The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-31
AT THE STOCKING COUNTER.
Trials Of the Man Who Wanted to
Buy Some Silk Hose For His Wife.
Washington Post)


he was a big, sQuare-chinued, Vel
! groomed man, who looked as IL he might
| be more than ordinarily self-ccutained
I under normal circumstances. But he
looked sheepish and red in the face as
/ he nudged in a sliding, uncertain sort OF
/ way toward the hosiery counter Of an +
/ street department store. and there was q
! queer, CLASSY expression in his eye.
/ The saleswoman with the enormous
/ chestnul-hued pompadour smiled benign
Are YOU waited on?' she asked him in
[ a dulcet tone.
''NO-no." he replied. a bit hoarseIy. and
/ apparently in some difficulty as 10 the
/ management OF his vocal cords. Il want
! some st-er-hose, you know" and he
passed a huge hand over his feyeTiSh brow
( and carefully avoided the salcsWoman' )
/ eye,
/ "Gentemen's hosiery, third counter to
the right sweetly said the pompadoured
young woman behind the counter.
The mans Jaw fell, but be- gathered
himself together with an obvious effort
Put" he said, Il don't want se-that
I Is, / don't want gentleman's noise, you
see. Want 'em for iady-er-Iny wife,
ooh" said the young woman behind the
counter, smiling i'm a vague. dreamy sort
of~way, and the big man Topped heavily
onto 8 stool ia front OF the counter and
mopped his perspiring forehead.
-'SilkT
-.Yes'm7 said the big man agonizedly.
Z k
ANY particular eOlOr? amiably in
CURED the Young woman,
'+Oh fancy ones said { ne man. rolling
about on the stool. but still avoiding the
young womans eyes. Pink and lavender
and blue and red-she's tired Cf black
that Is I am-want 10 change The luck
/ mean-wen., let's sec EN-.
The critical moment had arrived.
'.yNhat sfze9' inquired the Young w0-
man. biting daintily at the eraser end of
her pencil
the exact size. Sasped the man, hopping
his forehead again. But III tell yots
There are some models of le-iimbs ia one
of your windows. you know. One OF them
is draped IN q pink cloth st-uiuked clock
one Of EN- has got a pink nose on II.
vou know. Hump Well 50 FAR as can
Judge. I should think that's about the
size
"Those models are nine. said the
young woman, with niscaicvous twin
klein her eye
well I'll take q chance-let IT be
mines. said the man. with IA aiT o. re-
She showed him an assert ment of the
most expensive silk stockings in the place,
and ho picked cut half q dozen pairs
choosing. man like, the most garisn hues,
He tucked the box under his arm slth the
air of man who had successIu lly
achieved an enormous and dreaded task
and started TO race for the door. But ne
fore ne mad gone Far an aftertAougnt Oc-
CURED to him and he sided back 20 the
counter. He leaned over ano said 10 me
pompadoured young woman.
'-fn case these st-hose-are not BIZ
~oonlv enough. wIv-er-dO they stretch
ooh YES they stretch replied the
Young woman, but 81 they are not large
enough they can be exchanged, you
know
ooh. can theve Thanks" oiurted out
the man. and then IN his acute embar-
rassueut. ne almost ran toward the exit.
The pognpadoured young woman
watched the fleeing man with q Qaizzical
smile.
Men are such perfect STILES. aren't
they2' she said 20 the ether girl a5 the
counter You'd think. the way most Of
the poor. stupid. hulklng creatures act,
that Il was something disgraceful for
women 90 have legs ana TO wear stockings
on them"