Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-21
1T MAKES CORNS GROW.
An Open Winter Provocative of Much Pro-
family - Difference Between Male and
Female Sufferers From Pedal Excres-

An Open Winter Provocative of Much Pro-
family Difference Between Male and
Female Sufferers From Pedal Excres-
cences-Something About Perfumes.
"No, we can't tell by the looks of a lady
as she enters the store whether she wishes to
purchase fine perfumes or corn plasters,"
said the proprietor of a fashionable drug
store yesterday; land this warm weather
increases the sales of both wonder
fully. One thing strange about
corn medicines Of any kind is that ladies
who use them never come to purchase them
in person. Probably they are not able to
walk, for invariably the purchaser buys
them for friend, and, of course, we never
doubt a customers word. But we feel
sorry for the poor mortal who is suffering
so with her feet that she cannot even come
to the store to get medicine. Men don't sue
cumb to the suffering so easily. They man.
age to get down here themselves, instead of
sending friend, and they are not bit
backward in telling us which particular
foot is the annoying one, and the special
propensities Of that particular foot some
times with very emphatic language, and it
really is amusing, the way they hold the
offending member out and point to it with
their canes andumbrellas, and expatiate upon
its evil tendencies. OCCASIONALLY both feet
come under the displeasure and condemna-
tion ofthe owner, and then the tale of woe is
heartrending.
There is a great deal said about sweled
heads and the suffering they cause, but they
can't begin to compare with swelled feet in
making man irritable and cross. and this
unreasonable weather will give the people
a double dose of swelled feet this
spring, sure. Generally, with the
first warm days of spring the
swelling is quite pronounced, and then, as
the weather becomes settled, the feet regain
their natural size. Now, we certainly will
have more cold or cool weather, and the
same acclimating process will have to be en-
dured the second time. Of course we will
sell the double quantity of medicines.
Has the open winter affected our
trade much? Well, no, 1 can't say
that it has, but the spring demand for per-
fumes and soda water is commencing six
weeks earlier than usual. The open winter
and the warm weather accounts for the
fact. You know that during the holidays
every lady who uses perfumes is del
uged with them, fguratively speaking,
and as rule the supply lasts until about
the middle of April. But, in mild weather,
a person is more lavish in the use of per-
fumes, and hence the fair ones are already
replenishing their bottles. There isn't any
thing Just out in perfumes. The latest
thing is an English perfume called Grab
Apple Blossom" 1t is dainty, delicate odor,
and very popular. 'Hiawatha' is another
late English perfume, but it is heavier
odor, and not in as great demand as the
Blossoms
"The soda water sales thus far this season
have been surprisingly great, and itbecomes
more and more popular as a drink each
year. Actually, with some people it be-
comes almost necessity. Vanilla is one
of the standard favors. Pineapple, choco-
late and coffee are standard also, and the
rest are all in fair demand