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Show LADY CLERKS AND LADY CUSTOMERS. CUS-TOMERS. Scene A store. Lady clerk putting put-ting a finishing touch to her longest curl with her forefinger. To her Enter Female Customer. Female Customer I wish to see some linen collars, pleaso . I,adv Clerk, after Jihripf n.man unri Lady Clerk, after a brief pause and witli a feeble show of pitying interest. Under-linen at tho second counter to the left. (Kelapswa iuto contemplation contem-plation of the infinite.) l' C. Linen collars, I wish to see. L. C, after mentally appraising the customer's wardrobo and resolving resolv-ing if ever she has a black Bilk dress to have moro busilts on it Uh! (Takes down and languidly opens box, and becomes absorbed in a liir-tation liir-tation between the Ebop-waiker and the red-headed thing at the lace counter.) F. C. These are very common. Havo you nothing better? L. recovering her consciousness and politely smothering a yawn The others are twenty cents each. T didn't know as you would care to pay so much. (Takes down other box and sighs.) F. 0. These will do, but these arc too large. Twelve is the size I wear. L. C. takinu the nipasurn nf (lie K C.'s neck as if for the guillotine, with some vivacity Oh, no; fifteen inches at least. Hore are the collars you want. (Takes down box ol fifteens.) F. C, remonatratiugly But I know the size of my own neck. I wear twelves. L. C, making a grudging concession conces-sion I am sure you are mistaken. Try these (Prepares to Uke down box of fourteeus.) F. C, getting mad Will you show me some twelves, or shall I go and see if I can fiud some one who can? L. C, Blammiug down box There! (Glarei.) .still you had belter late thirteen?, for I know tuot twelves are loo small. F. C. makes selection, pays, and exit, pursued through lite by the implacable hatred of the L. C. |