Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-13
CHARACTER m fINeERs.
Observations Made by saIo.womAn In =
Glove Store.

Glove store.
Now I'm In for 10. can ten by her
fingers" said sa,eswoman In glove
store in the shopping district. The rumnrk
was mnde In an undcrtono to another Gales
woman Ms customer took scat and re-
moved her gloves preparatory to a fitting.
The saleswoman turned TO tho customer
and said pleasantly, "what can 1 show you,
madam"
"Glovos, OF course" camo the answer
tartly. lyon don't keep anything else
here"
"Yes, beg pardon, wo do" returned
the saleswoman nmiAbly. ave keep
lovely limo Of silk underwear for Indies,
and also stockings"
"well, l want gloves" said tho customer
In an irrltatod way "a pair Of three but
ton piauo stitched gloves"
"what sizo and shade, pleased"
Butter, with back embroidered in black.
No. GA."
The gloves wcro produced, and then
came tho tug OF war. Tho shopgirl pattcd
and coaIed, and finally pulled, without
making much progress. On those gloves
wouldn't 60. Tho customer got red In the
face, and finally said impatlently;
Now in tho burlness, aren't your
"No, madam, I've been at this counter
three years, and think II you'll let mo
try a on you
"Sovenl Sevenl Are you crnzyi never
wore q seven In my life. It's impertlnenco
in you TO suggest to me what number OF
glove / shall wear, and II did my duty
I'D report you"
81 beg your pardon" said the girl. "I'n
get these on In time. was merely going
to suggest TINT every one nearly takes a
half size larger in these gloves. There,
now 10 is on. Shall put on tho otherp'
The other was put on after another great
effort on the part Of the snleswomnn, and
tho customer sailed out. The saleswoman
turned and said;
"That woman's fingers bond inward
and nro hard and stifI to tho touch. 1
have found since I've been In this business
that this Is invariably an indication of ox-
cossiyc selfshuesS. A woman with fingers
OF this description has no regard for tho
feelings of others She IS usually cautious
too, and examines we'll before purchasing
and thcn she is reserved l size a woman
up by her hands tho minute sho removes
hcr gloves 20 DO fitted, and when one shows
up with fingers that bend inward as this
woman's did, mako up my mind 10 DO
thoroughly polite and Hmlablo no matter
how much nm provoked.
"What can do for you, missF she con-
tinued, addressing plump young girl,
who came In next, threw herself down On
seat and jurked OF u pair OF well worn
gloves.
"Moi oh, l want pair OF gloves Tan,
undresscd Kid, please, and let them be
mousquetairrs, Don't you think they'll
look best with brown creponY oh, my
gown is too sweet Say, you just measure
and SEQ what number l take, WhatS Six
and quartNr9 used 10 wear sixes."
While tho snleswomnn WAS slipping the
gloves on the short, plump fingers tho girl
chattcred on about her clothes, where she
was going and her family history, and az
she received hor parcel from the saloswOm-
an sho asked;
"What Is your nnmoP I'd like to ask for
you the next tino 1 como In here"
As the second customer left tho store
tho snleswomAn rosumodi
Dear little, iupulsiyo thing know
| II Immediately. Those short fingered poo.
Pile arc usually quick and hasty, Some
times they got angry, but they always
mako 1t up before leaving tho storo and
az q rulo are the easiest customers Of all q
wait on. They arc worry fun OF vitality,
and are In marked contrast with my lady
with long tapIfnR fingers. She Is very
careful about lttlO things and posscssc,
| lno tastes In fact, tho long fingered lndy
| Ia commonly aesthetic and matches or con
trasts gloves aud gowns with the greatest
nicely. She Ia often 0yersensitive about
her appearance and while we arc not both
cred by having TO Neutrality-suspicious., sho Il
as "A rule pretty hard to please A woman
who works does not have TO toll II 10 us
The tips OF her fingers and her nails give
this fact away by spreading, She Is d
| pleasant customer, though, and attendi
strictly to business when sho comes in. Ol
course she haSn't much money TO spend, 81
i generally has made up her mind before
hand what she wants nnd how much SHE
wants to pay for 1t. She comes and goU
IN hurry and has little TO say.
"Tho customers that nrO most easily
managed In our business arc the ones witt
plastic, duxlblu fingers that bend far back
We flnd that their minds are as capable o
being bent as their dlsits. They are APP
to DO adaptable IN their natures, and, u
course, are easily influenced. IL woult
never do 10 Let such thing get out, but
do you know, such people are llno subject
for of styles and oolors, aud II must b'
admitted TINT the woman who understand
human mature In this business takes ad
Vantage of this fuct and gets OIL many I
pair that would either have 10 DO carrict
over or returned to the factories. New
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