Thomas County cat., 1889-10-31

He FINDS HIS CUSTOMER HARD TO SUIT.
mands to see q peculiar kind Of goods
which belongs to that particular depart.
ment.
The clerk pulls down something for her.
It turns out to be the wrong article, and
leaving the first customer to contemplate
the extensive assortment Of embroideries
before her, he endeavors TO please the
second customer. Immediately he fnds
himself tho victim Of two exact,ng and IN.
reasonable females, and, after showing
them large share of tho goods in his de-
p&rtment, he is mortified to see them walk
away, each one in q different direction,
without having bought q dimes worth, and
he is subsequently mortified to find that
two or three cards of the most costly lace
have been stolen.
"SubstitutinR an empty pocket-OOOk for o
wellhlled one is another dodge. A lady
lays her pocket-book on the counter while
she looks at some goods that have been
taken down for her inspection. In the
twinkling of an eye an empty purse has
been substituted for the plethoric ono, and
the shoplifter betakes herself to another
store to repeat the operation"
'Are the women who ply this trade well
dressed!'
'sNO, not as rule; If you would like to
get an idea Of their general appearance you
ought to go to police station and see the
.Rogues' Gallery"
Rather glad of pretext for seeing this
interesting collection Of celebrities, / went
to one of the police stations and had the
pleasure Of seeing 1.ss5 rogues, all in . row
not such bad looking lot, either, as
had expected to see. The shopliftcrs, who
were pointed out to me, were mostly wom-
en-; rs rule they affect shawls or loose
sacks and jaunty hats. Some Of the wom-
en- were not over twenty or thereabouts,
but the majority were middle-aged, and,
from their appearance, had grown hard
ened in crime. Some Of the men had been
decidedly averse to having their photo
graphs taken, and in some cases drawn
their faces into all sorts of contortions
Where q man had absolutely refused TO
look the camera squarely in the face pc
liceman had obligingly held up his head
for him; but with the women it was differ
ent Their pride in having their photo
graphs look as well as possible had over
ruled their desire for Disgusting their coun-
tenances. In one or two cases, however.
the less harlenedof the wretches held their
heads bent over ss far a. they could, and
their eyes were closed. This was possibly
the first time they had been asked to con
tribute mementoes Of themselves to the
Rogues' Gallery.
'They have very little sense of shame,
however," remarked an o6acer, ''and they
seldom reform. A shoplifter once, q shop
litter always. Now, this woman here, No.
-" he continued; ''she has been brought
up here three or four times, and there is NO
telling how many times she has appeared
in other police courts"
The record accompanying each picture il
coacise and 70 the point:
Name. aliases. crime. nationality. age. coaer
- 0yoss resA, wr1te.
A young girl about twelve years Old WAS
arrested in one Of the stores yesterday and
brought here. When searched IL WAS found
Inst sho had iuuumerable pockets In Der
9kirtas which she had Alled with . variety
q faetcasss 83svoe anA hsadkeFchisls pro-
do0insting.
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