The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-12

ting. The saleswoman turned to the Gus
toner and said pleasantly, What can
show you, MADAME"
Gloves, of course" came the answer
tartly. "You don't keep anything else
| here''
Eyes, l beg pardon, we do returned
| the saleswoman amiably. "We keep a
lovely line of silk underwear for ladies,
and also stockings"
"Wen, l want gloves" said the customer
| in an irritated way; "a pair of three-but-
| ton pique-stitched gloves"
What size and shade, pleaseP'
"Butter, with back embroidered in black;
number six and a hall"
The gloves were produced and then came
the tug of war. The shopgirl patted and
coaxed, and finally pulled without making
much progress On those gloves wouldn't
go. The customer got red in the face, and
finally said impatiently:
New in the business, aren't you?"
"No, madam, I've been at this counter
three years, and | think if you'll let me
try seven on you"
"Seven! Seven Are you crazy2
| never wore seven in my life. It's i'm
pertinence in you to suggest to me what
number of glove shall wear, and if 1 did
my duty I'd report you"
II beg your pardon" said the girl. "I'll
get these on in time. | was merely going
W suggest IudG every OlkS lcdI1y tdkoS d
half size larger in these gloves. There,
now it is on. Shall l put on the other?"
The other was put on after another great
effort on the part of the saleswoman, and
the customer sailed out. The saleswoman
turned to friend, who had dropped in to
see her, and said:
"That woman's fingers bend inward and
are hard and stiff to the touch. l have
found since have been in this business
hot iS &c 10 n in6 n q Y
cessive selfshness. A woman with fingers
of this description has no regard for the
feelings of others. She is usually eau
tious, too, and examines well before pur-
chasing, and then she is reserved. l size
a woman up by her hands the minute she
removes her gloves to be fitted, and when
one shows up with fingers that bend in
ward, as this womans did, 1 make up my
mind to be thoroughly polite and amiable,
no matter how much | am provoked.
What can | do for you, miss?" she con-
tinued, addressing plump young girl,
who came in next, threw herself down on
seat, and jerked off a pair OF well-worn
gloves.
''Me? Oh, want pair of gloves. Tan,
undressed kid, please, and let them be
mousquetaires. Don't you think They'll IL
look best with brown crepon? Oh, my
gown is too sweet? Say, you just measure
and see what number take. What? Six
and quarter? used to wear skies"
While the saleswoman was slipping the
gloves ON the short, plump fingers the girl
chartered on about her clothes, where she
was going, and her family history, and as
she received her parcel from the sales
woman she asked:
''What is your name? I'd like to ask
for you the next time L come in here"
AS the second customer left the store the
saleswoman resumed:
"Dear, little, impulsive thing! l knew
| it immediately. Those short-fngered peo-
pie are usually quick and hasty. Some
times they get angry, but they always
make it up before leaving the store, and as
rule are the easiest customers of all to
wait on. They are very full of vitality,
and are in marked contrast with my lady
with long, tapering fingers. She is very
careful about little things and possesses
| fine tastes. In fact, the long-fngered lady
is commonly aesthetic and matches or con-
trasts gloves and gowns with the greatest
nicely. She is often over-sensitiye about
her appearance, and while we are not both
cred by having to make suggestions, she is
as a rule pretty hard to please. A
woman who works does not have to
tell it to us. The tips of her fingers and
her nails give this fact away by spread
ing. She is pleasant customer, though,
and attends strictly to business when she
comes in. OF course she hasn't much
money to spend, so generally has made up
her mind beforehand what she wants and
how much she wants to pay for it. She
comes and goes in hurry and has little to
say.
1.-THE customers that are most easily
managed in our business are the ones with
plastic, flexible fingers that bend far back.
We find that their minds are as capable of
being bent as their digits. They are apt to
be adaptable in their natures, and, of
course, are easily influenced. 1t would
never do to let such thing get out, but,
do you know, such people are fine subjects
| for off styles and colors? and it must be
admitted that the woman who under
stands human nature in this business
takes advantage of this fact and gets off
many pair that would either have to be
carried over or returned to the factories"
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