Telegram-herald., 1890-01-30
RICH WOMEN WHO SHOP.
How some cf Tasm Are Regarded
1 ths Stores



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s4--s are -l progress % IS e-st 81 -e-
-efe n eF-- Lul Sic e
Mays q. o-- ancestors ana grab a-at-
ever ae can -aE pans u. lel Fg-ag
-s ~ g. and --e Lue u2y come Nacn
we s-- aaFe professors 81 te- 4 -
4le coca -.rper. alc l4, la Lal A4l-s
the aa-A ~ -le sFeu-lngs ot q t4ully.
And s3 -nONs JUS. where 10 20 tos tie
besl o. cheapest ribbons or s-ofes or
hosiery or shoes or hats is one " Tie
mos c-4-acterlstic oltc3mes of th4t
progressive division of l4ooE which
mars the advance o. CIVILIZATION.
>4lesWomen have their own rules for
judging women as shoppers, ana u must
be saii that these rules arc usually OF
the bourgeois order based on the readi
ness a-th which money Is -aylshed
rather shat on any ul-e discrimination
shown ia tue expenditure. VOW and
then. however. when you come upon
one who has waited on grand danes
perhaps for TWO decades. and VINO Is
gifted with memory and sense ot
humor. her revelati0nst become inter
estlng Such a one was telling mo
this morning that she had known a
woman 70 hold a position a. counter.
blocking the way OF other buyers, for
nearly half an hour on rush Satur-
day, waiting FOR the return OF parcel
which had been sent 10 be done up
second and third time because IL had
come % her IN the first instance in
box the shape OF which dId not suit her
and IN the second tied with a gray
string instead Of tho pink and white
which was more - her fancy. The
customer could not be offended, for she
was Mrs. A. 4. Stewart and in her hus-
band 5 store.
Miss Nary Gwendoline Caldwell who
didn't conclude her bargain for hus-
band. is woman who knows how 10
get the worth OF her money. as, some-
how, only rich women seem 10 do. and
she is remembered in New York as
having = positive scent for bargains,
much as a harrier has Cor hares. There
is a small, br0wn-eyed creature who
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who tells me that she has never seen
Miss Caldwells equal for detecting at
glance what goods are really being
sold below their actual values, for, of
course, no merchat sacrifices that which
he can prohtably carry over to another
season. The woman at whose con mand
is very little money will often buy
recklessly under the eyes OF clerks and
other customers, but Miss Caldwell on
one occasion. spent half morning look
ing over thousands of dollars worth OF
lace handkerchiefs, and finally picked
out one Of exquisite pattern which was
badly torn AMI going FOR half price,
saying that she know a young girl
brought up in convent who would
darn it for trihe so that no one would
ever suspect the damage.
Many OF New York's rich women are
OF little profit 10 shopkeepers, tor they
buy their wearing apparel largely in
Paris, and what they get at homo j.
obtained through somi-private hands.
Still there are no women in the city.
with the possible exception of tho Van
derbilts who 90 not indulge in she dear
delights Of shopping once in while
Mrs Cleveland IS one Of the incest Gus
toners that statesmen and saleswomen
have 20 wait on. She did al her i'm
portant shopping IN New York while
she was still lady Of the White House.
and was vcll-known before taking up
her abode IN tie city, in several ot the
stores. I was buying a cup and saucer
in jaDanese store about : o'clock ono
afternoon recently whom in walked
Mrs. & CeYeland. She was unattended
and had no. even, ] think, carriage
in waiting. having taken the demo
cratic vehicle. horse car. She passed
from ttl.o 20 table and from case -
case thr0c-h the room. looking over
all the pretty things with an interest
that was plainly genuine. She is very
quiet bat rapi. L. her movements. and
one -losCl singer and lit-lo nod iuji-
cato- ,ae bronze paper cutter aa3 tile
curious it.'e idol 90 whose charms She
s1cr1m tel SO did not order her pr~.
chases sent Lome. scc0rt inz 70 the cry
wousu.s $ almost invar.aa.c custom. blt.
took taeu in her hand ig democrat
style. It is easy 20 seo why t1c slor
people ...o Ger. she costs t1cu neither
Tatie. .o nor time.
On o0o occasion also T have seen MS
lIau son ,nopr prlHk. but lt was not in .
store The street wonders have sprung
urou the cltv species O. t71ical
toy va-oh is really very amusing.
Sometimes itiso small gin ast-.-a 81 1i
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