Lady’s Absent-minded Mistake.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 19, 4 November 1908, Page 55

Lady’s Absent-minded Mistake.

An embarrassing situation arose one day last week in consequence of the ab-sent-mindedness of a fashionably-dressed lady,- who was shopping at a large establishment in Princes Street. In the course of her bargaining she placed her parasol on the counter near to a large feather duster with a long handle, which one of the assistants had been using. After making some purchases she caught up the duster instead of her parasol and went out. As soon as the mistake was discovered a boy was sent after her, but did not overtake her until she had entered another shop close by and put it down on the counter, still under the impression that it was her parasol, bioting the curious glances east in her direction, she looked round for an explanation, and not seeing her parasol, asked who had reliioved! it. Nothing would induce her to believe that she had come in carrying that duster. She was becoming very indignant when a fellow assistant, seeing a boy waiting outside with a parasol, called him in. When the lady at length realised that she had flourished that feather duster along Princes Street she was so overcome that she had to be sent home in a cab.