Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-18
ENJOYING.
HERSELF

had just come In. IT had I'd Is chloro
formed hfty-one weeks In the wear
and could enjoy life for only seven
days, think I'd choose to be awake
bargain week ut the stores.
81 have had the most beautiful t,ms
this week just being busy. One day
would go downtown and buy thinr,
and have them sent home and thu
next day I'd go down and take them
back Between whites Ed show them
to all my friends who dropped IA and
have them tell me why they didn't
like my selections. When nobodv
dropped in I'd call on them and on.
plain to them why disapproved Of
their purchases and advise them n
return them at once. OF course, all
this criticism was taken in the q 'per
spirit.
when you've purchased a perfee,
love Of a blue chiffon gown and get II
home only to find 1t Is purple instead
of blue. you wouldn't have any re-
spect for friend who didn't say n
was a horror and tell you to run
back with 1t. Things do look differ.
ent the next day-have you ever no
ticed? Even men find 1t 80. | passed
the necktie counter In a dry good,
store the other day and a man with Al
panied face was talking confidentialIy
to the clerk.
Say he was complaining. when
this was In the window 1t was a bee
yutiful lavender dream. and when h
tried 1t on at home 1t was nothins
but sartorial crime. SO kindly tai,
1t back and let me buy a can OF tooth I
powder In its place. ! need a snovI
shovel. too-do you carry emf
I've always regarded myself as
person of sane and just mind" wen.E
on the yourg woman who had Jus .
come In, but recent occurrences hays
shaken that belief. You krow thai
when you plant & woman IN lie mid.4
OF mountains oc $50 dresses marked
down to $50 nd hurl at he: bewilSs
cred head 5000 CpeI, coat: tha.. a..
marked down to $50 I'D thrust upcaE
her sight hats lat month ago, h,ia
$50 tags alta ched to their lrimsl AniS
now have nice little black marha
through tho old figures and Sl2 SIGMA
below tho, she can't be l'amed "a
going a little mad and buying rectk
lessly. Then on the way home shs &
adds up her purchases mentally, feeh&
nervous, dashes Tor her checl;book "a
soon as she r"aches her room and
~ Is. to her "ickeDing haSor. that
while her Fan account tn ninety1
odd dollars. lie has bought ,illN
worth OF stuT that she Is trustinslyN
expected t. ray for at the first Of
the month. ~
rs 1t any wonder she liS..i wake aid
night waiting for the hour to, come
When she can Ielr downtCyn to be'
at the store when its doors open!
why, regular cove has Eeen worn
In the store floors 10 the returnesk
goods desks these days
"lf ! go downtown bargain weei
with the mild ir'c-t;on OF buying |.
spool OF thread. LClt o. baby ribbos&
and box Of handkerchiefs, I'm jus
as likely as not to come home WIFI
fifteen yards OF silk marked dow
from 1890 yard to 98 cents, a new
hat and a fur coat. Then discoyeI
that ] can't possibly wear the bat
with any outfit possess and thas
the silk Is color that makes me loo
like q broiled mushroom, and sons
body points out that spring is almosl
here and, instead Of fur coat. VIA
l really need is linen buster An,
parasol.
IF you think It Is fun trying
hand good money to the man bebIDI
the counter for some yards OF sill
It's because you know nothing of whs
gentle woman will do at n sale
Is enough TO discourage and appat.
any mild hammered person when
woman with a sharp chin and NJ
orous arm muscles reaches over yoa
shoulder and grabs the bolt OF slIis
you are considering and sings II W
on the pile she already has in he
arms, then smashes her way tbrouki
the crowd TO the door to consider be-,
plumber In the daylight. Presently shS
VIII return to the edge of the md
about the counter and hirrl the whos
armful across the heads of the intsf
vening shoppers in the direction
the clerk, with the remark that 81
should think decent store would b
ashamed to show such goods. Dec,
sionally one OF the bolts go hurIel
hits the counter. but most of then
descend on the innocent bystander
like the unexpected sticks from "a
ploded skyrockets. II Is disconcertir
when twenty yards of green brocat1
land on your willow plumes and div
q hatpin into your skull, aithouh
course. you can't help but ln.fh
skill OF the woman who achieves ssd
a result with one simple twist OF u
wrist.
NO" concluded the young wonsS
who had just come in, ~ ca stay ID
tea, because I'm on my aSsl6e ptoyl
TO take back three silk petticoats Us
don't match the dresses boug
tbem Tor and to- hunt up a few shif.
wHyt al H.