Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-16
MEMS CHARACTERISTICS.
How They Are Utilized BY the venders %
Daily Newspapers.

Part of the stock in trade Of the keepers
of newsstands Is their memory. Not only
,an they remember the faces Of their Gus.
toners, but they know ps a glance, almost
without thinking, what Particular paper
the customer takes every morning. There
is woman with a newsstand al one OF
she "L" stations in Harlem who does
rushing business 965 days In the year. She
has hundreds of customers yet she knows
each one as he comes along and gets his
paper ready to be passed to him.
Let o customer change his paper, and
the 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 be 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 q mistake. II she
should chance to hand man the wrong
paper, 1t Is because he has changed his
mind suddenly, at the very instant, and
she has not had time to follow his f1ckle
mentality. On Sunday the man may take
several papers. After the first Sunday ahe
has them all bundled up for him as soon
as he Is in sight, or, II he sends one Of his
children or a servant, she knows the new
oomer 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. It Is all one to
her. The customer waves his hand In
| token Of his desire for her TO "put 1t on
the slate" and she smiles an acquiescence.
| She has scores of little accounts like this,
but she never writes them down. HeI
memory is enough. When the time comes
for settlement, she can tell 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 sht
was asked how she oontrivsd to remembel
every one with whom she did business.
"Oh, 1t comes natural" she said
"Tbere Is always little popularity abou
every one, and 1 fix that popularity II
my mind, almost without knowing 1t
One man has a certain kind Of walk, an
other a smile, another quick, jerky way
another scowl, and 80 on. Then therc Il
something about O PERSONS dress tina
keeps him in your mind. He may no
wear the same clothes all the time, hu
there Is something in the way that he put
them on that makes him distinctive. M
two men wear their clothes the same way
You could take q suit Of clothes and pu
them on dozen different men Of exaotl,
the same size, one after the other, and
could pick out each one, If they all wor
Masks
"How about women?"
"Oh, there is more difference between
women than men. But then, you neve
see two women dressed exactly alike
Women's clothes vary much more thai
those of men. With men it Is just coat
and trousers and hats and a cane, and tina
is all. If it were not for the individua
characteristics Of men they would be 81
much alike that no one could tell then
apart. New York Press.
| CIRCULATION Explained at Last.
"What makes you women kiss when
you meet?"
"It is sort Of apology in advance for
what we mean to say about each other
after we part. "-Indianapolis Journal.