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Show SHOPPING IN FRANCE IS EASY. Saleswomen Are Remarkably Adept at Hfl Their Business. That tho saleswomen In European shops are wonderfully quick-witted has often been noted. This Is especially truo of the French. Many of them. without understanding English, will In-torprot In-torprot correctly tho commontbAmcrl-cans commontbAmcrl-cans mako asldo when examining goods, simply by studying their gca tures nnd facial expressions. Onco in Brussels wo woro looking nt gloves. To my certain knowledge tho sales-woman sales-woman was wholly unacquainted with tho English language. My companion said privately to mo: "I am afraid ' thoso gloves will spot." "O, no, madamc," tho saleswoman Instantly Interrupted, in French, "they will novcr spot nt all." In Boulogno-sur-Mer, at a shop for men's furnishings, I naked for dress shirts, A very bright young woman gavo mo a quick, sharp glance, and then brought somo specimens. Thoy boro no distinguishing marks ns to slzo. "Is there some man hero who can tako my measuro?" I asked. "That Is not necessary, sir," she replied. very sweetly. "Aro you suro thes& will lit mo?" "Perfectly." "Hut how can you toll?" I argued, uncon-vincod. uncon-vincod. "Why, sir," she explained In surprise nt my doubt, "I looked nt you." So I -took tho shirts to my room and tried them on, and surely onough, thoy wero tho best fit I ovor had. Travel Magazine |