The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-01-02
Some tricks OF Rich Danes.

- and surrounded By ailtnc a.
nsra -fs-hisnalie asnoui- The
-,,rbn.sn and 5oot4iea were Of The most
correct pattern. and wore the latest I'M
FIRMS There va. a monogram on tle
panel ~ tie cruiaa ioeF, and % was
,o;fe evident that the Roman was q per
son Of considerable ~preiensons she
carried hereof With great ha~ughtinessana
the solitaire diamonds in her earrings
were az immense size and beautiful color
As she swept throurh the aisle 70 the SIX
counter every u stopped to stare at her
and the clerk dropped his cold and re-
Melting attitude and became at once a
most o-bseguions aud ~a;teutiye slave
II want 70 see the best black SIX u
Won please the woman said Hith a
drawi. Il want itto line cloak with.
The clerk pulled down half Of his
stock and she selected several patterns
Of each Of which she ordered a large
quantity.
Here Is my card she said when she
had CONCLUDED = It s. 70 be charged"
The clerk bowel lower than ever, and
the woman moved on 10 another counter
where She looked q gloves She chose
several boxes aaI gave her card 10 Che
clerk with the same d@iTeeious She was
about 10 seat herself in 'front.' Of the lace
clerk when @ member @ the firm APP
rroaeheI her and called her By name
Il am very sorry. Mrs @ DE SAID
I'M i3w o abut we cannot GU yonr
orders uuies we are paid cash. or have
vsur husbands written guarantee When
rour Husband paid tie last biz he iu-
formed ms that De voald not De respons
ble Coz ans fnure bills contracted by You
unless bis written guarantee WAS Gnt re-
cefved. we have allowed yon 20 buy
several hundred dollars worth % goods
D. then airaoui ihis condition, but We
clnno 20 amy further
The Woman's face which bad % arst
fasl.eI scarlet. became sickiy pale IS the
merchant concluded. aai hef teeth were
FIRMLY cieachol.
yer ueu. r She said coidly. u
viii about ibis. 7 500 MT accustomed
10 De insal.al hy ihe tr1lesmen whom ]
patroai1e. and I uiH teach you. sir, that
Itaow how b resent such an hun.lia-
ton
uertone was omrnous ~ revenee and
she trenlled with wrath, The merchant
listened qrace,y ami atientiyely and bow
ca as ho said
Of avn very. scry sorry. madam bu:
I must obey your husbands instruc-
lions
The woman u-ael her back sharply
up'a lion and swept rrandly ont Of the
store. 4 moment later her horses were
prncing toward Fiah avenue.
u elaliuthelp q tie merchant said
anergard to O friend. Ihave lest sever
81 thsustal dollars through disregard
ing Similar instructions. and cant af0rd
go keep it np. This woman has no money
OF her own, and her husband mas grown
tired Of humoring BIER e%xtravagant ideas.
Her bin IN tins establishment have been
rs high as 5000 in year. She is tie
wife Of a millionaire who Is well known.
II he dida't shut downon her %expendi-
lures she would land him in the poor
house, There are plenty more ike her
in New York, many Of them well known
and We merchaa;s are frequently their
victims Tasra are no shsrrers 50 hard
10 get along with as wealthy women, who
are read o. 90 10 any extreme OF mis-
reprssen.tto on 20 crafty their tastes
Mr.. Patrick Lynch, the head Of the col
lection department in Sheriff Grants Of
Gee, has grown gray in the work Of coll
lec,ing bills from unwilling debtors
when he heard what the merchant had
told the woman DE snjlel and siid
1T is true. Women who are dishonest
about contracting bills give a great deal
more trou5'c thaa men. When women
are shrewl they can give inca nine points
in ,hr game and beat then hands down.
There was, one wonan. ] remember, who
was very belnilul. and bad 4 long suffer
ing husband. IT, wis aSc7ichman who.
bg years Of fruulity and unremitting
toii. had set d Dot of money. lie loved
Dis wife very sincerely and rrltiiei her
Boa every reasonable desire but he WAS
strongly opposed 10 some Of her unreas-
enable Whims and. IKE a sensible man,
refa.,l to sanction them. One day there
was placed 30 my haalsa Judgment OBJ
iainel Against her fr $500 by Lord d
TAYLOR. Itsesm has Ia hal rla up q
biz there for thai am1-at. The Gru hai
iai dealings w.th her husband, and
knea him q De perfectly responsible So
they hli SLOWED bier 10 bag rs much as
she pleased on credit. Afscr Tie bill had
toachel tie thousand dollar mark they
respectfully asked fora settlement Sine
pu' them or With plausible excuses sid
added another thou and 20 the score. u
seems tlaf she intercepted the bills sent
To her husband, and he knew nothing
about them Until the ssit WAS brought.
lie was thundersiruck when be lefrnel
what bad been going on, bot paid the
jai -ment 30 avoid notoriety. After that
she went around to jewellery stores and
hou-aia large quantity of diamonds in
the same way. Her husband finally len
BIER. bur even after that she traded large
~ on her husbaals name and his for
tune was considerably diminished before
he was able 10 convince tradesnen that
he w9uijt be responsible Tor her.
The large dry goods firm ike the one
I have mentioned, Macy, Altman, and
others. are frequently swin3ied by the
wealthy wolaen who ran upaceounts and
then refuse to pay for them. I know per
sonally that Lord * Taylor and Altman
SO, have had sl5.0loin badbils which
were contracted in this way. The women
were al wives Of wealthy men, and some
Of them had property Of their oyn. In
many instances judgments were obtained
agains, them. bu, they kept out Of the
way Of the deputy sheriff, and we conld
no. s.r.e them with the ORDERS OF court.
7 have Ia my possession at this moment
papers in over n hanlred suits against
aieh-ienel and rich womea in this city
who refuse to pay the bids they have run
up.
~An ofthe women are either rich in