The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-06

bargain" counteFs ct the KTeat stores. II
mas become regular thing 70 consulf the
sunday neuspapess 70 see what abarr.fns,'
are onered on Monday, for Monday i Ger
saanly bargain day. This has become such
craze that reaction must soon set n. for
more frauds are committed It the BARGAIN
counters than elsewhere In the stores. A
lev OF the leading first-cIass dry Goods
stores have discontinued the practice be-
cause Of the Cheap John appearance the
very name Of it gives to them. A woman
searching for bargains should reliRiously
avoid the bargain" counters, unless she
wishes to make . purchase that will be q
great bargain to the storekeeper and poor
one TO her. Many inferior goods are placed
on these counters and then advertised As
being marked down." This is only one
trick Of the trade, bat the poor, deluded
thousands who crowd around the counters
put implicit faith in the dealers words.
Besides the possibility of paying more for
IN article than II IS actually worth, there
- the possibility Of buying in the rush
something that you don't really need, and
probably not Of the right shade or mate
nal. A sensible woman knows that shop
ping Il science, and that no good bargain
can be made in hurry. To buy carefully
and economically it Is necessary to have
time and deliberation. Every woman
should Be taught to buy economically
and sensibly. and to do it she should be
warned 70 give the so-called bar
gain counters wide berth, Are there
no good bargains made At these counters?
Yes, sometimes, bat they are generally the
exception rather than the rule. FIimsy,
ill-made articles are chiefly the attraction
ct such places, and one may rest assured
that they are not getting more for their
money than it could legitimafely buy in
other channels Of trade. The bargain
counter business Is tremendous now, and
many impositions are being made by
means Of it. People from the country es-
pecially make use Of the bargain counters,
and trips are made to the city just to take
advantage Of the goods advertised SO
cheap. When the cost Of the fare and
other expenses are deducted, they will
find, II they reckon up carefully, that i'm
stead Of making good stroke Of business
they have lost money.
Winter clothing becomes nuisance in
the spring Of the year, for it will not be
needed for use again for some time, and
yet il requires . great amount of care
The moth Is the bane of the housekeeper,
and to protect the clothes from this crea-
ture 1t Is necessary to brush, cleanse and
pack away in some camphor. One should
not carry more winter clothes over through
the summer than Is really necessary
Rather than be bothered with the work Of
packing them away many city people dis
pose of their winter truck in the spring by
selling them to secondhand clothing stores.
They get about one-third of their value,
and count the other two-thirds as pay
ment for relieving them of all worry and
trouble. But expensive furs and garments
must be kept over, even by the very
wealthy. The housewife has many
other things that must be stored
way-underclothing children's winter
clothes, furs, blankets. rugs, carpets, and
numerous similar articles. Expensive furs
can be kept the best BY packing them away
In the camphor wood trunks which are
made specially for this purpose. They are
safer In such places and can Be freed from
the odor Of camphor in the fall by giving
them good airing For undercl0thing
and similar articles long calico bags shonld
be made, sewcd With double seam and
tied tightly at the top with tapes. The
clothes should be packed away in these
bags along with small packages Of pre-
pared camphof. Each bag should be num-
bered or marked with its contents and
dresses, etc, should be folded and
wrapped in newspapers, with camphor.
and put away in closets or on
shelves in the storeroom. The storeroom
should be fumigafed in the spring. when
the clothes are being packed away. Take
IN iron pot, with hotscoals in II, and burn
camphOr gum or sulphur after it is satu-
rated with alcohol on the Goals Close the
room tightly and do not inhale the fumes.