Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04
A Shopping Bugbear-

n shopping buSDear-
Which every woman has to look out for Is
the scornful reflection that the sales person
casts upon everyt hing which you ask for
that she doesn't happen to have.
IL IT rs something so new that it is not
yet commonly kept in stock she will say:
I'VE had those last year. but they didn't
take, and so we haven't ordered any. No
body asks for them. you know" The rea-
son probably is that nobody happens to
know about them yet, and the chances are
that the shopper who persists is rewarded
by finding them in another store where
she meets with an entirely different idea as
to their being desirable
1t is the same way with any little indi-
vidual matter of dress that you want to
carry out, or something old that you have
thought how TO make fit in with new use
The answer is that 1t is entirely out; we
haven't carried that for two or three
years"
Ii seems almost absurd that one can be
influenced by so little thing but the truth
IS mat TINS attitude can be made so un-
nia,ttef!ns that II is an extremely hard
thing TO stand up against. Probably there
are more women who lose sight of their
original intention and take something else
that Is recommended by the girl than there
are those upon whom il has no effect and
VINO go after their original request until
'heN mo, 1t or something near it,
lou may nave read that the Partisan
oreSsmakers are revivlng 'moire velour"
Tor instance, and as 1t always was a favor
tie fabric of yours you decide that II will
De Just the thing for an evening coat and
go forth rejoicing in the hope that YOU
mand
In your encounter with the first sales ner-
son you may be either convinced that YOU
are 10 De pitied for wanting anything so
Viu stahnylsh In the way of a coat, and
Lhat there is no possible chance of your
indlng II, or you may persist and find n
shop which has 1t leftover. or another
where they are glad to let It go because
thelr buyer has been teo much ahead of the
demand. If the last, you get the more de-
sirable coat at half the Gust your next door
neighbor is paying for the thing that
everybody Is wearing"
She who has nice little balance In her
pocketbook, who is known as well dressed.
aud who often has the pleasant little
ahead Of time fashions" is the one who
realizes that the little changes in fashion
are nothing, and that 1t is her application
of materials that counts The plan which
she has thought out for herself Is expert
because il suits her needs and because 1t Is
based upon the new old principle OF the
fitness Of things"
She
Who has the best hope in and of her serv-
ants is the one who takes higher ground
than the viewpoint which exacts every bit
OF work possible on the ground that Il am
paying her well for her time"
The girl who performs for a family all
that is Inferred of the one of whom we
say, she has given good service" cannot
have her services measured by the wage
paid her. even though 1t seems large.
Take her case by analogy with that of the
clergy man. The service which he Is re-
quired to do Is not IN any way measured
by the money which is paid him 1t Is The
necessary accident of his position and an
EFFORT is made only to maintain a proDor
ton, not an equation, between his useful
ness ana his salary. 1t Is in the Way n,
which he can serve mentally and morally
that is his true worth which, If he succeeds
In doing 1t, is above all price
It IS the same with the servant girl whose
usefulness TO you is based on her Identity
with your interests. You pay her for a
certain amount of work. but the amount NJ
days work, If measured in the cold light
of the piece system, would be the smallest
amount of her days usefulness. This lies
In the incalculable factors of Willingness
cheerfulness, and docllity under Correction
OF admiring helpfulness when you are ar
rayed to go forth, extra services In illness
and the sympathy and dependableness IN
which there is strength
For these same services of friendship and
the fact that he can be depended upon eth
scaly, as well as professionally the fash
ionable doctor is now adding many hundred
per cent to his bill.