Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-29
WOES OF BIG STORES.
LOST sA5Y AND FRANTIC MOTHER n
COMMON OCCURRENCE.

ers, and Even Cats and Birds Thui
Have Gone Astrny. Hnve to he Cared
For In the ..Mor-ue,,
Have you seen anything of beau
tiful little girl with fluffy golden lair
gnd blue frock?" anXiousiy inquired
T. young woman of the CLERK in charge
Of the linen counter in great depart
ment store.
! Why, no, Are you sure you brought
her in here:''
Indeed | am! | left her sitting be-
fore those 9S cent damasks to look at
those S1.I3 shirt waists marked down
from $1.50, and now | can't find her
anywhere. I'm worried to deathr'
Don't be alarmed" remarked the
clerk, consolingly. She'll turn up all
right. l expect she's up in the dead
room by this time"
1.-The what?"
THE dead roOm-the morgue. you
know"
''The morgue? Oh, my Irene! Oh,
my darling!'
''Sh-h-h, madam" softly command
ed floor walker, for a commotion
seemed imminent. ''Your child is safe
! simply the cant name of our lost and
found department Come with me,
and we will see if the little girl is
there"
The young woman followed to long
room. the door of which was labeled
Lost and Found" and there, sure
enough. seated upon a monument of
packages. boxes, baskets, umbrellas.
canes and other articles. sat tiny
golden haired girl in blue frock, con-
tentedly kicking her small feet against
a pasteboard bonnet box.
That's the second kid and cOntin-
gent sensation I've had today" con-
tided the keeper of the morgue to me
as the recovered child, Justify scream
ing in the fervent embrace of her tear
ful parent, was carried away. "No, it's
nothing unusual. It's almost a daily
occurrence. In the excitement of bar
gain ruShes persons very frequently
lose sight of their children for a few
moments. and the natural tendency of
the children is to stray away and take
in the strange sights of the store on
their own hook OF course they might
wander out of the establishment, and
to prevent this the floor walkers in
variably send to me every child they
find unaccompanied by a guardian.
BILE article. animate or inanimate,
which does not find its way to the
morgue," continued the keeper reflect
lively. mo class of people loses things
so readily as shoppers do. You see,
they become so interested in looking
at bargains that they lay down what
ever they may happen to have in their
hands and perambulate between
counters with hardly thought as to
their actions.
Suddenly they discover their loss,
and mild panic seiZes them. They
go flying about from one counter to
the other, prosecuting their inquiries
without stopping to think whether
they have visited those same counters
before OF not. Therefore the morgue
has become valuable and indispensa-
bic department in every large store.
''SOme of the things which drift into
this place would amuse you. Last
week great Dane dog was brought
up by our nerviest floor walker, and an
ugly customer he was, indeed-the
dog, not the floor walker We triced !
him up by short chain and tried to |
make him lie down pending the ar /,
rival of his owner. But he wouldn't |
Instead he took stand, braced him |
self and let out howl which froze
the souls of some half dozen sales
women within earshot Then he broke
his chain and started in to clean out
the morgue.
what did | do? Oh, l adjourned.
and everybody went on a still hunt for
the owner of the dog. We eventually !
found her, and she came up and lam
basted us for abusing her precious
1arling, with never a word about the
rough way he had handled the
accumplations
Dogs of all sorts and conditions are
brought to the morgue and
low and then pet cat, which has es-
capped from basket. I've even had
.age of canaries left on my hands to
feed for week before the careless
,wner, who had left the cage down in
he crockery department during spe-
.ial sale. appeared to claim her prop
.rty.
watches. purses, babies, parasols,
bundles and even diamond rings are
PARTS of my stock in trade here I'd
lave horses, too, verify believe, were
'ur customers permitted to bring them
nto the store. I'd like to set up in
business with the things brought to
he morgue. I'd get rich sure. !
eyes. fIlly two-thirds OF the things