Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-07-13
BARGAIN DAY.


kins and Dress Good.
Bargain day" is productive Of all
sorts OF annoyances in a largo store
the bargains are confined 10 only
few Of the departments, and the pur-
chaser who does not secure all she
wants OF thing. deciding to come at
another time aud get more II she needs
IT. generally gets left To illustrate.
a lady bought half dozen napkins at
bargain She concluded a few days |
after that they were quite pretty, \
and as SIX would be scarcely enough \
TO 60 round for company, she I
would get as many more Back she /
goes 10 the store but when she comes |
10 buy thcm she finds the price is
marked up iifteen or twenty-five
cents above what she paid. She
protests, and after ruiiling the tenn
per OF the clerks aud working her
self into mild fury the fact finally
comes TO the surface that she made
her purchase on bargain day" Out
she ilGunces. determined TO wait for
another bargain day, and she daily
watches the advertising columns Of
the papers for bargain day al this par
ucular store, II appears on the next
Friday or Monday, and without stop
ping TO observe tfat the department
in which she is interested is not includ.
ed IN the bargain sales, away she goes,
pulling and blowing, her whole soul
bent on getting another half dozen OF
those napkins Arrived at the store,
she learns TO her disgust that there
are no bargains al that counter that
| day. She expresses her disgust, Too,
and lowers at the poorcscrks just as If il
were all their fault
Having had her say there, she goes
into the dress goods department and
buys. say, eight yards Of peculiar
shade Of blue goods, and then goes
/ home with the satisfaction that, If she
didn't get the napkins, she at least got
| a bargain in a dress Next bargain
day she appears at the store again,
/ this time TO get n couple more yards OF
that dress got here last week. she
says To the young lady behind the coun.
ter, and really thinks IL objectionable
4 ignorance on the part OF the girl that
\ She does not only not remember her,
/ but also the particular piece Of goods
from which she bought her dress.
+ With "A What do they keep such
PcoP'o ih StotcS ioIt qucrgt she PIV
duccs sample of the goods. The
young woman examines the sample
and informs her that that particular
goods Is all gone.
We'll, but | want that and nothing
else. she says
at is entirely out Of stock, replies
the girl.
/ But must have it, she says, with
some iirmness.
She is again told that il is not IN
stock. Then she makes straight dive
for floor walker, and lays her com
plaint before him. The young lady
| who was 80 discourteous CD as TO not
sell her what was not In stock is called
up. She explains. and then the wo-
man is informed that they will prob
ably have some more Of il in few
days. But she Is not satisfied. She
wanders away, and tells cash boy
she wants to SEQ the manager The
boy goes for the manager. In mo
ment he returns with the very man
! she made complaint 10. She looks al
him, excuses herself, and goes back "a
the napkin department. Napkins arr
still high, and she goes home mad
and declares she will not patronizt
such house again-never.
A few days moro roll around ant
she makes up her mind she will &c
and pay the regular price for a hall
! dozen more napkins 10 complete heI
I set But her determination TO get 9
, bargain has blocked her. Those par
iicular napkins arc all gone-''just
sold the last of them this morning,
the clerk says TO her, and expresses
great sorrow at her disappointment
To say that she is now furious woulC
! hardly express it. She deliberately
E makes show of herself and ther
j ilounces out, with the inward salts
faction OF having told them what sh,
thought Of the whole lot New Yorl
/ Star.