Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-05-15
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that h' - selling goods III . f'faii h'uN' III
stead oi cntrant1i- III" world III 'i1u'itt ali!
hose. lou listen, SNmla'llilr. a:i - Your
way: ana The eX-"prra SINGER resumes th'
thread "i trade, While Naii.Nh''i H''aeN "i TN
sci and glory fit through hl~ mlhtt
bargain counters i'll New York attrar.
bargain hunters to an eNt"nt that would
cause the Toodlea families OF the province, Ia
burn up with envy. Struggling mo5> %
fcathered temininitv are al tha,, counters
Tail women short women. strong womcn.urly
women every order of womankind save iind
and gentle women is there grabIir..
scrambling diving. clbowing and nNarn.
matchmaking each other it falls short of
Il bread riot III vulgarity by the absence u
firearms only.
\ mob IN silk and velvet gowns frantic foI
cheap tinerv is a great stumrcr on hirhcr
civilization theories If the prize, for which
its members struggle were at all importan
one could trace out the pathology OF til
mania. but dahs Of shop-worn ribbon ban
dies of cheap flowers. moth-cattn bird, and
wings, scraps of dusty laccs and fag-rntls %
flimsy silks, muct-thumbed, constitute the
spoils of this holeous strife.
Bargain counters are mere foo!-tax pools,
lat Il large proportion of the human race
VII forever continue to contrinUtc to thu n
| IN Ter the dci,ion that they are Jracticiu.
economy. There is something 81 min,!-wet!i-
cning in certain devices of retailers that u
mere sight or sound of them unsettles the
Judgment of the shoppers. Anything ticketcI
Ut - cents finds ten buyers. where one only
wouli appear If it were married 81.
some women find curious, indeiinable
happiness III lurking around bargain cuuu
tiers, even If they never buy anything. Low
prices seem Ike Il sort of .niracl. To them
an Illusion OF magic Liable 10 vanish while
their eyes are still riveted thereon. They
| pick up bunch of flowers, or Il bird, full
OF wonder that 1t can be sold 50 cheap.
Mentally they contrast it with similar
Things for which they have paid twice III
much, and feel cheated because there were IL.
bargains when they nade their Necessary
purchases Reluctantly they lay the tempt
ing thing down, Knowing that they have
really no more use for it than they lave for a
pair OF living, breathing drag rs harucsscd t.
laundalet But it haun.s them. Thy tllinl:
| about ii, talk about it, and, like Us not &c
back the next day 10 take another lool, ut tho
forbidden fruit
The excitement of those who are buying lia:
its effect upon them. They want to buy eycn
against their Judgment and needs. Cardboard
| containing seductive figures acts upon them
with persuasive cioquence. the artfui shop
keeper is great philosopher. ile can pay
on the strings of human weaknesses to perlec
ton He knows the snares that will entans(
the unwary, aye, even the wary. Say that a
thing is cheap, and those who look al ii irrlno.
diately believe that it is, though i; nay lie,
and generally is, more expensive according 10
| M sam ~ Counters are '''' HI heraidS Oh
'p i"e9 ropieseh. I" general eie''ilhS