Bravo for that store in sticking to its guns in not selling a tobacco product--cigarette papers--to a minor. Makes total sense when one stops to think what cigarette papers are originally intended for, regardless of other creative "off label" non-nicotine uses.
Mariann > My main memory of that store is that when my daughter was > learning to play the flute and would go there to buy > cigarette papers (which she had been instructed to use to > clean her flute), they would always refuse to see them to > her. When I went there with her to explain what she > needed them for, they told me that they still would not > sell them to her, and that I would have to buy them. > > Recently, I learned that it is illegal to sell cigarette > papers to a minor. If the person at the Hopkins Store > had told me that, I would not have been so upset at the > store. But I do much prefer having Donna's there. > > Steve. > > Christine Gray wrote: > > > > We used to call the store where Donna's is "the dink." > > I don't know why. I think its actual name was The > Hopkins Store. > > > > > > > The people who worked there were sort of grayish and > > quiet and in their own world---in my opinion > > > > > > > > There was a lunch counter there at one time. It might > > have had a pharmacy. > > > > > > > > It was never a busy place. > > > > > > > > One thing about it that always surprised me was that no > > matter what you needed, the Dink would have it---no > > matter how arcane---eyelash curlers, Coca-Cola syrup, > > staplers, flea powder, games and puzzles, pacifiers, > > detergent, lighter flints---yet the shelves always > seemed nearly bare. > > > > > > > Christine Gray > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of > > *D. Williams *Sent:* Friday, November 17, 2006 8:51 AM > > *To:* Chat@charlesvillage.info > > *Subject:* Re: [Chat] [Discussion] Charles Village > History > > > > > > > The store where Donna's was well...t was kind of like a > > pharmacy, pre-convienience store/outfitters, tobacco > > shop...thing, for lack of better descriptors! > > > > Don't forget, the Friends meeting house has lots of > archives! > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > > > From: /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > Reply-To: /The Charles Village Chat List// > > <Chat@charlesvillage.info>/ To: > > /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ CC: > > /Chat@charlesvillage.info/ Subject: /Re: [Chat] > > [Discussion] Charles Village History/ Date: /Thu, 16 > Nov 2006 19:22:14 EST/ > > > > > Thanks everyone for all the good hints in which to > > investigate the history in the 1960s-2000. Oddly, > > its a period where not many documents have made > > their way into public archives yet, so its the most > difficult to research. That's why we will rely on you all > > to help us along! > > > > > > > > I'll be asking lots of questions in the next two > > months, and hopefully you will all help just by > > reminiscing where you shopped and who you met, etc. > > > > > > > > Why was the store where Donna's is now, "strange?" > Intriguing! > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > Paul K. Williams > > Kelsey & Associates, Inc > > 2629 Guilford Avenue > > Baltimore, MD 21218 > > (410) 366-2629 > > BaltimoreMarylandHistory.com > <http://baltimoremarylandhistory.com/> > > > > > 1929 13th Street, NW > > Washington, DC 20009 > > (202) 462-3389 > > WashingtonHistory.com > > <http://washingtonhistory.com/> > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Chat mailing list > > >Chat@charlesvillage.info > > > >http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesv > illage.info > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > > > Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with Windows Live > > Messenger. <http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2749??PS=47575> > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chat mailing list > > Chat@charlesvillage.info > > > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info