Daily Republican., 1888-12-27
TRICKS OF RIoa pass.

eieu large Dry goods store on TWentv
enlfn street.. She had Just stepped out q
very swell carrisgs drawn by two spir
lted horses, and surrounded by ali IN,
aeeeeAons OF q fashionable turnout. TIN
eoaehmen and iootmen were OF tho uos
correct pattern, and wore the latest mi
lorIhs. Ihere was a monogram on tn,
pAhel OF Inc, carriage door, and IL wa
quite evident that the woman was per
son OF considerable pretens'ons. sb,
carried herself with great haupbtIpess
anu the solitaire diamonds In her ear
rings were OF immense size and beautiful
color. AS che swept through the aisle q
tne SIX counter every one stopped Il
stare at her, and the clerk dro lped his
coid and reTelbug attitude and became
slave. ''''N'''' {
u want to sec the best black sllk. II
you piease, the woman said with q
draEl want u TO line a cloak with, .
The clerk pulled down half of his stock
hnu sne selected several patterns, of each
oil which she ordered a largo quantity.
HeIe IL my card, she said when she
haa concluded; ut Is TO be charged"
Inc clerk bowed lower than ever, and
the woman moved on TO another countsr
Where she 10 ked AZ gloves. She chose
several boxes and gave her card 10 the
clerk with the same directions. she was
about 10 seat herself IN front of the lace
clerk wheu member of the firm an
preached her and called her by name.
II Rm vary sorry, Mrs. --.Ube said
IN low tone, but we cannot All your
orders unless we are paid cash, or have
your written guarantee When your hue
band paid the last bill be Informed us that
ne would not be responsible for any future
bills contracted by you unless his written
guarantee was drst received. We have
allowed you 10 buy several hundred dol.
lars worth OF goods since then without
ther."
The woman's face, which had a. first
hushed scarlet, became aickly pale as the
merchant concluded, and her tech were
firmly clenched
Very well, sir" she said coldly 81
VIII see about this. am not aecustom.
ed to be- insulted by the tradesmen whom
! patronize, and will teach you that
know how to resent such humiliation. i"
der tone was ominous OF revenge and
she trembled with wrath The merchant
listened graEely and bowed as be said:
u am very sorry, madam, but | must
obey our husband's instructions"
The woman turned her back sharply
upon him and swept Rrandly out of tht
store. A moment later her horses were
prancing toward Fifth avsnus.
81 couldn't help II " the merchant
eaid atterWard to q friend | have lost
several thousand dollars through dlsre-
garding similar instructions, and can't
afford 10 kefp 1t up, THIS woman hiss no
money OF her own, ard her husband has
grown tired OF humoring her extraya-
gan ideas. Her bills in this establish
ment have been as high IS S. 900 ia one
year. She Is the wife of a mil ionaire
who is we'll known. II be didn't shut
down on her expenditures she would
land him in the pOorhouse. There are
plenty more like her In New York, many
OF them we'll known, and we merchants
are frequently their victims. There are
no sharpors so hard to get along with as
wealthy women, who are ready TO go to
any extreme of misrepresentation 10
crafty theif tastes"
Mr.. Patrick Lynch, the head of the
collection depTitms MT in she,ifi Grants |
ofhce, has grown gray In the work of col |
Letting bill from unwilling debtnrs. |
When he heard what the merchant had |
told the women be smiled and said:
Z 1t lie true Women who are dishonest
about contracting bills give a great deal |
more trouble than men. When women |
are ahrewd they can give men nine points |
10 the game and beat them hands down |
There was one woman, 1 remem Der who |
was very beautiful aud had long suffer |
lug husband He was q Scotchman, who |
by years Of lrugality and uuremitting toll,
had got lot OF money. He loved his
vile very sincerely and gratidcd her in
every reasonable desire, but he was
strongly opposed TO some of her unrea-
sonabie whlms, and, like a sensible man,
refused TO sanction them One day there
was placed In my hands Judgment OBJ
tanned against her for $4,000 by Lord "
Taylor. II seems that she had run up a
bill there for tina amount The Grm had
had dealings with her husband. aad knew
him to be perfectly responsible, so they
had allowed her To buy as much az che
plfased on credit. After the bill had
touched the thousand dol ar mark they
respectfully asked for settlement. She
put them oil With plausible excuses and
added another thousand to tho Ecore. II
Sc % that she intercepted the bills sent
to her husband, and he knew nothing
about them until the suit was brought
He was thunders ruck when no learned
what bad been going On, but paid the
Judgment to avoid nOtOrlety After that
she went around to jewelry stores and
bought large quantity OF diam nds In
the came way. Her husband finally left
her, but even after that she traded largely
On her husbands name, and his fortune
WAS considerably diminished before he
was able to c0nYin' e tradesmen that he
wouldn't be responsible for her.
The large dry goods drm like the one
/ have mentioned, Macy, Altman, and
others, are frequently swindled by veal
Thy women who run up accounts and then
refuse to pay for them ! know person-
ally that Lord & Taylor and Altman Il
Co have had $4,000 10 bad bills which
were contacted In this way. The women
were all wives Of wealthy men, and some
IF them had property Of their own, In
many instanc s judgments were obtaiued
against them, but they kept out of the
way Of the deputy sheritls, and We could
not serve them with the orders of court
have In my possession nc this moment
papers ir over one hundred suits against
ligh-toned women In this city who refuse
% pay the bills they have run up
All OF the women are either rich IN
heir own ri hit or else have wealthy hus-
lands. The latter refuse to pay becau
her patience has been exhausted and the
lebts were contracted without their con- 1
ent. These women are, many Of them,
eadors in society, and some of them,
ire known all over the country II their
iames were published 1t would create a
tremendous sensation. .
The most frequent victims of the du-
llclty Of such women are women. Fash
enable dretsmakers and milliners could
ell tales OF imposition hat would melt .
leart Of stone You see they are placed
Il oven rrnntnr diaadYa ntaoe thnn the