The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-14

LADIES WITH s Ia HANDS.
You Can Get the Best Gloves for
Almost Nothing II You Are Smart.
From fhs Mem York Sum

You Can Get the Best Gloves for
Almost Nothing If You Are Smart.
From the Ne,U York Sun.
Women with exceptionally small hands
may, II they keep their eyes open, glove
themselves neatly the year around at an ex.
pense scarcely worth considering. A few
days ago lady who had just purchased
couple Of pairs OF 6's in an uptown shop,
devoted exclusively to the sale Of kid
gloves, and had paid 81 rs pair for them,
stopped ia front of box on the counter on
her way out The box was about half full
Of gloves Of every shade, and apparently of
fine make. What attracted the lady's
attention was card, announcing in large
letters, that the gloves could be bought for
p cents pair. She asked an explanation
of clerk, and received this reply:
These gloves are In every respect as per-
feet and as well made as those for which
you just paid seven times the price, There
are absolutely no defects in them, and three
months ago we were Offering them at 81 70
pair. The reason why we now sell them
for quarter is that new styles will soon
come in, and, as we cannot afford for our
regulations sake to retain these unsold
gloves in stock. we might as we'll get few
cents a pair for them as to throw them
away. You see they are so small that there
is almost no sale for them. They are all
51Ss. Now there are hosts of women with
So hands, and infinitely more wisA and
90 hands. But women with 81 hands are
few. So we have had big stock of these
little gloves left over which we do not know
what to do with. We offered them for a
couple of weeks at dollar, and then at half
a dollar, and now at a quarter"
"But why did You buy so many gloves Of
all Ia So h. a.,,k II
| the lady curiously.
I'VE had tor replied the salesman.
when we gave the order we knew we
| would be badly stuck on this size but we
had to do it You see, we have a reputa-
ton which we have got to sustain at all
costs. No matter what q customer wants
we must be ready to supply the order. Of
course we know that very few women can
| wear these small Sizes but when one Of
them calls we have to be ready to lay before
her just as extensive an assortment of
| gloves OF her size as Of any other size
1t doesn't do to have two ladies come in
| together, say, one with six hand aud the
other with s. 4 hand, and be atle TO supply
one with glove of a certain shade and
| make, and refuse the other. The woman
| with the smallest hand well knows her
! point of vantage. She demands as much
or even more consideration than the Others
| and it wouldn't pay US to give her the
chance TO tell her friends, as she undoubt-
eddy would do. from vanity if nothing else,
that such and such famous glove house
cannot fit her with gloves of the shade aud
make which she wants Consequently. for
our regulations sake, we are compelled to
lay in a stock of these small sizss. quite e.
varied, IL not as large. as the other Sizes
| why, If had as small hand as that
said the lady, smiling. 81 would wait till
you reduced your prices before l pur-
| chased"
THAT is just what many of the 516 ladies
! do" laughingly replied the clerk. ut is our
loss, but we csnnot help it. When we put
those gloves down to half a dollar, we sell
them OF very rapidly. When We mark the
balance at quarter, the stock rarely lasts
more than two or three days Why, just as
an example, take that small lady in sealskin
that you spoke to as you came in. She
bought dozen pairs Of these little gloves
| She is o regular customer at this time of
year. She just told me that she had been
watching US for six weeks. She said that
every time she passed the store lately she
dropped in and took a look at the box. She
was tempted when she saw the half-dolar
sign on the box, but concluded to risk a still
further delay. She got her dozen assorted
pairs for sS.n