New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
DUPED BY DEALERS.
Many Persons Buy Homemade
articles Under Foreign Names


reality are American wares. Only the prics I,
imported"
In many of the wholesale millinery establish
ments in this city for example. there is a class
OF employees whose particular business IT Is 70
design Paris hats" They are called "Par,,
designers" and are regarded as at the head .,
their calling. They receive the best salaries
known TO their trade. the most capable OF tbs,,
earning SO 10 800 week And they do ear,
it, too. any candid hat maker wiz testify.
They viii originate kind Of hat which. when
placed alongside of genuine importation" tYq.
taken out of It's wooden box from the 'Nfajso,
de So-and-So.' makes the untutored spectacle
wonder wherein there can be any dfrrera,,.
Each apparently shows the same degr.. 30
skill. the same carefulness OF details the sara
chic look
The creation OF the Paris designer ats.r ..
has been approved by the highest critics OF IN.
establishment, is then sent to the tri1ro,nv
room, where II is copied by ploddinE. tsu-hour-
a-day workgirls who receive from So 70 s11
week The copies turned out with as xrsa,
rapidity possible and after being uasxss
upon by the Paris designer they ara eazr.a
with some delicious French legend. such ss tha
''Maison do Beauleu. Rue Rouge Paris" and
put on the market at prices which range from,
$50 to $500
AS an illustration OF how American woman
pay Paris money for New York hats "a n
Is expressed in the trade, the following story
is related just as it was originally told IN q
Bleecker street millinery house, ana a. heard
by a newspaper woman.
Rose do you know what saw In ths Sub
way last night as I was going homer said q
pale faced girl who sewing soma yellow
braid.
Cant guess. Susie" was the answer from the
!
making pompon.
Well, listen' said Susie When ths train
got to Times Square swell dressed crowd got
on. most OF them from the matinee. And one
OF the women, the most elegantly dressed Of all
almost fell into my lap when the train started
/ ahead with jerk. And what do you think7 sha
wore the very hat working on last Friday
/ tho very same.
| What OF that?'' laughed the pompon maker.
"Did 1t surprise you to know anybody would
wear one Of your hats?"
| You're too saucyr retorted the other. But
the fun OF the thing was this. The woman who
/ wore my hat sat right down alongside OF me-
and she said to her woman companion: do you
| know. 1 am so fortunate with my hats. always
| get them at such and such place. where they
have the very latest importatious from Paris.
And do you know. this hat that got there yes
| terday was made by the same milliner who!
] makes all OF the hats for Queen Victoria oe
/ Spain The salesman told me So"
And as often as American women are fooled
! when buying Paris hats American men are
| duped in the purchase OF Turkish tobacco
The bulk OF the so-caued Turkish cigarettes sold
| in this city are made OF American tobacco and
/ bv American workuen right here IN the city os
\ Nav York Now and then one Will see soma
/ turbaned foreigner sitting IN cigar store win
! dow with his hubble bubble at his feet his
| legs crossed. and apparently as much at home
! as IN Constantinopls. He is too busy TO 90 more
than glance I'D at one out OF the corners Of his
ewes; too busy making cigarettes out of ths
heap Of nearby yellow leaves. Quickly ne roNs
the fibre into nttls paper cylinders and lays
/ them one BY one before him 70 elicit aonlHatioh'
But as often as not the only thing TURKISH
about these cigarettes IS the dress OF the WORK
man.
suk ,s an article IN the purchase OF which
| many a customer has paid imported prices
FOR home made fabrics Not long ago dyed-in-
the-wool protectiouist who carried out his IDEAS
In everyday life went into a Broadway dry
goods store and said he wanted to buy black
silk dress pattern a present 70 his wifs- And
\ what's more" he added with emphasis. Il want
an American silk I believe IN patronizins
home industries" The veteran salesman droPPed
his hands on the counter IN astonishInent' ana
replied: MY good sir, am oVerWhe4meG -
been behind this silk counter for The last tTer-
ty-three years and this is the first time any ons
has called for American silks. Yet We haVs
been selling them for years the best quality
obtainable You may think this is not repu-
table business to fool the public IN this manner.
But as a matter OF fact we are not fooling ths
public: It is fooIing itself. The women VINO
buy American for imported silk would not be-
ueve the truth even II we told It TO them They
think that the finest silk is OF foreign naaAs'
whereas II is homemade. We don't want u
quarrel with our patrons, so we simply Keep
num-
Cheese which would seem TO have been M
ported from the furthermost corner OF the sioOS
and to have taken several hundred years ID
make the Journey. is IN many Instances ms
product of American watts. The story Is told ~
Il certain prominent cheese merchant OF 'h1
city OF how sometimes even men in the business
are fooled in trying 70 tell domestic from M
ported cheese con return voyage from Eng
land" said the dealer IAN American WornaIs
with her husband who was an American makes
OF cheese were the guests at dinner OF an Ens :
Hsh cheese maker of Cheshire Toward the eni
OF the repast the Englishman passed TO M
guest bit OF cheese with all the appearance 't
saying. Here YOU Try some of mine Ths
| American took a bite Of the cheese and with q
smile beamIng with the emotion he must haVs
felt he said. Isn't that fine? want to have ny
wife taste some Of it. too. Wish we could mass
| cheese like that in our country. There's soH1s
thing about the English climate that beats US
| Al the end OF this eulogy the host GuiSuy
turned the cheese over and showed his guest ili'
own American brand
When buying rug the customer. unless
| connolsseur may pay for imported artcI'