Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-23
MEMS CHARACTERISTICS.
How They Arc utilized by the Vendors Of
Daily Newspapers.

Daily Newspapers.
Part of the stock in trade OF the keepers
Of nowsstands Is their memory. Not only
can they remember the faces of their GUS
toners, but they know at q glance, almost
without thinking, what particular paper
tho customer takes every morning. There
Is woman with a newsstand at ono OF
the al" stations In Harlem who does a
rushing business 36b days in the year. She
has hundreds Of customers, yet she knows
ench one as he comes along and gets his
paper ready to DO passed to him.
Let customer change his paper, and
tho next day she Is ready with two papers,
the new one as we'll 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 he is aware that he
has made his wish known the particular
paper he wants Is In his hand. She has
caught the glance of his eye and knows
whether no has decided to go back to his
old love or to take up with his choice Of
yesterday morning.
She never makes mistake. If she
should chance to hand man the wrong
paper, Il Is because he has changed his
mind suddenly, ut the very instant and
she has not had time to follow his fckle
mentality. On Sunday the man may take
several papers After tho first Sunday she
has them all bundled up for him as soon
as he Is in sight, or, II DO sends ono of his
children or a 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 tho money ready, or may be in a
hurry to catch the train. 1t Is oil ono to
her. The customer waves his hand in
token of his desire for her to "put 1t on
tho slate" and she smiles an aoquiesoence.
She has scores of little accounts like this,
but she never writes them down. Her
memory is enough Whom the time comes
for settlement, she con toll the figure with
out hesitation, even II she happens to be
serving two or three other people at the
same instant. Her mental books always
balance.
1t was after the morning rush, and she
had little time, the other day, when she
was asked how she contrived to remember
every one with whom she did business.
"Oh, 1t comes natural" she said.
"Thoro is always u little popularity about
every one, and 1 fix that popularity IN
my mind, almost without knowing It,
One man has certain kind of walk, an
other smile, another quick, jerky way,
another scowl, and so on. Then there Is
something about a PERSONS dress that
keeps him in your mind. He may moi
wear tho Same clothes all the time, bu,
there is something in the way that he put.
them ON that makes him distinctive. Nc
two mon wear their clothes the same way
You could take suit of clothes and put
them on a dozen different mon Of exactly
tho same size, one after tho other, and
could pick out each one, If they all wore
Masks
Chow about women?'
ooh, there Is more difference between
women than men. But then, you nevel
see two women dressed exactly alike
Women's clothes vary much moro thar
those of men. With men 1t Is just coat
and trousers and hats and cane, and thu
is all. If it were not for the individual
characteristics Of mon they would be 81
much alike that no enc could tell then
apart. New York Press.