The Washington herald., 1907-10-18
POMPADOUR TO STAY
Salesgirls Resent Effort to
Dominate Headdress.
VICTORIOUS IN THEIR FIGHT
They Walk Right Ont, They Turn
Around, ana They Walk Right
Back 10 Rittsburg Department
stOre-And They VIII Wear Golf
fures just as They Please, Too.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE pompadouT
has Won a victory. The shopkeepers OF
this sooty metropolis have suceumbed. and
hereafter the naughty young persons who
stand behind the counters Of the depart
ment stores win wear structures of noun
famous proportions above their brows, or
great flobs hanging down over one eye. or
vast protuberances over each eaT-in Il
word, any hirsute freak or fright they
please-so, therei
1t all began last week. when the tower
ing-a leaning Tower-of-Pisa sort-pompa-
dour Of Angelina McNabb. who is rat the
hatpins' in Pittsburgs largest depart
ment store leaned over to listen to the
plaint of small woman who wanted TO
exchange two ruby-headed hatplns at %
cents apiece for one emerald and diamond
pin at 90 cents In the heat of the confab
the fair Angelina's pompadour caught in
the wings Of the small customers hat and
al but yanked that creation Of its OWL
ers head.
In the process the coiffure Of Miss Nc
Nabb was disturbed to such an extent
that she had to retire for three-quarters
Of an hour to repair the damage, and
the hat and temper Of the small customer
We're beyond r .Dair. The shop made good
the wings. tie hoorwalkers poured out
rivulets Of soothing excuses that didn't
soOthe. and the entire department was
filed for hours afterward with twitter-
ing, giggiing. demoralized girls who had
witnessed the accident
Ediet and Revolt.
When the loorwallIer cast up accounts
that night it stood thus:
One customer lost.
Three-quarters Of an hour Of labor lost
Miss hcNabb).
Dignity OF shop lost, 50 per cent.
Dignity Of floorwalker lost. 50 per cent.
So the directors, when the case was
laid. before them, decided that pompa-
dours did not pay. and that they must go.
''There'H be wigs on the green If you
attempt to enforce this rule!" warned the
owner OF the tallest brunette pompadoIr
IN the cloak department
I've no doubt Of it," replied the bold
floorwalker-and then fed
On Saturday night fifty OF the more
dispensable girls who wore pOmpadours
were dismissed. The shop was wofuIly
sh0rthanded Girls who lack the industry.
perseverance. and patience TO build Up a
lie Brun or a Marie Antoinette OF a
GainsborOugh every morning are apt 70
make Indifferent salesw0meu, and sales
fell of as the fiat-headed bunglers and
the impatient customers wrangled.
The discharged pOmpadoured girls came
ir ~ fFt.r
fully as customers. They saw the lay OF
the land and knew they would win OUT.
Yesterday they held a secret meeting
honest-nOt one girl in the secret told
more than lve or six other girls-cross
my heart, they didnt-and this morning
the remaining pOmpadOUTs marched into
the offices Of the manager and demanded
that the puffed and rated confreres be
reinstated or they would all walk out in q
body.
The managers shivered One English
man among them, it IS rumored. held
out. II struck him as quite quaint. but
not at all humorous or suitable, that a
body Of women should decide what a
body Of men should or should not do with
then own business
RevoIutiOnists Victorious.
To say that this holder Of the prejudices
Of former day was overruled is putting
il mildly-overwhelmedw would be a better
word.
To-day the shop is ahUm with life and
business Is booming. On all sides rise
towers and turrets Of red and black and
chestnut and ash-blonde and gold-and-
taffy color. And beneath the turrets and
towers beam triumphant faces. To the
victors belong the biggest rats in Pitts
burg.
A few madonna-faced girls who wear
their hair parted in the middle feel rather
out of 1t after the brief hour Of favor
But the general opinion is thus voiced by
a statuesque Titian-topped girl at the
feather counter:
We've got these managers just where
we want 'em. Do away with pompadours,
indeed Why, they'll be offering prizes
for the biggest pompadour by Christmas
Why, no girl who don't wear a pOmpa-
dour can be a good saleslady. The big
ger the rats. the better the clerks. Why.
kid, that's where we keep our brains!"