The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-09-09
Che 1emorrat-S STA,
she WlATED A NEGL,cEr xu,,.
But Her Mistake rs to the slz, r,,,,
gasted a Wiper Little Clerk.

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She was a stylish lookiuy ,;.,
the word ari>tocrat seemed ,e
inlelibly stamped upon every 70
OF her classic face and SEEM. %as
fairly stick out from every se, .
of her I'aris.made gown ~ s' az
swung into one of the larcas, que '
goods establishments ON Fn,,aay
street, Brooklyn, says the Ea a'ya
one hot day last week, and ino",s'
ed IN a lefty, I'm n%o,-usclr"'.,1' +,
one .oi.your class way of the fln0,
walker near the donr, the dire.
lions to the mems FILINGS dena,,,
meni. The lnor walker precedaa
her to the counter desired an1
calling out Forward one" lief, hs,,
in charge of IA dal per little cla,.
who twisted his baseball mu>tarbs
In il way wlli.:h was meant to svm
ply paralyze The young WOMEN
but which only served to anroy
her.
Il would like 10 see some or II.
latest things in negligee Shirts
she said iman lev tone, which son,
a SILVER down the back of the dan.
per little clerk and made him tppl
as though the mercury had taken
"A Sudden drop of abuul 20lo 80 do,
grees.
What size, please ?" he inoui,.
cd il a d%eIerenlial tone.
Let NE s.e,' mused The ali,ln
cratic Young woman, 81 think
about 81 will do"
"What? :" exclaimed the dapue,
clerk, forgetting to ,wis, his nus.
taclie in his excitement.
IL said 36,' replied the youn,
woman in a decided tone, which
was meant TO crash the dapper NJ.
Tie clerk completely.
"But-er, there are no shlrt;
made as large As that, miss" said
the clerk, alphabetically, "do Won
wan, them Tor IA very large m.nr
"What business is it of yours for
whom | want them I" replied Tho
stylish girl, quickly. "You are
paid 10 wait on customers and MT
TO ask impairment questions"
The atmosphere about the dan
per little clerk seemed to gel very
close, and The thermometer re.
sumel business at the old stand.
as the stylish girl glared at him
after the last remark.
Il am sorry, but there must he
some mistake" said The warm
looking little salesman, THE
largest size in the negligee shirt il
10 inches"
VERY WE'LL" said the arlstocrat.
ic looking girl Iofiily, "perhan
there is some mistake lll ascer'
tain and will he back again later
She went immediately to The
woman's paEar, and, taking out a
tape measure, stood in front of
looking-glass, and running The tape
carefully refund under her arms
and over her well rounded bosom,
looked a, il aud trowned. as she
remarked TO herself, "lhe impu.
dcnce OF that monkty. | knew 1t
was correct, and they musl have
shirts of that size; graceful, I'm
not nearly as large as papa, and he
wears those kind"
Down she went in triumph 10
The mems fixings, aud encouraged
the small sized clerk, who had re.
sumed his musiache twisting but
stopped AS soon as he saw the
young woman approaching.
IL knew | was correct" she said
d-fan'ly SO is The size, aud you
must have them"
"Well," said the little clerk in
desperation. 81 will show you the
largest size we have in stock and
he hauled down Il box OF 10 inch
shirts, which would fit Grover
Cleveland, and spread one OF them
on the counter before the young
woman, who Looked at him IN
imazement.
"Oh, | am sure that's too big
she sand pet'ishly, pouting mp her
lovely lips, and drawing forth The
tape measure she laid it across the
bosom, while the smart little clers
smiled a knowing smile TO himself
as he caught on.
The tape measure showed that
the shirt measured As inches
around the rhe,t and the young
lady looked al the clerk IN a dazed
way. h,N
"WhaAld you mean by saying
that.l9 inches was the largest size
you kept! Why this shirt is al
most so inches"
But" responded the clerk ~
his most suave manner, "thal y
not the way shirts are measured
miss; they are always told by Toe
size of the cellar Il
A warm flush spread over the
stylish girls face as she realized
her mistake, and she even colde
scended to smile upon the clerE'
who was by this time feelingd
very good terms with himself.
ooh, l must have gotten ny
shopping list Mixed" she saa
sweeNy, "and l think a-a-borl i
IL will be about the size. YOU
may send me three OF the prel'f
est patterns you have, and be sur
and send them tonight, as %!
brother is going away 10 the coun'