The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-25
DRY GOODS AND cuRNrsTBy

One would hardly expect t. find dry goods
store prepared q Invade the field OF the chem
st. but that innovation has been made Per-
fu,-eyy and other toilet articles are now sold by
few OF the big dry goods establishments under
the Label prepared by our own chemist" The
chemical department, too, = an ac.uai mart OF
these establishments. as remote Is chemistry
and dry goods are Pstent medicines have. of
course been sod by the dry goods stores
!or some tlae, and the druggist
thought the man who sold calico
had invaded his realm even then tviEe havaul
the limit II tell you what t -" said q drug
g.st - me, ait wouldn't surprise me a parxlcle
70 zee these gentlemen Pouu ling pills before
long. They have been reaching into our trade
until I am fully prepared . see it. There is
nov scarcely proprietary medicine or a toilet
article usually considered Is belonging exclu-
siye,y 10 the drug trade that they do not Keep in
stock NJ. shall not be surprised II they aetu-
ally 30 into the business OF coapouading pre-
scripg.0ns
Nv friend. the druggist, may b = prophet
From the chemical department o! s. DIV goods
storo where pegiumery, face lotions creams
powders, aud the inuumeysale toilet articles
sre actually made 20 the ''p-escrl pti on .epa-t-
msUt" seems ike a. easy aad Mt improbable
evolution. And II the prescription deDsrt-
menu why net the denial pgrIoYs, where one
nay have ais tsetn dxea while be wa;z2 or
the 4era7.'uenT of surgery. where the .reYttle-
man y Ntl ODl,SLNG san BONES W.. Rnptltata n
leg tor y3I. o. perform auy Other delicate ser.
vscc t1st yo4 may require la his .iu.? The fact
!, that the big ary goods stores - New YORK and
Brock .yu have become universal. supu.v houses
aad IN the development u huSlGls, the dry
go23S department has struggle 20 ma utalu It's
plate 10 Jhe lead. One O.. tae finest stores in
Brooklyn ss-&Ctff orders Ter Caai Sn4 ktnttt2v
aud l5 j. not unlikely that II customer were
20 express 3 desire 20 purchase a wild steer
steain eos, o. house aud LOT. be would ead A
clerk VINO wou q take 2 order
Fr.aVf 50 -. vrr-Te
storas. TIE Auditorium IN Chicago. or Music
Hal n CINCINNATI, would scarcely ho.a The
eEtNls which all these places ~ times. And 70
ind iEe CLERKS sD0 sa.ss-ae0 always courteous
StNsys polite % iEssC lo>t.uE, struggling thou
sands shows That the human temperament II
properly cuittya-cG Is not sar short OF the Ii
vine. The smarseSt shoppers have learned
tricS from these big crowds F4ue dzvs are
ASS avs selected tv tbe thousands 70 90 shaf-
p.HB, bat tae few wiss ones now shop only ssaea
tas weather Is bal
~ is TIE On.y tine car buy suvthing in
comfort, said is1y Il ne the ether day IL
tss weather IS Pleasant / can't rst neSr tia
counter, or anywhere near 81 attractive Gisp.av.
and 30 have come 10 do all my shopping On
Wei days"
BEFORE taking leave OF our new friend the DRY
goods chemist. let rs beS leave to suggest to him
t2A@ rs make nothing but safe cosmetics. II he
must make theEn at al Kate Field once made
ah AEest2gatton, ana furnished a statement
sAas tasEs were SOD annually in this country