Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
WOMAN GOES SHOPPING.
She Puts in a Busy and Long Day of It
and Acquires Forty-two Samples.
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How does woman go shopping?
If the writer had been asked this
question two or three days ago, he
would have said:
''She goes right into a store, pur-
chases what she wants, and then goes
home"
He has looked into the matter and
changed his mind. No a woman
doesn't 90 shopping like a man.
When a man starts out to buy some
thing. he generally knows pretty near
" what he wants. and he BUYS it. But
with a woman it is different. She
doesn't know what she wants when
she starts out. She would wait until
some other day, and start without
any special object in view. She would
buy something or other before she
came back. even if it was only glass
of ice-cream soda.
But the ordinary every day woman
who goes shopping starts off early in
the morning, and makes up her mind
that she is going to have large sized
picnic. She hurries the breakfast
and does the usual morning cleaning
up in Just about ten minutes. She
hasn't got time to indulge in breakfast
herself, but will probably bolt hot
cup of coffee.
With small handbag containing
her pocket-book and a few other
things. she sallies forth. She doesn't
go into any particular store right
away. She looks about first and sees
just what is going on, and what is be-
ing displayed. She sees a great many
things She would like to buy, but her
pocketbook isn't fat enough, so she
postpones the purchase.
Perhaps its u o'clock when she ar
rives at the dress goods counter of the
big establishment. She wants to match
an impossible color. She hasn't got
the sample with her, but she describes
the color to the clerk. He will show
her all the goods in the department,
and she will take a sample of each.
What for?
She may mean to make a future
purchase, but it's very unlikely. All
these samples will find their way into
her crazy quilt by and by. The poor
clerk is tired and disguised, but for
gets his sorrows moment later when
he begins Irritation with a pretty
girl at the opposite counter. He for
gets that she's a woman, and goes,
buying dress goods somewhere else.
If he had his way he wouldn't allow
male customer to buy thing from
her. The clerk grows tender-hearted,
the woman goes upstairs. Both are
cOntented and happy.
She tries on clOaks upstairs. She
tries on everything within q, radius of
100 yards. Fur-lined cloaks, ulsters,
all sorts of garments, and all sorts of
styles 90 on one by one. Some are
too big, others too. small; some too
cheap, others too dear She tries on
will send across the street to try on.
all they've got in another store if some
one will go for her. she doesn't buy
II cloak, or an ulster, or a garment.
She only tried them on to, see how
they felt. Then she goes with her
newly purchased bonnet into another
department. She looks. at hosiery,
gloves, scarfs for her husband, I'M
Numbered shirts for the same party,
linen goods, crockerN ware, table
cloths, napkins, shoes, and about every
thing else in the store.
She arrives home about ESQ 0 clock.
Her usband had been home about
half an hour. He is tired and hungry.
So is she. The fire is out, there is
nothing to eat and the husband gets
mad. She doesn't. She saysthat he's
brute, and doesn't want her to have
a good time at all. Then she shows
him the result of a days tour among
the biggest establishments. Here is,
the inventory of the stock: One bon
net, worth % cents; one-half yard of
dress goods, cost 80 cents. ("What
do you want it for?" he asks. She
doesn't know. and doesn't care; she
got it, One cuspidor. % cents. She
has six already. One flaming red
scarf for John, cost 80 cents. He al
most faints when he sees it.. One un-
Numbered shirt, cost 81 cents, for
John, again. John is ready to die,
but he says it's very nice. He will
give it away on Christmas, together
with the scarf, to a man he doesn't
like. Then she displays forty-two diff
ferent samples of dress goods Boston
Herald.