Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-09-16
SHE WANTED A NEGLIGEE SHIRT

SFEWANTED NECLIGEES SHIRT.
But Her Mistake to the Size Fiabbe:'-
gasted a Dapper Little Clerk.
She was a stylish looking girl; the
word ariStocrat seemed to be indplibly
stamped upon every line of her classic
face and seemed to fairly stick out
from every seam of her Paris-made
gown us she swung into one of the
largest dry goods establishments on
Fulton street, Brooklyn, says the
Eagle, one hot day last week, and i'll
quired in Il lofty, I'm-not-used- to-speak-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS way of the floor
walker near the door, the directions t.
the mems tiXingS department.. The
fiOOr-WalkCr proceeded her to the cotln-
ter desired and, calling out Forward
one" left her in charge of Il dapper
little clerk, who twisted his baseball
muStache i'll Il way which was meant
to simply paralyzc the young woman,
but, which only served to annoy her
Il would like to see some of the lat
est things in negligce Shirts" she said
in an icy tone, which sent a shiver
down the back of the draper little
clerk and made him feel as though the
mercury had taken a sudden drop of
about 20 to 30 degrees.
What size, please?' he inquired in
a deferential tone.
Let me see" unused the aristocratic
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do"
WHAT" exclaimed the draper
clerk, forgetting to twist his mustache
in his excitement
Il said &c" replied the young woman
in Il decided tone. which was meant to
crush the draper little clerk complete
ly.
Butter, there are no shirts made as
large us that, MISS" said the clerk,
alphabetically; do you want them for
| a very large man?'
what business is that of yours for
whom / want them?' replied the styl-
| ish girl. quickly. you are paid to wait
| on customers and not to ask impertin-
ent questions"
| tie clerk seemed to get very close, and
| the thermometer resumed business at
| the old stand. as the stylish girl glared
at him after her last remark
Il am sorry, but there must be some
mistake" said the warm-looking little
| salesman; the largest size in the neg
| ligee shirts is 10 inches"
| ssEa1yr ,x,aII soil :;
looking girl loftiiy, perhaps there is
some mistake. I'll ascertain and will
| be back again later"
| She went Immediately to the wo-
mans parlor and taking out a tape
measure, stood in front of q looking
| glass, and running the tape carefully
| around under her arms and over her
well-rounded bosom looked at it and
frowned as she remarked to herself:
| ''The impudence of that monkey. /
knew it was correct and they must
have shirts of that size; gracious. I'm
rot nearly as big as papa, and he wears
those kind
Down she went in triumph to the
mems FILINGS, AMI encouraged the
! snall-sized clerk, who had resumed his
/ sntirk and mustache twisting, but stop
ped it as soon as he saw the young wo-
man approaching.
Il knew I was correct" she said de-
! family; $50 is the size, and you must
have them
We'll" said the little clerk in des-
peration, Il will show you the largest
/ size we have in Stock and he hauled
down a box of 19-inch shirts, which
would fit Grover Cleveland, and spread
, one of them on the counter before the
young woman, who looked at him in
amaZement.
/ "Oh, I'm sure that's too big" she
said, pettishly, pouting up her lovely
lips, and drawing forth the tape meas
! the smart little clerk smiled a knowing
smile to himself as he caught on.
| The tape measure showed that the
| shirt measured 4S inches around the
chest and the young lady looked at the
| clerk in a dazed way
What did you mean by saying that
10 inches was the largest size you kept
| Why, this shirt is almost so inches.
| But" responded the clerk in his
most suave manner, that is not the
way shirts are measured, miss; they
are always told by the size of the col
lar
A warm flush spread over the stylish
girls face as she realized her mistake
and she even condesended to smile up
on the clerk, who was by this time
feeling on very good terms with him
self.
''Oh, I must have gotten my shopping
list mixed" she said, sweetly, land
think a-about IA IL will be about
the size. You may send me three Of
the prettest patterns you have, and bt