The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-08

Methods Of tie Big Stores h tie
English Metropolis.
TRICKS OF IsE niLLlEERs.


fnd the customer are separate entities /
The nrm displays its wares: the buyers
examine them and purchase or not. as
they see 1T
IL London L is different The mo
mexf you enter the door Of d shop you
are accepted as part and parcel Of its
interests. a member OF the family. as
ii were. Then a sh0pwalker pounces /
upon you and insists on knowing what /
you want II you hesitate as TO your
reply. be plants himself squarely il ]
front Of you and waits. When, IL /
sheer desperation for you had intend
ed happy. aiinless sort Of boxing
about. you say gloves" be graSps /
your arm. firmly marches you 10 the
glove counter. seats you at It and de-
tails salesperson to wait upon you
All this happened 10 me. and In an
exasperated frame Of min1 bought !
pair OF gloves merely 10 keep peace in
the family. but the bland and gentle
manly glove seller had no notion Of let
ting me on 50 easily. lie took it for
granted that that first pair was simply
by way OF preface, ANA be displayed
gloves Of my size Of ali styles and col
OTIS. The very foresoneness Of his CON
clusion that I would buy them all Irri-
tated me- and briefly announcing that
"a wanted no more gloves. paid him
for the pair had bought Surprised
and grieved beyond expression. he
beck0ned the shopwagker. and together
they cross examined me As to why /
refused TO buy more gloves. Did the
colors not suit meY Were the prices
not reasonabIe7 Disdaining to answer
these questions, endeavored to stalk
haughtiIy away. but this was not al
l0wed More In sorrow than ID anger
they told me must wait for my bill.
As the gloves were to be sent and
had given the exact change E1leemed
this unnecessary but I soon found it
to be one OF their inexorable laws.
Bllh. signed and countersIgned must
be waited for, no matter how trifling
the purchase.
The next thing learned was that
the price asked Is far from being the
real selling price Of the article.
cringed at the thought Of offering 5
guineas for a seven guinea hat, but l
soon learned that 1t was expected Of
a customer and that the marked prices
were merely amounts from which TO
begin the dickering. fss
And the rnses resorted to BY these
wicked millIners. In Mayfair is one
Of the most fashionable millinery shops
in the world Over the door gilt let
ters spell one OF the most famous
Partisan names To this shop went
for a hat. Being very canny, l ex-
pressed great interest In several hats
which knew should not buy. At
last carelessly inquired the price Of
hat which had really charmed me
from the first The price was 5 guineas
AS 1t bore four magnificent ostrich
plumes. this price was not exorbitant:
but. knowing the game, | bargalned.
First asked If they would call it
pounds instead Of guineas. This meant
reduction III price Of only 5 shIlllngs.
but the indignity q discovered was
beyond all words. With q scathing
glance the saIesady informed me that
they never sold by pounds IN that shop.
gnd stored away the knowledge for
future use III swagger establishments
Determined to beat them at their
own game. ! then offered gulneas
tcr the hat This was met with ap-
propriate expressions Of Mortified sur
prise, and as great concession 7lz
guineas was proposed remained
firm in my six guinea offer, and, after
a feint Of leaving the shop without
buying a hat, it was reluctantly &C.
cepted.
Then followed what | Considered a
ruse Of extreme cleverness Oh mr. part.
I had been toll t''s- i. I LEFT a new hat
q BE- salt home the miIliner would
hanec lae trimming for others that
looked the same. but were Of inferior
quality. had been advised, therefore.
on purchasing a hat to carry it away
with me in order to prevent this. 50
I remarked on paying for this hat that
as wished to wear It that very after
noon would take it with me. the
large bandbox being easily managed IN
my hanson cab. The saleslady kindly
agreed to this plan and sent the hat
upstairs to be boxed.
After waiting fifteen minutes for the
hat to return 10 me I began to grow
suspicious. and when Il did come I
deliberately united the box, removed
the tissue paper wrapplngs and ex-
amlned the hat Sure enough the four
long rich ostrich plumes had been re-
moved and replaced by four others Of
the same color, but Of distinctly
cheaper grade boldly declared this
fact but the saleslady haughtiIy de-
MED 1t.
"Butp said |, look in the hat. See
the stitches hastily put IN to hold
these feathers. They were not there
when the bat left me-"
"Aar she said. 'mereIy q few
stitches to fasten bit Of trimming
that was looseg
And nothing remained for me but to
take the hat and depart. could not
prove ny case. could get no redress.
But I learned, when buying 4 hat. 10