The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-04
Womdn'S WorId. e esssss sse
Specially Prepared for Our Feminine Readers.

! made no reply beyond a pleasant bow
! toward the retiring dragon.
You will be surprised, perhaps, to
know that she belongs to one of the
Oldest and bluest- blooded families in
the city"
Which leads one" 1 rejoined. ito
recall the words in the old poem which
state that
e 1t isn't all in bringing up,
Let folks say what they will;
To silver scour a pewter cup
1t will be pewter still.
Just then my bows came back. AS
the girl passed the purchase to me she
asked appealingly:
DO you wonder that sometimes we
saleswomen are tired and vexed and
find it hard to call up a pleasant
smile?"
And having watched a half-hour of
an eight-hour day, l was ready to say
that i was not, emphatically.
Next came a keen-eyed, sharp-faced
little woman; she was hunting for bar
gains, and peered into all the boxes
displaying short lengths. she picked
out number with an eye to width and
quality. The store did not make much
profit out of her purchases, but she
knew what she wanted and got it with
out fussing.
An ample, motherIy woman came
along. She announced that she wanted
neck ribbons for Christmas gifts. She
was shown the proper kinds, picked out
number, paid for them and departed
with a kind word to the clerk.
Shes positive comfort" said the
girl. She, knows what she wants, and
when she sees it buys it without
changing her mind dozen times. She
always comes to the same clerks and
has a smile of recognition for US. We
are all glad to wait on her.
A fat Jewess pushed two women
aside and planted herself firmly at an
advantageous point before the counter.
She was shown some figured ribbons in
gorgeous shades. She wanted the low
and when she was told that it would
have to be at the same rate as for one
she retired in disgust.
A little girl trotted up with an air of
great Importance and responsibility.
She wanted 3 cents worth of baby rib
bon of a shade to look well on a light
haired doll She had the doll with her,
and as she was willing TO trust to the
saleswoman's taste in picking a becom-
ing color, the purchase was satisfactor-
lily made and even change" deposited.
For the Girl With Straight Locks.
Here are some new ideas in curling
irons:
A round stand of tin forms an ap-
paratus to be used on a lamp chimney
for heating a curling iron. 1t is placed
over the top of the chimney and has
hole in the center through which the
curling iron is dropped, sc that it
comes in contact with the heat of the
burner. This arrangement may also
be utilized for heating water over
lamp, which is done by placing a small
vessel on the support.
A cylindrical tin box about two
inches long constitutes in itself a per-
fectly equipped apparatus, including a
bottle for the alcohol, the alcohol lamp
and a stand on which the latter is
placed while the curling irons are be-
ing heated.
A curling iron of ordinary dimensions
heats itself in a measure and COM
mends itself at once to the girl of
straight locks who travels. The iron
is hollow and packed with asbestos. 1t
is put into a receptacle containing al
cohol, and this the iron readily alb
serbs. The curling iron is perforated
with numerous small holes, and when
the time comes to heat it, it is simply
taken from its receptacle, a light ap-
piled to the numerous small holes
which have absorbed the alcohol. When
the curling iron is heated the flame is
extinguished, and it is in readiness to
impart at once wave to the straight
locks.