The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-08-10
SHOPPINO IN NEW YORk.


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Two German women. greatly excited con-
fronted bored but imperturbablo salesman In
q fashionable retail dry goods store just at tho
hour for closing. oh. but vo 70 trossmaker.
Mister Mans, unit no humpugsi" exclaimed ono,
of them. You musht gif do coods shcaper.
nit lie perocntish on init ny
Yah. Mister Shent'cmans." cried tho other.
fnlry beating her breast; sure sure. sure. we
20 tressmAkcrW
Can't do It, ladies. returned the salesman,
for about tho twentieth time. Your names
arc not on our list Of regular dressmakers.
No reduction ean DO made. There. there. don't
you SOC wo arc shutting up2 Try ON next
door" And he at last managed to bow the
troublesome customers ous Of the store.
"Ah. yea; but It's only one Of tho many in
flctiona We dry goods ueopls hAyo to put no
with. through the dishonest pretensions OF o
caas OF shoppers" said the clerk. little later.
upon being questioned BY tho reporter. Those
women we're no moro dressmakers than you
and aro.'
rs II the custom " give dressmakers q 70.
duction on sales ?" asked the reporter.
Yes; nearly all the larger establishments
do II. And Notwithstanding tho reduction 10
only eight por cent. or eighty centa on go
worth OF goods. We arc pesterod every day By
women like those YOU just saw. who seek to
obtain 1t through false pretensions. They will
inslst BY tho hour on having 1t. and will some
times swoar to being dressmakers till nearly
black In the face. often oven going to the head
Of the Arm with tho same story. though Of
course without avail. They either don't know
or can't understand that wa have a list. kent
constantly revised. OF all the regular drsss-
makers nthe city. and 30 are not to bs fooled"
Tho closing OF the store had not yet been
thoroughly effected. and at this moment an
other late shopper entered. She was sxpen-
sively dressed. and wanted soma yards OF .
ginGham sho had admired at the doors some
hours before. and thought she ought now to
obtain 1t ut an exceptional bargain by reason
Of the lateness Of tho hour. 1t required some
moments for the salesman to convince hor that
all goods were sold at tho but one marked
price at all hours Of the day. after which she
went away highly vexed. and declaring that
she would deal elsewhere in the future.
Another gentle fraud. or crank I don't
know which," said the salesman. with sigh Of
relief a. the porter at last uneauivocally closed
the doors. and there's likewise enough Of
the pulers. tho mislayers.' the Watchers.
and the scramb'ers. each sort forming class
Of its own I'll there's side ca ann2ynnSes enough
honest and legitimate ahorrers."
We .salespeople designate BY that name the
class Of sham shoppers who deliberately cause
so 70 VI sseEss the
hottest intention OF buying ANYTHING whatever.
and like enough half the time without; q cent IN
they've been described. ridiculed and dashed
IN, print time and tins again without effect
conundrums. Out OF pure cussedness. or of u
mania they re- unable to resist. ! suppose.
LADIES' At s and ali we san
do is 20 suffer and be dsgustad.''
Who are the mis- layers p"
work for tho lost and found counter. This class
they're plenty enough. Scarcely day passes SEES
making disturbance. Now it's o poskei6ook
where. The development is the same. with
There is suddenly q frshtsnsd gasp or a hys.
terical exclamation rs the case may DO. Then
rss ana s al the sSs srS"nd %sr
look I and manner. The floor walker puts IN
nna ne habsaS
I'll the misaing article Is found or isn't ~ the
With but little delay. or Il III Ids is way. after
the mislayer has depArtsd. to the lost and found
%Gore The n MISSING nrteIe may naye BEEN f pcs
ed up and made of with OF course. there Is no
help for the m,s.ysr She must stand the con 20 !.
needless TO say. she J, mostly does with the worst
xfI Whist ,n arr ar, M are mislsid tho mos.?"
"pocketbooks. Of course. Many Indies will
lay them down Just anywhere. while exanin-
ns goods IN crush OF other
might naturally be- looked for, but bless You.
t.tu hair hnn do
sble The neane.. part Of it is that we sales.
mountaineering that we alone are too
whom y The ' misIay"r looks upon as responsibis'
It's always the counter jumper! Why. an in
s9rrgios mislaySr 'osS her pet pug for Ts
seemed to think that i had Kidnapped the pup
-, Tho name We have given them indicates
ins 1t that the sample is from piecs bought
originally Of your establishment when all
your to the contrary backed by the
As a class I fancy the Watchers ARG about
got even with one Of them nicely not long
ago. She was veteran hatcher OF the oid
maaS vino ,@s f@ 'n she sons o TIME
piece sbs said she had bought OF our, house 4
and never had had it; but. as she kept
| on insisting to the contrary. q sudder
Flea struck me-, Perhaps Tin mistaken, sait!
I. Let me mako another search 80 tool
| her sample. got out OF sight. cut tho same
sizsd strip on piece Of lawn very closely re-
semblins y In figure. and then returned to hel
pie after throwing the original sample In thu
wasts-bssket. How 10 this for q match 2
claimed not recognizing the difference in tn.
sample while making the comparson. knew
Twas right. Cut me, OIL six yards, did so
good when she came the next day to say tina
her new purchase did not perfectly match he
with which had so thouxhtfully provided her
Though considerably mystified. she had to &C
knowledge the identity Of the sample on whicl
she had made the purchase: and her only wa.
out Of the difficulty was TO buy enough more 0
the same lawn to mako up q dress pattern.
may have been u piece OF trickery on my part
but self -defencs Is my excuse. You see thes
natchers either forget where they real
bought the goods they want to match. and 20,
must stand tho boring consequences OF thei
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