Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-12-27
For Womans Chronicle.
CLERKS MASCULINE AND FEMININE.

Oh! to be something that will approximate the
royal magnifcence and grandeur of the masculine
cerk-forward front dress epartment-who has
been promoted from the rear counter of some OBJ
scure out of the way store of the Future Great or
some other future great city elsewhere, to the real
and present greatness of the city that he
honors by his presence. The elevation Of his
dizzy height makes him light-headed, and the mag
nifcent distance bewilders him so much that when
lady politely inquiries for cheese cloth, he asks
repetition of the request, and when it is repeated,
answers in way and manner that would insnuate.
Madame, behold in me the personication of all
the commercial knowledge in the world obtainable,
there is no such goods known to the commercial
trade"
Such scene came under my observation a few
days agy. lady entered down town store and
asked to be shown some "garter webb The
clerk behind the counter, a young man to whose
personal appearance it was evident much attention
had been given, but whose manner exhibited sad
lack of cultivation, required her to repeat the re-
quest. This she did, when with the most insolent
air he replied, "What sort of goods is that? |
never heard Of that sort of goods"
''You seem to be out of your place. the lady
duSWclcu3 dHu Will HdlllHS CHcekS IuIueu away.
Another incident somewhat similar, which wit
messed few weeks since, will relate here by
way of contrast, showing the difference between
the male and the female clerk in exhibiting their
own Importance. A lady enters bookstore and
buys book. On her arrival at home she discov-
ers that it is not the book she wanted and in less
than half an hour after purchasing it, returns it to
exchange for one costing more. Her messenger
is told that the book was net purchased there.
Next day she goes herself to the store and polite
ly requests an exchange. With flourish of hands
the "lady clerk refers her to the owner in the
rear of the store.
'No," answers the lady purchaser, IL bought
the book of you. Will you exchange it ~
'The book was not bought here" said the sales
lady.
"Oh, but it was" replied the purchaser, ~
bought it myself here in this store on yesterday"
"You did not" said the saleslady "This," said
she, pointing to mark on the iy-leaf of the book,
''is not our trade mark"
"No, it is not" chimed in a little lady clerk of
the house. tHave nothing more to do with her."
she added, with the assumption of girlsh ignor-
ance that argues itself unknown, for the lady thus
so summarily dismissed is woman many are
proud to number among their TRENDS.
With higher color and heightened tones she in
dignantly rendered the book to the salesady, say
ing, 81 make you present of this book. You
have lost more than you gain.
Had she? When the days sales were counted
up, did they not balance in her favor!
think not, for when one wilfully neglects an
opportunity to be just and polite one ignores the
rights of others, and thereby place mark of their
own valuation on the requirements of good society.
1t does cost something to be impolite; it costs
more than any man or woman should be willing to
pay, whether in or out of business.
child instinctivey learns this at a very early
age, and at very early age, say about the period
of six years, begins to lose it, Then begins the
business of training up the child in the way IN
which it should 60, that when it is old 1t may show
how well it has been trained. This we are taught
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