The herald., 1897-10-17
WHY SHE DIDN'T BUY
A Customer Lost Through Being Too
Liberal With Samples

A1OcId1 w ILL Quill PACS
Mamma gets tired so easily. Now
that we have her safely seated, Let's look
around little bit," said Miss Brown.
"With pleasure" replied Mr.. Smith.
who was in the department store, but
mot as happy as he looked.
II suppose all men de test shopping?"
IT guess you never asked them to shop
with you"
That's ingenious, Mr.. Smith. That
would be a good way to ascertain
whether they do or not wouldn't it? But
haven't the heart to dissect plausible
argument, especially when its offered In
that spirit
Miss Brown, you are cynic. You
timents."
| do tell me how?"
you laugh at everything that's serl-
Gus, and my sentiments are serious"
| Now, Mr.. Smith, you must stop. This
wouldn't be shopping at all if we talked
coherently. You are evidently melan-
choly. They say that dyspepsia gives
| people that kind of thoughts, but
think that those kind of thoughts give
| people dyspepsia. You should avoid
them, Mr.. Smith. Try to be like me-
I never do anything that would be like
| ly to give me dyspepsia. But let's get
| to business. I've been trying for long
| time to discover something new in food
| that papa would like. Here are samples
| Of twenty-five novelties Don't they
| look just exquisite! And aren't the girls
| that give them out just too daintily got
| up for anything! Just smell that tomato
soup! Mr.. Smith, We must try some Of
that tomato soup"
"Er-ah-of course, If I were you I
should certainly sample it. If I was
intrusted tacitly as you are with COM
mission from a dear relative, should
determine the merits of every new
brand of tomato soup or die. But, as it
is, my physician says that I must con-
fine myself absolutely to vermicelN."
THAT was simply delicious You'll
never know how much you missed by
not taking it, Mr.. Smith I shall GER
tainly have to order two cans Of that.
And now that you didn't take the soup,
you surely can't refuse to try some of
those little pickles Arn't they thee
| things you ever saw? Do try one. No?
Mr. Smith, you're a martyr. Just look
at those vanilla waters. They're made
out of that new kind of cereal.
Don't they look as though they
would melt before they could be
swallowed? And they're just as good as
they look. too. Really, must have an
other. OH and there's some of that
cheese they're all talking about Have
you tried that cheese, Mr.. Smith? 1t
has sat the epicures wild, you know.
don't see how you can be so mean. 7
don't believe you have taken a bite of
one thing except the graham waters.
Do look at those doughnuts, swimming
| in that amber -colored grease. It's alb.
solutely the newest thing out entirely
vegetable--made from beets, l believe.
1 declare they taste just too good for
lanything! I must have memorandum
of that. And here are those new pre-
serves which Alice Miller told me anout
an entirely new system, you know.
Dear! Would you imagine they'd give
such a quantity away as a sample?
Why, did you ever think of it, Mr..
Smith? One could almost lunch here
for nothing. I'm beginning to-there:
| that girl wants US to try some American
olives. And there's new sort of picked
ham. Isn't wonderful how they give
samples Of everything?"
"Now that there seems to be nothing
else to eat in sight it just occurs to me
that you've had nothing to drink. Come
with me instantly and We'll get some
soda water"
Really. Mr. Smith, that's very kind
Of you, and. indeed I'll take some ice
cream soda with fruit favors, raspberry
and pineapple mixed"
This store certainly ought to sell a
great deal. they're so generous with
their samples" said Mr.. Smith, as they
slipped their soda.
oh, 1t pays them to be co."
Three days later, on Mr.. Browns ver-
anda, Mr.. Smith asked: 'Well, Miss
Brown. have you bought any Of those