Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-09-29

WOMAN GOES SHOPPING
Sho Puts In Busy nnl Long Day m
Acquires 4 orty-T~o Samples

Sho futS " nnt Long Day anu
Acquires 4 orty-T'so Samples
How does a woman go shopping?
II tho writer had been asked this
question two or three days ago he
would have said:
"She goes right into n store, pur-
chases what she wants and thcn goes
home"
lic has looked into the matter and
changed his mind. No. woman
doesn't go shopping like a man.
When n man sturts out to buy some
thing. ho generally knows pretty
nearly what ho wants, and he buys IL
But with Il woman il j. diiTcront. She
doesn't know what she wants when
she starts out II she did she wouldn't I
Start She would wait until somo
other day. and start without any spe-
cial object in view. Shc would buy
something or other before she came
back. even ii it was only a glass OF
ice-crcam soda.
But tho ordinary everyday woman
who goes shopping starts off carly in
the morning. and makes up her mind
that she is going to have n large-sizcd
piS.iAS- t'IiS INC DTcuRIiSL ana
docs tho usual morning cleaning up in
just about ten minutes. She hasn't
got tmo tn indulge in breakfast hcr-
self. but will probably bolt hot cup
OF coffee.
With n small handbag containing
her pockct-book and few other
things, she sallics forth. Sho doesn't
go into any particular store right
away. She looks about first and secs
just what is going on. and what Is be.
ing displayed. Sho secs II great many
things she would like to buy, but her
poc!sct-boOlS isn't fut enough. SO sho
postponcs the purchase.
Perhaps its twelve o clock when she
arrives ut the dress goods counter OF
the big establishment She wants TO
match m impossible color. Shc hasn't
got the sample with her. but she do
scribeS the color to tho clerk Ho will
show her all the goods in tho de part
mcnt and she will take n sample OF
ench.
What forP
She may mean TO mako future pur-
chase, but it's very unlikely. All those
samples will find their way into her
crazy quilt By and by. Tho poor clcrk
Is tired and disgusted. but forgcts his
sorrows Il moment later when no be-
gins n filtration with pretty girl at
tho opposite counter Ilo forgcts that
she's Il woman, ard goes buying dress
goods somewhere else. If no had his
way he wouldn't allow male customer
to buy IL thing from her The clerk
grows tondcr-heartcd. tho woman goes
upstairs Both arc contented and
happy.
|. Sho tries on cloaks up-staira. Sho
tries on cvcry thing within radius OF
ono hundred yards. Fur-lincd cloaks.
ulsters and all sorts OF garments. and nll
sorts Of styles go on ono by one Some
aro too big, others too small; somo too
cheap, others too -.r. She trics on
NIL the cloais in tho department, and
will scrd across tho streetto try on ull
they've got in another storo II somo
ono will go for her Sho doesn't buy
II c!oaS, or an ulster. or garment
Shc only tried them on to SEQ how they
felt. Then sho goes with her nowly
purchascc bounet-framo into another
department. She looks at hosiery,
gloves, scarfs for her husband. un-
laundcrcd shirts for tho same party,
linen goods. crockory ware table
cloths. napkins. shoes and about ovory
thing clso in tho store
She arrives homo about 6:30 o'clock.
Her husband has been homo about
hnif I'M hour. Iio Is tired und hunrrr.
So Is she. Tho fro is out, thore Is
nothing to cat and tho husband gets
mad. Shc doesn't, She says that hos
n brute, and doesn't want her TO have
n good umo Mt all. Then sho shows
him tho result OF hor day y's tour among
tho big establishments. IIore Ia tho
Inventory OF tho stock: Ono bonnet,
worth 70 cents; onc-half yard OF dress
goods, cost SO cents (''What do you
want II forp" be nsks. Sho doesn't
know, and doesn't curc; she's got it).
Ono cnspidor, 2j cents. She ha, six
slrcndy. Ono flaming rcd scarf for
John. cost 30 cents. Ilo almost faints
when ho scoI IT, Ono unlnundcrcd
shirt, cost 81 cents, for John. again.
John Is ready TO dio, but bo Fnys i:'s
worry nico lio will Rivo II awny on
| Christmas. together with tho ecarf. TO
II man ho doesn't like. Thcn sho dis.
plays fo"ty-two dilroront samples OF
dross-goods. Boston Herald.
Tho wonderful change from tho
past in Japnn Is almost Incredible.
There aro now 10000 communicable
connected with tho various missions,
and they incroaso by 800 n month.
This Is tho best Of NIL tho w0udo ful nd.
vanccincnt In tho country. Twonty
years ago thoro was no Japanese pub.
lie journal; now thcro aro moro than
800 periodicals - daily and weekly
papers and monthly magazines nnd
roviews, and nearly Nil these publica.
tlons uro favorable 10 tho Christian
izntlon OF ,Japnn. Tho Living Church.