Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1875 — A Man in a Furnishing Store. [ARTICLE]

A Man in a Furnishing Store.

A chatty writer in the Boston Globe, who has been shopping,,says: “The ■ strangest sight of all is to see a man enter a ladies’ furnishing store to execute some little commission for Mary Jane, who has gone into the country. He steps carefully in at the door, treading as gingerly as though he expected to find innumerable babies lying around under foot, and really looking more bewildered than he would if he had suddenly been transported to the moon. Standing stock-still in the center of the store he surveys each counter in turn with a puzzled air; then, as if he had discovered the object for which he is searching, he stalks up to the hosiery department, slowly proceeds to pull from some hidden recess in his innermost coat a huge pocket-book, which he opens, takes out a letter, carefully unfolds it, deliberately reads it through, then hunts through the pocket-book until he finds a little scrap of blue ribbon, and, scrutinizing the face of each lady clerk, finally selects one and informs her that he wants ‘ le—er—yard and, no (consulting the letter), two yards and a half of ribbon (reading from letter) ’er. two shades darker and a breadth wider than the sample.’ He is directed to the proper counter, and, after paying for his purchase, packs away ribbon, letter, pocketbook and all, then goes on his way rejoicing; but very likely comes back the next day, for the return mail has brought him word that it was one shade darker and two breadths wider than Mary Jane wanted.”