Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-08-23
ENJOYING
HERSELF

MY -OnS "SehS lne
and could enjoy life for only seven
days. think I'd choose to be awake
bargain week at the stores.
Il have hal the most beautiful time
this week just being busy. One day l
would go downtown and buy things
and have them sent home and the
next day I'D go down and take them
back. Between whiles I'd show them
to all my friends who dropped in and
have them tell me why they didn't
like my selections. When nobody
dropped In I'd call on them and en-
plain to them why disapproved o.
their purchases and advise them to
return them at once. OF course. all
this criticism was taken I'm the proper
spirit.
when you've purchased a perfect
love OF blue chiffon gown and get it
home only to find 1t is purple instead
of blue. you wouldn't have any re-
spect for friend who didn't say it
was horror and tell you to run
back with II. Things do look differ.
cnt the next day-have you ever no.
ticCd? Even men find 1t so. passed
the necktic counter I'm n dry goods
store the other day and n man with
panied face was talking coniidentialiy
to the clerk
Say h. was complaining. when
this was In the window 1t was a bee.
yutiiul lavender dream, and when
tried 1t on at home it was nothing
but sartorial crime, so kindly take
1t back and let me buy Il can of tooth
powder I'm its place. ! need a snow
shovel. too-do you carry emf
i've always regarded myself as a
person OF sane and just mind went
on the yourg woman who had Just
come In, but recent occurrences hive
shaken that belief. You krO,. that
when you plant woman in Tho Mil (
Of woun:HinS Of $50 dresses u.ag. ID
down to $50 and hurl at her Lcwi.G
cred head 1900 Crcr. cCais that ;:rc
marked down to $50 and thrust upun
her sight hats that Il month go had
SGD tags attached to their Llims and
now have nice little black marks
through the old figures and Sl2 signs
below them, she can't be blamed for
going lite mad and buying rccll.
lGsSly. Then on the way home she
adds up her purchases mentally, feels
nervous. dns hes for her checkhOok as
soon as she reaches her room and
IL IS. to her sickcning horror. that
while her bank account totals ninety
odd dollars. she has bought Sis
worth Of staff that she Is trustingly
expected to pay for at the first of
the month.
lis il any wonder she lies awake oil
night waiting for the hour to come
when She can tear downtown to be
at the store when it's doors open?
Why. regular groove has been worn
In the store floors to the returned
goods desks these days.
IF ! go downtown bargain week
with the mild intention of buying n
spool Of thread. bolt of baby ribbon
and box of handkCrchiCls, I'm lust
ms likely rs not to come home with
fifteen yards Of silk marked down
from $3.50 yard to aS cents. a nov
hat and fur coat. Then disco yer
that ] can't possibly wear the hat
with any outfit ! possess and that
the silk is a color that makes me look
like brOiled mushroom, and some.
body points out that spring Is almost
here and. instead of Il fur coat. what
! really need is a linen buster and n
parasol.
IF you think 1t is fun trying to
hand good money to the man behind
the counter for some yards of silk
It's because you know nothing of what
gentle woman will do at sale. II
IS eno;Eh 10 discourage and apnoII
any mild hammered person when n
wOr an with sharp chin and viz.
orouS arm muscles reaches over your
shoulder and grabs the bolt of sill,
you are considering and sings Il I'M.
on the pile she already has I'm her
arms. then smashcs her way through
the crowd to Two dCCr to consider her
plumber in { dlylighf. Presently sbo
Will return to the edge of the mob
about the counter and hurI the whole
armful across the heads Of the infer.
veninE shoppers in the direction NJ
the clerk, with the remark that sbo
should think q decent store would no
ashamed to show such goods. Occo.
sionally one Of the bolts so hurled
hits the counter, but most Of them
descend on the Innocent bystandors
like the unexpected sticks from OK.
ploded skyrockcts. It Is disconccrtinr
when twenty yards of green brocade
land on your willow plumcs and drive
hatpin into your skull. although. of
course. you can't help but admire tho
skill Of the woman who achieves such
a result with one simple twist of tho
wrist
NO" concluded tho Young woman
who had Just come in. 81 can't stav for
ten, because I'm on my way downtown
TO take back three silk petticoats tbo,
don't match the dresses bought
them for and to hunt Up n few shirt
VIZ 'ts that won't 1T when I got tbom
homo nh ita Gnu nC., - a.