Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
them's the fellcrs that know some,
thing they won't tell"
"Oh" said Johnny, mcekly.-
Omaha Bee. .
DO BARGAINS PAy7
An Analysis of the Subject shows No Pro
in the Transaction.

An Analysis ofti,e Subject Shows No Profit
In the Transaction.
Perhaps at no season of the year are
there more bargain hunters abroad
than at present. Just before and af-
ter the holidays the bargain and rem
nant counters are besieged by a crowd
OF anxious, worried women intent on
getting something, anything for half
IFS value.
Does bargain buying pay? Is the
alleged cheapness of an article ever a
compensation for the scramble to get
1T or the satisfaction of possession?
Has not this rage for buying bargains
become a species of gambling? Does
II not in the end engender careless
expenditure?
Here are Il few practical questions
for practical ome to consider.
Have you honestly ever been satisfied
with one of these so-callcd wonderful
bargains? Have you not found flaring
limitations OF genuine goods to be IL
delllslon and Il snare: Has not the
wool proved shoddy. the silk crack
ing. the leather poor, and the kid
worse than Vile:
1t is really pitiablc to see IL horde
of respectfully dressed women jostling.
each other to buy goods marked "be-
low cost" or goods for which they
have not the slightest use. simply he
cause they are cheap. Women have
created am enormous demand for bar
gains, and shopkccpers must supply
that demand. hence all sorts of spuri-
Gus articles are put on sale. and the
result Is that homes are filled with
rags and tags of remnants, and women
dress abominably in colors or stutfs
not i'm any way suitable to them. but
purchased because they were such
bargains.
Men are letter shoppers than wo-
men, simply because they will buy
good articles. and i very cautious
about examining these tempting
goods. Did you Yer hear IL man de-
claim about his great bargain i'm shoes
OF the o%vcrcoat he got below cost?
Not Inc. lie buys the best his purse
will permit, and i'm consequence the
average nan is better dressed than
the average woman.
1t is economy always to buy the
best n can possibly afford. Espe-
cially is this true of wearing apparel.
The cheap, sleazy gown costs as much
to make as the strong, fine cloth.
The wcll-madc. handsomely finished
shoes will outlast two pairs of cheaper
ones, and cheap gloves are an ahom-
ination which ii were idle to remark
upon.
The women who shop six months
ahead make Il great mistake. You
know them. In February they are
buying g%inghams, challics, mtslins,
and foulards for the summer scar.
I'm August they are pricing sealskins.
Six months after date things look
very different. Styles change very
rapidly. And the bargain counters
are responsible for the crowds of
badly dressed women one sees pouring
in and out OF the shops: responsible
for the tawdry effect of cheap f,,rs,
cheap feathers, chcapartiticial flowers.
cheap hats. and. saddest of all. imi-
tation jcwclry. 1t is said that the
word tawdry is very properly derived
from st. Audrey. on whose day fairs
were held when the bargain-loving
DANES We're induced to buy worthless
stuff because it was cheap.
DO not buy anything just because
it looks pretty. That is IL foolish
plan.
L knew a woman who was nNi
happy until she possessed a pink bon
net, which vas offered at Il very low
price. She frightened herself when
she put it on, and returning to the
milliner begged her to change it,.
ooh, no" said that astute person, 81
had too much trouble getting rid OF
that bonnet. L don't want it back"
why. what was the matter with it?"
"lt was so %unbccoming to every lady
who tried is OF that l was Obliged tc
mark it away down to sell it,"
Beware of pinks, violcts. lavcndcrs,
pale greens and blues. especially when
very cheap. Something is rotten in
Denmark. and the clever s%hopkeepcr
understands YOU better than YOU
understand yourself.
Buy the best yon can. lut do not.
buy IL article at the expense of am
other. DO not he c%Xtravagant on THE
gown and pinch on stockings. gloves.
and shoes. y frock OF mc,iium tex
ture with good accessories is better
than a very elegant one with cheap
finishing details. The woman who
shops well and to good purpose will
steer safely past the sc.ylla OF cy-
t%ravagancc and avoid the C!laryhdis
of observation-disclosures Constitution.