The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-21
THINGS GIVEN AWAY.
Trading Stamp Company's New Store Full
of Pretty Articles.

The spring bride who is looking for odd and
dainty bits Of furniture for her new home. or
the friend who wishes TO give her something
for the home, has only to go TO the new store
just opened by the Trading Stamp Company,
represented by Messrs. Sperry a. Hutchinson,
and located at 450-452 Westminster street.
There will be found useful and ornamental
articles innumerabls-two hundred patterns
OF Rogers knives and forks. tea and table
spoons, clocks in every style, kodaks, opera
glasses, solid gold rings, furniture Of every
description, Haviland, Wedgewood and Dres-
den china in the prettiest of patterns cut
glass, ladies' and mems $lOO bicycles, Ricca's
celebrated guitars, nandolins, zithers, vio-
lins. Rochester banquet lamps, onyx top
tables paintings, etchings, sewing and hall
lamps, art albums, Shakespeare, Dickens and
the works of other standard authors, Bibles.
easels finished in white enamel and one
thousand and one different articles-all to be
given away. One hundred young women are
canvassing the city and leaving with every
family book issued by this new concern and
made for the reception of trading stamps.
A complete book of stamps is the payment for
the many handsome and useful articles named
above. The company have leased the above
store and have fitted IL ND in the most attrac-
tive manner. Today the store will be opened
to the public, and a careful inspection of the
stock is invited. The store is but one of four
teen this company have, and throughout tho
country their plan of advertising Is meeting
with untold success. They have abundant
means TO carry out every promise and are
permanently located here. Similar stores have
been opened throughout Massachusetts and
md N
The names of the merchants who have con-
tracted TO give trading stamps will be given
once month in the local papers, and they
can also be found in each trading stamp book.
They embrace all lines OF trade and are care
fully selected. About $1,000 books to be used
hy the subscribers to the system, the copy.
right for which is owned exclusively by
Messrs. Sperry Il Hutchinson have been dis
tributed throughout the city. Every family
has one, and If they want TO buy coal, wood,
meat, clothing, dry goods, groceries, shoes,
hats, tea and other necessities, they simply
trade with the firms that part of this new
system. With every ten cent purchase they
receive n stamp resembling postage stamp.
This is to be pasted i'm the book left at their
houses, and when they have stamps repre-
senting 500 they can go TO the store Of the
lraulng stamp Nomphny ana III cScnange Sc
ect many handsome and useful articles.
While tins plan is mutually advantageous to
the buyer and seller, II does not cost the
buyer anything. He receives his goods at the
same prices that he always paid. The ad.
vantage 10 the seller Is that while he has 10
pay the Trading Stamp Company a certain
percentage on the goods that he sells 10 the
holders Of these books, the new trade which
these books secure him more than balances
the output. A single family will spend n
large amount Of money during the year for
the one hundred and one things necessary.
Take all the different needs of each one aud
add them together. They will not take lone
In amounting up 10 500 IL they purchased Of
the firms doing business with the Trading
Stamp Company they might furnish their
hom,s free of expense with objects OF art or
necessities for which they cannot spend the
money. A visit from those who do not thor.
oughly understand the plan will be received
with pleasure at the Office of tho company.
where oblising attendants stand ready to
answer any and all questions.
Those who have not received stamp books
can have them by calling at the office OF the
company or 10y sending card.