New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-27

The largest part OF ones shopping
should be done at home" said an eX-
perienced purchasing agent The best
informed most judicious shopper is the
woman who has prepared herself for the
shopping trip. Through the fashion pages
of magazines and newspapers she has in
formed herself as to prevailing styles.
She has decided what she wants She
knows her price limitations, and >she
knows from advertisements approximate
ly what she will have to pay.
such a shopper is always armed with
a notebook. And she Is very likely to do
her shopping for standard things, like no.
tons. underwear and materials in one
store. where she knows her way about
The woman who would shop with the best
results should copy the methods Of the
wise out-of-town shopper. who knows
that she can save minutes OF her week in
the city by doing most Of her buying in
one store. In the course of that week she
does ali the winter or summer QUILTING
Of her family. besides filling numerous
commissions for her neighbors.
THE woman who can get TO the stores
at any time almost always belongs to the
genus OF the Careless Shopper. She
wastes her time and the time OF the store
employees. Indirectly she keeps UP prices
and contributes to the high cost Of living.
that mysterious burden which is Cypress
ing so many of us.
"Where are the waists? I see you are
having sale Of waists she says to the
aisle manager. And that functionary,
who has answered the same question for
two hundred women that afternoon,
points to the heaped up, placarded coun-
ters straight before her.
why. / don't like these at ALL she
complains to the clerk after she has ex-
amncd half dozen waists. They aren't
good material and are not we'll made
These are good value for the money.
You will find the better waists at the side
counters And the unconscious Careless
Shopper looks into the eyes Of the best
waist buyer in the city. But Genius wears
no placard. in department stores 1t Is
likely 10 be short and stout.
AT the counter the Careless Shopper
finds waists OF the sort she is accustomed
to buy and at the prices she usually pays.
There IS no reduction on these.
I'm take this one she says. after the
clerk has opened a dozen boxes. Send IT
G. .. D. The salesgirl takes down the
address YEARLY. knowing that almost
certainly the package will come back.
The traditional shopper who spent all
afternoon in a store without buying any
thing has given way to this new type
the g.. q. j.. purchaser. Sometimes she
has the goods sent because she is unwill-
ing TO disappoint a patient saleswoman.
Sometimes she enjoys the mere sensation
Of having them in the house and trying
them on at home She doesn't mean TO
cheat the store OF time, but she ought To
be invited by the management 10 follow
the route of one OF her Carelessly ordered
packages She last sees II in the hands
Of the bundle wrapper. Later it is gath
cred ND by a man with a basket, who
opens a door I'm the wall somewhere and
nuts il on TO one OF the carriages of a
travelling belt. At the checking desk II
is turned out Of the carriage and sent
down a chute. the paid packages going in
one direction and the c. Q. ID. parcels IN
another.
Down i'm the sub-basement. where the
hot steam pipes hiss just overhead and
the electric lights burn all day, the package
IS 'binned' according to the last three let
ters OF its number. II II Is 4s,l72 bin liz