The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-13
AT A BARGAIN SALE
MARKED DOWN TO 1862 INTER-
ESTS WEALTHY WOMEN.
Just as Much Pulling and Hauling
for n 500 Hat Uptown as for q
a $t.1O Hat of The East Side
Frank Comments Of the Buyers.

About twice a year n big shop "a
upper Fifth Avenue turns Itself loJss
In bargain day, and II you think
that stepping on toes, calling names
with eyes and tongues, brushing,
squeezing, snatching. squealing,
elbowsticking and knee knocking
are confined to the regions of Four
teenth street and Sixth avenue, it
is your mistake, that is ALL says the
New York Sun.
Even the shopgirl forgets that air
Of frigid hauteur which marks the
shopgirl caste in that sacred part Of
town, and instead of the languid do
sartean pose with which they are
accustomed to hand out an ostrich
plume and name the price without
looking at the possible purchaser,
they step around as lively as fans
see king their places in baseball
day.
One OF the 3S-25-42 variety mis-
takes a look of curiosity in regard to
tLe price OF a white swiss muslin
matinee for one of personal comm
,Seration, and exclaims:
They've been at 1t since I this
nosnin' an they're just like a flock
Of crows. There amt thing In my
stock that they amt mauled over
an over an I've stood here sayin'
iggers till I'm ready to drop"
Having delivered this exordium
the 3S25-42 model calls the atten-
tion to the fact that the Swiss muslin
of the matinee is real Swiss and has
handwork all over 1t. IT'S one OF
the greatest bargains I've got" she
murmurs, returning TO her trade
manner, AN you'll regret it all your
life If you don't take It.. l can a3-
sure you on the word Of lady that
it's a bargain. and | know bargains
when | see 'em. It's only $50 aud
IS reduced from $92, for here's tho
ticket, and you can see where tho
S92 is crossed out ana the $50 put
right below Il.
On the first floor of the establish
m5nt the bargain sale of hats Is
going on, and pandemonium itself
is let loose. Women whose smart
appearance marks them as top I'm
ers in social cliques are sei2ing tho
same hat on different sides of the
brim and glaring at each other like
schoolgirls on the East Side.
Madam" says one, gripping the
black brim of hat the size of an
automobile tire. Il was just going
to try this on"
rhe other looks at her with the
glare of the one who gets the short
side of wishbone in pulling con-
test. AS nothing is to be gained by
hanging to the edge she Is deter
mined to exhibit to the other the
difference between the scion of blue
blood and the representative of the
proletariat.
Il don't care for the hat" she
says majestically, with gesture that
suggests the Queen Of Spain show
ing the newborn. Its very common
] think.
OF course the winner In the pull
doesn't care about what the loser
thinks, no, not bit, but after she
has tried It on and looked this way
and that she says to the shopgirl:
Don't you thing those ospreyes
look kind Of draggly?"
Draggly? OF course they look
draggly." said the shopgirl. why.
those ospreys and those straight os-
ticrh feathers without bit of curl
In 'em that are just the swellest
things that have ever been sold on
the averner. came direct from Lon
den. where the Queen set the style
after she got caught In a rainstorm
coming back from the Ascot tie,
mean the Derby. Draggly? Why, we
wouldn't sell 'em II they weren't
draggly!"
And its"
only $40; ain't 1t cheap? II
thought some of taking 1t myself,
but we have to give the customers
the first chance. You can see It
was $50. an it amt duplicated"
Transversely through the room
rows of dresses hung from hooks and
hangers, bewildering mass of col
or and form. Through the aisles,
turning first to one side and then
TO another, pass increasingly a stream
OF women commenting and occasion
ally asking the shopgirl to take out
some special one. Each of the
dresses Is tagged and on each tag is
written the usual price and the bar
gain price.
My dear. did you ever see such
bargain? That peculiar shade CT
cerise. ! have never seen It any
where else but at Doucet's. It's only
$3.50. / don't see how they can
make such reductions. You see,
last week IL was $7s5. Can you I'M
agine a worse tragedy than buying
a dress like this one day and coming
IN the next to see 1t marked down