Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-04
SHOPPING IN LONDON.
A Singers Experience with Brit
ish Shop-Keepers.
They Keep Every Thing Under Lock and
Key and Look Upon Customers with
Suspicious Eyes-A Hunt for
o JacqueminOt Rose.

| In an interview with a New York Herald
reporter a singer who has undergone much
of her training abroad describes her search
after desired article in London store.
] SIN London they keep every thing under
| lock and key. Why, 1 went to the shoe
maker of His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales to buy pair of rubbers. Here's the
conversation that attended the sale:
"'What would the lady likef
"'A pair of rubbers.'
"'Oh, yes. Mr. Brown, please step this
way
''Mr. Brown appears and inquiries:
"'WhAt would you like, missf
"'Rubbers'
ooh, yes, FosdickI Fosdick, please call
| Charles to unlock the drawer the sandals
are in
| ''Charles comes forward, uElocks drawer
after drawer till find a pair to fit, and
begin to look upon rubbers as very valuable
articles and wonder il / must keep mine in
ajewel case hereafter.
"You go into picture gallery, and
every time you turn your head you see a
guard behind you watching that you do not
take any thing, and there are innumerable
injunctions to Move on Don't touch the
pictures,' NO canes or umbrellas allowed
| inside etc.
"You have only to cross the channel-a
short hour and a half 1t takes-and you are
in a totally different nation, different cos
tunes, different language, and oh how diff
ferent the customs. Every thing is open to
inspection. No one suspects you of being q
thief; nothing is under lock and key.
"Why, have been to the Palace Of Yer
sailles on fountain day when probably ten
thousand were there, and all you saw of
espionage was a man to let you in and one
to let you out. And inside you can walk all
through, look at the beautiful vases, pict-
ures, rarest objects of art without a pro-
test from any one. For all could see, one
could carry OF two or three vases, poke his
umbrella through picture, punch q hole in
the wall, drop dynamite in q corner and no
one would know who did 1t.
"And the English tradespeople are 80
slow comprehending you, while the French
understand the slightest nod, and even an
ticipate your wishes.
81 went into a florists in London and
asked for some Jacqueminot roses.
"'Ah,' said the proprietor, Jack Jack
'Jacqueminot roses
ooh, yes. Miss Clara. please come for
ward
"Miss Clara appears.
"'What would the lady lilxe?'
"Jacqueminot roses-red, red roses; some
thing like June roses, you know
"'June roses. How manyl'
4 don'twant June roses. Jacqueminot
roses; something like June roses, said.'
Mr. Brownp Miss Clara calls.
"Mr. Brown appears on the scene to play
his little part in the farce.
What did you say you wantedr inquired
Miss Clara
81 was getting quite desperate.
Red roses. Jacqueminot. Red-sort OF
magenta color Meantime I was turning
magenta color myself with frenzy.
Mr.. Brown, have we any Jack
Jacqueminot roses / said, feebly.
"'What did the lady say she wishedi' in.
quired Mr.. Brown, suavely.
"'Jacqueminot roses. Red-nearly like
June roses
GIVE can give you some very handsome
yellow roses
"'No, I want Jacqueminot. Have you
nonep
"'We have several other varieties. AL
low me to show you some
"'No, thank you.'
"Miss Clara here inquired politely If the
lady would not take some June roses?
"No, nor
eve have several other varieties. Al
low me to show you some said Miss Clara
like monograph of Mr.. Brown.
"'No, no, mol l thank you.'
Gas neared the door the proprietor
who had frsfpassed me over to Miss Clara
advanced again with: What did the lady
wishr
"'Jacqueminot roses
"'Miss Clara, haven't we any thing t.
please the ladyl Show her some yellow
roses
"'No, thank you, no. and escaped
"Well, 1 went from one end of Regen
street to the other, from one end of Oxfort
1 street to the other, and passed through
that identical experience at every florist
shop, but did not find single Jacquemino
rose.
''Now, in Paris, il they haven't the thipl
you want they tell you so, take your address
and the following day send the very article
to you on approval"