Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
ing her old costumes and headgear.

ing her old costumes and headgear.
New York shop-keepers know that
this is done again and again, and they
do not attempt to protect themselves
from 1t. They have way Of appear
ing not to mind whether one buys
anything or not. They say,
Come in and look around, rest your
SELF. rock on our rocking chairs, make
yourself perfectly at home. We do
not ask you to buy!"
never sit down IL q restroom shop
rocking chair without being fully
aware that the chair is placed just in
that comfortable angle to tempt me
! to make myself at home. know full
well the seduction that lies in the cup
Of free afternoon tea offered me by
the American shopkeeper. l chuckle
over his devices, and sometimes vow
I will never buy one solitary bit Of
his goods, but only rest in the rocker
all the livelong afternoon, but never
do stop in the chair long. I am bound
to get up and wander about, and
sometimes stumble over something
spread out on table that never
dreamed of wanting or needing, that
l cannot spare the money to buy, that
may force me to simply devastating
economies in other directions IL do
me all the more determined to buy 1t.
Here Is a new-shaped collar. Now,
1 never knew that shape was the
fashion until this very minute. have
an abundance of collars Of various
designs at home. do not need another
collar. It costs wickedly high price
$3.50. The wonders one may do
with IA shillings in London! No, I
will not buy that collar!
Stay. am feeling so refreshed, SO
beautifully rested, having rocked in
the rocking chair for half an hour,
that just try the collar on, without
the slightest intention of really buy
Ing. The saleswoman says 1t is no
trouble to try II on. She says, You
needn't buy 1t, you know, but only
try It for the fun Of the thing" try
1t on. Now, who would suppose that
that particular shape in collars would
make me lose eight years in two mil-
utes and give an absolutely fascinat-
ing and fetching twist to my chin ?
"Send 1t to number nine thousand
and sixty-nine, West One Thousand
and Oneth street" I say, emptying
my purse Of all but a five-cent piece
which will carry me home on the
trolley"
In New York shopping is an all-day
affair with perhaps the larger crowd
out between the hours Of 8 and Z,
when Englishwomen would be paying
their afternoon calls or entertaining
their friends to tea. The New York
woman begins her shopping earlier
In the morning, and keeps It up later
in the afternoon. Most Of the good
New York shops now open at $50 In
the morning, while the London ones
open at 8. Ten years ago the New
York shops opened at s. Your aver
age London woman Of social duties
has most Of her shopping done before
in the afternoon. In New York shop
ping late in the afternoon 's very
common. Your London woman Views
shopping in the light Of dutT'. To
the New York woman it is sciIewhat
Of an entertainment.
Certainly no one can come to Lon
don after a time spent in New York
without enjoying the delightful man
ners Of the London statesmen. and
saleswomen. At first in New York
the foreign visitor Is shocked by the
absence Of respect Of the saleswoman
for the shopper. Only occasionally
does one hear madam" or a "sir."
A few months ago was buying some
cheese in New York department
store. I carried library book under
my arm.
Whats that book you've got
there?" asked the young woman who
was slicing the cheese. gave her
the title. "Is 1t worth reading?" ask
ed she. assured her that found
it exceedingly interesting. 'I'll get
1t If you advise me to read It," she
said, and now she was wrapping the
cheese and tying the string, / told her
I did advise her to read 1t.
81 always ask intelligent looking
ladies who come in to shop what the
books are they have with them," she
said. I'm trying to improve. don't
intend to sell cheese all my life."
And now, coming to London, find
I love the manner Of the English
saleswoman. I like the Difference,
the quiet voice, the attentive manner
with which she looks after my wants.
1T is very becoming, is 1t not, ma
dam?" asks the solicitous saleswo- |
man in Regent street as I try on a
hat or gown. 'It's perfectly grand
thing, and you look dandy in it!'
somehow does not seem quite the
thing these days; yet this precise ex-
preston was used to me in one Of the
principal New York shops two months
ago as I tried on a blouse.
Leaving out OF the question the
very wealthy women, New York wo-
men all take the street cars for shop
ping. They prefer them to the sub
way or the elevated trains, because
they may lock out or the windows OF
the cars into the windows Of the shops
to note what is being shown. The
woman who In London requires a
hanson or a taxicab for shopping Is
always puzzle to her New York sis
ter of the same class. 1t brings one
back to the proposition that was stat
ed in the beginning, that the London
woman goes out with definite thing
in mind. She knows that definite