, 1888-01-21
IN A CR0CKERY SHOP.
BONE OF THE TRlBULATIONS EN-
DURED BY CHICAGO TRADEsMEN.

Startling Charges of Methods by Ladies'
of Perverted Ideas of Honesty-Pack-
nges Ordered to BE Delivered After
NlghtfaIl-An Explanation.
"a crockery shop is a capital place TO
study human nature. said a State street
manager. Business never was better nor
gildcd meanness more subtle. What do l
meant Oh, n dozen things. For instance,
yesterday a couple Of ladies came into tho
store and asked if we had u bargain counter.
| showed her up Stairs, and after she had
seen all tho specials, asked me whit we did
with the cracked ware. 1 told her most of
II was thrown out in the alley. and that the
slightly damaged goods were disposed of for
anything wo could get. At her request |
hunted up u mirror with n crucli in it, and q
mustache cup of French china tina had been
Clipped about the edge. l saw at n glance
that that was the class of goods sho was look
ing for, and | offered the cup for forty cents
and the mirror for seventy-dvc cents. Tho
cup pleased her. She looked admiringly ut
it for awhile, and then blundly asked if l
thought l could find the chip. My negative
discouraged her, and she decided to take tho
mirror. 1t had q two line crack in ono cor
rer thai described cs pretty an isoscclcs
triangle as l ever saw outside of n geometry.
We'll, l went OF to hunt up Z box, and while
was como ono of my clerks overheard her
conversation with tho lady, which ran like
this:
-. Soa ,,iS IIoli, - youi DC,
eJusn "oOuo nm spenu
ss,yaIH.- 80 oy i"uJ' 'onu' nv
turn tho present. I'll send it through tho
Dime Express, They're awfully busy now.
and it is the most natural thing in tho world
I w SuPPo'o IH"S ~ uilEer "ccl-
uI1{ 80 u oI.eh g9' uannased
0 ooT,riain - 'I az 1 oh I'M "nehoVer
- - ,nT - "Hoo ny "Nio
~ ~ : 49, SO,s' ~ IN potsioliHy reSS
-. e'ii N"u 'W' eud' INC
uSL
- "ooetI IT'S y C"INcu shiNlhS mugs
lH S TH' uHs9' uHu Cohco SGT
-, y. ~ '4'yyoSaeiot. u "nicI we llNc
ion ol,iiO H. ,G,y oiCeh we sen " SOD
- - VI :. LBS uuu Uiio" 6eISI-
ousiy 10 uinuscu Snucer OF Two; Aho
eoJ.I 'I.Y 70 Il cortilh uiurSS'
~ UhE ~ ihPni'ic caIo Is tahen 10 nave
a w. ~ ~ - "a "a eato pu' u urn nai!o
w pHioei' C,'e'i lac LII
HH Tn9o oe ~ . Ul'e
= :" 80" - - ~ HiAip"S
80 u nv Pteso uel'ciodG -
rs, Hasl sno 81 ~ uto0ScL.
IN an To- = ~ - UIU, uhu a quoS;lol o.
a. P"C ~ eNo IGn'efS cpIh pF'iSS
.io,I "eHui'S .f mhlen Tho
. 20 q Sh~ Il SAtid-
~ "a y h"uio uni Lio Elshe uoll'ery
- sHAl.S az uai h ~ Oho 'LHuO
%" o. " n"at uio.ners ouiclouslesS.
81 - - a-s~5any 81 ~ "hoto
- - - ny iHet'iiioA
81 - e 20 80 - ~ ~ III Oi
- 49, nIaStI,S -" ot1out1I'
a 49, 80 - a''U NIouDr-'
80 ~ - - - : - -, ~ Money
- -, snN - ,hinIN - . D'-I6' -
on . 80 -, 800 ~ ,hl 20 - eiG elt ~ ~
aroa,Ia = Har =. - IT, 81 .,-I SNpieS
- -. y. 80 : = 80 II "a 80
tSc ,S0ods m,rchoseG MI 7 ~, ro+ o,nteio
a. a. 49, :, IL 10 - e. - ~ III y ~
xsrv no,r r,ion1sbin S'A'N
..Tbo roc,i;,,ly
81 5n tipre-hlro c,.ean,cr o. c3,ror L.sI.a4 80
r.aaI- - eio - - - - "'
Up,+ tbis i not H. 81 9h;,r IL ..,
srnnosa . Loro 80 e. 5one ~ 80
y,rnns tbo+ yyoro CO roebio,,bIo , Co., -,
,~o Lovon,t yoT3 Wi rxor,o, MI, cSSIar'
% % tLr,roL tLo or+ do,or+,o-+ aaa -
oto1,, H., =, ono ~ 80 Ill -.
china or royal Worcester IF Inr,t coo tLa
onnronriation sorahoJ,y o,so 49, nnI = 80
IL 49, 7 49, tho nc;nr,I +ooI, 80 IL
for tho rOyAtn1 goods
..E,,se9 Sorrofin,os Nov, and +ho, 49,
s,mcd indignotion will crimson tho rocD
tLcrr mnv I've n teor or two Int il 10 800.
noccss,rv IN ineist Iour ono oF nv c,s
toners conIdn,t holm tSo vira sbo Lo-ar
,rifh inovDoneivo thirrs s,,cb no Li,ono h..
rrcs ro~dioI c,ns eoIt SCalIors ond oo, 80 ~
L,t bor trodo was 81 voIuaLIo md 10 tLor,
90 +ri,;oI tb,+ ro oyorIooi,od Tho EoiIi,a
Ono dov sbo took off n sIG salad rorl, Int 70.
t1Irned If the next morninn With a note 60
inc lint tho ~cnttinn did NOT n,aoso bc,. hrtor
thot wv watched her cIosolv omd cLnrrod 70
bo1 occo,pt wbotoyor VIC o1nronrioto5 NJ
ohioctions yrora o,,o, ,n,Jo ~ ~ In - IA
yyc ovor eond ono tbat 1vos itoniza5 p
ola ,vomon She "a Io,d now Int c+aaIior
cn,o no notrroI 70 ber nc %toIking
"Nao4LorI IN ~ ,iciorsno-r ~ Ir,;.h
foy Of our fair c,stonors oro nIj;ctoi !, !,
1virc No NOT nrororicoting INT dov.,ri,Lt
Iy,irS W. saI md doIiver n a. nIato.
anrI 1bo rort low or 60 ~, oor,as -,
,,or,hC. NJ tbo fomiIv for ono uoro insiStina
tbot oniv o,ovon pcro vern daiiycr,J TIE
snIss,na9 il L,ntaI nm and Will bon,oyr nt