The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1891-08-14
SHOPPING In LONDON.
A Singers Experience with Brit
ieh Shop-Keepers.
They Keep Every Thing Under Lock and
hoy and Look Upon Customers with
Suspicious Eyes-A Hunt for
n JaoquemInot Hose.

reporter singer who has undergone much
OF her training abroad describes her search
after desired article In London store
I'm London they keep every thing under
lock and key. Why, I went 10 the shoe.
maker OF His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales to buy pair % rubbers. Here's the
conversation that attended the sale;
".'What would tho lady liker
"'A pair OF rubbers'
"'Oh, yes Mr.. Brown, please step this
way
Mr.. Brown appears and inquiries:
"'What would you like, INSIST
"'Rubbers'
ION, yes, Fosdickl Fosdick, please call
Charles TO unlock the drawer the sandals
are In
Charles comes forward, unlocks drawer
after drawer till I find a pair to A., and I
oegin 10 look upon rubbers as very valuable
articles and wonder N 7 must keep mine I'm
ajowel case hereafter
You go into picture gallery, and
every time YOU turn your head YOU see
guard behind you watching that you do not
take any thing, and there are innumerable
iniunctions to Move on Don't touch the
pictures mo canes or umbrellas allowed
inside etc
"You have only 10 cross the channel-a
short hour and half II takes-and YOU are
ina totally different nation, different cos
TUNES, different language, and oh I how diff
ferent the customs. Every thing Ia open 20
inspection. No one suspects you OF being
thief; nothing Is under lock and key.
why, have been to the Palace OF Yer.
sailles on fountain day when probably ten
thousand were there, aud all you saw OF
espionage was man 10 let you In and one
to let you out. And inside you can walk all
through, look at the beautiful vases, pict
ures, rarest objects Of art without a pro.
test from any one. For all | could see, one
could carry of two or three vases, poke his
umbrella through picture, punch hole in
the wall, drop dynamite In corner and no
one would know who did H.
"And the English tradespeople are 30
slow compromising you, while the French
understand the slightest nod, and even nn-
ticipate your wishes.
III went into a florists in London and
asked for some Jacquemnot roses.
'Ah,' said the proprietor, Jack Jack
Jacqueminot roses
"'Oh, yes. Miss Clara please come for
ward
Miss Clara appears
What would the lady lilSer
'Jacqueminot roses red, red roses some.
tuink ike June roses, YOU KNOW
June roses. How manyr
81 don'twant June roses Jacoueminot
roses; something like June roses, said
Mr.. Brownp Miss Clara calls.
"Mr Brown appears on the scene TO play
his little part in the farce.
What did you say you wantedi' inquired
Miss Clara
81 was getting quite desperate.
Red roses. Jacqueminot Red-sort of
magenta color Meantime | was turning
magenta color myself with frenzy.
Mr.. Brown, have we any Jack
'Jacqueminot roses said, fcebly.
"'What did the lady say she wishedr in
quired Mr.. Brown, suavely.
'Jacqueminot roses. Red-nearly like
June roses
1--WE can give you some very handsome
yellow roses
"'No, want Jacqueminot. Have you
nonei'
awe have several other varieties. Al
low me TO show you some.'
"'No, thank you
"Miss Clara here inquired politely II the
lady would not take some June rosesS
"No, nor
awe have several other varieties. Al.
low me to show you some, said Miss Clara.
like monograph Of Mr. Brown.
"'No, no, mol thank YOU.
"As | neared the door the proprietor,
who had first passed me over to Miss Clara,
advanced again with: What did the lady
wlshr
"'Jacqueminot roses
"'Miss Clara, haven't we any thing to
please the ladyi Show her some yellow
roses
"'No, I thank you, no. and escaped
"Wel, ! went from one end Of Regent
street to the other. from one end OF Oxford
street TO the other, and passed through
that Identical experience at every florists
shop, but did not find n single Jacqueminot
rose.
"Now, in Paris, II they haven't the thing
you want they tell you so, take your address
and the following day send the very articles
to you on approval"