Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04
TO SHOP N LONDON
From the Princes Tailor 10 the Co
operative Stores.
The GREAT UNIVERSAL PROyIDER
Big Dlscornts k0r Cash-ImP0rtsnes IF
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NEW YoKK. Sept. . in Paris"
says al old fairy Gale. anything may oe
bought for money" The same = equal
h true of Lond5n. the price you pay de-
psnds very largely upon the part ~ the
town ia which y0a bay H. Prices on
Regent street are usually 10 per cent
higher than On Oxford OF Higa holhorn
and Wmteiey w.ll tarn yo1 out perfect
tailor made suit al tNso-lhlgds the ngure
asked on Bond or Regs n street II l.
mistake. however. - suppose that IN
Iond0n you are asked more because YOU
ale an American: on the contrary, If YOU
know where 20 buy you pay less because
you cay cash. II Is not an uncommon
thing 10 see the announcement, a I'D
eral discount allowed FOR ready money,
and at many OF the news stands shilling
periodicals are tick~ted "ninepence fer
cash. AL tradesmen expect 10 give
long credit 10 customers whom they
know. and naturally grade their prices
accordingly.
II IS amusing 20 an American 10 see
what immense Importance Is attached
10 the patronage Of the royal family not
only 10 that u the queen and the Prince
Of Wales. but to every royal duke as
we'll There are numbers Of shops IN
Kensington which advertise the patron
age Of the Duke OF Cambridge on all the
business cards and circulars, and the
Princess Louise, who when in town
keeps up her establishment at the South
Kensington palace, is a still greater card.
When once a shop can mount the three
feathers. or the royal coat of arms, its
fortune is made, and the custom Of II.
Z. II. s loyal subjects flows in as river.
There is something particularly fasci-
mating. even to good republican. in the
idea that you are servo like king:
how much more, then, to a jealous
royalistl
They say that the Prince of Wales is
easy 20 please, for an heir apparent: no
body has ever brought such an accusa-
ton agains: the queen. Frugal she IS 10
a degree, and il is said that the purvey-
ors to the royal household make, COM
paratively, very small profits it is the
honor that pays. But If once an article,
especially of food. has received the royal
approval, no doubts of its excellence
need henceforth be entertained; unless
it is good Victoria will none of IL So
every tradesman who serves her with
anything is naturally anxious to publish
the fact Over the door of handsome
establishment on Piccadilly is the an
nouncement: "Spur Maker to Her Maj
esty." al should think that fellow would
starve," remarked an American, think
ing only of the fact that it has been
many years since the queen was on
horseback.
"By no means" was the reply Of his
English cicerone, "it is very desirable
appointment. Don't you know that all
the household guards and the royal
equerries and grooms are to be equipped?
Moreover, every English horseman likes
to buy his spurs from the same hand
which supplies the guards"
Anybody may go to the queens gro
GERS, green grocers, fruiterers, etc, and
feast literally "like king" the royal
tailors and dressmakers are much more
difficult of access; no key of gold can
unlock their doors unless it is properly
turned in the lock. Neither Poole nor
Elise will condescend to set a stitch for
you, if you are not introduced by one of
their customers, and cash down does not
move them. Poole is a very rich man.
1t is said that he never sends in a bill to
the Prince Of Wales, and he might well
-. 81. e., &ts,t l. ,l-as I,
princes clothes is worth many thousands
of pounds yearly TO him. Albert Ed
ward does not inherit his mothers eco
nonical turn, and his income is very
moderate one for his position and his
tastes.
If common gossip is TO be believed.
there is scarcely a CLERKS wife in the
United States who does not have more
new dresses in year than the queen Of
England What she buys are, however
of the best quality Qn mourning mate
rial, and she has them made over "a
carefully as the clerks wife ought to do
The queen is said TO have quite q friend
ship for Nine. Elise, and society was
Mortified two or three years ago by the
whispered rumor that the dressmaker
was to appear at rawing room. It
was not verified. but since then a pretty
granddaughter of Elise's has been pre-
sented at court upon her marriage INTO
g noble family But then her dOt was y
large one, and it is not the first time
that rich traGesman has married his
daughter or granddaughter into the sris-
tocracy.
Nowadays. so many aristocrats, not
only men. bat women. ere going into
business. tha: it seems. on the outsider
as though the prejudice against trade
were about TO be relaxed ON the con
t-arv. il rests AZ the very roots % society
and the aforesaid mobiles are regarded as
cranks. who arc pardoncd, but looked
on as "o1 color an tho same. None
with the smell Of the shop upon item
can be received 81 court. and Whteley is
prescribed equally with the petty trades
man. The shopkeeper always styles
himself Mr upon his circulars. there
fore the proper form ~ address % gen
tlemen is Esq, and it is an aIrent 70
address a letter to any bus tradesman
as Mr. So-aBd So.
There are na stores" IN England et-
copiing the cosoperafiee stores. from tho
largest 20 the smallest they are shops.
For example. IF you g. int1 shop in any
part ~ London and ask 90 ho directed -
drug stere. the person you ask viii
probably stare and reply. N hat would
ro1 w ish ma'alnF you sno1'd inquire
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