Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-28
lHB BIG SHOPS OF PARIS
Are Slowly, but Surely, Eating Up
/ the Little Ones.
THEY ARE POPULAR WITH PUBLIC


,hat they are preparing the way for
,ha great revolution, when the state
.hall handle, all capital and run every
,rsness. For in these great shops
,ho countless employees. who other
rise would be selling on their own ac-
sount are directed by n central Or
rar,zation, and receive their share of
\ ,se proflts at the end of the year.
4 ,in,ii then the great shops certainly
4 .anresent the use of capital pushed
d ,ots extreme. French politicians have
y carried their heads about the mat
A ,sr and the Parliament has quarTeled
ohout the special taxes to be Imposed
h an these big shops which eat up the
Il little ones
3 The great objection to these grands
,.gasins. according to Clar-
,rny. a member of the Institute of
n France. is that they embrace at one
A and the same time so many branches
E Of commerce that they extend their
business operations beyond all bounds,
and make life impossible TO the little
q shops, which are unable to hold out
4 In so unequal struggle"
1t is admitted that the great shops
a are victorious in the struggle only be-
n cause they are profitable to the gem
4 eral public. whose interest they serve.
B and whose taste they satisfy more COM
& pletely.
81 The power OF purchasing many diff
II farant thinus under one roof. without
y running here and there across the city,
7 is also vast ecoHoihy Vi time anu
. money.
a Whatever may be said of all this, It
,s certain mat the big sbops have revo-
,.,.is.I-a, ali ,,,, baI,tts -, ,,,,,,t,o, .,,d
iullon'Neu al 'i'e ''D''' VI Du ., iiie a'u
Keeling In france. UP TO 1880 every
thing went by barter, and there was
no fixed price. Traces of this practice
~ s,u, round e., tho sn,oli ohons
%are sun louhu IN the small shops
<around Paris where the price hrst
Masked has very little to do with what
Twill be accepted
4 II you are evidently foreigner. and
Especially II you are accompanied by a
Imam who looks like n commisslonaire
lor guide or a lady of the land of
1france whose sharp and hungry look
Zproclalms her to be on the make while
/showing you about, the prices charged
will be higher than If YOU were alone.
II This Is the Paris shop-keepcr's way
NJ recovering the commission which he
expects your companion to come back
+Rnd collect when you are safely out of
ffmall Paris shops to mark up the price
hi articles which remain long ON their
hands, as II were to recover interest on
Die capital invested This is called
a 'guelting." 1t is claimed that even in
Che big shops each department has its
Managed or imperfect or worn goods,
ttn whose adroit sale the clerk is all
lowed an extra commission. But in
General the big shops have brought
into France the zone price system.
This was begun a little before 1890
ny La Belle Jardiniere, which is still
'fne of the seven biggest shops, and
Epwns three OF the others. II is sim in
ihe hands of the family that made this
freat change In French commerce,
{Belle Jarlinlere'' means tho Reautif,,i
6arden Girl; 1t is a sample OF the
'tames which the French have always
'been fond of giving to their shops.
Eau Bonhcur des Enfants" (At the |
fappiness OF Chlldren is the name of |
. great toy shop. IAN Bonbeur dos |
pames" (At the Happlness Of f,adias9 |
Pas the fancy name given by Zoia |
ior his great book on Tho hig shons |
~ houses which make a specialty of |
mourning goods have moiIrnful re- |
|fgned, hopeful or syrnbolicaI names |
.leh as lie Cypress" CThe Cypress), |
II hNdultuSe ia little flower which |
Pc people str>aw on EravesI ~ ,as DenY
faules" Ohe Two WeenInr WiIIowG
1nd lie Sabller'' CThe Hour Glassh
4 five Of the seven great ahons have
Rnciful names-the "Cirands Magaslos
e Louvre" manned from lis location
lposite the palace, the "non Nnrchef
cheap MarkeD The 1Pr,nta,',,,s,,
fpring). la Samaritainan na,,eI fro1,
re- iirst public bath built In The River
Ieine in the time Of Henri, ~ n,I,icb
turn was named from INA S,moriton
Woman at the well and the pniia Jar-
*iniere already snoiran op ,rho 49,
#maining great shona haya nio;n
Xames "A IN place t,linb, - n,i,toh 20
Ers to its location In Inc citv and .sI a
tenagere" (The Uousal-eener, which
imply indicates its lino ~ tra1a
+ With the abolition Of harter and tho
Pntinuatlon of fanc,, pan,as thaso
Feat shops have craatad IS 80, a,oos.
~ those who ,nIpbt otl,a,,,,,iso have |
Ich been AT tbn haad 80 !, ~, w 20 M,
IL property. In tho -, s,. ,S ~,
4erk IS NOT ,,,ithnu+ Az, -. Ill
Ihe articles 10 Ne - es' W scr
Miners the nrica is 49, ~, ,s tle IsrI-
hts his cn,n,,Ss,,,i,7,, nut VI Sieih
This varics ,'ona,.t,' pn eacn taie;
<bods and H. Ia uiuS ~ tie hinu VI
[tem, so ne to ,i'i ii'ia ~ tnttI Exists lor
Rual footins nv ~ az me elerNs On AZ
Hlk has . -. nus ~ one VINO seIis
8ven 10 no saiiIi wiiIie per cent 10
Nh may sn,,,a.i, vi llheh.
Dc who fsi,as ny. nappen mat Ine
krs for an hon out iour-shlliins Sip
Uree hnlf'na,,o, 'ogether receives out
fne he can see tho ~, III, ~ eiie s1ins