Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
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ENJOYING
' HERSELF

If said the young woman who
had just come In, Il had TO be chlcro.
formed fifty-one weeks in the year,
and could enjoy life for only seven
days. | think Id choose 10 be awake
bargain week at the stores.
Il have hal the most beautiful time
this week just being busy. One day |
would go downtown and buy things
and have them sent home and the
next day I'd go down and take them
back. Between whites I'd show them
TO all my friends who dropped in and
have them tell me why they didn't
like ny selections. When nobody
dropped in I'd call on them and eX.
plain to them why ! disapproved o.
their purchases and advise them to
return them at once. or course, all
this criticism was taken In the proper
spirit.
when you've purchased a perfect
love Of il blue chiffon gown and get it
home only TO find it is purple instead
OF blue. you wouldn't have any re-
sEcct for a friend who didn't say IL
was horror and tell you to run
back with 1t. Things do look differ
cnt the next day-have you ever no
ticed? Even men find II so. passed
the necktic counter In a dry goods
store the other day and man with
panied face was talking confidentially
to the clerk.
Say h. was complaining when
this was In the window it was a bee.
yuiiiul lavender dream. and when I
tried ii on at home IL. was nothing
bat sartOrial crime. so kindly take
II back and let me buy can of tooth
powder in 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 have
shaken that belief. You know that
"hen you plant woman IN the midst
OF mountains Of sSj dresses marked
down to $50 and hurl at her bewild-
cred head 5000 Opcr. coats that are
marked down to $50 and thrust upon
her sight hats that month ago had
$50 tags attached to their bruins and
now have nice little black marks
through the old figures and Sl2 signs
DeiO" them, she cant be blamed for
going liIre mad and buying rcck-
lcssly Then on the way home she
ADDS up her purchases mentally. feels
nervous. dpshrs for her checkbook as
seon aH She reaches her room and
- >. TO her sickening horror. that,
"hil" her tank account totals ninety
odd dollars. she has bought sIdS
worth OF stun that she Is trusting,y
expected to pay for M the first Of
the :n0nth
rs Il any wonder she Hes awake all
niSli waiting Tor tn" hour to come
when she can tear downtow to be
nj the store when It's doors omen?
Why. Il regular groove has been worn
In the stor" floors 80 the returned
goods decks these days.
IF ! go downtown bargain week
with the mild intention of buying a
sp0o' Of thread. bolt of baby ribbon
and hOX OF han1knrchicfs, I'm lust
ns likely rs not TO come home with
fifteen yards of ELK marked down
from $3.50 Il yard to oS cents. a now
hat ana fur coat. Then | discover
that can't possibly wear the hat
with any outfit | possess and that
the silk Is color that makes me look
like a hrOiIcd mushroom. and some.
body penis out that spring Is almost
here and. instead of fur coat. what
| really need Is linen buster and n
pnrasol.
IF you think {: IS fun trying tn
hard 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 ut n sale II
Is cTorgh 10 discourage and appalI
any mild hammered person when
wu'- m with n sharp chin and vic
OrOuS arm muscles reaches over vour
shoulder and grabs the bolt of silk
You arc considering and sings II nm.
on the pile she already has I'm her
arws. then smashCs her wax through
tn" crowd to the door to consider bnr
pluuder In the daylight. Presently she
viii return to the edge of the mob
about the counter and hurl the wboIe
armful across the heads of the infer.
vcning shoppers In the direction NJ
the clerk. with the remark that sbo
should think decent store vouId no
ashamed to show such goods. Occa.
sionally one Of the bolts so hurled
hits the counter. but most of them
descend on the Innocent bygthnders
like the unexpected sticks from OK.
ploded skyrockets. II is disconcertinp
when twenty yards Of green brocode
land on your WILLOW plumes and drive
hatpln into your skull. although. NJ
| course. you can't help but admire the
skill Of tho woman who achieves such
a result with ono simple twist Of the
wrist.
80" concluded The young woman
who had Just come in, 81 can't stay for
! tea, because I'm on my way downtown
I tn take hack three gilk tettt,o,,z t.,