The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-23
Tomorrow" Sort Bane of
Tired Clerks Existence.
RUDENESS COM MON
Rather Amusing Incident Of
the Xmas Rush.
The Wise Shopper Has Completed
His Task--"Hurry Up" is
Slogan Of Tardy Ones.

The salient feature of shopping
just now Is the mad rush practlced
by the tomorrow sort of person"
who lags along until the last min
ute and then hasn't single gift
ready for Christmas distribution,
and doesn't know what he or she
wants, or what will be appropriate
and not too costly and thousand
other things to befuddle the minds
and hands of both clerks and shop
pers The really kind and consid-
crate giver will be careful to tighten
the burden of the girl behind the
counter by completing her gift list
before the laggards dash right in
and turn around and dash right out
again, with no idea of what they
are dashing after Dash 1t all!
In one of the large dry goods
shops of the city yesterday the fol-
lowing incident typical of the sea-
son was observed:
A middle aged woman accompan-
led by wishy-washy maiden OF
perhaps sixteen summers, elbowed
her way frantically up to the notion
counter and signaled a clerk. or
course there were dozens of folks
entitled to attention before her, but
selfshness brooks no bonds of
courtesy and the tired clerk, frait
little lady who ought to have been
out breathing the tonic of the win
ter ozone instead of the stuifiness
of crowded store room, responded
with a sigh. She was not slow to
recognize the type, that Is one OF
the advantages of life beyond the
, counter-it teaches one to read hu-
man nature, minus it's veneer,
Look here" snapped the forward
one. '.have you anything suitable
for girl"
The question was rather amoigu-
Gus. "Had you any notion Oh wha'
Won would like?" asked the clerk.
Gracious no! Did you ever? |
!. thought that was what you were
b,red for, to sell things. some peo-
rle ask the most foolish questions.
Ethel, turning to Miss sixteen >
..do you think Mabel would care TOT
: one Of these pins?
"Umph-huh.'
.,verv well, you may wrap up
This pearl one taking 1t out from
> under the hand of another shopper,
The girl wrapped the pin and stoou
waiting for the change
!, How much is it, .'
d, 1.-TWO dollars ALL.
.,wau why in Sam Walker uluh
Won say so? If yod thinK Sou O"l
1ha,ge me two dollars for cheap
roolinr affair like that you are ms,
taken. It isn't worth doilar' E'ne,
didn,t say Mabel paid dollar 10.
thot picture she sent last ehii''
] mas?' ..'"'
ls ..yas b and could see the ptlc
where she tried to rub 1t out Jus
as if couldn't tell really manu-
Z ,a Siecan of art the minute
e ,aid nv ewes on It, CA long hne .
r nonrars %, were standing patiently D
e waiting the end of the harap'su'
II won't pay a cent more thah on, s1r
anty-6ve cents for her, not d 'en
Ethel do you think she wou'o lin
this hat pin?
GUmph huh" o ,tr "
.,Very well, wrap up the pm
The clerk was not to be c""St a,St
off guard this time IL 10 'o s
oants" she said in tlreu rUso "o
GRITTY cents. Now look mere nus
,nu, not be shown cheap JUNK
tris sort If you think can I"
."' onathing better than TINS
will buy elsewhere, l guess l,au alSS'
T'u take that pearl pm seeins a,
in the hands of another puaona ~,
"wu YOU please get 1t rom 'n
woman who has gobbleu " 'p
annh rude manner when 1t We
NV pin all the time?" -. =,
AFTER the other purchaSel ..d,
,aar separated from the disc discasu'
o,n With some difficulty and sIe
p poorrt of diplomacy the Wo"'
I,rattbed it gleefuhy. - s,
%sav mamma" drawled MISS 81 ,,
toan as they backed out o'eI ~
,niured feet of the crown. 80
Gera,dlne go by with John sln'Vn
9wen let her go, don't you NrU u,
we have dozens OF things 10 ., .,
yetq" questioned mamma as 81
hustled ont ,ot,
The girl behind the couhp %
sighed another hugh sigh OF syr
nathy for the next harassed eiel
as she took tray of back com
from the display case for the he
shopper.
lust little thoughtfulness'
note of humanity for the was