Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1914 — Glove Counter Fussed Up When Actor Comes In [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Glove Counter Fussed Up When Actor Comes In

PITTSBURGH, PA. —He was an actor; if proof of identity were needed, the astrachan-collared topcoat and silver-headed walking stick (summer weight) were sufficient. As he breezed up to the ladies’ glove counter in a

downtown department store a blonde fairy sporting an aquiline nasal appendage recognized him. Thud! Instantly business at the gljve counter was at a standstill. Hey, girls,” piped up the blonde with the noticeable nose; “pipe that guy that Mazie’s waitin’ on. He’s a actor and plays in the stock company. Me’n Myrtle Harlin seen him play a swell part las’ week. I guess he ain’t workin’ this week. Gee, ain’t he a

■well looker, though?” Like an ignited powu<_.- train this startling lutormation spread throughout the department. Selecting a pair of ladi's white kid gloves, the actor ordered them wrapped f«Jr mailing and then tendered a bill in payment. But this wasn't all. There was change forthcoming; and when the hero had departed, one of the stricken ones had courage to ask Mazie what priced gloves had beefi purchased. '‘Oh, be ain't nothin’ but a cheap skate. He got a pair of them 79-canl (kings and told me to take all the cost marks off.**