The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1906-05-19
The Way Harrison Strikes the sociely
Woman from the City.

Woudh run INC Sit9.
Rose Marion the charming so.
ciety writer OF the ST. Louis Post
Dispatch, spent few days in Har.
rison recently, and what she saw
crops out in one of her articles in
last Sunday issue. Here is the way
she tells it:
won't it be fun when we have a
great big bargain day every
month";" asked Nippy as she count
ed over the parcels in her shopping
bag to make sure that none were
lost.
Dreamy was busy pressing the
juice out OF her strawberries with
fork and sprinkling powdered sugar
over the "crushedness."
Learned this from the president
of the Womans MONDAY. She
says it's the only way to get every
bit properly sweetened."
Bunny was attracted by the bar
gain subject from the mustard
spread she was giving sliced toma-
toes.
"Glorious, " she replied, but we'll
have to get up hours earlier than
usual to get ahead of the crowds.
Suppose they'll have extra detaeh-
ments of police and all the fuss of
the comic supplements. They're GO
ing to sell cheap tickets for miles
around.
Copy cats, said Dreamy, as she
gave the last berry an extra press.
"Why speakest thou thus1" asked
Bunny. "If you're calling us feline
names, for SUGGESTIONS sake be di-
minutive. Kittens is a prettier word
makes one think of playing with
pith balls instead of clawing and
scratching.
Don't affect denseness, Burny,n
said Dreamy. at doesn't harmon
ize with the leading light in your
color scheme, Neither be eonceited
enough to think that you are al
ways the subject of my eonyersa-
ton I'm speaking of this bargain
idea. They had that down in Har-
rison, Ark, years before they had
railroad. They called it salesday,
and everybody buys"
Harrison, Ark, is where?" asked
Nippy with the geographical ignor-
ance of the city born which would
be just as apparent if she were refer
ring to Kalamazoo.
"On Crooked Creek, in Boone
County, southeast of Eureka
Springs" answered Dreamy. "They
had salesday Saturday, and gave
prizes for different things. I've for
gotten those that had to do with
crops, but remember there was one
for the prettiest sunbonnet and an
other for the incest lawn shirt waist
homemade of course. Also one for
the finest mule colt. Mule colts are
plentiful in Missouri-near Arkansas.
besides a money prize for the
couple that was married in the
grandstand as well as a taiIor-made
suit and Al piece set of dishes for
the bride and years subscription
to the town papers.
That sounds a little etrect faifish,
b9x Harrison is SO far from that
that it's different,
It's hill town with mountains
to make a horizon setting. 1t has
finer Governornment building than
st. Louis, and all the girls that want
to take up claims in Arkansas 90
there to havet them filed The water
is like that OF Eureka Springs. and
you can spend day skipping stones
over Crooked Greek or you can fol
low it back to the woods and wade
'I'll wager these mint drops that
in a year this same Harrison will
have more original ideas at its sales
days than St. Louis has at its bar
gain days. Not long ago they gave
for the largest load of women that
came to town, The prize went to
the wagon driver that brought 3s.
Harrison has other ideas of origi-
nality. Its society girls have cor
net band. Its club girls make candy
and put on sale in the stores. It's
hotels have good things to cat. 1t
didn't re-elect Congressman Dins-
more, who secured its Government
building Its trains stop one whole
hour for dinner, and its livery men
have suchlcompetition that they beg
passengers to ride free. 1t has men
80 years old who are expert rifle