Arizona republican., 1912-04-29
Also Bridal Gowns, Shoe Strings, Tin Cans and Other Things
 Included
FINE CHANGE TO
 SECURE BARGAINS
Interesting Time is Ahead for People Who Patron ize Custom House
 Sales

PROVIDENCE, R. L.. April 28.- was unWOund recently and persons who have the inclination to examine it's intricate weave will have the op- portunity at 1O:30 o'clock on the morning of May when, at the Y. $. appraisers stores, 136 West EX- change street. they may secure any thing from trousseau to d china plate, or a baby doll" cube of dye, if the auctioneer wants you to buy.
 The sale will be what the customs officials term a disposal of unclaim- ed goods which found their way to these shores from foreign chimes and which have repoSed for a period of a year in the custody of locally repre- scented Uncle sam, because those to whom they were shipped didn't want them. couldn't afford the duty, or something like that.
 According to law, or United States "HOyle" goods which get to the hands of customs officials must be sold at public auction, if at the end of twelve months, they have not been claimed The amount of red tape which must be wound or unwound before the commodities are disposed of is almost incentive enOugh-thOse who have to get twisted mp in it say-to cause demand for two { months leave of absence or d trip ! to a ball game.
 Noted among the articles which Collector of Customs George w. | Gardiner has catalogued. and he is { rated as some assembler of informa- | tion. are 99.01S dozens of imitation [ diamonds and precious stones 1 "phonies," they are sometimes called. MT. Gardiner absolutely refused to 1 confirm rumor that one of the 'sparkIers'' was missing. He did ad- init, however, that he was some | dazzled by the scintilatinG effulgence i of the glittering interlopers upon the l dignity of the real crystallized car [ bons of the isometric system.
 Spread under the rays of a solitary electric bulb. the entire cluster of mutations disseminated a volume ol light which recalled the appearance of the Northern Lights. it was so diff | ferent However, they have some value. the total lot being appraised
 at $73440. which includes their val ue in the foreign market and tho duty they would bring if their con
 signees had claimed them.
 The collector of customs in any
 port of the country is supposed tC
 hold a public auction for the sale O
 unclaimed goods every six months
 There is just one reason why MT
 Gardiner has not obeyed this direc tion-he didn't have the goods. or al
 least he ddn't have any which haC
 been hanging around waiting whole
 year to be claimed.
 However, to make up for the Ions
 lapse between the coming sale anC the last one little touch of Senti- lment crept into this public dispensa tion. It's a parcel containing a mum
 Der of women's effects. It came fro" l Copenhagen and to all appearance: it was apparently inte nded as we'd ding present to some blushing bride 1 But the bride dnd't blush. At leas she didn't blush at the intended pres | ent. She never so much as expressed
 her latent Womans curiosity, by put
 ting in a claim for the parcel.
 Tn the package, which, upon the ap- l nearance of the first article unWrap ped. caused the customs men Wht had not worked in departrent stor= | to suffer q few embarrassing qualms was d nice assortment of lingerie
 Dainty fluffy garments strung witt
 "babv" pink and blue ribbons-on
 was green and yellow and had re l mained intact-WOmen'S waists, skirt
 and close ribbed underwear were II
 the bundle And to cap the climax
 the prying customs inspectors fount
 a handsome white silk gown, just th'
 thing for bride of the proper em
 bonpOint.
 The entire outfit, with the duty af
 fixed. is down on the catalogue a
 s24. and it's still good enough as
 present to some fair one who ha 1 made up her mind to embark, on th' | martial seas, despite recent disaster still another bride missed a wed i ding present because she didn't ciain box consigned to her As a resui;
 somebody else is going to draw thre
 china plates-goOd ones. too-and 1 uniuue. upright rack or holder, ap | parently constructed just on purpos for the intended gifts. They are val
 ned at S225, 9 cents of which IS th' dutv. or what it would have cost the
 intended receiver if she had elaine
 the box. The plates came from Eng
 land
 Tn the conglOmeratiOn of article which are to be sold on the eVentiu
 day of May are piece Of cotto
 cloth and II books. According |
 the cons,enee's name appearing O ] this parcel. he is an Italian or Spaniard, for the books are pfihte in one or the other Of those lats uages, according to the llnSuistS the examining party The eloth !S treat for the eyes to fea9 Ofol There are about five yards in tf l piece-and it is reminiscent Si, fhR f1f!