The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-07
CASES OF FORGETFULNESS
PEOPLE WHO SOMETIMES DO NOT
REMEMBER WHERE THEY LIVE.
A Lady who Wanted Bunting to Deco
rate Her Summer Home but Didn't
Get IL In Time-The Reason.
Forgot where she lives'"

Forgot where she lives?"
Eyes, completely"
Then the v, ung men who had INDUCED
In this rconic interchange looked after
woman who was walking rapidly down
Westminster street When she had be, n
lost in the crowd one. OF the Young men
resumed Q convers ,tioI. "She 81 ems
TO know where she is going"
"Oh yes, she's all RI ht now, bnt she
wasn't when she cane into the st re the
other day. I'll tell ym how It was:
Last Moi day. the d ~ before The Fourth,
she came i0to the store al wanted to
look at some bunting for trimming up
the house in honor OF the nat. on's BIRTH
dav. She b u.ht quite bill OF goods and
asked me to send them to her re .idence
on George street. took the number.
name and everything aud told her 10
package would he delver.d d promptly.
"The incidel + passed out Of nv mind
until this morning, when she came
in and in AN, Injured way asked
81 nj her package home las Monday.
OF course l told her had. aud inquired
IL sac had not received H.. She sud she
she had not, and was very much dis
appointed. Then asked her to wait a
moment and would Sc what the trouble
was. The floor walker was spoken TO and
as q result of his Investigation IL was
cred at the wOman's George street resi-
dence. When this was explained to her
she said
George street, why am living for the
summer at Warwick Neck and tnat Is
where i wanted he package sent
But your city residelce is George
street. Is it not possible you gave that
to the clerk inadvertently
'For o moment she drummed her
fingers on her parasol then began to
laugh. it's all my fault Pm sure, I see
It now. Excuse me for putting you to
so mucn trouble, and away
she won't. A few minutes ago she came
back and said she had found the package
all right. The servants had received IL
aud had carefully kept it. Now that was
a case where that woman forget where
she lived. But we have cases Of that
kind all the time"
Mr.. O'ReiIiy's Experience.
Mr.. Dennis O'Rsilly has had large
experience with shoppers and Knows
their foibles and failings AZ we'll
as any man in Providence. When
he was told II The story of
the woman's forsstfulness he said
il was not OF unu ual occurrence. I'VE
have had similar casss but we do not
experience 10 much trouble from those
who 40 out OF town Ms from those wno
change Their residence from one part
of the city to another. Habit
is great m ,ster, and some of our GUS
toners who have recently moved from
Broadway. for instance, to Broad or
Hope street will for4et the i'm
portant changes in domicile when
they are giving orders for the delivery
of their goods and name the old residence
instead Of the new as the place Of deliv-
cry.
1t In habit entirely, and to cer-
tain extent forgetfulness. But it
very seldom results In any loss,
and even the inconveni nce is more
than compensated for by the amusing
side of the case, for in nearly everv in
stance. the customer who has forgotten
her place of residence Joins Ia the laugh
when her mistake is pointed out.