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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1902)
T H E COUKIER n JJ Shoe Clerk Jlnd fiis trials AFFAIRS OF STATE TEACHERS IN THEIR HANDS "Annoyances! Why. yes, we have a few and expect such things to occur until we strike .1 country where san dals form the staple foot Rear, ami are not made In half sizes or French lasts at that." It was a Lincoln shoe clerk who made this cheerful remark as he lilandly sur veyed the wreck anil ruin made hy a ruthless shopper, who had made up her mind to get a KK foot Into a I! last shoe. "She never would have escaped." con tinued the clerk with an emphatic pause, as he articulated the first word, "if some jay shoe clerk hadn't told her the new knack of marking the lasts. She actually caught me trying to sell her a shoe that was large enough for her foot, hut I persuaded her that I had made a mistake. Of course a I! wouldn't tit that foot even when I in creased the size two notches. Finally the length aroused her curiosity and she decided she didn't like it. Xow she's gone. It's all hecause some farm er grew confidential. Anyway. I'm glad the boss didn't see her sail out. "Generally you can get most people to buy the proper shoe in this way. First you size up the foot with the figures quoted by the customer. Xow and tbn the difference would surprise you. Then you tit the shoe small. Hy that I mean keep trying on sizes entirely too little until the foot gets tired of the squeezing process. Then you do your fine work. "Simply turn around, remarking that there is just one shoe in all the world for that foot. Reach up on the shelf, get the style you want to sell in the cor rect size, slip the shoe on the foot as iiuick as you can and nine times out of ten your customer will buy it. "The foot is wearied by the tight shoes. That grateful feeling which comes from the correct fit makes the sale for you. But watch for the auburn haired girls when you're working that figs? yBA W&&KK M Hr ?HH9p xMkftr.Kv W 3L HElttPi MISS SCSAX HIXMAX Teacher in the David City schools nd secretary of the State Teachers' association. Miss Hinuian won lirst honors in the recent state spelling contest held in connection with the teachers' meeting in I.In-10I11. J. D. FKKNT1I. Superintendent of the Hastings schools and president of the state .'issociation. A. I.. CAVIXKSS. Treasurer of the teachers' associa tion and superintendent of schools at Fairbury. J game. Some of them haven't any more patience than a jack rabbit, and when tiny get tired they order you to put on their old shoe. Then they bounce out of the store. "Oftentimes we have to gie one of the other clerks the wink and act like theie is only one pair of a kind. The other fellow comes up and wants them for his customer. Then the buyer, who has turned up her nose at the shoes, concludes to take them just to beat the other woman. Large women, who set their feet down squarely, can gener ally be worked in this way. "I can stand anything. Jf folks call me another I make them believe they are joking. Here, I'll take that back. There's one thing I can't stand, and that's the oldest chestnut in the busi ness. You ion't know what that is? Well, you would find out some day if you worked very long in this store. "In comes a well dressed man or wo man for both work the old gag. Oft tomes the shoe. An aroma comes from somewhere and your patron swears by all that is good and true that both pedal extremeties were fairly soaked last night. This is the most ancient of shoe chestnuts. "My friend, a shoe clerk must be erudite, nobby looking and extremely polite. Besides his imagination must always be greased and ready for in stant action. Verily. I believe that the shoe store is the best preparatory school in all the world for amateur lawyers. At least they are supposed to give logical reasons for conditions that do not exist and that's our long suit. "Well, so long. In case you ever de cide to go into the shoe business come around and I will give you a few tips on the polite way to do the Ananias act." Mrs. Vunderlip Mrs. Parvenu tries very hard to be fashionable. Mrs. Schermerdrum Yes, indeed, she has just had her pet dog operated on for appendicitis. ""iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Miller & Paine Dress Goods, Cloaks and Suits, Linens, Underwear and Hosiery, Cotton Goods, Rugs and Draperies, Millinery, Notions and Trimmings, Etc., Etc. 0 and 13th Sts. Lincoln, Neb
