Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08

she will keep the children presentabls for
their teacher.
More fortunate is the woman who runs
a dry goods cart. Her hours are shorter
and there is no early morning tramp to the
wholesalers. Her stock Is merely a study
in remnants. strips Of cloth a few yards
long, small bundles OF lace, half a dozen
pairs of hose and a dozen towels, all differ
emit. To sell an entire bolt OF goods would
mark an epoch in her trade history. Should
a customer decide to buy a dress pattern
the woman sends the young hopeful cling
ing to her skirts In search Of her husband,
who is at home, perhaps In the iat-house
before which her cart stands, and he drops
his tailoring long enough to assist In clos
ing the deal.
These saleswomen OF the streets take
their business seriously. To the casual OBJ
server, the shoulder shrug which accompa-
MES the "all right" uttered as q customer
objects to the price and starts away empty
handed, might indicate Indifference to the
loss Of a sale. To the knowing ones Il is
evident, however, that the proprietor OF the
ridiculous little business has dropped to
the last price notch and is secretly fretting
over the departure Of the customer.
Sidewalk stores.
When the combined efforts Of husband
and wife will permit, they rent a corner
store further uptown and stock it gaudily.
They select a corner stand because the
old outdoor instinct Ia strong within them,
and what the shelves inside contain lie
nothing compared with the stock displayed
on the sidewalk. A stout awning provides
protection from the weather, and nothing
short Of a blizzard or a deluge will drive
them indoors.
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thing In house furnishings and dry goods,
and piled high on the sidewalk, in what
is apparently hopeless confusion. are ready
to-wear suits, lace curtains, wool under
wear and stamped oilcloth. And out OF that
confusion the sidewalk clerk can instantly
select the desired article.
The women chosen to help the owners
are rather younger than those who preside
over the push-carts In the real Ghetto.
Quite generally they are of the new, Amer
icanized generation. They dress their hair
with great care, always adding a bit OF
decoration in the way of a bow or an
artificial flower. They never wear hats,
no matter how keen the weather. A shawl,
IL the weather is severe. and for ordinary
wear a knitted fascinator, is all they re-
Quire.
The Division street body snatchers' are
| perhaps the must HOlOTluub u Tue blutWhlh
saleswomen. In truth they are not sales
women at all. They simply lead the lambs
inside the shops to be feeced. but their
hours are long, and they never know what
1t is to sit down. They are stationed
outside the millinery shops which line this
East Side thoroughfare.
In summer they wear neither wrap nor
hat, but in winter they don both, the latter
of a type which presumably will advertise
the establishment. During cold weather
their hours are short, as they are expected
to stamp up and down before the store
only during such time as unwary women
are abroad. During the summer they work
far into the night.
A News Girl in n NeRr-seaI Goat.
News women are becoming so common
in New York that they excite no m
but a case on the upper West Side has
aroused some curiosity. During all sorts
Of weather a woman Of perhaps 23 years
presides over q small new stand in what
Is known as the Central Park West dis
trict, where many Wall street men reside.
She opens up her stock about $3.50 o'clock
In the morning AMI remains perhaps two
hours. Then she disappears. returning TO
duty for an hour or SO about . o'clock in
the afternoon.
| f LdblH kuulultT sue WOT6s neat 4hHlTI WhlSl
suits and a trim sailor hat, but when she
appeared this winter In a stylish pedestrian
skirt, a near-seal jacket. a picture hat
trimmed with plumes and a muff to match
the coat, her patrons we're fairly dazzled.
In stormy weather she dotted the picture
hat for a vide brimmed Fedora, but the
coat she wore through fair weather and
foul. She is exceedingly reserved and even
her best customers could elicit nothing
more than a quiet good morning" At
last one bethought himself to inquire at
the newsstand on the corner below. The
proprietor, a bright-faced Irishman, replied
with a frank laugh:
Sure, that's me own sister, an it's a
corner in stands we have hereabouts. Me
cousin has the one on the corner beyant
hers, an it's no interference we have ION
anyone. Mary-that's me slstor-iust
works while the rush is on, for you see the
men hereabouts is not early risers, beln'
that it's a fashionable neighborhood, an
Denny an me can look after things when
trade is light. While Mary gets the break
fast for US, we gets her papers ready
Whin her trade drops OF, she goes back ia
the fiat an makes the dinner. an we all
have supper together. It's a great paper
trust we have. Mary wouldn't work 'cept
to keep out the others"
: Proficient FnkIrs.
No more proficient fakirs are to be found
in New York than the women who sell lacei
and shoulder shawls in the fashionable
shopping streets. These women usual.