The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-05-14

! store.
Invent down stairs to the back of tn
store.
"Where will l find red calico lik
this?" / asked
"Next counter but one," said til,
man addressed, walking with me in tn,
direction pointed out.
Dunn, Show red calicoes."
Mr.. Dunn took my sample and look
ed at it.
eve havn't this shade in that quail
ty of goods" he said.
"Well, have you it in any quality
of goods?" l asked.
eyes, we've got finer"
And he took down a piece of calico
and unrolled a yard or two of it on the
counter.
"That's not this shade" l said.
"No," said he, "the goods is better
and the color is better"
81 want it to match this" | said.
~ thought you weren't particular
about the match," said the salesman
"You said you didn't care about the
goods, and you know you can't match
goods without you take into consider
alton quality and color both. If you
want that quality of goods in red you
ought to get Turkey red"
did not think it necessary to an.
swer this remark, but said:
''Then you have nothing to match
this?"
"No, sir. But perhaps they may have
it in the upholstery department in the
sixth story"
So / got in the elevator and went to
the top Of the house.
"Have you any red stuff like this?'
l said to a young man.
"Red stuff? Upholstery department
other end of the room"
went to the other end of the floor.
II want some red Calico" | said to a
man.
"Furniture goods?' he asked.
eyes," said /.
"Fourth counter to the Left
| went to the fourth counter to the
left, and showed my sample to sales
man. He looked at it it and said:
you'll get this down on second floor
calico department.
turned on my heel, descended the
elevator, and went out on Broadway.
| was thor ,ughly sick of red calico.
But determined to make one more
trial. My wife had bought her red
calico not long pefore, and there must
be some to be had somewhere. |
ought to have asked her where she
bought it, but thought simple thing
like that could be bought anywhere.
went into another large dry goods
store. As l entered the door a sud-
den tremor seized me- | could not
bear to take out that piece of red cali
co. If l had any other kind of rag
about ma pen wiper or anything of
the sort-I think would have asked
them if they could match that.
But l stepped up to a young woman
and presented my sample with the usual
question.
"Back room, counter on the left
she said.
l went there.
"Have you any red calico like this?''
| asked of the lady who stood behind
the counter.
mo, sir" she said, "but we have it
in Turkey red"
Turkey red again! l surrendered.
"All right" | said, "give me Tur.
key red."
"How much, sir?" she asked.
81 don't know-say five yards
The lady looked at me rather strange.
ly, but measured off five yards of Tur.
key red calico. Then she raped on
the counter and called out "cash!" A
little girl with yellow hair in two long
plaits came slowly up. The lady
wrote the number of yards, the name
of the goods, her own name, the price
the amount of the banknote | handed
her, and some other matters, probably
the color of my eyes, and the direction
and velocity of the wind, on a slip OF
paper She then copied all this in q
little book which she kept by her
Then she handed the slip of paper, the
money and the Turkey red to the yel
low-haired girl. This young girl cop
led the slip in a book she carried, and
then she went away with the calico
the paper and the money.
After very long time-durine
which the little girl probably took the
goods. the paper and the money to some
central desk, where the note was re-
ceived, its amount and number entered
in book, change given to til girl and
copy Oh the slip made and entered
girls entry examined aud approved
goods Warped p,girl registered; pliits
counted and entered on slip of paper
and copied by the girl in her book,
girl taken to a hydrant and washed,