Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1883 — Conveniently. [ARTICLE]

Conveniently.

A lady went into one of the large stores in Boston, where were a number of young girls who act as saleswomen, and asked to look at a boy’s hat. Not being quite sure what size she needed, she said, after looking at several, “I will look at a number six and fiveeighths, if you can find one convenently,” thinking the girl might have to look through a pile of them, and regretting the trouble it was: causing. The face of the young girl brightened, as she said, with real gratitude, but with a pathetic tone “No one ever says to us, ‘lf you can find one conveniently.’ ” Alas, that we forget to be polite! We say he or she is hired to wait on customers, and we do not say, “Thank you, ” or act as though we appreciated anything done for us. That person makes many friends who goes through life with a smile and a kind word.— Cong regationalist.