Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04

Queens road 2nd partly upon bzyswster
e Satisfactory coup d'oeil II the Whole
store cannot be hsd. Snc II is oifscalt for
TIE visitog 70 judge ~sEamzkeTs Is
more complete II many Of rs depart
msnGs. and The same uay DC said Of tie
Bon Marchs. bat Whitsley = doubtless
the Cnly sh0pkeeper Who car Truly cal
himself ~UniSsrssl Provldsr iou mGs
% q his shop and buy house. have one
bull il you prefer Il. or purchase al
sSlate. Just - you ike, ana have the es-
sabilshn-rut thorOug ghiy furnished from
zarret 70 sub-oellsT Including p2atry.
aoel pins. NiBe cellar. stables kennels,
poultry yar1 coach house garden and
green house
Moreo ar 81 thls A. done your
~Universal F0vider viii keep your
table supplied with All The deiicacies Of
the season. cater for your parties. etc.
and when you Gle viii provide your
burial place and conduct y.;ur funeral
The girls At " Nhiteiey's. as ia most cf the
large shops. wear q uniform-s black
dress and white apron provided by the
womans garb al over Europe, and the
Baroness Burdett Coutts sets the ex-
ample Of always. wearing IL when sine
goes u bank. ~ generally is this Gus
tom recognized shat a decent black
gown is The safest dress for any woman
travelling without male escort in Eng
land or on the continent
A department at Whiteley's which
seems peculiar one 10 the Ame ian, Is
that of ready cooked provisions. where
you may buy cold joints. fowls. entrees,
etc, in short. all the requisites for cold
collation.. all ready for service, and either
have them sent 10 your lodgings on ths
dishes within an hour. or packed in bas-
kets, with the necessary utensils. 10 be
taken on a water party or picnic. The
things are all there, and do not have 10
be provided 10 your orier. You can buy
or hire the china. ETC.. es you choose
There is but one thing which Whiteley
has not, an American soda water foun-
tain.
The admirably arranged parcels post
renders the amount of shopping done by
mail in Great Britain and the colonies
very large The method employed by
the dry goods shops for sending samples
-"patterns," as they call them-is a
wise one. Packages are prepared. each
complete assortment of the class of
goods called for; these are plainly
marked with the address Of the firm
and with the polite request that the
whole package be returned with the
numbers and letters of those desired
specified. Each sample is ticketed with
a letter and number. IL none are
wanted the package is to be returned
ali the same. Thus the came sets of
samples are used over and over again
and the saving TO the shops amounts 10
hundreds of dollars yearly. The fact
that the patterns are the property Of the
merchant is everywhere recognized. A
lady who was showing the patterns"
she had just received from the "Auxili-
airy stores" gently reproved me for bit
of carelessness "They are only sent us
to look at" she said, land as it saves us
so much trouble the least we can do is
to be careful of them"
The army and navy, civil service and
other cooperative stores are almost a
British institution. They are 80 generally
patronized by the upper classes that no
body likes to confess to being without
entree to them Originally started as a
sort of club, they have grown steadily
until their business and that of their
branches extends throughout the whole
of the British empire, and the shares of
the original subscribers yield cent per
cent The shareholders are divided into
two classes; the purchasing shareholder,
holding from one to twenty pounds
worth of stock, who has Joined the So
ciety expressly for the purpose of pur-
chasing his goods cheaply, to whom the
saving thus gained is well worth the in
vestment outside of the per cent. year
money; and the original stockholders,
who started the concern for their own
convenience and that of their friends-
Besides the regular shareholders there
are many life and annual ticket holders
since one Of the advantages of the club
is that il enables you TO oblige your
friend by admitting him to It's privileges
Latterly the larger shops. and for that
matter some OF the email ones, also, reg
ulate their prices by those of the stores,
thus practically enlarSing their useful
ness The secret Of their success lies in
that they were not undertaken TO make.
but to save money. all that was asked Of
for h..sra 4
pay expenses Now the cloyd no bigger
than a mans hand mas arisen. and there
begin TO be Indications os a contest be-
tween the two classes OF shareholders.
one Of whom wants low prices. y lille
the other wants large prices
The stores are nei, Der more nor less
than purchasing cllbs. which secure 10
the small consumer all the advsnta res of
the largest buyer a. i'm other clubs.
yon are admitted by ticket. and in order
10 make any purchase YOU must give
your name or numoer. hich are sent
up to the desk with your purchase and
verified before You are allowed 20 paw
Name 81 Percy. W. 23i.561. 500. T. 'ha
usual formula H. this way strangers
are prevented from enjoying the benefits
OF the society
II IL hardly 10 be wondered that Kate
Field failed in her endea voT To establish
like society in New York. There sas
not the same need for it. in tie first
place. and the idea of profit was par
amount. when from the very nature %
fhinzs the business must be huge before
The profits are more than aprrccial ia.
Nes n I HASDY.
Marriage is not a failure I'm home