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Show I Hi p (!liiitijics of mu in x fcnt (Sib. i ffl s 3 MUM S.lCltltlTrMlTiiNTl'ATvTYTYTlYSYl uHH I gcrlts o( Shopping. "I've Just lost a thousand dollars," sa!4 te girl with tho pensive face, casoslly "V II, It s hard to krep track of such a saall sum In one a purse," waa tho rejoinder the imcastlc oung woman In ti Morris cbnlr nude Tie Peosslvo girls noso wrinkled In dlslslo, It was this nay," tho ex plafned M was coming homo with ' k jyj one of tho latest JV (Is novels my friend r.i ' , i n "' nor,n ,,, G yS&nr 1 '"'' 'elll "" Trie. a j7)-fr book I (arrled was -i'Niv brand new and I "tjJJwk A ' tolng through jtycAW n department store 7jeHHv nnd happened to CrV? "UI ""' 'oo1' ll1 f "vSjif tome books In the i rFf look department Z)l I'f II as then I 1 V ''& ,h0,"!,ll ' " TnJf irJ ir'y arr a'a on ,ne iliVfiW' lookout far shop-'' shop-'' J'SKf'i "Re", you know, tf1pSj& and It tuddenly IJl occurred to mo that J I I ll WII lull likely . ' ' ' 1 would feel the biay hind of a hotiso detectlvo on ray shoulder, and I walkod ot of the store. In fact, I didn't qulto see how a detective detec-tive who was doing his duty could avoid nabbing me Thero I was loiter-log loiter-log around the books nnd Intending to wslk away wlih a brand new, un-wrapped un-wrapped novel under my arm. What grounds would the detective havo for telltvlng I hadn't stolen It? I decided de-cided to remonstrate gently but (irmly with him He would scoff. Thereupon I would consent to be led away, 1 would demand being taken to tho manager. man-ager. I would state my coso to him In a quiet, ladylike, haughty manner which would cow him, so different would It be from the usual hysterical tbreaU of tho real shop-lifters. Ho would bo convinced and apologise and hope It was all right. Then I would smile frostily and mako no move toward to-ward going. 'Oh, no,' I would say, 'It is not an right You know perfectly well what a box you and your bright detectlvo have got yourselves Into. I have a good damage case, against this store and I Intend to put It In the M'J'l'.'ltW' lnwyer. Either that ana tn annoying publicity for ou or. you lit down and sign a check for a thou-.snnd. thou-.snnd. dollars and hand It to me.' Of course be would be glsd to get out of t for a paltry thousand and then I would depart, planning a summer trip to Europe." The fascinated audience was listening listen-ing breathlessly. Tbe pensive girl drew a long, long tgb. "Ilut the horrid houso detectlvo detec-tlvo let me walk out rlghl under hit note and I flashed the book in hit very face. I could bave hit him I waa ao mad." "It was a shamol" sympathized tho listening chorus. "I did shoplift once," the young woman with the reputation for painful pain-ful honestly broke tho silence. Everybody Every-body said, "Whatl" and sal up She shuddered. "It was this way. It gives me cold creept yet when I think what might havo happened to Be, I waa buying tome cheap stick- EHUD Ins at tho Jewelry counter In a department de-partment store and had laid down on the card-fllled trays on the counter a paokage I carried which was fastened with two crosswise rubber bunds. When my pins and change came I picked up my package and sauntered oat, I walked a block and was waiting wait-ing on tho corner for my street car when my hand chanced to rub tho under un-der tide of tho pircel I felt lomo-thlng lomo-thlng strange I looked There, slipped slip-ped under the rubber bandt wero two cardi. each holding n eel of cuff links and shirtwaist buttons They wero expensive ex-pensive ones, too When I got my breith I started nnd Just ran back to that Jcwelr) counter nnd almost threw Iho cards nt tho clerk, at I explained how I had nrrldentall) walked off with tli cm I had chilli nil tho way home If a floorwalker or A I detective had no Ti'-T tlceil them as I was W-Jr' ,"" leaving tho first '-oSffit tlmo he'd hae put ti -nT-rfcA"" mo In tho police rM to. rBl station sure as i HtLH fate Thero would :(j?HH hao been nbso ,- h3B lulely no way of I, f EtQf- proving 1 lndn't -1 ' faw Inti-ntlomlly tnken VOf rf2v?ftw them Al the best y' '.Vnlllvj the firm would V IM'W hnve let me gn with a solemn warning never to do It again And I know I'd havo been a thief from thai day In spite of nuself Just to carry out their set Men of me Sort of hypnotic effect, ef-fect, you know " "H'm!" commented the tarcatllc girl "Tho mornl wo draw from these harrowing experiences, young women, In regard to shopping. Is don't Resides, Re-sides, think at all tho things nu can buy with tho money ou tavo!" Chicago Chi-cago News |