Evening journal., 1889-06-10
BABIES cHARloTS.
wheeled Palaces for the First Born.
Papa's Extravagant Purchase.


wheeled Palaces for the First Born.
Papa's Extravagant Purchase.
An order for 5000 tons of steel rails may
be written In six lines on an office lettexhead
sheet, or If given orally the transaction is
over IN three minutes
An iron manufacturer picks out 5000
diamond without ceremony and hands the
Jeweler his check without comment
The club swell considers it a bore 10 be
measured for his new full dress suit, and sub
mlts to the operation silently and impatieutly.
Even fashionable woman selects the ma
terial for her princely trousseau with an Off
handed air Of business altogether foreign 10
sentiment.
But let the purchase be babys carriage for
sl2 or Sl5, and the purchaser a papa for the
first time, and the Importance Of the trans
action. the lordly manner Of the buyer, his
pompous request 10 be shown the whole stock,
bis disposition 10 point out a single scratch
on the little vehicle, and the ultimate pride
with which he sets aside tho carriage as his
why, It becomes business evens Of vastly
more consequence than steel rails, diamonds
and costly apparel all put together in one
package
Its the most trying thing we have got TO
pass through in the course Of IA day" said the
clerh OF a variety store, in speaking Of the
patience necessary 10 make a sale Of baby
buggy. II would sooner stand all day at the
glove counter of dry goods store than sell a
single baby carriage. If the purchaser is a
man can tell before he has spoken three
words whether he has family % children,
or If he is here on behalf OF his first born.
Nine cases out OF ten il is tho latter Next
l.N. a sl..lt A.
family the wife has 70 come for il; the novel
ty Of making such purchase has by that
time worn Off for the father.
"Of all idiotio questions we have 30 an
swer the young father buying his first baby
carriage, no other article Of commerce, trade
or manufacture would suggest. VIII Toot-
sic not fan out Of SO big bedF Won't rcd
sunshades hurt Winnies eyesf CAN'T You
put mirror attachment in front 50 can
sec what the Bobby is while push behindf
I'm afraid the tiny red headed angel will
push his big feet through that thin flooring
board and get them caught In the wheels
I'm tho last instance, said the clerk, ~
felt like telling the doting papa that for fear
the blessed seraph's whole body should slip
through the same hole we would supply a
strap fastened 70 the roof Of the buggy, a
loop in which would nicely fit the bahys
neck, thus saving precious life in case the
big feet should bore their way through the
floor.
Il like to wait on man who has a family
Of eight or RiDe children. He has bought
buggies BEFORE and as they eventually be-
come kindling wood he merely asks for an
extra good quality of infammable wood in
the buggy, pays for it and departs in few
minutes.
oh yes, the world is the same all over.
Even that aifectionate mother coud have
foreseen her shadow in the dim, distant flI-
ture, were she TO come back, as some fat,
practical matron in the most matter of fact
way leaves this order: Send TO my residence
a new baby buggy, not quite so gorgeous as
the last, "A little heavier in axles, and just
about the same size as the one before the last,
which my husband purchased am not par
ticular about trimmings. 'n-Pittsburg Dis
patch.