The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-03
Character in Finrer..

Character in Fingers.
Now I'm in for il; can tell by her
fingers" said a saieswoman in a glove
store in the shopping district. according
20 the New York sun. The remark was
made N an undertone 10 another sales
woman as customer took a seat and re-
moved her gloves preparatory TO a fit
ing The salesWoman turned TO the Gus
toner and said pleasantly, What can i
show you. madam2"
Gloves, Of course" came the answer
tartly. You don't keep anything else
here
Yes, I beg your pardon. We do" re
turned the saleswOman amiably. We
keep a lovely line Of six underwear for
ladies, and also stOckings-f
Well, / want gloves said the Gus
toner In an irritated way, a pair Of three
button pique-stirched gloves
What size and shade. please2'
Butter, with black embroidered IN
black; number six and half"
The gloves were produced and then
came the tug Of war. The shop girl patfed
and cOaxed. and finally pulled, without
making much progress. Or those gloves
wouldn't go The customer got red IN the
face. and finally said impatiently
New in the business, aren't your
NO, madam. I've been at this counter
three years. and / think If you'll let me try
a seven on you
Seven, Seven! Are you crazy2 ! never
wore a seven in my life. Its impertinenco
IN you to suggest to me what number or
glove / shall wear. and IL did my duty
I'd report you. ~
4 beg your pardon" said the girl. III
get these on in time. I was merely going
10 suggest that every one nearly takes a
half size larger in these gloves. There,
now it is on. Shall 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 saleswo-
man turned to a friend, who had dropped
in 20 see her. and said.
That woman's fingers bend inward and
are hard and stiff 10 the touch. l have
found since I've bee4i In this business that
this Is invariably an indication of excessive
Sc lhshness. a woman with fingers OF TINS
des 'riptiOn has no regard FOR the ieel-
ings Of others. She is usually cautious, too,
and examines well before purchasing, 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 inward, as TINS
wOman's did. make uD my mind 10 be
thoroughly polite and amiable, no matter
how much / am provoked.
What can do for you, miss?' she con
tinued addressing a plump young girl,
who came in next, threw herself down on
a seat, and jerked off pair of well-worn
me? Oh, I want pair of gloves. Tan,
undressed kid, please, and let them be-
mousquetaires. Don't you think they'll
look best with a brown crepon? on, my
gown is too sweet! Say. you just meas
ure and see what number I take. What?
Six and a quarter? ! used to wear skies. w
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
saleswom5n she asked:
What is your name? I'd like to ask
for you the next time | come in here.
AS the second customer left the store
the saleSwoman resumed:
Dear, little. impulsive thingl / knew
1t Immediately. Those short fingered peo-
pie are usually quick and hasty. Some
times they get angry but they always
make II up before leaving the store, and
as a rule arc the easiest customers of all
to wait on. They are very fun of vitality,
and are marked contrast with my lady
with long tapering fingers. She Is very
careful about little things, and possesses
fine taste. In fact, the long-fingered lady
is commonly aesthetic and matches or
contrasts gloves and gowns with the
greatest nicely. She Is often over sensi-
tive about her appearance, and while we
are not bothered by having TO make sug-
gesuons, she IS as rule pretty nara TO
please. A woman who works does not
have to tell it to us. The tins of her
! fingers and her nails give this fact away
| by spreading. She is pleasant customer,
/ though. and attends strictly to business
| when she comes in OF course, she hash
/ much money to spend. so generally has
! made up her mind beforehand what she
I wants and how much she wants to pay
! for it. She comes and goes in a hurry
! and has little to say.
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 dgits.
| They are apt to be adaptable in their
| natures, and of course. are easily in
| fiuenced. 1t would never do to let such
a thing get out, but do you know such PEG,
/ pie are fine subjects for off styles and
/ colors? and it must be admitted that the
woman who understands human nature
! in this business takes advantage of this
| fact and gets off many a pair that would
either have to be carried over or returned
| to the factories"