The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-04

girls
They're striking looking girls, he
said 20 the superintendent.
Yes. but they're tartars,' the SUI
perintendent said. They are in here
every few days making exchanges of
some sort
"A sudden thought struck the pro-
prietor. Those waists
Do they get many things in the
waist Department." he asked.
Sure, said the superintendent. and
then the proprietor looked the matter
up and found that those two girls had
had fourteen waists in less than a
month, none of which had been act
ually paid for as one had been ex-
changed for another every few days.
Il got my restraining order "
The buyer said that the incident was
by no means uncommon
why, only a few days ago" she said,
" a woman came in here with a sweat
er that had been bought over a year
before. Sc had had occasion to have
it Numbered and the Colors had run
somewhat, but not enough to spoil it
in any way. considering the length of
time she had worn it. Besides which,
the same article is being sold at 50
less now than at the time she made
her purchase. After due consideration
we decided that nothing could be done
and sent the sweater back to her with
a polite note, giving our reason for do
ing so. We got a letter from her the
next day. This is what it said: Dear
Sir: 1 received your note, and wish
to say that as l had the sweater CharG-
ed and have not as yet settled for it.
I do not intend doing so at all, and
l shall close my account with your
house
ION looking the matter up we found
IN In ire cha
had bought the sweater over year
before. had not paid for it, and was
trying to get either a new sweater or
her money back. Fancy!
ooh, this is not the only department
where such things are DONE" went
on my friend. "The buyer of almost
every department in this store has
l mustn't say the whole store, either,
for we sell mems goods, and men very
seldom do those things.
up in the fur department during
this last winter they had a good many
odd experiences. A woman came in
one day and selected a most beautiful
ermine coat. She was the daughter of
an old customer of the store, and when
she had it sent home ON approval
nothing was thought about it.
The next day she returned the coat.
saying simply that she just didn't
like it,
But you've worn it, said the as
sistant buyer, who happened to be
standing near See. there's a tinv
spot on the satin lining
We'll, it must have been there
when it was delivered, for l only took
it out of its box to try it on. I didn't
wear it.
Excuse me- said the assistant
buyer, but you sat in the Blanks
box at the opera last night. 1 know
it. for you were pointed out to me, and
you had this coat on
"Of course the girl grew confused
and then nasty. She didn't propose
taking the coat, and she wouldn't paw
for it, and that was all there was
to it, and she walked out of the
store.
THE assistant buyer told me the
story, and l asked her how she knew
the girl wore the coat, when it wasn't
possible that she had sat close enough
to the box to distinguish the garment.
She handed me the mornings paper.
and there was a description of the
very coat as worn by Miss So-and-
80; DO you wonder we call them
And" she went on, "the funny part
or 1t Is this: The only people who
seem to dare to do these things-dare.
they seem to like to do it-are the
people who can afford to buy the
whole shop out once a year if they
choose.
1t is necessary sometimes for people
TO exchange things. But those people
always have bona fide reason, and
we are always glad to accommodate
them. But you are not very long in
this business before you are able to
tell whether a person is trying to stick
you or not"