The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-28
Furniture, CARPETS. Stoves. Ranges and
Household Goods Iifss, I'LL, Ills
Second Avenue.

IS now. and got Ave children / had
Thought TO give il UP when ] got married.
but 1 only stayed on a month. Some men
amt no hand to work, and It's better for
woman 10 aave her own. Week in and
week out. Sunday in and Sunday out.
you'll lind me right here. and, If do say
1t myself. there amt a puiler-in on the
block could get my place.
Do We work on Sunday? Why. amt
You never been along here? That's our
biggest sales time. I'm here at o'clock
in the morning and stay till !. All these
girls that work in the shops and factories
get their hats on Sunday mornin', and
the married Nomen--ycu know some men
are particular about what their wives put
on for dress things. and want to be with
them when they lay out the money.
Girls sweethearts comes along with them.
too. to help pick out the hats and then
there's lots of ont-of-town buyers, and
buyers from right here in town. too. that
puts on Till Sunday to get their things
As long as I've known Division street IT'S
been open Sundays-Jews and Christians
alike. They couldn't afford to close. and
some people open till dark. Ali the cloak
makers across the street keeps open, too
People have time to shop Sunday who
don't have minute in the week.
I'VE cali this block Division avenue"
she went on, waving her hand towards
the Bowery. We've got better stores and
better puliers-in on this block. If you no.
tice. than they have further on. The man
on the corner here has been keeping his
shop thirty years. II had half the mon
ey he's got could sit down and do moth
ing all the rest of my life. Good many
down on the next block. They are rougher
people, and the pullers-in don't begin 10
have the customers We have. Why. there's
some rich ladies up town on the west side
who buy q new hat from us every other
week. I've known EN- to send off as
many as a dozen hats at IA time to the
secondhand dealers. Just wear the hats,
may be. once or twice. TO take the new
ness of them. and then pitch them away.
got the shop three customers such as
that in my time, and they Amt forgot it,
And I've got EN- lot more what buys on
the instailment plan. but trusty people.
you know, what keeps in one place, so you
can put Your hand on EN-.
The puliers-in on the next block never
have such custom. and they are tricky and
give the trade bad name They will bar
gain to give goods that nobody could af-
ford 10 sell for the price, and then when
the customer finds he must pay more or
else have some OF the trimming taken of
or a cheaper brand OF ve.vet or feathers
put on, there Is a row and trouble. That
big puller-in UP there with the pink waist
the one with yellow hair-see, that lady in
black has just broke away from her. and
a good thing. too. They're cheats In that
shop--she told girl that was here from
Daubury that she could get blue velvet
hat with five phImes on it. and turnd UP
in front with rhinestones for $50 The
girl paid the money down. and when the
hat went home there was n bill went with
IL Tor ~ more That was TO De paid, or the
boy wouldn't leave the hat. That was
trick out and out. hut we don't do that
on this block This is the Avenue. We
act square and keep friendly with every
body"
"A queer world this you consider. as
you board an uptown car. who would
have thought that puilers-in had caste or
standing. and that Division street just
before IL joins the Bowery was really Di-
vision avenue, or that hats of all cotton
black velvet. cheap rsbs,on, and pInchbeck
buckles and finery could lock as much
like the real thing in the Fifth avenue
windows a. they dog Verify there are
things and goipgs-on In Division avenue
that the uptown thoroughfare wots not
OF and vice versa hnt--that pulier-in with
the brown eyes and nice expression who
said so feelingly that the life was hard
her face sticks In your mind and II a re-
former or phiianthropist We're to see her
he might find her a place where size would
have more chance and that dumb-driven
hook he banished from her eyes.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.