AMERICAN LADY CLERKS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1342, 18 August 1877, Page 21

AMERICAN LADY CLERKS.

Scene— A stqre. Lady clerk putting a finishing touchr to her longest curl with her fore-finger. .Enter Female Customer.,. Female Cjisiiomer : I ' wish to 1 see^ 'sorne^ linen collars, please. Lady Clerk, after a brief pause, ' and with a feeble show of pitying interest:, Under -linen, at, jthe, second counter to the left! " (Eclipses into contemplation of the infinite.) Female Customer : Linen collars I wished to* see." Lady Clerk, after mentally appraising>the customer's wardrobe, and resolving if ever she hag a, black, silk: dress,, to-; have more bugles on it : Oh f (Takes' down and languidly opens box, and becomes absorbed in a flirtation between, the shopwalker and the red-headed thing at the lace counter.) :F.O. :. These, are very common. Save you nothing better ? L. C, recovering her consciousness^ and politely smothering a yawn : The others are 20 cents each ; J didn't know.;as you would care to pay so much. (Takes down another box and sighs.) JVr C»:.:These will do, but these are too large. ' Twelve fis the sizerl.wear.u iL.iO.Vtakingithe smear surement of F. C.'s neck, as if for the guillotine^ with^sonievtvivftcity" :IIO^. no;£ fifteen inches at least. Here are the collars you ' want." . (Takes' clownT alhbxVof . 15's.) F. C, remonstratingly : But I ! know'the"size v 6fmy i own neck. I wear 12's. L. C, making a grudging concession :I am sure you are mistaken. Try these. (Prepares to take down a box of 14's.) F. 0. , getting mad : Will you show me some ; 12's, or shall I go and see if I can find some one who can ? L. C, slamming down box : There. (Glares.) Still, you had better take 13's, for I know that -32's are too 1 small. F. C. makes selection, pays, and exit, pursued through life by the implacable hatrecf of the L. C. — New lorlt Herald.