Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-21
4 Singers Experience with Brit
ish Shop-Keepers.
They Keep Every Thing Under Lock and
Key and Look Upon Customers with
Suspicious Eyes-A Hunt for
JacQueminot Rose.

In an interview with New York Herald
reporter singer who has undergone much
Of her training abroad describes her search
after q desired article in London store.
Sin London they keep every thing under
lock and key. Why, I went to tho shoe
maker of His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales to buy pair of rubbers. Here's the
conversation that attended the sale:
H'What would the lady likei
"'A pair of rubbcrs.'
ooh, yes. Mr.. Brown, please step this
way
'Mr. Brown appears and inquiries:
"'WhAt would you like, missl
"'Rubbers'
ooh, yes, Fosdickl Fosdick, please call
Charles to unlock the drawer the sandals
are in.' ''''-'
''Charles comes forward, urlocks drawer
after drawer till l find a pair to fit, and
begin to look upon rubbers as very valuable
articles and wonder if must keep mine In
ajewel case hereafter
"You go into a 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
injunctions to Move on Don't touch the
pictures NO canes or umbrellas allowed
inside etc.
short hour and a half it takes-and you are
in totally different nation, different cos
tunes, different language, and oh how diff
ferent the customs. Every thing is open to
inspection. No enc suspects you OF beinga
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, anu az yo- 800 -.
espionage was a man to 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 pro-
test from any one. For all I could see, one
could carry off two or three vases, poke his
umbrella through picture, punch hole in
the wall, drop dynamite in q corner and no
one would know who did it,
Sand the English tradespeople are 50
slow comprehending you, while the French
understand the slightest nod, and even an
ticipate your wishes.
81 went into q florists in London and
asked for some Jacqueminot roses.
'Ah,' said the proprietor, Jack-Jack-'
tJacqueminot roses
"sOh, yes. Miss Clara, please come for
ward
"Miss Clara appears.
"'What would the lady likel'
"Jacqueminot roses-red, red roses some
thing like June roses, you know
June roses. How many?'
=" 4 don't want June roses. Jacqueminot
roses; something like June roses, Isaid.'
.'Mr. Brownp Miss Clara calls.
''Mr. Brown appears on the scene to play
his little part in the farce.
what did you say you wantedr inquired
Miss Clara.
81 was getting quite desperate.
oo,a~ -
magenta COLOR Meantime / was turning
magenta color myself with frenzy,
"'Mr. Brown, have we any Jack
"Jacqueminot roses 1 said, feebly.
"'What did the lady say she wishedp in
Quired Mr.. Brown, suavely.
'Jacqueminot roses. Red-nearly like
June roses
eve can give you some very handsome
yellow roses
50 mo, 1 want Jacqueminot. Have yop
ncner
"sWe have several other varieties. Al
low me to show you some
"'No, thank you
"Miss Clara here inquired politely il the
lady would not take some June roses?
"sNo, non
low me to show you some said Miss Clara.
like photograph OF Mr. Brown.
!" NO, no, mol / thank you.'
Gas neared the door the proprietor,
who had first passed me over to Miss Clara,
advanced again with: What did the lady
wishP
"tJacqueminot roses
't'Miss Clara, haven't we any thing TO
please the ladyl Show her some yellow
roses
.'sNo. thank you, no. and escaped.
ssWen, 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 q SINGLE Jacqueminot
rose.
you want they tell you so, take your address
and the following day sendth very articles
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