The evening world. Newspaper, January 20, 1900, Page 3

» THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1900 HOW TO SELL SHOES TO PLEASE A WOMAN. Never Offer Any Larger Than the Size She Says She Wears, Even if She The Wrong Way—‘You QUESTIONS. ‘will call again, what should you do? should she manage? eon is | How can you sell | {n and look around to find a man to walt on them, fa a reason for thi Blain it as a lesson, not as a censure, “There are very few shoe saleswomen Who take the trouble to learn anything about shoes or how to fit the feet of dif- ferent people. Men seem more interested thoroughly. That is the whole secret. “Our feet are with many of us our ten- derest spot. shoes we want to be sure that we are purchasing something for our comiort and not for our continual discomfor: For that reason we want to trade with gome one who knows something about feet and their peculiarities, CAN'T TALK CORNS AWAY. “Thia is one one business where ust. bie talking yt amobnt it counts. Bonallty and persuasive powers vo chery aiity and sive. powers 10 ch them through. It won't go. with peoaie is OF enlarged Joints. ‘They 4 saleswoman to know how to fit foot so that they can walk, not saleswoman Is to Take down your kindy dust them off, open the box, take they out and look at them and replace them so that when & customer comes in wed “70 HARLEM IN 15 MINUTES.” \ —The New York World, April 8, 1893, BUSH FOR WORK ON TUNNEL A Big Influx of Italians Is Expected from Abroad. e John B. McDonald, the rapid transit Contractor, says he will probably qualify On Tuesday or Wednesday next by put- ting up the required bonds to assure a fulfillment of the contract. Until then he will give out no sub- gontraots on the work. There is a rush ‘of contractors to get a share of the job, but McDonald says he has made no Promises, He will give them all a hance to bid, ; ‘Crowds continue to visit the office of » the big contractor in search of work. There will be numerous applicants for every job. It is feported in the Immi- jon Bureau that @ great influx of may be expected at once, be- Prcause some of the steamship lines have If & woman comes in, looks at a coat, ‘when she tries It on says sho likes it and A book agent calls on a business man. She wants to get to him, but if he knows her business he will not see her. How T want to buy a hat. I tell you the sea- and your hats are too high. ? HAVE often noticed in shoe stores where lady clerks are employed that those of thelr own sex come Prof. Butler explained, “There I should like to ex- in the shoe question and master |t more When we buy a palr of LESSON NO. 5. art me”? FOUR RULES FOR THE SHOE SALESWOMAN. 1, Know what yeu have ia stock, 8. Allow your eastemer te be Judge of the comfort of the ehoe. 3. Keep dusted, 4. Know something abeat ¢ laste that will be most comfertable on diftrent Minds of feet. RRR RRR Rett wishes a No, 4 on a B last you Dull down a No. 6 on a Blast thos sulting your customer by allowing her to think that her feet are much larger fn your opinion than the number she has called for. a “It ts too often the case that a shoe clerk will take gown a box containing beautiful pair of shoes, the box covered with dus, and, ago | up a duster, hastily dust off the box, regardiess of the annoyance this causes the customer, “1 have also noticed that @ shoe clerk will try to tell a customer low a shoe feels an her foot. Newer do t Al- Ways allow your customer to be the udse of the comfort of the shoe. in a mild way to sell a shoe to fit, LET HER PINCH HER FEET. ts upon wearing one too Te” Very few men or ays will make such usg- leas martyrs of themselves to vanity by ginching their feet. ‘Those who do de- werye ail they get “Now don’ |montshed, “that our f | tive point, All of us |e like 10 ee thoos, every one can appree! comforiable ‘one. sabia careful in buttoning of lacin shoe not to hurt your customer, Ww en the steck bexes B on feet are or have vanity JOHN J, ASTOR WIL BUILD A FINE PALACE. Old Mansion ‘e a Home Can’t Get Them On. it Way—‘fe pleased.” zee. see that the buttons are ion't inflict needless. pain by. (rying’te | Wil! also probably add to Queen Victo- button them, and don't lace a shoe un-| ria's long list of descendants. meretfull Te rae kin Mty Ht ME] ‘The Duke of York, by the way, haa are man; who wince In the clerk. When a customer says that shoe pinches at a certain point don bared may call you blessed for that ver) thing. “OF course If I were ving lensons ti customers I could tell them a few thin and some of their faults,” Prof. But explained smilingly. ing to have to unfasten dusty shoes wt the shoe laces so dirty that wren finish you look as if you had bing potatoes. It is also irritating ti and causing you to exer until your hands hurt, WOMEN REPLACING MEN. “But there are some of the trial ; Must be endured. Shi shoe stores now employ women, another case of the passing of man. hold ‘that women sulted for Prof, ip in every line, ‘And the: Th “What they need now to do thet work so well that they will be pald th very sure to i her em| antial t she will receiv. in if CATH nt E KING. L le @ subst Ferncliffe to Be Replaced By to Cost too tight ands of the shoe insist that it does not or that It will be all right when she wears it a little while, ‘ to add something to the comfort of humanity by selling shoes that fit. Tt is very annoy- been grub- have a customer who Wants you to ft her in a number smaller than she can in without being shoe-horned 16, your muscles 7 dimirably bs | shown by the fact that almost all of the are especially salesmansh! line, , Butler went on, enthusiastically, can do even better than they artes that men would be who NEW HEIRS Several Children Likely for Victoria. CZAR BXPBCTING A SOR) Duke of York Offera His Services to the Admiralty— Can't Go to War. (Coprright, 1900, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, Jan. %.—While Great Brit- ain Is being depleted by death and war service of representatives of her beat families comes the announcement that the year 190 will give the Queen several new great-grandchildren. made their the Princess of appearance, fon ae are entertaining ‘The Czar ts also an heir, while the Crown imilar expectations, Princess rommand. ing to the front. Y/than the Duke of Cambridge. Realizing however, thi sible, officials, He ts continually appearing with some new suggestion and is ally being turned ov to General Sir Evelyn Wood, Adjutant-Generai to the Forces, who is very deaf, Bo firmly is the Duke of Cambridge convinced that his advice is essential to the country's existence that he will not jake his usual Winter trip to the Con- tnent. The real reason which has prompted Rudyard Kipling to go to the Cape is his desire to be “in at the death.” He is especially desirous of meeting Cecil Rhodes, with whom he is on terms of close friendship, immediately after the reltef of Kimberley. Moreover, Mr, Kip- ling will utilise his trip in gathering good IMerary material. Prince Ranjitsinhjl, the well-known Indian cricketer, exemplified Mr. Kip- Mng's popular story, “The Man Who Ww when at dinner this week at Cambridge, Expressing regret at the {act that Ms countrymen were not ale lowed to fight in South Africa, he added; “When Russia comes blunderi st the door of India the world wilt’ ose what indian cavalry can do. Another dist Oriental has been surring up British patriotiam. In this case it ls none other th he Chi. Nese Minister, who, when visiting t! Manchester Stock Exchange, ca.ed for he queen. Mayor notified Her Majest: occurrence and she ed tha: heard of .. with much iri In. inte. TD ROVALTY. More Grand - Bince the first of the year two have Crown Roumanta having given birth to a daughter, and Princess Henry of Prussia having been delivered of a In the Spring the Duke of York ex- Pects to again become a father, while ral other grandchildren, it ts said, nee more hoping for f Greece and Princess Feodora of Reuss placed himself at the dispostion of the Admiralty, and will probably receive a But, though he intimated that he was desirous of duty with the Cape Squadron, he will not attain his desire for the same reasons which pre- vented the Duke of Connaught from go- No one was more amxious to go out this was utterty {mpos- he consoles himself by making life miserable for the high War Office MISS GRACE CALLED BEAUTIFUL BY QUEEN. ~ ‘ MISS LOUISE GRACE. It 1s deemed honor enough by most young ladies to be presented at the yet to this was added the unusual honor of a special herself when | blond beauty, and of this city, was! ful figure. She is very much accom Her pres- entation gown, which ahe wears in the Court of St. James, comment by the Miss Louise Gra the most beautiful girl of the season, and when that before Her Maje at her, Presented, for the Queen remarked to one of her ladies that Miss Grace was young lady bowed low y it was noticed that Victoria® gazed intently and admiringiy Miss Grace is the daughter of ex- Mayor Grace, and she has «pent muca of her life abroad, ha’ London, whom 5! relatives ry plished and highly educated. pleture, tx of white satia, with an ov dress of white gaume, embroidered JOHN SWINTON ON THE LACK OF PLUCK. “Pluck, Man, Is the Thing ’—It Is Power—It Is. the Backer of Reason and Right—A Few Cases in Which It Is Needed. thing, their dafly bread, thelr monthiy rent and their grocery bills seem gp them matters that must not be fae peritled. Well, you may scold them if you I merely tell them that their is upworthy of American workmen dlscrediiabvle to the country in they live, If all men acted as they capitalism would soon crush out inm, trample on every rghit of labor and fx (he wage scale (o sult its omm ail-devouring self, ‘i er of yet another case. It Mice. Some of the many clerks there have sent mé a: ne rp letters, time and again, cvnpiaining of Wrongs under whlen (rey suf A man told me the other day that he would not dare to join a union, because his boss was #0 bitterly opposed to the union that he would not keep any one who belonged to it, He sald he was afraid to lose his place; he could not afford to lose it; he knew what it was to be out of work, and, though he be- Neved in the unlop, he didn't want to run any risks. It would be easy to taunt this man with cowardice. But he fought tn the Cuban war, bears the scars of battle near his heart, and ts of the stock of a is ctty and elsew! ; are rare, t were born lines largely rehis ot r Only by ‘pluck to know what deal with. be gained can “capitation be kind of JOH! Bunker Hi He fought that other men | Stange finder wiiten tovy sullen. in another ~ountry might gain the right nenies to a pet yey Pos! 1 which he himself ts not allowed to en- | #fraft to call upon him in person, a sign thelr letters and afraid. to Joy In his own country, ‘inion thac of che let st It was moral pluck that this man! riers. ‘This is a pretty bad case. lacked; a kind of pluck whien often | {a,{MA Anuthing oan be done about J fatalls sacrifices or suffering far harder | take (heir dwn part, Postmaster Van Cou is not @ fighting man, a te endure than those (hat are produced | tiiive he would diaenie iody of his ¥ physical courage, gierka, for ‘asking him’ for “fale play 1 know of another case. There ts a] iould be de so, then raise a rab tf trade which has never been untonized, ree ear cae and the men of which are wo afrald of | of (he'ihcthee Cuda ag ake ete a the big corporation that “hires them] of. 1 have nat finding out that they desire to organise | The records ar that they have for x tong time held ed labor In thle o secret meetings to talk over the subject. | tell of unions tha’ Every one admitted to a meeting is| stew pledged to secrecy, and only trusted persons are ever admitted, All parties are In @ funk, quite ready, I have no doubt, to face the devil at any time, but unable to look a big concern in the eye. Thelr famtiies and all that sort of DOOHG# | # CHURC In the Fifth Avenue Collegiate Charch, one | Petera esaistet by % soveral speakers. Albert Hl. Studebaher, pastor ¥ tthew's raisn Lateran Chora si ene § 40] In the Fifth Avenwe Deptia Churen, Fory- dtreet, near Vilth avenue, the pulpit will J up ed tomorrow by the Rev. Galushs An Jerson, 1). D., of the Divinity S:toxl of Chicago University, At Carle's Mission, No. 142 Wat fireet, the Rev. James A. OF ‘will preach to-morrow evening on“ ves of Two Notoble Priette—Dr, ‘and Father Sylvester Malone.’ bern Rev. will be Oh, How ith Ralvation’’ 4° Great Mevey” | 18 lt Eighth and Eleventh streets. The telephone has of late become qu an important fixture in the desorat of headquarters of unions in this ci ‘The first body to install this mode ‘ators, rved win their hy to have t Executive Asroc! Thetr ball “0 0 9 1%: ery and Timothy Healy. use their best endeavors vo have pro- prietors deal only in the products of union labor, Among the list given the committee are halls on Kast Fourth, was the Amalgamat iiwelf that many lis, The is in charge of Business Agent tn the In Carnegie Lye eum, Henry ite At the Wem Side 108 | 9 ty. of ed afievmon and evening. morrow Eider Bh PF. ty. Utah, will deliver the polled by the Fisee | a perien of Ieetures on '’Mormoniem. 1 Meme, The tee wretiy | ght, Weat, Pare, Presirrteri , is semmcialiy | caries Payson Mallery, D. workers 604 Frriw st both serviers. Cametau’? ft io rumored that the BL ter will be recalled, not on this account, a be warmly erected in England, thoug Chin Chen Lo Pengluh's departure would be regretted, JOINED UNION: DISMISSED, Right Linemen of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Ce. Lese Their Positions, Eight linemen of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company in Jer- sey Clty and Newark were dismissed this week because, It id, they had Joined a new linemen's union, Bupt. H. @, McCully, of the telephone company, said this morning: “The employees of our company have JOHN Welegate of the Hesagen Labor! "4 Cleb,) John Cronin is the delegs Hexagon Lavor Club of th and Grate 3 y of the Tile Layers Union to and among jen to that y of Its most energetic workers. He has represented his union for sixteen terms though offered higher office In’ ais union has alwaye rejected it, e9*iatied that in his field there tsp) of work to be done in the cause of Ialor, tration have tf ve re in to-morrow, A number of clothin, in the shop of Ivan Frank & ing to the al of «rant them a shorter work- appeals of moloyers promise would the firm consider, at thelr own terms, and are await! tha gt their headquarters, & La- fayette place. of Brooklyn, has organised and met 6 fatled t tranafer- and (t will prob- cutters employed Co. at 9 y at on strike yesterday ow- i for naught, and not even a - e and ai-| strikers exepet to be called back soon The new Board of Walking Delegates, The fight between the Cigar and | Deh iB, Pema iit aearens Claarettemakers he maximum ‘of Ohin poms eh | welgnt a unsettled, These Thursday “ and from it wil not in the Seewadl Collegiate OM be over clmaretio- will be held an makers have » brand on Which they re: | Special musteat prog-ammes fuse to withdraw their label und almost | eich service Methodist Episcopal Church, nue, below Thirteenth street, | © P. Cadman will deliver ai afternoon, Mies Allee ipde~ raf, of Oblo, will sing. Mr. Redcliffe wtll tag tie serivoe aml conduct the afier meeting. Many conversions are reported as & result of these . it be Claas, to be int DD. pastor. Henkel, if tm the Right SUL preach an ae Be Sa eer ann in Grace im, Episcopal to ‘Proemant | Spiecopal Madioon avenue and Sixty-risth strom, @ Alliances. i a ne nd by Mame, In Christ Protestant Dptecopal Charet, and Division avenue, Brooklyn, RD. the James H. Dariingson, D. nevices ot | mervice in the assembly foom just before the Hl the first time tai set to work, and In night reet, and elected rt med at ii Sot Specie) erangsitetc meetings Tuestay, Wednestay and Thursday evenings “he Mer JM. Reg. lormer'y of se Vine th that he doesn't know what to do with them and he has an ambitious wife. With such @ combination a palace be- comes an absolute necessity—or they think it le, which is just the same. Sensible folks will not get mad about it, On the contrary, they will be giad. butiding of the palace wil! give to an army of workmen and wi! but or four of the Astor comfortable manner, it Senerally believed, if one is disposed to get envious, that the As- tors will have any bigger mansion in the skios than some of the folks who wish three a very not Hd Talman and Bergt. Downing, who were 9} parsing. They went to the resene, uninterrupt Our patrons do not wish the service terrupted by strikes or other causes, We treat our employees with the utmost Wberality and with the greatest consider- ation, and we insist that they refrain from it calculated to en- gende: ff THREE POLICEME! ‘They Were Fiereely Set Upes When They Went to Arrest Neck Bruin in Williamebuarg. Ryisious feeling against Benjamin Shapiro, a Chrietizn exhorter, converted from thelr own faith, so aroused the score of more of fai street, Williamsburg, three policemen were tried to arrest one of t Policeman Butcher had a warrant fer the arrest of Nosh Bruin, who Shapiro @eclared, caleld him vile names. Bruin, his wife and son Adam set on ‘The three biuecoats had to draw their clubs and beat a passage from the top Moor to the street. Their uniforms were In shreds and they were battered sorely. In Ewen Street Court to-day Bruin, senior, was paroled and his son beld in (609 bail. zy bodies to move because of ( juest! 5 ral attempts will i of the meeti be made to have those places unlonized. In consequence of this decision a com- mittee of three has been appointed to A RAPID LIFE CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. Several anique ideas were advane-@ conrerning the proper way of living to be jandred Year Clab at Texede Hall tact might. lyn name of the United Roard of of Brooklyn and Vicinity. 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