to ask
husband for more. Filled up purse yesterday
He grumbled then. Nearly all gone now
And so soon! Trenbles to go home CHM
crack more fascinating than ever. Must
have it. Must must! must!l Can't bear TO
leave without it. But then' Hell What
shall she sayl Poor woman. Is in misery
Dubitates. Reflects. Hesitates. Is lost Re
solves to buy. Desperate. Buys. Gimcrack
wrapped up. Change made. Just enough
for car fare. Leaves for home Leaves more
miserable than ever. Has secured gimcraok
Brings no comfort. Only pain. Goes out
sad. Goes home. Goes to the funeral.
More women pouring in. More women
pouring out. CASH" City women Coun-
try women. Suburban women Carriage
carried women. Footman tended women
Jobs turkey women. Mrs. Croesus. Mrs
Dives Mrs. Midas. The widow Lazarus.
The clergyman's wife. The sections wife
The generals wife. The high privates wife.
The cook of duty. The servant out Of place
Highayer women Lowfyer women All
pouring in All pouring oct. Stewing,
bsbbiing, burning, perspiring. Ali but ex-
piring Warm work.
Cash"
Beautiful sex Beautiful beings Except
when shopping. Too Auch bundle Too
much hustle Too much bubble Too much
molaSses at once. Too many together. One
plum good at time. Box full repetition
Cash"
Auction store. Pictures. Oil Genteel
auctioneer. Interesting man, Not too young.
Not teo old Well dressed. Waxed mus
tache. Handsome eyes
Fine talker. Good cnaIer. Sarcastic at
times. Very.
Talks. Now, ladies and gentlemen. this
picture must be sold What am bida Ten, |
nine, eight, seven, SIX, five, four, three-two
do hear twoi do, hear tvo!n
Expostulates Ladies and gentlemen, this |,
can't so on Positively it can't We must /
close this sale. Unless something Is bid for /
picture. Look at this picture, ladies and
gentlemen Look st il. 4 work Of art /
Frame alone worth five dollars
Pauses Surveys audience. Chokes with |
emotion Seams Disguised Buyers iu1usov- /
able. Stona Lead Everybody feels small I
Fed mean We know the auctionser thinks 1
US a small. mean, contemplate lot We feel /
his mind cCncerrling Us We cowe-. We i
wisner We wish We were outside
Auctioueer resumes Two dollars Re- l
Ggnation and contempt in his voice. We /
think be viii take the picture away. He VIII |
close the store
A Voice-Iwo and 9usrte-!
Anctloeeer-Two and q quarter, two and i
a quaroer@qaarc, quart, quart, quart, quart
two and quart and
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PRENTICE Auun |