The sun., 1897-12-05
NOW CARE1 Ess SHOPPERS BOTHER.
A Woman who Lost o Clerk $500 I'm sales
while She ..Looked Arouud.o

"Talking about cranky shoppers" said the
salesman In the jewelry and silverware store,
"the coming of Christmas reminds me of q GUS
toner / had last year. two or three days be-
fore the 25th. About II 80 one morning,
Just when the store was packed with shoppers,
lady came in and asked to look at novelties,
also silverware. She was interested in only the
expensive goods. and took pains to show her
fully our best line. Several parties whom am
accustomed to serve were in the store while she
was there, but let others wait on them and
devoted my time to her. I iatter myself
that I am good salesman. and more
over that can tell pretty quickly the
shopper who really intends to buy that day, and
the shopper who Is only looking around. This
lady. after examining everything closely, pric-
ing, comparing, getting my ideas, and occasional
ly referring to the proprietor's taste as he came
round. taking up an hours time in the busiest
part OF the day, remarked carelessly that she
had son who was then hunting expedition
In the South. He expects to be an usher for q
wedding in June she said. L will write him
about these things have seen and very likely
when he comes back he will look in himself
In june madam l could not help & ex.
N sops wa
ing to get things for the day after tomorrow,
o,,, Why. yes. she said seemingly n not whit
things would be out OF their cases now and that
1t was good time to get suggestions.'
pered to one of the men as my customer swept
out to her carriage; and then the laugh was on
me, because all had expected to hear Of a 81 600
sale at least counted up and found that had
lost exactly $500 worth of sales while that
womnn snn. was "a In the store
such odd things that TO tell about them sounds
like exaggeraton," he went, on. See this
sod FSe se o
lady who lives---well. not a hundred blocks from
II those berries were rubies the brooch would
be costly, but being Rarnets 1t is worth only $40.
chaser. a tall self-coected. stern.looking ing man man
came in and addressed himself to me.
"'Yop sold this brooch to my wife, under:
stand, he said. holding out the brooch. told
ri want you to take 1t back and refund tho
:s.::znythine :: wrong about # Z I asked.
mo. But you had no right to sell such an
rst ndnsp out Il she Bought W Il with s MY con
sent; l do not choose that she should buy goods
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her. Besides you overcharged her because she
"He WAS SO in earnest and berated me so
though i Knew Il % was ali ali dif' ridiculous. / ex. M
had paid for the article. and that the firm did
not take back goods under such conditions. He
op Of we're
customers listening, and then. when he found
that 4 was no go and that we would not take
the open door into the middle of the muddy
| street and took himself off,
"What did we dot Why, one of our boys ran
out and picked up the case from under the very
feet Of a cab horse. We packed the brooch care
| fully in q new case and sent It round to the
man act in that wayf Crankiness, pure and
| simple He is one of the kind that objects to
| his wfe's making any disposal Of his money
without consulting him. He is not close. Il cd,
either. That very Christmas he bought her a
| n hnF linz
six times the amount of that little gold leaf with
| the garnets."