Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-01
SHOPPING IN EUROPE
Women the Managers OF Most OF the No
tIoa and Speciality Stores

Women the Managers OF Nest OF the No
ton and Speciality Stores
Outside Of the large European shops q
national fame u stranger hardly know
where 10 ask for his or her wants Tia
small shops include everything, but what
things in what shops 10 the puzzle. In =
small German town, when mosquito net
ting was asked for Mt n general dry Eoods
store. the inquirer was dirCrtci to = small
notion, or what the English term Thread
and needle. - shop for IT. When found il
was Wrapped in a newspaper. and a larES
pin served IN the place Of twinc- ThiH
sounds primitive, but no one would think
Of complaining 81 the parcels appearances,
except these particular Americans. - oas
OF whom cid p<g.SsE most CnSEssticAily
against IT,
The elOvcshupus are very small. hut AIS
well fitted up with one or two counters.
comfortable ssats, "A ClrcUratcyl window and
mirrors Why j. II that ~ many shop
show rnirTUrs directly opposite n customer,
when she does not rsguirO the aid Of ont
in her purchase. unless the idea IS u
keep her In good humurt In London
ono Of the best gIUvCrs sells hosiery down
stairs and gloves and fans above They
also show glove boxes, s1rCtelsers and pow
der shakers in the same cascs with gloves
Men selI the gloves here and only try
them On when requested to- Only war
rHntcd gloves are exchanged IL they rip o.
tear when first putting them On, and only
the best qualities are warranted
In Paris much Of the same custom pre-
walls, though the chief shops are larger,
one ON the boulevard dos Italicns having
two windows No better gloves can lie
found than are sold 1T the Bon MlTclsc
and LouvTC. whCrc the glove trade Is inn
mcnse, but thr small shops have also an
- -
houses self gloves TO match each dress,
which takes trade that may bc called high
class and higher priced While the sales-
people do not offer to try on gloves. they
will do IL when requested to. and all first
class gloves are CxchangC1hlc under this
conditions prevailing here
Berlin abUunds In Ei0vcshops. also vi
emma. Hamburg. DRESDEN. and Munich has
at least two neat ones. selling n prOmi-
nent make mauutac; urcSi in the outskirts
O: that city Women are the clerks here
and an very prominent in the mercantile
circles Of Europe especially in France.
where thVy scCm born with a business tact
and faculty unknown to other nations. In
Berlin the display Of dark nd piquC gloves
in pretty window was marked New
York style Europe did not take kindly
ut first TO large buttons. but now thcy ara
pronounced very chic Tho fash.on Of
keeping gloves 81 all sizes Loose in = large
package that was noticed in several Ger
man shops dcs-s not favUrahly impress an
American accustomed to the neatly wrap
pCd and boxed gloves shown in this cOul-
Try.
What We call nOiiCns-EccLllcs, IhrCad,
dress stays. pins, bindings. etc--auc con
sidcrCd small wares and habcrViaShCry in
Europe, the latter term being common in
London ThrcadncClllc sfrcCt in London
probably received its name from the small
warcs or ''5bTcad and needle shops that
were their in hyE0nc days Such shops are
universally carried ON by women, and Of
ten the owner does dressrnaking or plain
sCwinE--Dry Goods Economist