St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-26
ON A SHOPPING TOUR.

ON A SHOPPING TOUR.
IL my unsophisticated youthful days /
used to wish / were Ii man. That was before
grew old enough 10 go shopping. Now,
am sure that however much men may say to
the contrary, they must envy ms the pleasure
we take in buying n package of hair pins or
pair Of hose. Where is the pleasure in
wearing clothes If you can't examine ana
ask the price of everything in the store when
you buy them A man walks in, filings down
quarter. says socks and marches thank
fully away with small parce! under his
nrm. They may fit but il is doubtful. Poor
things! " hat they miss. Women 20 in and
thoroughly enjoy themselves from the min
ute they Start out until they return home.
radiant with satisfaction. at having bought
curling iron for cents when their frie nds
have paid 8.
81 q e.
OF course. you can't be expected to carry
your purchases home. Already handicapped
with poeketrook. handkerchief, lorn-
gnette smelling bottle, shopping bag, muff
and memorandum, we could not bear up
Nlnder one more hat pin. And then the men
wonder why we have small parcels deliv-
cred. Perhaps, IL We wore great coats with
ten or eleven pockets we could manage
few extra packages.
81 & &
flow truly sorry we ought to be for poor
Queen Victoria and all the other women
doomed TO wear crowns Why, when think
how entirely cut off She is from ever hang
ing breathiessly over a rem nant counter or
gasping for very joy at removal SALE 1t
wrings tears of pity from my weak eyes ana
tender heart. And how she must be cheated.
wouldn't be at all surprised II some bad
man sold her cotton instead Of silk illusion
for that remarkable affair with which she in
sists upon disfguring her head. The par
amount reason which makes me rejoice
that l am not an English woman. is the
fear that might have to wear a Victoria
head dress. often think how she must hate
bonnets that are brought TO her. Think how
much enjoyment Queen Vic and the empress
of Germany would take if they were let loose
on Wabasha street. Any day we may expect
to hear that her most august majesty and
Beatrice have been caught on some small
back street. asking the price of hat pins or
feather busters. don't suppose they know
the difference between all wool or part cot
ton ana yet they are not considered total
failures in this world. But l suppose they
are way up on the price of the latest things
in crowns, Indian shawls and prime minis
tiers.
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Surely the thought that now no restraint
will be put upon her shopping propensities
ought to console the Princess Kaiulani for
the loss of paltry crown. She will be able
to mingle with the common herd and buy
glass leads. tin mirrors and eagle feathers TO
her hearts content
IL q &
How well intelligent clerks understand us.
They know that we mean to take the pair OF
shoes that we examined first, but we realize
that no one likes to draw d salary that is not
amply earned, SO we help out their pricking
conscience by looking at every style OF NO.
shoes-although we are we'll aware tina: we
couldn't possibly squeeze into anything less
than No. 5. Did you ever see a woman
that couldn't wear q smaller size but likes
to be comfortable?'' feel certain that small
feet must be very uncomfortable to nayi-
gate on.
But even our beloved shopping does not
consist entirely of pleasure. The woman
who takes man with her m axes a fatal mis-
take. Take their purses, but leave them at
home to mind the baby. They are so Gu
rious then they will make silly jokes with
the saleslady, aud think a garment must be
handmade to be respectable.
q d &
While waiting in q prominen mt dry goods
establishment spied sign Umbrellas re-
covered while you wait" Isn't that clever
Yet people complain about our detective
force Why, have known for eight years
Just where some of my numerous umbrellas
were, and yet cannot recover them. hur-
ried to the desk and gave the clerk long
and minute description of some of them. but
he was awfully stupid and seemed to think l
wanted old frames covered. L suppose the
regular clerk had gone to dinner, but shall
stop in there again. Such an opportunity is
too good to be lost Those same detectives
ought to be able to recover Tascott or Char
ley Ross in a week.
& q &
One pretty clerk had friend across the
AISLE and as she measured ribbons sundry
choice bits of gossip were thrown her. Much
to our amusement we learned that Charlie
says l waltz lovely" How did YOU like
Susie's hair?'' Isn't he too sweet?" and
finally naively between gum chews, We're
engaged now"
If any one wishes to see the pretty girls of
ST. Paul, let them leave the hill and fashion
able thoroughfaIes and visit our retail estab-
lishments. am not sure whether the firms
only employ attractive girls or whether the
discipline, patience and sweet-tempered con-
troll which they have to exercise over their
own feelings improves their disposition until
sweetness and good nature beams from their
faces.
Last week 1 was four hours purchasing
spool of thread. circumstances over which
l had no control prevented my buying it in
less time. Had 1 control over some OF the
circumstances, 1 would have them jailed.
The first hindranee was a female who hap
pened TO be acquainted with the clerk. After
examining everything, from cake of soap
to q silk dress-and buying nothing-she
asked how his wife and eldest child were,
then how the twins and his sister were: then
she went back to his remote ancestry, dug up
his great grandmother. and told how well she
going to her funeral. Here she
paused to dive into the depths of her shop
ping bag, and brought to light wisp of cam
brick, upon which she dropped silent tear
Unwittlngly the unfortunate man Ie.
marked that the children were i'll. l deter
mined TO try another Store, and as left, she
was just starting in upon learned treatise
about Group, measles, etc. A crowd of I'M
patient customers did not disturb her in the
least, and doubt not she is talking yet.
q q 81
l was some time making my way out of
that store; as opened the door, i'll rushed a
mass of women, who seemed to
fear the store would escape, or were bent on
how many could get i'll before
one unfortunate individual-viz., myself
could get out.
& & q
1 had paid very little attention to the
weather when 1 started, but it seemed to be
very important consideration with the ma
jority of the people whom | met. In the
first store which l entered the clerk re-
marked, VERY fine weather." to which l
replied, Very the next clerk said, Most
unpleasant day." and l said, Very" An
other clerk greeted me with, quite warm
outs; still stuck to Very as my only safe
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