The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-09

cost 5 cents apiece at the Palais Royal
, out they're so cute" "Why you dea
old goose" said a business-like perso
! near her, I guess you'd jump owe
BOARD II you had my trunks to wriggl
through the examination. Just lister
You know you're allowed to replenis
your wardrobe If you're gone a yea
when decided to 60 over twely
months ago, just took all the oil
trunks in the house, I had eleven in al
and ! filled most Of them up with tn
stun you usually send to the Salyatio,
Army. Thought some of them woul
go to pieces on the trip. I got rid o
more than half in London, and bough
beautiful English leather trunks t.
take their places. And the things Nv
brought back in my replenished ward
robe!" But the foreign names on 81
many dresses" gasped the nervous
one. 1--WE ripped them out and sewet
In the names that were IN my OF,
dresses"
She was even cleverer than the white
haired gentleman who conflded to hi,
neighbor at table that he had brough,
back some lace gowns worth at least
10000 francs ($8000) a piece that
were entered in sworn invoice al
5000 francs each. But" said thu
little maid at his elbow, won't the an
praisers know the real value?" The ven
cradle sinner stroked his white beard
complacently: "Why should they sus
pect the invoices approved by the Am
ertcan Consul at. ......? All, they
are my very good friends at the con.
sulate." he purred.
Real Syrian Rugs.
Even the steerage has its smugglers.
There was a commotion on the immi-
grant deck Of French liner one morn.
Ing. Several hundred Syrians were
westward bound. One of them had
stolen a roll Of bedding from another.
The officer to whom complaint was
made was not deeply interested.
Hadn't the immigrant good berth in
the Storage? Why so much fracas for a
bundle OF dirty rags that should have
been slowed in the hold? The com.
plainant waxed desperate: Mother of
the Prophet, his bed-of dirty rags! It
was OF Syrian rugs, the best. a dozen
sent by merchant of Damascus to his
brother merchant in New York" The
duty on Syrian rugs is heavy-but who
would think to find them in the dirty
bedding Of an immigrant!
A glove buyer for one Of the big Am.
erican houses used to bring back on
each semi-annual trip, for his own pur.
poses, twelve dozen pairs of gloves care
fully hidden In many pockets of his
coat and overcoat. Almost every tourist
who can afford it buys q diamond ring
while abroad. A feather boa Is al
most the first purchase Of the American
woman arriving in London, and what
customs ohicial can prove that she did
not carry 1t out Of her own country
With her.
How seldom do those first purchases
u London and Paris outlast the evan
ascent charm Of novelty. Flimsily built |
u fragile material, they drop to pieces
before the owner has had time to weary |
II them. II they do last for any length |
,f time, It is only to become a source
u anger and disgust. The silk petit
coat bought at the Bon Marche, Paris,
or which you paid $8-what a bargain
7 was until one day you felt myster-
GUS prickings at your ankles and
'to0ped to find that the half inch wide
'teel ribbon which gave such chic
!et to the bottom, had broken loose
rom the dust ruffle and slashed the
Xix to bits, and your stockings to tat
ers. To comfort you, every depart
nent store In New York and Chicago
9 showing you identically the same
kirt without the steel stifiening. for
.. Sometimes, remembering these
Kings, the high prices that assailed
gu In London and Paris, you may won
er how the French women OF moderate
means manage to dress so well.
Americans Charged Double.
The answer Is that Americans arr
bominably cver-charged. A raw clerk
the Louvre once told an American ,
ustomer that the house would make ,
er up a pongee suit for $50 francs. He
as sharply contradicted By an older
mp!oye who explained that the suit
ould cost 300 francs. As the lady =
loved away without ordering the
,wn, she heard the novice -remon- :
rate: "Ycu told mo $50 ftancs." i
Tor Frenchwomen, yes" erowled the :
d hand, "but that was an American. !"
The biggest lace house in Vienna
md Vienna is the. cheapest place in
% world to buy lacey purposely puts
the prices to allow q good margin Il
r bargaining. Experienced Amer. /"
IN buyers for fashionable New York d
ilors who 60 yearly to Paris for 81
odels, take with them on their shop-
NC excursions, q French friend with d
lose assistance they secure materials /,
d models for about half the quoted v
ice. .,
French workmanship b Inferior. The d