New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05

charges whatever he replied. eve
take great pleasure in having visitors. y
We thought it strange that the house
should station q man at the church
doors to .'rOpe i'm strangers, but still
we thought no harm could come of the
matter, so we followed the drummer.
He left us at the door in charge of a
beautiful young lady. We were then
escorted over the entire establishment.
and the minutest details Of the process
Of manufacture was explained to us.
There was night force of women at
work. We were then conducted into
q sort of exhibition room, where We saw
the pattern Of Princess Stephanie's we'd
ding veil, which was made there and
cost 1000.
We were asked to step into another
room where we could see manufactured
articles. We were placed in custody Of
two young ladies, lovely beyond ex-
preston. We saw what was coming,
but it was too late. We were caught
and. resigned ourselves to fate. We
had no use for lace. Neither of us
knew anything about the stuff, and
could not tell handmade from machine
make, and ], being an unfortunate
bachelor, of course had no use for lace
Of any kind. Ny companion was bet
ter of, for he had wife We were
shown collars or something to 90
around the neck. We looked them
over and said they were very fine, but
not knowing what earthly use they
were, resisted all invitations to pur-
chase. Other articles were thrust be-
fore us, but we were firm and reso-
lutte.
At length the charming young lady
produced some lace handkerchief. Ny
companion in an unguarded moment
gazed upon them and was seen to be
deeply interested. He understood the
use of handkerchief, and thought it
would be good present for his wife.
That was enough. After that it was no
use to say that. did not wish TO buy.
We said we had no money-were In
fact dead broke, 5000 miles from home.
''That need not trouble the monsieur, y
said the bewitching damsel, 1--WE will
give you credit. . ssWhat! give us
credit!' we exclaimed. ..YoH don't
mean to say that you would give us
these valuable handkerchiefs and wait
for your pay until we got back to Amer
leap" Certainly, monsieur; we should
have no hesitancy in doing that What
style do you preferp' We were in o
nice fix. The young lady had conf
dence in us and was willing to give us
credit-to sell her goods on tick.
Under such circumstances we were
compelled to buy, and buy we did,
though we knew we should have to 90
hungry before the end of the journey to
pay for it. We each selected hand
kerchief and planked down the gold
pieces which we were counting on tax
ing us to the Rhine. When we got in
the open air and regained our senses
we came to the conclusion that we had
been terribly sWindled. "Of course, y
said my companion, .they took us for
q couple Of greenies from America and
doubled the price on the pesky things. |
You can have mine for half the cost. !"
Seventy per cent. discount for mine,
( replied. But neither of us cared to
1uy. We looked in shop windows, aod
'ancied we saw handkerchiefs superior
% ours which were marked at one-third
The price.
Some little time afterward we met an
American lady in London whom we
xnew would be authority on The sub
ect and asked her the value of the
1andkerchiefs. She looked at one and
praised it in the highest terms. why"
,he exclaimed, ''this is the very best of
ace. Not long ago I priced hand
'erchief in New York which was not
lear SO large or fine as this, and the
price was 1926. = We had not paid half
'hat amount. We were then mad be-
:ause we did not buy more. Cores
Ooadence OF Brooklyn Eagle.