A Smart Boston Saleswoman.
One of the visitors to a prominent Boston^ millinery establishment the other day was a lady who was evidently seeking an a#icle pf/headgear that was both neat and cheap, but who, thinking it wotjld be/ derogatory td her dignity tq^state exactly whafr-she desired, consumed the time and the patience > Of the saleswoman by her inspection^ of neatly every hat orbonnefc in th£ place. tihe had one invariable comment as she returned each article to the saleswoman, that it was "too decided," whatever that might be. At length she said, with an air ot extreme condescension and in the same unintelligible phraseology : " What I would like to see is one of those nondescript) nothings— 3 f ou know whaL I mean." The saleswoman had not the remotest idea of what was meant, bur, disgusted with the triiler and her monotonous comment on what had been shown her, replied ironically: "lam sorry, madam, I cannot suit you, but we neither deal with nor in nondescript nothings ; on the contrary, our goods and our patrons are all very decided.'
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 224, 15 October 1887, Page 2
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180A Smart Boston Saleswoman. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 224, 15 October 1887, Page 2
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