The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1890-01-03
THE LOVE FOR PASSIONS.
IT GETS WOMEN INTO BAD PREDIcA-
MENTs SOMETIMES.

. 1T GETS WOMEN INTO BAD PREDIcA-
@s MENTs SOMETIMES.
Auction Sales Are Very Enticing. but They
Are Not Always Rel1able-The Tribula-
tions OF Mrs. Brown and How She Didn't
Get Her Fine Purchases,
The woman who will not waste four hours
of valuable time and twenty-five cents in chr
fare to swell the crowd at the bargain com
ter OF dry goods store to save four cents
yard IN a purchase Of five yards Of useless
trimming is a feminine freak well worth tho
attention of any enterprisng museum man
ager. '1@ d
This love Of bargains is not confined to dry
goods stores alone It finds its chief graft
hcation In auction rooms. There are auc-
tions and auctions.
THE AUCTION ROOMS. "g1| .
The crowded auction rooms are those which
advertise every day household furniture,
There is the enterprising boarding house
keeper who wants to get hold Of cheap fold
Ing bed, side by side with the newly married
wife who would like to get holp Of some ine1-
pensive articles of furniture to fill her rather
empty fat. The poorly dressed woman with
the pale faced baby on her arms wants some
pans and kettles for her kitchen, and the pro-
fessional shopper and sightseer does not
know herself what she wants ! ~
. A few days ago story came to the knopl.
edge or a. News reporter that bears out the
observations. It was about a Mrs. Brown
WHO lived in an uptown fiat. She read the
advertisement Of a lnrge auction sale in n
street of the Bowery. She had never been
to any Of these sales, but her friend. had told
her such tales of the many useful articles
that can be bought there for less than half
their value that she felt bent on trying the
experiment for herself. By strict economy
she had saved $50 from her weekly allow
ances, and that money should buy two sets of
curtains They were advertised for less than
one-fourth Of their real value and Mrs
Brown wanted curtains very badly. Hers
had been washed and darned so often that
they refused to hold out any longer, So one
fine morning Mrs Brown set out for the auc-
tion sale, n little timid but full Of anticipa-
tion.
The room was SO crowded that she could
not examine any Of the articles for sale and
hardly could she collect her thoughts The
humming OF the hundreds of voices, the shrill
calls OF the nnctioneer and the answers of tho
bidders bewildered her thoroughly. But she
was smart woman and able to take care Of
herself. The curtains had not been sold vet
and would not be for some time to come, but
there was 4 desk-such beautiful old fash
ioned one, just one of those that arc all the
rage now. Her husband had wished for a
good, big desk with extension and drawers
for ever SO long, and next weel, was his birth
day. Such a chance would never occur
again-~n desl, worth from SEQ to $1OO Mrs,
Brown could not resist and after several eff
forts the desk was hers for s25
She would not go home yet; she just began
to feel interested in the thing when q folding
bed was brought How much moro room
would there be in their little sleeping room
if instead Of the big standing bedstead, she
would buy this beautiful folding bed. The
room would look quite different, and anv-
how everybody had folding beds nowadays
soliloquized Mrs Brown, and looked with
longing eyes toward the envicd object
"Why don't yon bid. asked a woman be-
Sla her. w.. e-
II AN sorry l cannot, I have not money
enough with me- replied Mrs Brown, dole.
fully.
''lf it is only TINT, they will give credit as
long as you like and if they do not, will
take the folding bed Off your hands. want
it anyhow and do not care for bidding my
self'
MRS. BROWNS BARGAINS
And thus encouraged Mrs. Brown bought
real bargain she was told everywhere, and
she felt very happy.
At last thero came the curtains. They
were just what she wanted. and she had no
more money. But her newly found friend
encouraged her again and promised to take
the curtains also off her hands il necessary
Curtains are always useful she added, anl
soon Mrs. Brown was the happy owner OF
two sets of real lace curtains for SIS; worth
$5O according to the auctioneer. #m
AT last the sale was over, and people paid
and removed their purchases. Mrs. Brown
was asked to settle her bill, amounting to
So and take her bargains away.
Timidly she approached the auctioneer to
explain matters aud ask for credit, but he
lonked nngrily Mt her and insisted on rnmetl-
ate payment. Mrs. Brown went to look for
her friend, but thnt person was not to 20
found anywhere. nnd Mrs Brown stood help
iessly with tho red of shame and confusion on
her face -
An elderly gentleman, who had evidently
observed the scene, came forward to settle
matters between Mrs Brown and tho angry
auctioneer. After seycrssss efforts lie succeeded
in pacifying the latter untfssettle tho affair to
thegreat delight of poor Mrs. Brown. She de-
posted the money she had with her, $50, left
her address and promised to pay the rest the
following day, when she should he permitted
to remove her purchases. #m5
Never any bargain hunter felt more CRATE
full than Mrs. Brown felt toward tho dear
Old gentleman But her troubles were not
at an end yet. Mr. Brown was n sworn en-.
enly Of all auction sales and Il very prejulicel
man generally. He must never know any
thing of the business. But who would give
her money to get all her bargains home.
She went to several friends and ut last
struck kind soul. The next mornings ut
the hour appointed, she rushed down town.
tho money firmly in her hand and uglow with
the idea that she would redeem her character
i'll the eyes of the auclioMcer. She hurried
to the place. hut could not find the auction
rooms. She rubbed her eyes but the rooms
were not there She must have mistaken
tho street, and applied Tor Information to the
policeman at the corner
Yes, she was all right, replied the officer
The auction rooms We're there yesterday, but
they moved away ast night, and nobody
knew where they went or who the alc:ioncer
was
There stood poor Mrs. Brown, without her
$50, but richer i'll experience Her story may
save others from doing what she did New
York News
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