Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-03-02
It Paws to Advertise.

twenty dollars per day; profits,
eight dollars per day, | do not re-
member exactly, but it was some
where about stones throw from
the Faubourg Saint-Honore.
Several years before the war Mr.
Durancon had married the daughter
of cOrset-maker.
Left widower without any child
rcn about the beginning of the war,
he determined to retire from bus
mess and, being unable to find a
purchaser OH account of the tre-
mendous competitions Of the large
establishments, he decided to wind
up the busin ess.
A merchant of the neighborhood
sent him one of his employees, a man
of experience and ability in such
matters, who took upon himself the
task of settling up everything to the
best advantage.
In some pasteboard boxes on the
top shelves of the back store this
young man-Julius Roseray-came
across a lot of two-button gloves of
most extraordinary color, tender
light green, which made any I'M
prudent person who dared to fix his
eyes upon this phenomenon Of dye
squint at the end of one minute.
"What have you herc?" demand
ed Roseray.
Durancon sighed deeply.
"Thc greatest misfortune of my
life" he murmured. "Thesc gloves
date from the epoch of the fabrica-
ton of various anilinc dyes"
"a Swedish commercial traveller
persuaded ne to buy them. BY the
way, I have yet in this drawer the
circular that the rascal gave me. 1t
reads:
"Aniline is colorlcss liquid,
with a perfume like that of wine
and an acid taste. 1t was discover
ed by Unverdorben, chemist of
Stockholm, and is exclusively used
in dyeing.
Thanks to the improvements of
the druggist Perkins, aniline has
become the foundation Of a large
number of coloring substances
violets, browns, blues, reds and yell
lows of u dazzling hue.
Il trusted to this man a great
number of skins and quantities of
silk stuffs. Red cravats violet
gloves, blue ties sold we'll, but be-
fore YOU lies what is a dead loss to
me. Once only did sell, at ten
o'clock at night, ii single pair of
these gloves to all American, who
was more than half tipsy.
Bright and early the next morn
ing he returned them, pitching them
at me and abusing me roundly, In
deed. verify believe that this ex-
citing scene had much to do with
the premature death of my poor
wife
Have you many of these gloves?'
II have twelve gross of them
twelve times twelve dozen"
"And their price,"
Their price? Whatever | can
get. They were to have been sold
at Sl.20 pair. | marked them a,
ten cents "A pair; nobody wanted
them.
Roscray took his pencil and begal
figuring. Once twelve is twelve
twelve times twelve, one hundred
and forty-four; twelve times on,
hundred and forty-four-I am will
ing to guarantee you 81 pair fol
them
"How so?"
IL shall sell them"
"To whom"
TO the public, who shall come
to your shop for them
"Impossiblc!"
But | must have twenty per cent
commission"
Agreed" exclaimed Durancon.
Let us put it in writing" said
Roseray. Il believe in written agree.
ments."
The agreement was drawn W
and the next day the following adj
vcrtiscmcnt appeared in the daily
papers:
MAISON DURANCON-Enor-
nous importation of gloves from
Russia; color, cucumber green. All
the rage in st. Petersburg; demand
prodigious. As is well known
Fashion is the most despotic of SOW
ereigns; the Prince of Wales has
succeeded in obtaining but two pairs
of these gloves and the Austrian
Court has just sent us large order
to be- filed.
And in the same issue of thcs,
papers appeared under "Pcrsonals:'
MATRIMONIAL Young wild.
NV. tWpntv-thrcc wears of aOc. rood