Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-09-19
NUMBER 3s.
WOES OF BIG STORES.
LOST BABY AND FRANTIC MOTHER A
COMMON OCCURRENCE.

Dor. That Have EIuded Their own
ers, and Even Cats aud Birds That
Have Gone Astray, Have TO BE Cared
For In the "Morgue."
|
~. ' Se '.
uiui htue giri Win nuny goiuen mar
ana blue frockF an1lousiy inquired
a 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 bereY'
.Indaad ami lef, ber sitting bs.
80 90 -. so,,..,., 80.
tnose sLfo shir' "ais.s MAJ Aeu uo"n
iroin Si''"' anu no" a ean nnu ne'
any"here. " "orr,eu 10 uea.n'
Dout oe aarnieu, reniafAeu lle
clerk consohngiy. sheh turn up al
risht' enpee' sue w =" '"e u'A"
rooln oy .nis .ime'
ane "na,'
me oea" 'ooiH-'ne n''s"e' 'ou
Know
ihe niolsue' On' NY ifene' 0~
my dariine
sh-h-n' niaaam' soiu' eoninanu-
eo noo' "a'Aei' ,oi eloon
seeinei i,,.ns' ,,m i0r' g eAnu as. - e',s -
enousn' |" 'en'uie. tne nI
s"npy ,"e - 60 81,
lou"u "epar '"
anu we ""i See - ''' "'"e s"' ~
'ne.S
i"e !ou"s "o'isn " 's
room, the uoor Vi "nlcn was iAoeleu
LOST anu rouhu' anu liieie' e"ts
enough sea'eu upon a nonunen. u
packages boxes Daskets' uihoreiihs'
canes anu other arucies' sa' unJ
goiden halreu giri III olue irocA' con.
tentediy kicking her sihaii rect against
pasteooard bonnet ooh.
ha'b 'he seeOnu h,d anu Sou'in'
gent sehsa'ion We na" Vo'"!' eo"-
nded the Keeper oI tue morsue W me
as the reco'eIe' eniu' iusSt! seien
ing IN the rerVen' embrace Oh ner "a.'
iui pareh'' was carlie' d"a' V,
nothihg uhusuai. AZ ailnos' my
occurrence IN Ole eAci'ei'en' VI pai-
gam rushes persons very ie'uene
lose signt OF 'neir chiiuren ioi rev
moments, ana tne naturai tendency OF
the children Is 10 stray away ana take
In the strange sights OF tne store ou
their own hook. Or course they might
wander out OF the establishment ana
TO prevent this the moor "alhes III
variably SEND 10 me every chlld they
hnd unaccompanied py SuaruHan'
Il don't know III there IL any porn-
DIE arucie, aniinaIe Ut lnaiInnate'
which does not hhd its way 10 the
morgue, contlhueu the keeper renect
iveiy. NO class oi people mses lninss
30 readily as shoppers 10 iou see'
they become 80 In'eres'eu III ioohins
at bargains that they lay down "hat-
ever they may happen 10 nave IN their
hands ana perahouiate oet"een
counters with hardly thought as 10
thelr acuohs'
Suddehiy 'ney discover tneir Ioss'
ana milo panic series tnein' ihey
go nylng aoout from one counter 10
the otner, prosecuting thelr INQUIRIES
without stopping 10 thlnk "hether
they have visited those same counters
before or not. Therefore the morgue
has become valuable ana lhdispen@i-
Die department IN every large store
some OF the ,hlhss "uicn urIi' INTO
this place Wouid ainuse you. Las'
week great Dane uos was pfoush'
up py our ner''es. noor ""iAe,' anu ~
ugly customer ne was inueeu.'hs
dog, not the moor walker we triceu
nun UP oy snort cnaln anu ,i'e' ~
make MN lie uo"h penuHs III.
r''ai Vi ms o"neA' Du. 1e "Va'u' -
insteau "e '"oA e.h"u' o,neu
ser anu ie, ou. d NV VIZ" .io-'
tie SOUS VI SUM- nai uONeH 80 %',e.
"oi'en with ear sno,' neN =. D'oA.
MS cnaih anu S'A''e' III " e'e"" 'u'
tne niorsue' A.,
"ha' oiu l uo' w. auyVui"sl'
ana eVerypody went on sun nuul tUr
the o"her Vi .ne uos' VIC e'en'S"''
iouhu her' anu sue chiIe w anu am
pas.eu us ,oI nDHoe w s, .''s
uiihns' WIN I''' 49, ,,NI 'l 80
iousn W
ANo,s ue .. .,,.,. 49,.
Doss u al so, - aNu e'ui'.-'
eops'dn1! olouen' - ."s -. h,o -
ho" anu 'neu pe' '",' "Nlen "sS