The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-07-11
,copyright. BY Joseph b. BowIes.)

Copyright, by Joseph b. Bowles.)
Ms Frederick Nathan is one of the
n examples In the United States of the
~ woman of leisure. Her time is given
the most part to practical charities.
resident Of the Consumers league of
n York city she has been able to
which 90 to the poorly paid classes of
|fkers. Mrs. Nathan is a graceful
5nr and interesting lecturer on sub
u relating to reform by women. She
d one Of the original vice presidents of
Womans Municipal league, a dlrec-
q the Congress Of Liberal Religions,
the Southern Library fund and of the
TIsh Council of Women.)
1.-THE word bargain to the average
knan Is very much like the word
ltstail to the average man. 1t tickles
palate; 1t awakens pleasant an
kpatlons. The woman who is offered
bargain and the man who Is offered
cocktail both hope to get something
the expense of some one else. They
~ be getting something they do not
5Quire, perchance what is not good
them; but the temptation to avail
smselves of the opportunity, In either
We, Is hard to resist.
The habitual bargain seeker is as
t TO come to grief as the habitual
ppler. Just as the too frequent
cktal impairs the digestive system
the abnormal appetite for the bar
lln weakens the moral constitution.
here Is a glamour that impairs the
sion, SO that the defects of the bar
lin cannot be estimated and renders
Y bargain hunter oblivious of the old
AKIN, penny wise and pound fool
~ Who does not know the shopper
20 refuses to buy renaissance center
Feces at the counter for $2.75, but
|lo, seeing the same articles at bar
pm table the following week sur
3unded by a crowd of eager buyers,
Fsnes to secure one at $2.S3?
She feels triumphant thrill at
fVng clutched and retained the very
Ne that her neighbor was endeavor-
{ 10 secure. She CLOVIS with pride
men she finds that there are no more
mat design; the one she grasped
sucn frenzy cannot be duplicated.
pc admires her own perspicacity; it
Is we'll worth giving up a quarter
an hour in order to feel that to
n victor belongs the spoils. Who
not met the woman who shows
IN pride the bargain she has OBJ
aed at reduction of IL cents, but
~ IN order to obtain 1t, was jostled
~ pushed about at bargain coun-
lor FULLY half an hour, and then,
laing II too late to reach home in
[le Tor luncheon, has gone to a res
rD'ant and expended thrice the
|-Ount saved? This type of woman,
('eSer' probably derives more than
Y moneys worth of pleasure from
Y mere idea of procuring a bargain.
L-a Tue recreation is harmless enough
~' bargain be not a tainted" one.
.aere need be no antipathy to the
W bargain in itself; some bargains
y wise There need be no denuncia-
n, n. VI all bargains. Some from the
,a,Val point of view no woman should
|, ~'enahce; but any thoughtful per-
i, uuSt concede that there are many
!. are legitimate. In this class we
~ ~ place % articles that are sold
,.,' because they have been manu-
,s,s. In modern factories with the
s''''ahee Of the most modern inyen-
,oa ' and therefore at low cost; CD
) ~ soid cheap because manufacture
.,, nave obtained material under
~ s,S',arly advantageous conditions in
4 'ase Quantities; (3) those where
NJ, manufacturer or merchant is over
rn u cD those which are no
h, wv fashionable or novel: CD those
49,. a. low price as method of
me-, liSement Any shopper however
, N'V'ehtious could take advantage OF
a, 'pportuhity to obtain a bargain
's., would fall in one of the above
~ tae category Of "Illegitlmate"
,cs ss,nS come % articles sold cheap
! NS a given out to be made under
N .Ontract system of work-a sys-
nj, which reduces the profits of the
nIs to almost nothing in order
as raDe money in the pockets of con-
. ~, and subcontractors; GU arti-
"''a at a lev price because made