Show I I I rii He Goes Shopping With His Wife wic Mr Grouch f I Gets An Angry and Startles the Clerks I I I k TD B D there thero in la a minute militAte Marla Maria Jl JL B said sald Mr r Grouch to hi his wile wife wifel l It 7 l wh WIle Mw had called at lit the Ute adlee PIce early Qui ese eM n J bright ht afternoon What say sa to toa i a a y to n the cow country try Got Get G t any anything thin rJ to do dor R Only a lUtta mu shopping William WitHam f but if it drive me around it won wont vroni take long lung t oh Ob great Scott said Mid Mr Grouch Grouchy y s 4 Bet Ilet be half hall the buying nothing at all aU Cut it out II cant you and ets let have havo a day lay otto oft First time this month I beet beer t ip Ill to my ears earn in work eti X I would dear dr replied his hi wife I j but you OU know the Ute dressmakers com eom coming J t ing tomorrow and I have to get ready read r for her But Dut there are only oaly a tent few thing to buy and Ill ft do it all at one on store storfAll All right all right Bight J 1 Mr much when n he found there waino wai waa i f no nu alternative a Where do yo y 01 i t want to go IrO first Ant firsth t tA A h hr naked asked ask a no they got gut in the auto Lets Let Letl try th nearest t store tore Save Sa f d time and ones onos as good goal as another for to fort tor t r ail I can aee 04 Say Sax Ill come alone aloni S and help hell you ou do the waiting Not a aj 1 darn tarn store in town has got enough en uch j clerks clerk for tor the business of ot a II crossroad r merchant Got anything allY ju thinK thing to tt match b That the I 1 do just Juat love loveto 10 loveto to pick out a ski sk blue feather eather to tot t match mat h the third ruffle on your our last lut 1 e years silk petticoat L Shopping for Her lor ro i Yea Yee I bare have to get gel trimming for tor torm formy mv my m brown cloth gown gowa and marqui marquisette I ul t sette to coer eater mv Inv new ne Persian PentaD Silk t u ai u t Thread and silk aUk and anel 11 a l taper aper nf of machine macline needles neEdle pins pi silk aUk for tor the iu 1 list t of ofa ofa ofa It a of ot blue ve td leet and a yard of ot crinoline read road Mrs lr Grouch from a shopping Chopping list Hit had compiled And Andoh andoh nd oh I forgot something Mrs Ira Watson next door asked me mt to ill get gel for her heri i surf What hat In IR the th world was WIla iti it i 0 Well Ill be hanged if j 1 I care what t I it is Nana Maria Youre You Y e got enough d shopping of ot your own to take a week t f t loading up with the th neigh hors I see im my m r finish this pm p m Ill IU go back hack to fl the office and andI d I 1 t tars lays work 01 ur take Bassett to the 1 club for fur a game of f pool Please dont William pleaded i r Mr 1 r Grouch Grouth If It I have hate any an kind of ot r ee lurk 1111 liu K it wont take long and aDd I do want tnt your our advice Well 11 now Ill tell teU you ou what Ill r tI d do If It youre gone more than ten r minutes Ill come after afier you ou in that t d M store it and therell be Ie a scattering of r 11 clerks k i ks and lingerie and that will i nl i I make the tho proprietor prot sit lilt up with t i one Oft eye aye open opens Hurry up UI now Im Fm a timing you youIT IT Fifteen minutes minute later Iter after atter a dill dillI J I 1 gent sent search reh of ot th the aisles Mr loll Grouch 7 found his liis wife at the notions counter with head bent over a tray tiny of ot spools pools None NODe of these will match ma cb she was if saying saving Ing hI I thought you ou carried all allt 1 t shades of brown brow a silk Bilk t 1 We e had that color olor last season I Inow said Id the Ute shop girl but hut were w re just out now You see Its not a regular shade bade d e Who ho says its not regular inter interposed interposed I posed Mr Grouch hats the very verv color of ot my grandmothers grandmother wedding gown and a d some one in the I had bad a dress d like it overy every year since I II I was waa born horn All Ali tommyrot You dont keep a full tull line liRe all an Get one spool of ot a kind and when whan sold its it wait a year or send Il nd to Chicago for tOl everybody else in town wants it ho o your buyer here anyhow Equally J us Good I dunno said s ld the tile girl lazily lastly Were ere Just out of ot that color a lighter shade do What do you think Maria Marla Will you have light brown or pale pink or orsea orsea orsea sea green Heres nes your choice of I everything but the color you really want Suppose well have to try every store sture in town for tor a lIH nt spool of ot brown silk aUk What hat difference does It make anyhow Take a case of ot the thelI light lI ht brown and come along It makes make an awful lot Jot of ot differ Uffer difference difference ence and ADI Ill just Juat have to try some other store ster They It dont keep mar marquisette marquisette hero except in white and black aad and the clerk said Mid there was only one place in m town where I could get dark clark blue The Tito velvet the shade I want waat either Walt just a minute until I get the other little tittle things and aDd well go on Will you jou OU please pleas give me three yards of ot feather Ceather bone Bona continued Mrs Grouch speaking to the clerk Were ere Just out sold said ld the girl rl pausing a moment in her conversation with the UIO clerk in the next counter to answer the question but turning away again Immediately Out Oat are re your Ou ask Id Mr Cr Grouch How Bow de do you know youre out when you hayt looked Say is there anybody else to wait watt on this counter or 01 shall I call ahil the floor walker Look here now we want some drew dress trim mines minga what do you call it whale whalebone bone and I dont propose to go all allover allover over town looking for tor 10 16 cents worth I of goods that its your business to carry Hunt around in those boxes and see what youve got What color did you say ay 1 said the girl roused roUNd at last to some e interest inthe in the ih purchase Oh I thought you wanted white while Sure wee weve got black blacklow tow low musk mUM did you say Want nut Some Seine Shoes Shoo Sure theve got it but you have ha hato to insult them before they tiley come como to life lite and aad admit it Wonder Ponder how long longa a goats gents furnishing house would last if the clerks were all ae a accommodating ing Ine as ail that princess Im going out outside outride side ride Maria Marla this Is III getting otting on my nerves Those are shoes shoe he added as ail they passed a ashow show dhow case ea e Better neUer get some Maria arla I like those fussy fumy velvety looking I Iones ones flea What do you call them Swede Suede goosey goose said MId Mrs Irs Grouch hI I believe Ill just see ee if It they have my I size and have a pair sent up on ap approval pro al That wont tako taka a minute Nom said the clerk when she had told him what she wanted That Thai style are all gone We sold them right off oft as soon BOon as aa they came in We Ve any an more in your youral al size alae e Cant I give you ou some lame nice patent leathers My wife likes them better than suede She says they wear better beUer I r prefer suede sue lIe answered Mrs Grouch ignoring the Ule clerks officious advice Wont you have any more morein moreIn moreIn in Its It early riy In the season I al always alway always and ways way wear Blank Cos shoes this is ill the only store whore they are carried tarried Oh Ob we dont havo have that line now out of or date and not so classy class classa a es our new stock Its too bad you earlier if Itou you wanted How early earl Interposed Mi Mr Grouch at last This Tills is the tenth of i October and 88 SS degrees in n the shade and you tell teU me its too late to buy bin winter shoes hoell Suppose you only had one pair and the managers wife got gut that the matter with Blank Oos Cos shoes Its a standard make and my Rl used to it and likes it and its the business of this store to tt carry what customers want In the ox team days a fellow had to put up upI I with what he could get out west but by heck heek In a city like Salt Lake you ought to find everything there is onearth on onearth onearth earth nowadays 4 Try Tr Some Sonic Other Store Well what are you going to do about it Maria Marla Shall we try some bane m I Iother other shoe store or 01 do you want that marquis stuff you were talking about the tho dope Is la it something to eat or wear I want it for tor a waist and I know just where to find it William an answered answered answered his but wife 11 Co Dont you think we will have time for our drive after atter all Its only on I 4 3 Yes and we got g t started out at 2 have been boen through I this early oar it If I helped Ought I Ito to see me buy an outfit Do Db the whole blamed thing in half halt an hour and there you are with no more trouble for a year |