The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31
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| 30 much has been said about small
Dealers who cheat their customers by
selling underweight, and SO on, that
the following extract from letter
from srocer. published In thu April &
Woman's Homo Companion is interest
! ing:
There are honest grocers, and ono Il
uoes not need lantern and tub to find
,hem. Look at the other side Take
coffee at 25 cents n pound. Mrs. Smith
wants 10 cents worth done up In
bag Chat. of course, costs nothing).
tied with string Chat costs les.), and
aeIi'ered (Which Is even less tax on
the grocery. Does she get n-twenty-
hfths OF pound? Most certainly not:
and any grocer who would give il to
her deserves to go into bankruptcy 81
This coffee costs 81 1-2 cents per pound
In loo-pound sacks; weight 1t out in
/ AO-cont parcels, and you get slightly
over ninety pounds. Where is the
grocer's pront2
| Another mistaken idea is that cash
buys cheaper than credit. At the bar
gain counter of any and all kinds of
merchandise and Inferior grades II may:
put OF staples-no. decidedly no. II
you get staple, grocery or meat. at
less than the regular price. there is
| something wrong with 1t.
| Again, IL weigh exactly and do
not give DOWNRIGHT. cannot keep
Mrs. Bjones's trade She never kicks
| at half or one ounce overweight on
her sugar or beat, and it Is impossible
10 cut meat and shade II SO finely; but
| IL the scales do not come down with
bang. she complains of dishonest
I weights. etc. And Mrs. Bjones is the
porsonifcation of the housewife in
| America.
There Is another thing Some Sat
urday night Mrs. Brown comes In and
says: Mr.. IL. my husband was not
working last week, I'd like to let my
little account go over
She is fair customer, pays once n
week or month and gets her credit ut
cash prices. as every one else does IN
any reputable store, SO It's All right,
! Mrs. Brown. and carry her right
along for two three months paying
my wholesaler every week or thirty .
days. aa his terms may be. II she pays
In the end, I'm safe; If not, I'VE lost.
/ Now when sickness or loss OF work
intervenes it is not the big cash store,
In the centre of town. on the main
street, that helps the customer along:
1t is the title corner grocery In Your
neighborhood. that you have been
malignins FOR not selling you n dol
lars worth OF goods for 90 cents"
Many Shades OF Red,
The new combination IN smart after
noon and evening gowns In tomato red.
with the purple OF HarburG grapes
This red is one OF the new shades OF
the fashionable colors. and is n lovely
one, indeed.
Among It's rivals are raspberry,
watermelon. flame and geranium
Among the puppies are grape, night.
royal. Vatican or cardinal purple and
amethyst purple.
1t Is now a new fashion TO mingle
purple and red, but for "a while II went
out: now IL seems to have returned
through the insisting Influence OF Paul
Poiret, who has never ceased to love
and use It. go that 1t has become more
credited to his name than to any other
great designer.
4 Lf tie Conccft.
The chief of all abuses is to imagine
that We are the centre cf the universe.
we nave It on the word of preacher,
and you VIII agree that he was very
| Impressive, though you may not be
quite sure what he means. Certainly
OF all things that make people un-
pleasant company there is none more
potent than II settled faith In their
own supreme Importance a little con-
ceit is no matter. If we none of us
thought ourselves any better than We
are. we should have to he SO miserable
that we should not be worth living
with. But between a good opinion Of
yourself and the belle; that all the
world exists for You there is n large
gulf
1t is, OF course, possible to argue
that this elephantiasis OF comfortable
self-concelt, this conviction that the
world was made for your sake Is a fac
tor OF infinite power In getting things
done. From Napoleon to the humblest
n hA ht,,,, Ia
man has found a worship of himself
and dlsdain for everybody else the
way to como by that he wants.
we need not deny that people can
believe themselves OF universal Inn
portance with the best intentions and
sometimes with excellent results or
all the million human beings since the
world began who have believed them
selves charged with mission to re-
form the others some have been right.
But when we are thinking of ordin-
airy people and ourselves, 1t is no,
worth while TO make rules for the oc-
casionally Inspired exceptions The
exceptions will make rules for them
selves and break ours with ease ana
equanimity.
You will be wise in doing Your best
TO put aside all temptation to belleve
yourself an exception. I; will be muck
more comfortable for you and every
body else ii you are content to accept Ii
] what is sauce for the goose is good
enough sauce for you. In theory. OF
course, we all of us do this.
In theory we want no more than tho
same portion OF consideration that oth-
CIR folks have. The trouble comes be.
: cause we and they cannot agree about
the reckoning. In these matters IL Is a q
sound, safe rule for general comfort
to assume that IL you think YOU have
! been uniustly treated, you are wrong
5 You Will not always be wrong OF
| course.
The Ideal Dinner Table.
+ The modern dinner table Is surely
not all IL might be, from a mans noint