The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
A BARGAIN-C COUNTER DUFl
Two Women Dispute Over Good, an.
Neither Gets Them.

Prom he Chicago Times-H Herald
ms Is a story Of the bargain counter De-. ....
IS duas'sd by the ao0rwsIkery ami s4rssrs.-.. ..
big department store Who told % -, .1. a.....
phia Inquirer, and by tho thousand. - ..,......
MO we're witnesses 70 an epiyrf. r-4.. D.. .. .
T intensity. significant as once more f,---.......
the resolution and hrmness tha, DO .fa-.r 20 ..
Feminine MINI and heart indicating O.. s-..-. s-.r
tirne-prOven adaEp.
When 4 woman will Il, will r,, --- 49,.
And when sh. Won't she woa't-aad -s.-s, 80 -.
ont '4
The massive doors o. the store had sar-r r,.. 81,
,helr hinges a. O'Clock IN The morning al.- -..
perspiring crowd Of woman 7a0prcrs. earl. H...
IN pursuit Of the bargain worm -ras5.4 .-., ..
avenue leading 10 the counter Us.r- u-r.-.rf i.
opportunity Of saving me nimuls DIN. ~. ..s-
propTiately and 1cdu'ti,siy 4dv4rti-,8 r., r..--
ing Of Sebsstopol wasn't patch 900 rho ..-lr...s-
with which this tesiog1g brigade a. .-...-..- 9
women Tsde their sssauI, upon .ss s-.A.-r r....
Of the salespsople keeping watch AMI ..rl ,... r.
fabrics piled high upon the bargain counter ia al.
Turing invitation.
At The very forefront of the invading Hrvf "a.
bWsrmed so hercelv toward the coveted so.r u...
two fair matrUrs before whose srerg.'I. r..a-. ,.-
weaker sisters mai been ralr To- give Wal. t.--
fronting each other with TO light ~ saf prrrs..
glsncing in their bright ewes tss twain lad hard
upon the lovaest 0f bargain suits and In a t-..
the others in the thronE were treated TO al s.t,r,.
ton that began in this Vis.
rs mine"
" 'Tsin't," cane the answer v.ry hotfr. Il hat
this first and you deliberately sns..rsi tac lE.r
from ne"
VIII, did not. The sslssladv told me- this Ma
mine. and she hsd no sooner turned away than Sod.
took that waist"
Hard as IL may be 10 b.Il.y. g. ,hs lat r-.-.r,
fixed that these two daughters o. Eve a.,vIr--
standi-- the rsmenstraHees Of thsir slsrs and .r-
pacific shorts Of clicks and hnorsalksrs Esut rr a
sharp fusillade that only ended when the TAO Ana.
IONS calmly took seats in adjoining chairs bsf-s
the bargain counter and while the basasss . r-s
great mercantile establishment pursued Is rrr,.1
course they glared at each other WITH u-rs.su.r-
ahinosity. each holding a portion Of me coveted
suit in her tightly cH,hed hand
Hours ssKed and WsBei and with The sprr01..
of the noontids The psugs Of hunger isu' 't.-
subtle influence TO the persuasiors n mo So.
people that one the other should yield .l.,
surrender depleted upon tho llnssm,1t- o.
the Contsnding mstrOEs And what they sad I.e
meant When the sun began 70 east sIsnri1F a.s
through the windows Of the store the Elrf.-
pur hs7ars Of the biggest bargain Of the bunch s.a
lastly maintained the positions ASSUMED iu fss rsst
hours Of TIE FRAY.
Then when evening began 70 fall and ihe sar.-
people found their arguments stiii falling ems
that deaf 10 persuasion The head sgrr-tsI. %
ef@ctEally interycned b. ordering bth C0Ht-s'srr
surrender their spoil Of the bargain counter. .s.
clsring that he firm could not afford o. krf1 80
store open all might pending settlement Of this r--
marksble and irrsconCilsbie dispute
II was a drawn battle. but earn Of the w0E.l
wendell her va home iB he consciousness Of SIZE
tory Won aaf dignity maintained
The bargain Is sill fhtrs.