The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-17
BILL NYE GOES A-SHOPPING
He Also Attends the Inauguration and
Tells What He Thinks About 1t.
He Advises New Workers to Do Their Shopping
in BOstOn-Giyes Tip to Future Presi-
dents-SuggestiOns to HOtel-Keepers.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. in the Midst of
March, 1SS9.-The other day / saw the
black slippers of Lady Washington in the
red South Church in Boston. They are
made of satin or silk, or faille franchise
or cheese cloth. or some of those rich fab
RIGS, and have high slender heels. They
are not what could be called common sense
shoes. They seem to lack that compound
more than anything else. They are good
style of shoe for lady to extend In nom
chalant way from the folds of her dress
while conversing with person of keen
discrimination, but they are poor things
for wearing purposes.
1 could not well help contrasting the COM
fort and the cost of clothing in the old
times with the comfort and cost of such
things of to-day. For instance, a conti-
mental hat cost SIS, which was the salary of
a pretty hefty official in those days for
month. To be sure the hat would last a
year OF two and look almost as tough at the
end of that time as il did at first, but we do
not care to wear clothes forever. If we do
they finally obtain an individuality of their
own which renders them Objectionable to
people who might be otherwise friendly.
/ also had a good chance to note with
much interest the difference between the
elaborate costume wcrn by General Sulli-
van and that affected by the gentle, genial
and urbane John. The General must have
looked like an infamed and aggravated
case Of crazy quilt, while the younger Sui
Ivan, as / have seen him. wore pair of
swollen mittens and heavy frOwn.
Further ON might have been seen the
rostly three-cornered hat worn by General
Stark, together with a small quantity of
:oagulated perspiration shed by him while
lighting for freedom.
/ always go and visit the old South
Church when in Boston, because / like to
pee the old and pleasant cannon balls with
which disagreeable people were killed when
they acted improperly. / also like TO at
tend a church where l can criticise things
without hurting anyone's feelings. After
visit the old church like to go around
over the Hub and buy things. l hate to
contrast any city with my own town, but
do better and enjoy it better while stop
ping in Boston than in New York. The
Boston merchant evidently bought his goods
Tor the purpose of selling them to the con-
sumner. while the New York merchant APP
pears to have purchased them more for the
wild excitement of looking at them him
self. / always have my feelings hurt when
/ shop in New York. In the first place, l
am enraged before get to the store by
eS7. 236 people who knock me over and
get on the elevated trains before the
passengers can get of. Then / go
to a store and wait near q stack of wet UNI
brellas until several total strangers with
naughty air jOstle me against the wall. i
next speak to fioor-walker, who plays
that he owns the store and is allowed to
draw that instead of a salary. He looks at
me askance. as if he feared that might be
heayy-set saleslady, TO inquire of her, evil
IDENTIFY, whether / am there with sinister
motives and while tremble at the thought
that am about to be searched for said mo-
tives, another man. who plays that he owns
the store afternoons. comes along and asks
me what want there. / tell him that | am
a supplemented man, more or less picked
on both at home and abroad; that would
spend an enormous amount of money in New
York, if i had a chance; that to-day / had
contemplated buying or trading for full
set of two heavy No. 10 English hose, with
double soles and striking resemblance to
each other. Nobody could be any more