Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-23
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Henry OHM in the Chicago Tribune
says:
Woman is emphatically the bargain
hunter. Her penchant for chasing
sales and advertised special bargains
in the department stores of large cities
has developed school of literature in
the form of the bargain joke" Man,
serene in the knowledge that the spec
tacle OF center table marked down
to $4.9S from SIS has no attractions for
him. is pleased to regard this as
weakness on the part of woman,
brand OF fcolishness with which he,
in his wisdom. will have nothing to do.
And yet, if he put knew it. man should
and can profit just as much by bargain
hunting as can woman. If man was
''cn to" himself quite as much as he
pTetends to be he would scan the bar
/ gain and rales advertisements of the
big stores with as careful eyes as does
his sister or wife. And he would save
mone.,. much money, thereby
Particularly to the young man of
modest salary or income, who is an
xlous to save money and a. the same
| time present good appearance, is
this true. There are more bargains in
the shape of clothing, shoes, hats, and
general furnishings advertised in the
papers than he has ever dreamed of.
The man who watches the bargain.
sales in the better stores does not cut
down his bill for haberdashery, or
clothing, or shoes. mere 10 or is per
cent. He cuts 1t in half if he is vigil
liant, and he does not suffer in regard
to quality his wearables. He buys.
if he Is wise, the best of clothing. the
best Of shoes, and the best of furnish
ings for about one-half of what his
less economical or watchful brother
pays fc- it, simply because he is not
above pa. ing attention to the tbar.
gain sales"
The extent to which economy may
be practiced without necessitating the
purchase of inferior goods by watch
ing these bargains
/ Big Bargains will prove a sur
/ prise to the man
In Mans who has never
thought Of looking
i Wear. through the bar
\ bargain ADVERTISE
ments with q view to finding some
thing that he .loeds at reduced price.
i There is no article of apparel, no arti-
/ Gle that is generally considered neces-
sary to man that may not be had
cheaper than the straight price,
through watching the bargains
Clothes and haberdashery are not the
only things.
Shaving implements and other
t-ings that go to make mans rooms
4 complete are to be had at greatly re.
!, duced prices in the bargain sales. The
thought naturally suggests itself that
any first class standard article offered
for sale by reputable hor-e at re.
ducea Price must be damaged or 9th.
erwise not up to the standard of the
new article, but this is seldom the
case. There are sales where slightly
snopworn goods are cold at bargain
prices, but the bargains which it pays
a man who wants good goods to pat
ronize are the ones where odd lines
are being closed out to make room fol-
!, new stock. 1t IS the wrong belief
J that this is not rue that keeps many
men from buying at bargain prices
When store has a line Of some one
! article almost sold out and the de
/ mand for il is SO small as not to war
5 rant replenishing it, or 1t is no longer
on the market, It is obviously to its
: advantage to close out the line at almost
any price. 1t is t is condition thai
makes the bargain sales.
!, 1t is probably in clothes that the
$ greatest saving can be effected through
] the bargain department To the mar
: VINO buys his clothes ready made there
i, is no ObStable il
Huge Savings the way Of savin,
!, nearly half on hi
: on Clothes clothes bill if he Il
$ careful. OF course
II Possible. to do this, he can
< not wait until h
: wants a suit, a pair o
e trousers, a vest, or coat and then G,
to store in the hope of finding wha
;. he wants there at minimum price
Bargains do not happen every day, ant
\ in clothes bargains are rather erratic
n The man who would save money b.
4 buying them at bargain prices mus
watch the sales consistently and maxi
e his purchases when opportunity offers
: In this way he can secure his RICH
sizes at a low price. But if he does d.
this he can obtain bargains fit to opel
g the eyes of the man who has hi
n clothes made to order, or who hal
:. never investigated the bargain depart
n ment.
$ One large store recently had on it
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