The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30

| Ine pflnclple IS the same, Qear-tne
 principle is precisely the same" said the
 strong-minded lady, emphatically. But
 to continue with my Aunt Lizzie. One
 day she came home with huge pink
 sheet, which she had folded into as
 small a compass as she possibly could,
 and stuffed under her sealskin jacket.
 Look here, Philip she said to her hus-
 band, isn't this deliciously cheap
 thing? Fancy! I only paid a penny
 per yard
 "'What's it for?' said Philip, with a
 grunt I don't see what the use of it is.
 It may be cheap, but what's it forP'
 "'Well, dear, said Lizzie, meditative-
 ly, I don't know what it's for, I'm sure,
 but it would have been perfect sin to let it go by at such ridiculously low price. It'll come in useful some time.
 ''She had wardrobe" continued the strOng-minded lady, perfectly full of remnants she had bought at sales and
 subsequently, made into dresses. Some
 times she kept the remnants for years
 before she had them made up. They were consequently most old fashioned, and frequently have heard people say:
 There is Lizzie with one of the dresses Noah's wife wore when she came out of the ark In other points my aunt was perfectly sensible. She could talk poli- tics like a professional politician, was well versed on the literature of the day, and entertained friends in graceful and charming manner. But to see her rise at an early hour of the morning and go off to sale at the same time her hus- band left for business, not to return un til he did, late at night, was heart rending spectacle. I couldn't reason her out of such proceedings, though l tried my hardest to do so. She was quite obdurate. I suppose you know" " continued the strong-mindedl lady, ''that bargain-hunters are really the most un- worldly people living. A lady, let us say, can obtain certain article at Har- lem for fifty-two cents. Very good. She hears, however, that in Twenty third street the same thing is sold at forty-eight cents. At once she jumps up and goes down town. She pays ten cents to the elevated road for her jour- ney down and ten cents for her return. But she says: 1have gotwhat wanted for forty-eight cents, while at Harlem it would have cost four cents more.' She has positively no idea that the article in reality has cost her sixty-eight cents. She would laugh at you if you were to endeavor to convince her of that fact" :"
 ''She's an exception" said the young companion, with smile.
 Don't you believe it, commanded the lady of the vigorous mind, almost stirring the bottom out of the cup which contained her chocolate. 'She's no ex- ception. I don't say, either, that she's the rule, but assert that she represents a very large class of bargain-hunting ladies. I should recommend a complete course of logic as a remedy of what must consider as an abnormal state of mind. Doctors may say what they like about female foibles, but I'm a female, and know what those foibles should be. I suppose you have never heard that there exist ladies who make it part of their daily duty to visit the principal stores of the city. look at quantities of goods, and never buy a cents worth. I assure you that's fact Some of the big stores here have made that discovery, and have, moreover, by engaging the services of keen-eyed and observant shop-walkers, so arranged things that these ladies become known to the sales men, who consequently decline to waste their time with them. In a large Twenty-third street store the other day I was told that whenever one of these ladies comes into the establishment the shop-walker conducts her to the desired counter, says to the salesman the word cave, which, of course, you know, dear, means beware and leaves her, satisfied that she will not remain very long in the store When a salesman re- ceives cave customer he at once de- clares that the article she desires to see is sold out and won't be in stock again for long time"
 'Well, what do these women mean by such aimless shoppingP"
 "Why, my dear, it's cheap enter tainment. You remember Jonas Chuz- zlewit, who used to visit the outsides of theaters and the insides of churches be- cause they cost nothing. Well, the same principle is involved in this aimless shop ping business. Of course it is an out rageous thing to do, but you know there are lots of people who will do outrageous things, and think nothing of it. Itusual- ly takes a couple of months before cave customer can be satisfactorily distinguished, this city being so large that she can divide her unproftable pat rOnage among many stores. These la- dies generally carry sachels, and have all the appearance of the most inveterate Shn lya tn irio as to the goods they are inspecting, and always turn away with the words, sor- rowfully uttered: This is not exactly what I want. How extremely annoy ing And" continued the strong mind ed lady angrily, as she paid the waiter for her chocolate, and in her deep ab- straction forgot to ''tip' him, you read of the poor wretches who are taken to the police station because they are said to be disorderly in causing annoyances in the public streets? I have seen poor little banana-seller captured by a policeman, and numerous others who are endeavoring to make livelihood, because they have forgotten the red tape which must be employed in the act. But think of these women-these Instructions to honest purchasers! They may flourish and they may do as they like-"
 "Weli, how could any one prevent it?" asked the girl, impatiently.
 'I don't say they could, my dear-I don't say they could. I am simply speaking of the injustice of things how everything favors the rich and nothing the poor. The inveterate shopper is, in my opinion, positive nuisance. She can't explain her busi- ness satisfactorily. It was all very well for Longfellow to make his namby- pamby Precissa exclaim: I can not