Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-08

an Italian with o soul so base tnaI ne VIII
not reduce his price when appealed TO IN
those words.
AMERICAN GIRLS
make amazingly sharp bargainers, which
is the more surprising as, am thankiui
to say, they have no opportunity what
ever for the exercise of that kind of aoh-
,tv al home. You will sometimes hear
young lady, elegantly and stylishiy
dressed, holding out for franc or two
with a coachman, while the elder people
of the party stand hack and listen win
amused faces; it is not that she minds the
francs, but she will not be cheated.
We heard OF a party of elderly people
who declared they would never traVel
through Italy again without young
lady, because they say it is the young
lady to whom all favors are granted III
Italy. The young lady gets admlttauee
into places where IL is too late Tor otner
people: she smiles heavy baggage through
| the depot and into the railway carriage,
when other people are stopped ana
! charged five or six francs, in fact If she
| il clever and pretty, she can travel in
italy at least 10 per cent. cheaper than
| other ueopIe. We have been taking les
sons in bargaining from some expert
| euced American ladies; the field OF OPP
Grafton is the Santa Lucia quay which is
hordered with coral and tortoise smell
sbops. 'sYou canine come in-ne, you
canine. - says the shop man when he
sees you lookinS in his windows, SO
Won go in, and this should
be the method Of procedure.
~ Ask the price of everything in the
shon exoept the thing you want, then in
an
oFF-HAND, PARENTHEsIs STYLE
find out the price of what you fancy.
Then (2) taking that IN yonr hand talk
Italian, French, German or English II
does not make much difference, only
talk, and thoroughly convince the man
by your accent and gestures that II the
sun and moon were to collide, ana tue
earth collapse III consequence, you VIII
not pay him what he asks sometimes
q mixture of languages is effective, such
as this | heard the other day: "Oh troppo
caro-! troppo carol You Italiano you
aren't YOU ashamed of yourseltt
OuInze francs for that picolo causa
Oh you Italiano, you! You think we
Americans are made of money! All
this with perfect amiability and the
shopmau smiling in self-conseious way
like a naughty boy caught in mischlet'
"a. \ Finally dividing his price by three
and taking out the money in your hano
, von offer it to him. t'Oh o'est impos-
sible!n says he, and he begins to put VI
! the things. You very quietly say
l ssBuon giorno," and turn to go out
, but when your hand is on the door, be-
> hold the shopman at your elbow oherlht
t the article at your price. To be sure
r there are stores in Naples where ther'
are fixed prices, and when it is so prL
tixee" is always written on the sign o
on the window, but we find that usually
means a fixed imposition. III requires
very large profit to compensate lh'
2 Italian for the excitement of bargaining
t he would generally rather sell things Verl
- near cost than miss the preluding argu
g ment.
. At home it is decidedly bad taste t
talk dollars and cents and it would b
shocking to say to an acquaintance
ssWhat q pretty new comb! Where oil
:, Won get it, and how much did 1t costF
. But when the ladies in European pen
:. sion collect for real feminine talk, sue
questions are asked freely and responoe
g to cordially. Whereas, too, we are
a ASHAMED TO BUY ANYTHING cHEAPssgs
1t in America, and bargains are kept
. family secret, over here ladies disEss
= their bargains like war trophies, and5th
= cheaper she buys the prouderS shefp
e Travellers always have q unene
1T ing matter for coFversatloI
IL though at home the same psnp
lie might not have found poiRffn con
= mon. There are pensions aud hotels
ID be discussed and addresses to be "a
i'd changed, there are shops and shoppl9t
III sights and sightseeing, and not on
at mast experiences but future plans Il
le travel to be talked over. One obtains
tn great amount of information IN the
ne free and easy, after-dinner CHATS al
soon learns to travel in the pleasante
and most economical way. To he'
ladies talk about the way or saving
~ franc here, or half franc there, ammo
yo makes one forget the diamonds tn
rk Maze in their ears and on their finger
co hut the truth is there is always so mu
one wants TO buy for home and friend
III that everyone whose means are not u
DIS limited prefers to economic in small wa
of in order to spend in large ways. 1t is t
ne exDerienced travellers, and often q
k most cultivated people, one meets
h pensions of moderate price.
Ter Although the Neapolitans seem I
lth sponsive to kindness and smiles, there
all a large proportion of the inhabitants
N Naples that are perfectly incorrigio
ng they run into a lady around a corr
es, without "pardon, they knock I
ply off the sidewalks with equanimity, a
nd one can
IS. SMELL THEM COMING
oes a block off. These are the gostsl Fro
,he 8 to 10 in the morning, and from
itv in the afternoon the goats take possess
ger of the city, and the odor of their pr
ln- euce maketh str ng the air. They co
to in herds of fifteen or twenty, and tn
leir is no use trying TO keep the sideW
20 then; one may as well surrender at o.
lrst and teke the middle of the street, VIII
q is is no great sacrifice in Naples.
Id adulterated milk question is solved
to this CITY, but in no place have we
tay thinner, bluer milk than here.
till might think that the goats would
driven to the back door TO be milk
but one mysterious thing about
will pies is that she seems to have
av back doors, nor back steps /,