ANGERED BY A SMILE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 188, 11 August 1931, Page 2

ANGERED BY A SMILE

e ' WOMAN AND HER COSTUME. T' DI SB L IE "WITH DRESSAIAKEK. 11 A scene in a dressmakers’ shop in '' New Bond Street, London, was de- ’ scribed at the Westminster County ' Court, recently, when Aladame Hny- ' ward Ltd., sued Mrs N. Al. A. Glover ‘ for £25 for a two-piece purple-beige 1 tweed suit. -Aliss Gladys Hayward, manageress. I ' said that Airs Glover was very pleased ’ with the skirt, but did not like the r coat. She wanted a different shape. II The tailor told her that the way she 1 wanted the coat ut was contrary to 1 the grain of the cloth, whereupon Airs ( " Glover ordered him out of the room. ’ “I then called the French litter, Alademoiselle Elaine,” said Miss Hayk ward. “It is usual in our business to b I greet a customer with a smile. Elaine j came into the room smiling. “At that Mrs Glover took offence. ‘Who’s this coining into the room smilif ing at me?’ .he said, and ordered her ] out, too. Then Mrs Glover took the l’ coat and skirt off, threw them on the floor, saying that she had been insulted, and she would not accept the goods. “The tailor.’’ said Airs Glover, .. giving evidence, “never said a word: t ._ ho was absolutely morose, and I spoke , e to him in English ami French.Judge Turner: And Scotch and Irish. e too? n Airs Glover: No, but I am Irish; r Madame was civil and very nice, but the French fitter came in with a grin .. on her face. She was not going to do j anybody else’s dirty work. I said, o- “It’s no use going on like that. Yon aren’t fitting the dress. J don’t like P being laughed at; it’s very rude.” e Judge Turner: I have had an opporr tunity of swing all the witnesses, in- ,] eluding the unfortunate French fitter. e whose alleged Cheshire cat grin upset, t the volatile lady from Ireland One really cannot rely on the accuracy of people with the mentality that thinks anyone coining in with a smile is insulting them. Airs Glover has a high temperament am! you ha\-e to be careful what you say to her. The tailor I seems to have been wise in being I morose. I Judgment was given for plaintiffs for i £2l and costs.