The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-25
THE DRY GOODS TRADE.
ftNIuRlNG INTO THE DOMAIN OF
FEMININE SHOPPING.

Phase of Retail Trade Borrowed from
tac trench--iiow Goods Are sold to tn.
Women on Credit-O:her Tricks of The
Trade.
Nenturing into the domain of feminine
shopping, 1 have been astonished to learn
OF the extent TO which the credit system Is
expanded IN this city. The ease with which
dry goods can be purchased on trust is mar.
Vicious There are several concerns where
materials are sold on the instalment plan:
Out aside from that curious phase Of retail
Trade the regular stores sell on credit in
manner that seems r,ckless Not only are
the wives AMI dau., uaers of comparatively
m3neyiesS men tb4i &C, ommolated, but
saies On that basis a,a urged upon them.
"oh, yes, said u dealer iii reply 10 an in
Jury, we have borrowed that from the
fren h, AMI it works surprisingly well All
We want to know about woman is who she
Is and here she hives, and then we are
willing to heap up counter load of goods
lof her and not take cent. Women are
not cautious or forehanded AS men are.
aN@~b ioeh N'iht WI Jail tltit cpii>c Va
responsibility whi.h makes man dread
committing himself to debt. Women who
viii walk hat Il mile to save a cent on u
cash purchase will buy reeklessly If pay
ment down is not asked for. They say TO
each other in the presence of Our clerks,
ell, dear, I'm going to buy that don't
have TO pay down for it, and heaven only
knows how / ever will pay for it, but it
will come out all right "Oh, yes, the
other replies Il would too; Of course its
got TO come out ali right"
IT COMES or ALI RIGHT.
"But don't you lose great deal OF money
in this Way inquired
"Oh, no, practically none at all, except
| through adventureSseS who would fool us
just as nlu h under any system No, the
| women are right When they buy an ar
| tlclc that ttey can't see just how they can
afford to bay 1t comes out all right! There 5
a man somewhere who has got to come
down A loving husband a father, Il
| brother, a rich uncle or somebody or other
who may storm and swear a little, but who
will not let the lady stand law suit or
| even let her cry her eyes very red or beg
| very hard or COAX very sweetly before Ire
.relents aud squares the hill All that was
found cut in Paris lonS ago. We are in
fants here compared TO the French i'll deal
ing with women \ half dozen dresSmakers
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pay t"r u that all ANA what would yet
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the shor heap r OF your lathef would, OF
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rosabte case. " omen do not go III quite IA
steep as that 1hey do not wholly lost
their heads under this temptation; mercy
buy little more or pay II littie more thai
they wonlh DO Win 'ash. lhey kho" 'bei
husband purses ana bahA accounts ah'
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come across an utter 1901 oil woman WIZ
buys without any Judgement, ana theh w
have deuce ot thihg getting our money
We get IL ana we 90 not keep an accouh
WIN her any more
NlHhh liIChS of the lhADE-
The devices Tor attracting ahd pleasing
customers are various anu ingenious
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| tan,r+s ,,f arad uastors of rich cone-r,sr,