The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-08

and no was a drunken Scotchman who figured
that because ! was compelled by circumstances
70 curl my musssaehe would be pretty sale
Tor the provisions Of his wife and family while
he was In the hospital. But they all know that
that's the reason they hate me- There's no way
l can square myself, either; For example:
"A few weeks ago heard some sort OF a scrap
taking place at The fancy goods counter. 4
handsomely dressed, mddle.aged woman with
Gn Maq i naune nose and 3D., bad eye was
in a way 10 make fellow catch his breath
Why, you wreched peroxide impudent mus.
stand there and tell me that fan is hond.painted,
s waen any infant in arms can see that Is only
"'rho girl was a dyed-in-tbe-wool American
Fiji and an, she was, therefore, not built TO stand
:" Madame, heard her say to the du Maurer
dowager, tits now matter OF complete indtfer-
enoe 70 mo whether you buy this fan OF not or
assure you that it is hand-painted-cy every bit
as much hand-painted you are yourself
oonts1 a thought the wonan IN iTon' q sns
In then and tried to smooth the thing oyer, but she
walked over me as il l was so much tan bark She
her to him. fearing that il did not she would tear
the building in two. razo II TO the ground and fire
prietor for ten minutes. and demanded the instant
discharge Of the girl The proprietor promised TO
d ar &c the cir and The handsomely dressed mid
OF ish-wife departed with her had in that
giraffe position you seen. Well Hit in and then
told the proprietor all ahoutit-how the woman had
abused the girl and called her names and treated
her in gensal like a hyena--so that. instead OF
firing the girl the proprietor saut q bill to the
dowager to close her account. together with a note
requesting immediate settlement
"Well, do you know that that girl whose job
saved for her is just as much down upon me as she
over was, and makes all kinds Of fancy cracks
about my ineH pressbe iovelincss and the make Of
my Shoes and the style Of my walk and the cut OF
my jb in general every time turn my back
Another duty Of my Job IS that OF consol ng MN
expeditions, After the man s wife has hauled him
AL over the building a few times, and spent TWO or
he pe ggyn Teyo whom 81 lines Kim
at the dress goods counter, which Is on my floor,
for the ninth time and when he teyolts he usually
breaks away from her and wandors around the
floor like lost soul. | watch out for these poor
unfortunates and endeayor to instiil comfort into
this last extremity of woe hayo very often in their
condition Of irresponsible despair invited me to re-
s In
never had the time. you see. and really couldn do
well anyhow, I've suggested to the proprietor
that, now that the holiday season is approaching.
i would be corking good scheme to fit up q com.
Portable room with cigars and drinks and things
on tap up on the top floor where all the men whose
wives drag them from their comforta bic hresides
on shonping expeditionS could adjourn immedia'rly
their wallets to their wives-and sort O. hold sym
pathy and experience meetings and tell each other
how much they, wish they hadn been and gone
and done ii, and play pinochle, and drink rum and
enjoy themselves in general while their better
halves dissipated their substance. ! think that
would he a rafting fine idea. Men would want to
accompany their wives on shopping trips then,
whereas now they. start out on such tours with
faces on EN- as II they were bound for the eHecu-
toners block. When a man came in with his
wife he could be handed two brass checks. both
inscribed with the number His wife could
take one of them and he the other When his
wife finished ali Of her shoppng after seven hours
or so boy could repair to the rummery the top
floor and yell out the number. and the man. il able
to walk could
But the ptoprirtor fails to perceive the advan-
tages OF the scheme and SO there's no use going
ahead whit"