The herald., 1897-08-08
THE SPECIAL BARGAIN DAYS,
WONDERFUL OFFERS WHEN No
ONE HAs MONEY
Horrid Men on q Street Car-DeliRht4
full Occupation Of Finding
Rooms

cles exhibited for sale one cannot heip
wondering where the profits come In
Those blouse waists that 999 women out
Of 1000 wear, can be had for less than
the price of material and thread, and
yet they are made up and laundered.
How is it done? Who loses, and what u
the gain in the end? noticed store
with windows filled with Job lots, each
lot marked at an away down figure.
but what impressed me more than either
prices or goods was the thought Of the
amount Of work that had been taken to
select the lots, mark them off and I'LL
the windows.
Another window that attracted my at
tention was filled with wooden goods.
and upon the plate-glass was placarded.
Lining free" Why, pray. cannot peo-
pie buy Innings. or are the dress goods 80
costly that purchaser cannot AFFORD to
pay for both the inside and out Of new
gown? AS for muslins and linens, one
could buy whole outfit for less than
a dollar, in fact I stood in front Of
store and multiplied out the cost Of an
Irish linen dress, and could buy ma
terial thread and buttons for less than
S5 cents I'm not objecting to the bar
gains-I like them. like to feel what
1 might wear If only had the money.
but who ever has money in August?
Not one person in fifty, and the bar
gains are only tantalizers-something
for those people who do not need them
and would as willingly buy the goods II
they were marked double their value as
when they descend in price to half their
worth, that is if they wanted them.
Silks too, are reduced to the price Of
cottons, and yet what good does 1t DOT
I am not more selfish than the aver
age mortal, at least would never &C.
cuse myself Of being SO, but do oc-
casionally on hot day like an outside
seat on a car. I looked especially for
one on Monday. 1t was boiling hot and
I had been walking on the sunny side
of the streets for hours, and contem-
plaitsd %i5h -fasslapeg q Hsstfq1nsss
of the seat and stretched his legs at
full length across the rest OF the sitting
space. Two bedressed maidens with
skirts we'll spread out occupied the
seat on the other side Of the front. Go
ing through the car looked at the rear.
A fat old woman with immeaSurable
bundles had planked herself square in
the middle Of one side and used the
end space for resting places for her pur-
chases, while two small boys, evidently
her possessions also, played monkey in
the corner on the other. At the transfer
luck was no better. There was plenty
of open sitting space and few people i.
occupied it, but those who were there
sat in such way that they utterly de-
barred anyone else from enjoying
like privilege. My trip back was not
more fortunate, though I did take upon
myself to ask lady if she would kindly
move up and make room for me, but so
ungracious was her action-just shrug-
ging her shoulder, for she didn't move
an inch, that retreated into the inside
compartment and sat inwardly
wondering why the conductors didn't
attend to their duties and make their
passengers move up. 4
I thought in an unguarded moment
that l would look for cooler rooms, and
set out early one morning with that In
tention. Every second house was pla-
icarded, Rooms to Let'-"Furnished
Rooms'-"R and Board" I object
to the world at large knowing that l am
merely a lodger and not the owner of the
premises wherein 1 keep my belongings,
and for that reason avoid houses with
signs out; but finding nothing suitable
in private dwellings, 1 was forced to try
my luck in Rooms to Rent" Twelve at
least 1 viewed, and twelve times did /
experience a sense of embarrassment
when 1 discovered that the room was
not what 1 wanted. Landladies are so
lcharming, so gentle, so pleasing withal,
when one advances with view to be-
coming paying guest-but oh the dif-
ference in the retreat! l finally found
suitable apartments in down town ho-
tel but before deciding definitely
thought I would take another look at
my old rooms The sun had wandered
in the back of the house, cool breeze
was duttering the curtains, my OWE
books were scattered aorund, my own
pictures hung on the walls, dozens of
odds and ends that I had picked up,
looked dreamily up as I gazed around.
Two trunks had been sufficient to bring
my modest posse ssions-half dozen
would be required to take them away.
I thought of tearing up and tearing down
and packing and unpacking, and the ex-
pense and trouble of 1t all, and decided
to remain A feeling of rest pervaded
me as I dismissed the packing from my
mind and I set out at once to inform the
hotel proprietors of my decision.
"Oh, you've come" she said as I en-
tered.
Yes, bu-." didn't get a chance to
finish.
you'll find ii a neat, pleasant room,
the coolest in the house, always occu-
pied; nice restaurant just down stairs"
etc, etc. And we were at the door be-
fore got the rest of my sentence out.
81 did not care to stay"
A look, stare-"Oh! perhaps it Is just
as we'll" (What had 1 doneO Then in
the iciest tones: II recollect; mistook
you for some one else; the room IL
already rented
What a whopper! thought /. But 1t
will be long before undertake to look
Cor rooms again. DIxI.