The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-26
THE GIRL AND THE GLOVES.

Naturally he was little surprised when the schoolgirl swinging her school-books in strap, stepped up to the counter and asked him tinidly if he kept gentlemen's gloves, size eight. But, he reflected, she was probably ex- ecuting the commission for her father.
 As matter of fact she was merely filling in little time between the end of school hours and the beginning of luncheon With the pastime which pleased her most--the pastime of mak- ing people feel mad
 Certainly" he said, with a patron izing and encouraging smile, What kind of gloves would you prefer, miss? Dogslsin is being a good deal worn just now.'
 Thanks" she said q don't think I should like gloves which were made from the skin of poor little dogs. It seems so cruel"
 He smiled afresh
 That is merely trade term he said. "They are not really made from the skins of dogs"
 II don't think she said, T want to buy gloves that are not what they pre- tend to be. It seems so dishonest
 ''Just as you wish, miss.' he replied, indulgently. "We have every kind of glove in stock. Of course, dogskin is a good deal worn'' That is just it." she interrupted him. T don't want a glove which Is a good deal worn. didn't know you sold secondhand articles. Haven't you got any new gloves?" His smile was little sickly, but he still smiled it patiently
 "Ours are all this seasons goods. Would you care for doeskin or a suede?"
 Suede sounds very nice" she said. What does it mean?"
 "Oh it's merely trade term for a special sort of glove. feel sure you would find the suede very satisfactory"
 ''Is suede the name of an animal?" she asked.
 q really can't say Let me show you some of them, and then you can''-
 "I should like to know, though she said. Suede sounds rather like the French for Sweden. Is it?'
 He fell back on his original earth works.
 These trade terms" he said, "are merely--er-as matter of fact, trade terms, and to be taken as such. Permit me"
 And he whipped off the cover of box.
 Would these suit you, do you think?"
 "No," she said, "the gray is too dark"
 He then fetched down another box, in which the gray was too light. He then went up ladder and fetched box of fawn color, which were too light. He then dived under the counter and pro- cured another box of fawn color, which were too dark. The schoolgirl kindly said that, as she didn't want to give | any trouble, she would have to make those do. That was all right. The | smile came back to the mans face.
 These" he said, "are seven-and-six | the pair" ''Then will take one" she replied. "One pair? Precisely" ''No. one glove. Right hand, please" The smile died out again. "Oh, we can't do that" he said ''We are never asked to do that. We never split a pair" "No." she said. Split gloves | wouldn't be much use if you did. I 1 want one glove, please; right hand"
 "But don't you see,'' he said, exasper- ated, that one glove is of no use to us?"
 "Tm not trying to buy gloves that will be of use to you. I'm buying them l for a poor man who has only got one hand. So two gloves would be of no use to him." Well, can't help it,' said the man, snappishly. "We can't separate a pair"
 "Of course" the girl said, q should