Milford chronicle., 1896-01-17
MEMS CHARACTERISTICS.
How They Are Utilized by the Vendors OF
Daily Newspaners.

How They Are Utilized by the Vendors Of
Daily Newspapers.
Part Of the stock in trade of the keepers
of newsstands is their memory. Not only
can they remember the faces Of their Gus
toners, but they know at a glance, almost
without thinking, what particular paper
the customer takes every morning. There
is woman with newsstand at ono Of
the L. stations in Harlem who does q
rushing business 365 days in the year. She
has hundreds of customers, yet she knows
each ono as he comes along and gets his
paper ready to be passed to him.
Let a customer change his paper, and
the next day she is ready with two papers,
the new one as well as that which he has
been in the habit of taking She holds
them both toward him, Watching his eye
as she does so. Before no is aware that he
has made his wish known tie particular
paper he wants is in his hand. She has
caught the glance of his eye and knows
whether he has decided to go back to his
old love or to take up with his choice Of
yesterday morning.
She never makes a mistake. If she
should chance to hand a man the wrong
paper, it is because he has changed his
mind suddenly, at tho very instant, and
she has not had time to follow his tickle
mentality. On Sunday the man may take
several papers. After the first Sunday she
has them all bundled up for him as soon
as he is in sight, or, if he sends ono Of his
children or servant, she knows the new
conner after seeing him or her once, and
the papers are ready regularly.
Some regular customers do not always
have the money ready, or may be in a
hurry to catch the train. II is all ono to
her The customer waves his hand in
token Of his desire for her to "put it on
the slate, - and she smiles an acquiescence
She has scores of little accounts like this
but she never writes them down Her
memory is enough. When the time comes
for settlement, she can toll the figure with
out hesitation, even if she happens to bel
serving two or three other people at the
same instant. Her mental books always
balance.
1t was after the morning rush, and she
had a little time, the other day, whom she
was asked how she contriyed to remember
every one with whom she did business.
"Oh, it comes natural, she said.
"There is always little popularity about
every one, and fix that popularity inl
my mind, almost without knowing it.
One man has certain kind Of walk, an
other a smile, another quick, jerky way,
another a scowl, and so on. Then there is |
about a PERSONS dress that
keeps him in your mind. He may not
wear the same clothes all the time, but
there is something in the way that he puts
them on that makes him distinctive mol
two men wear their clothes the same way. |
You could take a suit Of clothes and put /
them on dozen different men of exactly /
the same size, one after the other, and /
could pick out each one il they all wore
masks.
GLOW about women?"
"Oh, there is moro difference between
women than men. But then, you never
sec two women dressed exactly alike.
Women's clothes vary much more than
those of men. With men it is Just coats
and trousers and hats and a cane, and that
Is all If it wore not for the individual
Of men they would be so
much alike that no one could tell them
apart. New York Press.