Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-24

lNe NcutNNu ana tufltututtu UNW MNNt-
an Is proving her double usefulness in
the business or professional world.
Man can paddle his own canoe with
fair degree of accuracy until Il comes
10 shopping and then he Is "a storm
tossed soul IN a lcalSy bark on a faith
omlcss sea, or. anyway. that's how he
feels about IT, lie would scorn caste
and welcome the friendly aid of the old
apple woman at the corner or the col
orod dame who scrubs out the office II
he could hope Tor assistance from cl-
Their under such circumstances.
His misery begins generally some
thing like this. ~ he starts for the Of
nce some morning his wife hands him a
small piece OF silk nj parting. anying.
Here. william. take this and set II
matched for mo. with the sewing wo-
man here this week. have no time TO
go 10 town myself and you can get Il
Tor me Just MS well as not. I got this
| last year at snipom 4 snipcm's bargain
sale. 20 ! don't know whether they Will
/ have any Just like II. but 40 around
until you ind Il. I want quarters
of yard. and IL ought not to be more
/ than 70 cents yard"
All this sounds like explicit advice.
/ A. he ia In a hurry 20 catch % train.
William grabs the silk and rushcs on.
when he gcts ON the train, he takes
out the scrap and looks at II. II 10 n
shade nf blue, and. although all blues
/ look alike TO him. even he has vague
/ Impression that there ls something
queer about that particular specimen.
/ lie shows II TO man who sits next 20
/ him and asks him what color he would
Nsr hIFFH "a % b
| then ne looks at Il again and says pur-
| pie and finally wants TO call u green
| lsh, reddish. purpllsh. yellowish blue.
| which is only the diplomatic masculine
| way of admitting defeat. The subur-
/ banite understands this and. signing.
| puts his III away.
Thinking hcd better have Il on his
| mind at once, the business man takes
/ his sample right up To Snipcm a Snip
| ems business can walt, he snyn. A
I lost customer or two win be- nothing
/ compared 20 Maria'H indignation n he
/ forgcts 90 bring the silk home at night.
/ and In the rush ~ work during the day
he knows from bitter experience that
he IL likely 10 overlook such commits
sious.
The saieswomnn takes the sample
/ ana hauls out a number OF webs N
silk. The suburbanlte looks relieved
Tor 20 him they seem just what he
wants. They are all blue and all
queer looking blues. but when he puts
his bit Of silk beside them he sees that
there Is difference.
ANY OF these suit you. slr7' demands
the saleswoman lmpaticntly after he
has fingered ana hesltnted over them
Tor about 20 minutes.
Of aaaNHH
my Wife" he says desperately. FOR the
best match II at least 20 degrees from
the color of his piece OF silk. And rs
he walks out of the store he can hear
the saieswomnn exchanging sarcastic
comments with her nelghbors and slap
ping the webs OF silk back upon their
shelves.
when he reaches hla Office the sub
urbanlte sinks YEARLY Into his chair.
The trlg young woman who operates
his typewriter for him hastily tucks
away "A paper bound novel as she hears
his familiar footstcp outside the door,
lie comes In with detected manner. a
very red face and a persplrlng brow,
The ohscrynnt young woman knows AT
once that something has gone wrong
and that II bohooves her TO attend 10
business with great diligence The sem
Tor partner, the subscnlor and the sub
aubBenlor eye their colleague with dis
approval from their various glass In
cased dons.
"Out with the boys last night, Billy'a
getting lcetle gay. Business and dissi-
patton don't harmonize," grumhles tho
senior over his specs.
All morning long the harnssed sub
urbanlte tremhles In anguish as h.
I NhIuLn - hss HHNaIHIa hIa
wife viii greet his story Of failure. once
he happens to look over toward hii
typewriter ana notices that she IL Pc
ruslng the fashion column Of the daily
! paper and glad thought scizcs him
Could II be But, yes, she. too, ia d
woman with trembling ANA deferen'
tlal voice he addresses her:
Miss McWhackem. i-er--do you
know anything about cnlors2"
! Good graclOus" replies Miss Me
Whackom, looking up from her news
paper. what a queer question for yot
to ask. Mr.. Hackensackl or course
b do"
And do you know anything about
sllks?' contlnuer her employer.
Miss McWhackem smoothing dowI
her own chromolike plumagr, modestll
, says that she has seen a little silk IL
her day
= "But have you ever matched silk
? really matched H. you know" persist
the doubling Mr., Huckensack.
? "Certainly-of course | have an
swcrs Miss McWhaokem. with natura
! Indignation that her feminine intelli
gcnce should be so deeply doubted
"Cortainly-of course I have, Mr. Hack
ensack. amt some jay that was born
yesterday"
Nervously extracting the piece o
silk from his pocket, Mr.. Hackensaci
lays Il before his fair assistant an,
waits with brcathlcss anxiety as sh
inspects H..
oh" exclaims Miss Mcwhacken
In recognition, ITS pervenche blue
isn't ~"
MIR llackensacks estimation Of Mis-
McWhackcm's attachments goes up o
per cent, but he doesn't want her I,
know II, so he says carelcssly:
My wife Is busy. and she-er-asket
me TO get her three-quarters OF a var,
more up at snipem q snlpem's. l wen
up this morning. They showed me
lot OF samples. but / was 80 confused
couldn't quite make out which to take
Now, Miss Mcwhackem, II you coul,
tell me what ought TO do l will be un
der obligations 10 you"
Miss McWhackem likes TO shop. an
she isn't going 10 lot nm oppnrtuuit