Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-23
ENJOYING
HERSELF

formed ffty-one weeks In the year,
and could enjoy life for only seven
days, think I'd choose to be awake
( bargain week At the stores
7 have had the most beautiful tine
+ this week Just being busy. One day I
would 90 downtown and buy things
and have them sent home and tbs
I next dsy I'd 20 down and take them
( back Between Ehiles I'd show them
: TO all my friends who dropped in and
Z have them tell me Why they didn't
I ike my selections When nobody
dropped IN I'd call on them and e1-
plain to them why disapproFed Of
( their purchases and advise them 70
+ return them az once. OF course, al
+ this criticism was taken in the proper
F spirit
When you've purchased Z perfect
T love OF blue chiffon gown and get II
home only 70 ind # Is purple instead
( OF blue. you wouldn't have any re-
spect for 2 friend who didn't say II
was horror and tel you 70 run
back with f. Things do look differ
ent the next day-haFe you ever no
ticed2 Even men find II so. I passed
the necktie counter In q dry goods
store the other day and q man with 4
panied face was talking conddentially
to the clerk
Say he was complaining. when
this was in the window II was = bee
yutiful lavender dream, and when l
tried II OF al home it was nothing
1-n E4-|1- -cEa
II back and let ne buy can Of tooth
powder in its place. I need z snow
shovel. too-do you carry emf
I've always regarded myself as =
person Of a sane and just mind" went
on the young woman who had just
come in, but recent occurrences have
shaken that belief You know that
when you plant a woman in the midst
Of mountains OF SIS dresses marked
down TO $50 and hurl al her beEild-
cred head s70o opera coats that are
marked down 10 $50 and thrust upon
her sight hats that month ago had
$50 tags attached 70 their brims and
Tow have nice little black marks
through The old figures and sI2 signs
bs-ex tsem. she can't be blamed for
going a little Md and buying reck-
lessly. Then on the Ray home she
adds up her purchases mentally, feels
nervous, dashes for her checkbook as
soon as she reaches her room and
"a is. 10 her sickening horror, that,
while her hank account totals ninety
odd dollars. she has bought s14s
worth Of STUFF that she is tastinglE
expected 70 pay for at the first OF
the month
rs it any wonder she lies awake all
night waiting for the hour to come
when she can tear downtown 70 be
al the store when its doors open7
Why. a regular groove has been worn
in the store floors 20 the returned
goods desks these days
II go downtown bargain week
with the mild intention OF buying a
spool OF thread, bolt OF baby ribbon
and 4 box Of handkerchiefs. I'm Just
as likely as not 70 come home with
fifteen yards OF silk marked down
from $3.50 q yard 10 IS cents. q new
hsl and q fur coat Then I discover
that cant possibly wear the hat
the silk is a color that makes me look
Ike broiled mushroom. and some
body points out that spring is almost
here and. instead OF fur coat. what
l really need is q linen buster and a
parasOL
If you think il Is fun trying 10
hand good money 10 the man behind
the counter Tor some yards Of silk
its because you know nothing OF what
gentle woman 7f7 10 al a sale. II
IS enough 10 rage and appan
any mild M person when a
woman with -larp chin and Wig
,~oaS arm muscles reaches over your
Ser and grabs the bolt Of silk
= are considering and sings II I'd
on the pile she already has in her
arms. then smashes her way through
he crowd 10 the door 70 consider her
plumber in the daylight. Presently she
viii return 10 the edge Of the mob
about the counter and hurl the whole
lrmful across the heads OF the inter
-ening shoppers il the direction Of
he clerk. with the remark that she
hould think a decent store would be
shamed 10 show such goods. Oeca-
ionalIy one OF the bolts so hurled
its the counter. bat most Of them
escend on the innocent bysiaudsrs
Ike the unexpected sticks from ex-
loded skyrOckels. II is disconcerting
-hsu twenty yards OF green broeade
and on your willow plumes and drive
hatpin into your skull. although. OF
o--rSz v--s cart halr b,,r .,S--s--- -
Kill OF the slan who achieves such
result with one simple twist Of the
-rist-
No concluded the young woman
no had Just come IN. 7 can't stav for
"a, because I'm on my way downtown
j take back three silk pstticoats that
ont match the dresses I bought
len for and 10 hunt up a few shirt
aistS that won't 1T when get them
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