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Show COULD MAKE A GOOD GUESS Young Man Was Not Sure as to Size, but Was Willing to Take a Chance on It. Into a men's furnishing store stepped a young man warily, almost timidly. He lacked the air of confidence con-fidence of the man who is about to purchase a tie or a handkerchief or a collar. Eagerly the genial floorwalker floorwalk-er pounced upon him and the prospective prospec-tive customer's first words explained everything. "Have you anything suitable for a young lady?" he asked, looking about dazedly at the rows of shirt boxes. "Something for her birthday, you know?" "Well, I should say we have. Step right this way, please. Miss Apper-son, Apper-son, will you show this gentleman some ladies' hose, or" he added, as he noted the inquirer's pitiable confusion, confu-sion, "perhaps he would prefer to see some of those near-silk ladles' coat sweaters?" He would, he certainly would, and when he found a man in charge at the sweater counter he became almost himself again. The sweater idea seemed to strike him favorably, and for several minutes he Inspected color combinations and felt fabrics, Finally the clerk dropped him Into hot water again. "About what size does the young lady wear?" It was a poser and entirely unexpected. unex-pected. ' The young man gazed at a dummy figure on which a sweater coat was displayed, then walked up to It, circled It with his arm, and nodded: "About this size. I thinK." |