The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01

give up the newspapers. The first is
possible. but the latter is not n man
who knows his susceptibility will try to
skip the ads" but it can't be done. The
big type jumps at him as he skitmlshe5
around the advertising pages, and wien
the words Big Reduction N Mems
Shirts" meet his eye there are ninety
nine chances out of a hundred that that
man is lost. He stops hesitatingly and
lets his eye gently run through tae lines
that follow:
Great bargains in fine madras shirts
Shirts We're $3.50 and 3d. now only 90
cents.
The popular Cool Wave brand.
Collars to this shirt never known to wilt
in the hottest weather.
Always clean and comfortable, fast col
ors, with or without pockets, most
improved style gussets, white or
smoked pearl buttons
Best investment of the year.
Selling at low prices only as a compliment
10 customersl Going like hot cakes.
Now is the time to buy.
BY the time the average man has read
that seductive description he is on his
way to add one more to the crowd Of
men who make the mems shirt depart
nents of the big shops lock like win
ter Monday bargain counters
Mr.. Brooklyn was not 50 weakly led
Mrs. Brooklyn buys all his shirts, and
he would never have fallen and bean
the cause of the Introduction of the ell
bow sleeve shirt if he had not chan ed
one evil day last week to pass along
Fulton street in the shopping district.
Mr.. Brooklyn knew nothing of the evi, S
of The sGlnmer-shil t-bargain habit, and
in his Innocence he fell a cnce when tire
rainbow-like vision of a window full Of
shirts fell upon his eye with the sign IN
big letters:
Two collar and fifty cents shirts for SIS
cents"
Maria always pays 50 for my shirts L
believe soliloquized Mr.. Brooklyn, land
! think 1 heard her say the other day
that needed a couple more [ had bet
ter drop in and save her the trouble OF
coming down. These are. certainly very
reasonable in price"
Mr.. Brooklyn dropped in, selected two
comfOrtable-look;ng blue and white
shirts, which We're really a credit to his
good taste, and ordered them sent home.
Then he took his first real lesson in
shopping. He required a IS shirt, but
the only shirts of the KIND he wished
We're 1872 1t was in vain that the clerk
held up 20 view beautiful pink shirts. and
red shiT is, green shirts. Lavender shirts.
white shirts, and ordinations of l
the eolors The ma :eul ne mind is not
so different from the feminine. and the
more the clerk dflated upon the pink and
desired his first choice of blue shirts and
nothing csc.
You send those home anyway he
SAID finally, Il like large shirt in sum-
mef' ana think those will be all right"
Inc shirts We're really excellent Mrs.
Brooklyn was delighted, and Mr.. Brook
Iyn was puffed up with pride at this his
Irst shopping venture The only trouble
was the sleeves We're too long.
Il will Thorn off
top said Mrs. Brooklyn. 1T will be no
trouble, and the shirts are too pretty to
send back"
NO, II take them around to the tailor
TO have them altered said Mr.. Brook
1yn. We are late in getting out of town
thls year and You have enough to do
nonsense, replied MIS- BROOKLYN ..it
VIII take no time, and if you carry the
shirts TO the tailor you might lust as
Wen have gone to MIN in the first nlaca
and had the shirts made and paid his
price
Mr. Brooklyn said nothing more but
after luncheon when his wife had eone
out he took the two shirts to the tailor
was properly measured, and had tne
sleeves shortened. They We're sent home
and in the bureau drawer again before
MIS-. Brooklyn returned She did NOT o -ve
them another thought until the foIlowine
morning
There. I must attend to those shirts
first thing she said Tor Mr.. Brool,lvn
VIII be wasting money taking them to the
tailor $. ] ought to have had him fry
mem On again, but have a good eve.
ana Know they need to be shortene5
about an inch. If a. him he win saw
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