The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-10
COMMERCIALIsN IN EUCHRE.
It's Rather q Money Saver. Thinks a Brookiyu
Man After Irving II.

why uon I you iioNf W DIuphN u
the Brooklyn man Of his friend from Man
haitian. ITS been a great place since COM
mercialism has invaded progressive euchre."
Commerciallsm! said his friend. why.
! thought that commercialism was spoken OF
only In connection with politics and religion
nowadays"
Not a bit OF it," said the Brooklynltc
when I married a Brooklyn girl and settled
down there she proposed immedia tely after
our marriage that We join at least three clubs
In addition TO those she belonged TO. which
were exclusively for women. ! objected to
the expense. But my wife knew a thing or
two about card Subs and ! didn't
1t wont be an expense. she said i'm
help us q lot. Wait I'LL you get a prize and
youll see
Il told her that the kind OF prizes usually
given at card clubs would have as much use
In our nat as a dance favor Then | had to
60 and have my eyes opened.
the time was. PLAYING noticed n
certain ieverishness In the play. Every
Der would drop the remark that SO aud SOS
store was a good place to buy prizes, and
wonder whether the hostess went there for
thcm, ] didn't catch the Significance %
these remarks at the time. and ] wondered
why they were lnterjectet in the play
given out 1 and. my ffoSi5"w' "a" pri5 e'v winners T n
were the centre OF al 2dmirinR throne Ny
WE stood near me when ! undid nv prize
1 found 20 my disappointment that IL was an
ash receiver ] had three at home Ike il
that got in the same, way. o. course. |
admired IL As | was doing 50 / heard my
10 BE cure yon keep tho paper. We want
Every one around me said that II was a
very nice selection and that | was very lucky.
The other prizes we're OF, the same, order
All Of them were tied Up nicely, but In the
original wrapping paper
After we got home and ! plnced my ash
receiver alongside several Others turned on
Now, whatin the world are we going to
p~erienoe striking me then very forcibly.
Going 70 DO with IT, she said why,
we're going % get shirts and %neckt!es and
After l recovered d little | asked how IL
was gos,ng z be done.
Why. by exchanging IT, she said. dis
gusted. apparently, at my not being up TO
How do you know what it's WORTH !
Well. l know what the limit prescribed
for second prizes Is, don't II That's IN the
rules And know the store. because that's
But what does the store say about IT,
fo, said' getting Interested as the piott qn5
was bound 10 come somewhere. and l waited
for my wife % answer the question.
say yS S8T,Fiss s TaS tegIled Mn 'das S'G s5sy d2 En@T
it's done that's a different thing
Il didn't say any more but ] accented my
the NEXT, day, When wc got to the store
We found the counter where they sold such
things. There | found that a little more
mar@ iyrlnS Was regiIred; y vas met"T,
ash receivers Of tho same kind as ours. sure
enough some were there; when my wife dis
cerned them she gave n little Sigh Of RELIEF,
There sho exclaimed. i was sure they
"Thon we walked boldly over to tho counter
handed over the haub!a J had won and asked
for he privilege q c1chansnSit ..,, o..
Girl behind tho counter.
"Heayensy said to my Wife who's SMITH
Il was relieved when she Informed mo
In a Whisper that il was the foorwalker TO
whom all such things had 70 lie referred.
Mr.. Smith said ~ course II would be all right,
place and then enjoyed ourselves walking
all over the store making selections for my
Wardrobe and not parting COMPANY with
and when we wulkoi out - the store ! had
some collars. reCktIcs and q shirt and my
wife had kept her promise and had bought
"'Do You think tho others do it'' I asked
my wife "a we left the store with the bundles
in our arms for ] felt kind OF guilty. 1t
We'll. one Of Thorn told ne about IT, said
nv wife, and didn't you notice what anxiety
there was about the NTappcrs'..
4 confessed ] had; and ! recalled how
rather than the pr zes. .
Of think III buy groceries next ZINE
said my wife thou shtfullv whom we talked
over the neat meeting, but ono OF US must
well, of course. We didn't win ore at tina.
meeting, but " wasn't many weeks before
our turn. came again. and thls time our tahla
benefited by il SO YOU SEQ Won save . lot
~ money in BROOKLYN by commercialism
In progressive euchre