St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-28
HUw she BUYS SHOES.


0ss or the Isteressi.g Pseuliazis,ss -
Lovely Woman.
There were two of them, evidently
old friends. and rs they stood looking
at display of shoes in the window Of
. Woodward avenue store the 6rst one
remarked:
"Now, then, if you were me, would
you really1buy . pair Of shoes?'
"Why, it seems to me that / would
replied the other. 'but you must use
your own judgment about it. OF course,
shoes will always be worn moro on
less"
"Ycs, suppose So"
'And If you have an extra pair il
won't be nothing thrown away"
mo. IRuess will take your nd.
vice"
..But don't buy because l say 90. !
shouldn't want to regret it. you
know"
"Well, we'll see."
1t was busy day and every clerk
was employed, but after taking . seat
ON the sofa they gesticulsted until the
attention of q foor-walker was at
tracted, and he sent them = salesman.
"You keep shoes. don't you?" in
qcired the one who thought of buying.
"Yes'm."
"What would you buy-lace. button.
high or Oxfords?" she asked of her
friend.
II always wear high, buttoned. but
You do as you think best"
"Well, will look at some button
shoes on an A last Don't bring me
anything but an A last and Iwant No.
o'A"
While he was getting five or six pairs
of shoes she removed the one from her
right foot and told her friend = story
about q woman in Toledo which took
up nine minutes and kept the clerk
waiting for five minutes.
'sToo small" he said, rs he pulled .
shoe over her toes
'1s that No. 2 on an A last?'
"Yes'm."
"Well, that's funny. That's what
I've always worn"
.'Well, you can't get your foot in.
Ill bring You something else"
He brought 21s's on a Il last She
managed to get her big toe in with tho
9th ers. but that was all.
Then he brought her No. SIS on G
last. and as she finally managed to
wiggle her foot into the shoe it wac
evident that she could not stand.
you'll have to have larger shOe.
he said.
.'My stars! but what can all all yoAe
shoes? I'm sure can wear No. e's on
an A last You know that" she added
to her friend.
II have always noticed how small
your foot was," was the reply.
Then she tried on Oxforis from No
rs to No. As, and from an A to ID
last She couldn't walk without hob
bling. Then she went back to buttons
and tried the line all over again with
out avail A No. 31s on = ID last was
evidently fit for her foot The clerk
said it fitted like glove, but she pulled
it of and whispered to her friend:
Don't you think the goods in stock
have shrank?"
Likely as not
"Or walking around on my foot has
swelled it?"
II shouldn't wonder"
''Will you take this psir?" asked the
clerk, as he held them up.
IL think not. We are Just .lAok-
ing around, you know. We may come
in again. Very much obliged to you.
They started to go out, but turned
aside to see some slippers and were
eighteen minutes inspecting them and
asking prices Then they went over
and looked At some baby shoes and put
in twelve minutes more. They had
reached the door when they saw a sign
of "Rubbers at cost, and stopped and
overhauled about fifty pairs and con-
sumed fifteen minutes further time.
When they finally reached the street.
the one who had tried ON the shoes
said to the other:
I'VE must remember this place 20
rs not to come here again. You saw
for yourself that the people have no
accommodation about them.
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