Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-05
ONE WAY TO 60 sHoPPING.f
Special Statesmen ana Private Rcen
for MillionJires.

Almost every rWcll dry goods shop In
tie city has private rooms for the ac-
,rmmodati"u of fich customers ana
there gowns AMI wraps and lingerie.
.t,. that ncN.T meet the eyc Of the OF
binary shopper aro shown. IL would not
p.y ~ handle these special creations
unless the chances ~ a sale were good:
go they do not come out ri their wrap
Rings save at the demand Of woman
S. hp can and does buy regardless of
u.t SOM. M tlc popular shops have
suites of special showrn"ms. fitted up
.n .u-Sl luxurious fashion and in
,l.rg. VI sales women chosen for their
pets atr4,iiyc2css and charm 81
mann,-. In many ~ ,a z Ffanch-
T. oman e. hirhpricstes s. ana receive :
j, large salary M her work.
VT ~ only tact th2t uuo nee Is in a
ri1." like this" said such an empioye-
AnI str' %. yes- rf course. ono
must l.. able t. Judge what The Gus
rom,r would ike. but, as rule, tn
y.onu y WIFI, luy these horribly eXp'n-
.i." thinc have pretty definite ideas
NC thDir cwn about what suits them.
aisd scrcu" scnfiden,c in their own
Judgment They don't want advice.
TIL. Girls iuu nstairs may talk women
into buying WEai they don't want. hut
that Sort ~ thing doesn't ~ NJ here.
pniti .usncss isn't my ,uc. / must be-
: atl" 20 show what VIII suit. if We have
I'll. ANA Show il In a way 70 MAKE ltS
good points apparent. may need to
suggest alterations, ami. if the custo-
mar wants "a talk u ne. of course |
1a,rY1
d.els If little ways az putting hcr in .
good humpr without being fulSome or
Transparent .. it's a great art. ana |
| guess one learns as much about mum II
natur. here as one would behind bar
| GAIN counter on 1ith street Some II
| times even the very wealthy women
VIII S,lujrm at the price and haSGle a
| little. hut the women VIII" come in here
are those who Will buy if they ale
| pleased. even though il does hurt them
t. part with the money. Some of my
| customers don't seem ever 70 consider
| the money That's matter ~ su-
prcme indifference. They'd just as
snon pay SJ0"0 for IN opera coax rs
pay 500 If the cloak suits them. OFT n
they do not even ask the price Id st
Mcnday+a woman came in here ard Sc
| ictiod SsOU worth rf summer gowns.
she didn't ASH about the cost Of sin
gle one Of thcm-iust ordered the goods
charged AMI deiiN cred.
a fashionable drcSSmak"r told tn"
reporter much the same story. When
| | am in Paris | ALWAYS buy a number
uf GOWNS and materials that are not
for nv general trade" she said. some
.unas have a particular customer in
~, minds eye when | make the pur-
| hasn More often | am catering to A
small sci al customers who do not stop
Mt axpcug. and will have beauty and
novelty
IT is 10 MY interest to have what
tno- want when thew come t. me. 50
| keen this reserve stock for such emcr-
cencies and do not show il to m,- other
customers. even though one of them
might once in , way. strain a point
ana buy one Of the Gowns. She wouldu' I
hux s,cb ! thing more than once in 4
bluc moon. Tho other women will buy
,ha ostI,. thine, ,i~bt ,Ionr If can
only manage Ia have what they want.
rbcv ,youIdn.r I,nk ~ rha models I
have ~ ebou ~ crowd vouldn't con
.;aor ,bcn So HIRING ,hcnt into this
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