The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-11-01
BUTCHER A DIPLOMAT
TURNS HIS KNoWLE EDGE OF FAlH
SEX TO ACCOUNT.
Qot Averse 70 Stretching Conscience
by Adding or Dedueting Few
Pounds When They Want to
Know Their Weight.


"See that scale out there" said the
butcher, laying down his knife and
erlking his finger toward large scale
hat was standing outside the butcher
Ihop. We'll, suppose you have the
lame idea that most OF my other Gus
omers have They think keep II
here to weigh meat on. ] don't !
will let you into a secret and tell you
Why placed the scale there. 1t Is to
weigh my customers on
You would be surprised II you
knew how many OF my customers
iesired to be weighed, Most OF them
ire women and they always bother
ne at my busiest time, which is Satur-
lay They think when they come In
lere and buy a pound OF steak or
,hops that in return for their custom
ought TO lay down my work and go
,utsi1e and weigh them.
Every one knows how sensitive
woman is about her weight II you
ell woman that she is gaining weight
you might as we'll tell her not come
around and deal with you any more.
They worry a great deal about it. ind
that 1t pays to be dicreet when you are
weighing a woman. You can judge
from their conversation how much
hey think they weigh, and never
shocl, a woman by telling her she
weighs more.
Don't pay any attention to the
aaIn al. 80 fhn HnTTnHI
weight is FIVE or ten pounds more than
he amount the woman said she
weighed Use your head and you Will
be able to retain customers. other
butchers have lost customers because
hey made the mistake Of telling cor
'ect weights.
Most women go tO the country IN
he summer to gain weight. The best
plan when they come home is to tell
hem they gained few pounds. The
5rst thing a woman does when she
comes home is to come around here
and have me weigh her. To make
her feel happy and to satisfy her that
her trip to the country has been bene-
1cial to her health | add few pounds
to the amount the scale registers.
There are many women who do gain
weight while they are in the country.
70 these | always tell the correct
weight because, If one Of them thought
she was getting too heavy, she might
,ut down her purchase OF meat.
"In the winter | pursue a different
course. Most women like to think they
are getting simmer in the cool months.
When they come around to be weighed
[ slice of a few pounds from the fig
ares on the scale and send them away
feeling fine. How do l remember their
weight? No, l do not keep a record
Of it. don't have to. The women do
It for me. A woman's weight is
one of her chief sources of worriment
and she keeps her weight in mind and
daily informs me of it. With little
Juizzing just before they step on the
scales am able to find out just what
hey think they weigh, and the rest
S easy.
THE scale also helps me to improve
ny business. Now and then a new
customer drops IN. Sne may De
new in the neighborhood or she may
nave been dealing with some other
butcher. If decide that the new Gus.
.omer is a critical person l tell her
my meat is the best In the vicinity.
Then request her to step out to the
scale and find out her weight take
a few pounds off her correct weight,
When she has been patronizing me
Tor a month / weigh her again. This
time l add few pounds and she goes
home with the impression that she
Is growing heavier without getting
stout She gives my meat the credit.
That is the secret of how manage tc
keep my customers dealing with me
so long"