El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-11
Married Life the Third Year
To HeIen's Discomfort Warren Re
turns the EnameIware With
Curt Letter.
By Mabel Herbert UrneF
fIhbeI Herbert Urners'
r TARREN had gone out into the


LwTARREN had gone out into the
| NJ kitchen to open a cupboard
drawer which the damp
weather had caused to stick
He forced it open, drew it back and
/ forth several times, and had turned
/ to leave when HE glance fell on a
I shelf of white enamelled pots.
/ Hello! What's this2" as he took
! one down and CANNED several places
/ where the enamel had Clipped Off
/ showing the black substance under
| meath This isn't that new enamel
ware we just bought?'
J Yes, sir. and 1 don't think it's wear.
! ing we'll complained Maggie.
/ Wearing Wen? L should say not
| Look here. Heleni"
/ Helen. who was trimming the gera-
! NUNS in the dining room. came to the
! door.
What does this mean? Look at this.
! and this taking down more of the
! utensils and pointing to the Clipped ana
| blackened spots; Why, we haven't
I had this stuff six weeks
| Yes, ] know, dear" apOlogeticalIy,
! 1t should wear better than that, but
| what can we dO?"
"Do2 Why fire the whole lot back.
I Don't think were going to stand for
anything like this, do yOu2 I'm not
! going to eat food cooked in those
/ things-that black rust may be poison
GUS"
1 But, dear. they won't take goods
/ back after two weeks, will they?'
Well, they'll take these back. grim
I ". Think they can sell US worthless
stuff and get away with it? Not if
know it. You write them t. call for
49, lot-make it a good. stiff letter,
Oh. hadn't you better write it?
l-ouldn't know what to say
Well. I'll send them a letter that'n
make them sit up as ne strobe over to
the d. Get me their bill for those
1eIen got out Reed & Walkers last
months bill Warren checked off the
enamel ware and then wrote rapidly
stir EN- up all right
"On October II Mrs. Curtis pur-
chased from you bill of kitchen uten-
sis. Among them were a number Of
white enamel pots and pans.
From the date you see that these
have had less than six weeks use, yet
the enamel is cracked and broken off
both inside and OutsideA
Some of these articles have been
used only few times, and yet all of
them have Clipped in spots. exposing
the black substance underneath and
making them impossible for use again
by anyone with a regard for health or
cleanliness.
Please send for these articles at once [
and credit them to my account Mrs. |
Curtis supposed that she was buying /
moderately serviceable utensils-you I
sold her worthless ones We feel con-
siderable resentment at being put TO !
this annoyance. due to your carrying /
in stock such an altogether inferior /
quality OF goods
Helen was far from being content /
with the letter. She felt it was asking /
a great deal to expect Reed & Walker ]
to take all those things back. After all. !
no white enamel ware IS guaranteed ]
The clerk had advised her to buy alum /
mum if she wanted something very 4
durable.
To add TO her discomfort, Helen I
CHANGED TO pick up Magazine that I
afternoon. in which there was ar arti-
Gle on How the Big Store Must HumOr
Its Customers It dwelt on the many
impOSitiOns to which all stores must
submit in order to keep their patrons
The article gave many instances of
how women, particularly, took advan-
taGe OF this generous Bolicy-hOW they
returned goods that had been used or 7
DANA ged. And yet if the store refused i
to accept them. they would angrily de-
clare they would buy nothing more
there, and would influence their friends
against that shop.
Charge customers were especially
but the store usually
yielded to their demands rather than /
have them cancel their accounts.
This article only intensified Helen's
feeling that il was an imposition to /
return that enamel ware.
Thought IL Unfair.
We'll, / suppose we'll have to take I
them back and stand the loss; they'll
raise a row and cancel their account I
If we don't" she could hear them say.
Helen could never bear to feel that
she had been unfair, yet she knew !
that TO demand credit for these goods /
would be useless to argue this with
Warren.
The next day he brought home a
letter. threw it down with a brief:
Have those things ready, they'll
send for them tomorrow
The very cOurteOusness of the letter
seemed to Helen a reprOach, and she
read it with deepening conviction of
the unreasOnab leness of their demand:
Dear Sir-Replying TO yours of the Z
10Th inst, we would advise that We
have issued a call for the kitchen uten-
Sis In question for examination. and (
upon receipt of same shall give the
matter our prompt attention"
The next morning the delivery boy Z
allied for the goods, and two days later
=" arren received another courteous |
note saying the amount for the enamel /
Is are had been credited to his account.
Helen Makes IL Up.
Huh, guess they thought they'd bet
er be nice. about it, They knew from
The tone of my letter 1 wouldn't stand (
5or any tOmfOolery."
1t was the following week that Mrs.
Dawson telephOned She was on her !
way down town to look at some ORR I ,
sntal rugs, and wanted to know if Hell |
n could go with her.
4 haven't any idea where to 60" she |
complained All the stores are adver- !
Using rugs nOw-it's beWfldering.~
"Oh, do go to Reed & Walkers ad-
Used Helen eagerly. I've seen some
BEAUTIFUL rugs. there, and I know
Ms. Dawson admitted that she haI
lot thought OF Reed & Walkers. but
hat it would probably be a very good
,lace.
It ended in her buying over $500
worth of rugs. with which she was so
veil pleased that she opened an &C
count. I
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