The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-11

L did. l got me lot Of fluffy muslins
and the girl who can't look sweet in them
in the moonlight ought TO make an assign
menC and retire to a convent. l fixed up
the gallery with comfortable wicker chairs
and hammocks Piled full of cotton-covered
cushions, and L served an apprenticeship in
the connect lion OF cooling beverages, and
SdVory sandwiches. A lot of houses al
which men usually cali are closed in the
summer, and in consequence. as papa says,
The market is long on beauX, and l played
TO standing room only from the start. Any
BODY who called was sure OF finding cool
seat on the gallery, and glass Of some
thing iced, ana il was all jolly and easy,
and comfortable. and put IN the best time
of my life. We made up parties and went
trolley riding, and 10 the lake, and the
park, and up aud down the river. and
where there was one thing at a summer re-
sort to amuse you, there were forty al
home. Thanks, no more leaving home for
me in the summer The summer girl who
knows her business stays at home now.
She has a cinch."
The following curious observations
about women originally appeared in the
Atchison Globe:
When a girl has a new engagement ring
she finds many occasions for feeling if
Mean people say that the man widow
selects TO support her at her husbands
funeral is the one she usually marries
afterward.
well, 1 see Mrs. Blank is breaking
in" is the womeus comment when they
read in the paper that Mrs. Blank will
give a reception.
BY the time a man has saved up enough
money to have palm and a Brussels
carpet in his parlor his girl has reached
the company age, and he is not allowed
to sit there.
When a woman is old and bilious she
explains it in a poetical way by saying
She is fading away like lily.
When a woman begins to admire a man
she begins to prosecute him.
There comes a time to every married
woman when she has to use a sort of
faith cure on her belief in her husbands
affections.
II is a pitiful truth that women trust
their daughters with men whom their hus-
bands wouldn't trust to open an account.
Would some terrible thing happen if
girl forgot to tie up those terrible but
tons on the back of her skirt, and is it
possible, under present fashion conditions,
for a girl to dress without the assistance
of the neighbors?
II always makes a daughter mad to see
her mother obey her father, and she vows
she will show more spirit when she
has husband.
I'm very much afraid I cannot find
place behind our counters for you" said
the appointment clerk of the big depart
n1ent store, with a negative shake of his
head, which implied all manner of sorrow
full things. The applicant a young girl
of remarkable beauty says the New York
Sun, turned away with a sigh, and show
er of tears seemed imminent
ooh, dearr' she faltered. 81 understood
you needed at least ten saleswomen, and
1 certainly could furnish you the best of
l. references as to my ability TO sell This
| is the seventh place l have applied for
| this morning. I've no luck at ali"
why / thought you said you were hard
| pressed for competent saleswomeny' rem
| onstrated the reporter as the beautiful
| young woman vanished.
well, so 1 did" retorted the clerk.
Then why did you not give that one a
chance? Surely her beauty
"Her beauty" interrupted the clerk.
''Thats the sole reason why refused her,
and IT is also, perhaps, the sole reason why
she did not obtain any of the six other
places she sought This is the era of the
| plain girl in business, and the girl whose
| beauty is so insistent that none may deny
| it has to step aside for her sisters who are
| less bountifuily endowed with charms of
| face and figure. You will find that is the
| case in every important department store
| in New York, not to mention scores of re-
| fail establishments of less magnitude. Not
| that there is any aversion TO modicum Of
| beauty in the saleswoman; rather, that is
| often to be desired; but pronounced lowell
| ness is entirely too attractive both 10 its
| nossessor and contemplation to facilitate
| the interests of employers. Go into any
large retail store in the shopping dis
| t,.icts and YOU will see scores of saleswo-
men who are downright plain, although
not positively ugly, and an equal number
| of girls who might be set down as pretty
! without stretching the truth; but you will
| seldom find one whose charm of face or
| GRACE of form is so near perfection as
10 hold you spellbound. Once there was
a great establishment set up in the heart
/ If the shopping section, whose saleswomen
| were all conspicuous for their beauty. The
| establishment made a specially OF femi-
| nine Ioveliness behind it's counters and
largely advertised the fact. What was
| the result? Why, the store was crowd
ed from morning to night with persons
| who came 10 take in the beauty show, but
| rarely remained to purchase merchandise.
| Dudes and Washers were always hanging
around and. lost in the admiration of
! their own charms, the beautiful salesWo-
| men had little time to devote to their real
| mission in the store, which eventually
went M, the commercial fue with rush.
mo, really beautiful girl will not do
for the big metropolitan stores. Her ad-
| vent behind the counter is only an invita-
tion for customers to stop and stare, for
| women to become envious, and consequent
w prejudiced against the establishment
which retains her; for fellow clerks to be-
| come Jealous of her superior attractions,
ana for foppish male shoppers to fiirt with
| her. She may be paragon Of modesiy,
| virtue and innocence, but still the fact re-
| mains that she is a beauty, has probably
| heen told so often and is not liable to for
pet IL and that in all likelihood, she will
| render conspicuous the salient features of
! har .~rettfness rather than keep them IN
der cover 10 the promotion Of her employ
| er's interests.
| "Another reason for this opposition to
the very beautiful saleswoman is that she
,s rarely clever at making sales being too
| much absorbed in her personal affairs
l ,t,a Main GIRL who must rely On