The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
BY A W L,AMoUREUx.

Paris. Sept. 2s.-some people here, either shopkeepers or shoppers want to start a school for shopgfris. The Idea is to teach pupils .he most ef- ficient methods of enticing ladies to buy more than they can afford. It 10 estimated that . two years course will sufice to turn out . perfect shop girl.
 The pupil will first of all be taught sshow to be amiable. If nature has not endowed her already with an en- gazing smile the professors of the shop-gi university will soon in- struct her how to acquire one. say the promoters. On leaving school she will "have acquired the habit of guess ing what the shopping lady wants be- fore she has said to herself. and of gauging the depth of her purse. m order to induce her to buy as much as she can be made to pay for but no more; in fact, to lead her on discreet ly to the limit of her purse but no further, and to 1t all the time In sucn . way that the lady remains per suaded that she absolutely does want what she is purchasing.
 Moreover. the pupil shop siri VII acquire much other useful inlorma- ton. She win be trained in, the know ledge of manufactures and of com merce. When employed she must know something about the fabrications of goods sold by her employers, heir cost price, and the perceptage 10 rro- fit which must be made upon trem. The school will have to include prsc- tical classes with counters, articies for sale and customers will try pa tience.
 Doubtless the mistresses will act the part of peculiarly unmanageabie ladies who ransack the whole shop and buy a packet of pins and 1t VIII be the pupils duty to wheedle the most intractable into purcnaSing A least a gross of needles as well. The rromoters of the undertaking believe that in a few years time any apph- cant having the title of graduate cf the Shopgirls' University" will be able to find employment at once. and girls holding the degree will be at premium among employers.
 While on tour. a well-knowE actor was delighted to discover a new sort oY picture postcard. It consists of large cardboard frame. into which a cbromo-water color can be inserted. He was so well pleased with the new cards that he brought a supply large enough to go round to all his ncquaint- ances. Unluckily, he failed to notice frame: "No correspondence should be written on this card, as the post 'omce will transmit it only as printed mat fer" and he wrote complimentary word or two on each, put on half penny stamps. and posted them. Now the intricate regulations or the Frencn postoff1ce allow a picture oostcard 10 travel for a halfpenny if not more than five words conveying greetings be written on 1t, the ordinary corres- pondence postcard being charged one penny. But In this case the card was too large and too heavy to De srans- mitted as q postcard. and went only as printed matter.
 Commits Terrible offence.
 Now the printed post-matter con. taining correspondence is a frightful offence under the law of June %, 1856. and is visited with hideous penalties. The post office, having examined one of the actors cards and found 1t to contain correspondence, examined them all, and observed that the same offence had been committed in each ease. The human thing would have been to warn the actor, but that would not have been according to rule. The postcards were therefore duly trans mitted but were handed to each ad- dressee in person by soiemn-faceo postman, who. on delivering the of- lending matter, recited the paragraph Of the law of June 25, 1865, appertain- ing to the offence committed, and in- dicating the penalties incurred, which nav reach . fine of $100. The actors unfortunate friends generally got on with a fine of seventg-five cents per