New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
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Comes to You at Last
Continued from Page II.


"A dollar and half dozen.
I'll take half dozen
With or two sets Of spoons we departed More careful
animation confirmed our first impression Except for the anIh
and the price the ware precisely the AT the regular
counter the price Is half dozen or we cents apiece
AT the wonderful Matthews Sale the anshed spoons were - cents
apiece We had paid premium of 80 cents dozen tor the arnS
Which appears be rather OF saving money for the
sales patrons and suggests the first Greenhu Principle OF Special
Saesmanship;
If it won't sell as regular, mark ii up and sell as
bargain AL
Gloves were fairly conspicuous feature Of the Matthews
carnival of hmAam Above the stands the usual Matthews sign
stood sentinel but underneath there notable mixture OF labels
The Tribune shoppers bought from this lot pair Of gloves which
presumably started life all of color. startling shade OF blue
bt which in the passage Of time had altered somewhat these
nuoed to be Matthews merchandise but for Matthews goods
thew exhibited one striking eccenncy. They stamped on
the inside "SegeCoope Co. 1t is close upon three years
since the SegelCooper Co. departed this life though old and OF
dubious parentage gloves well worth the 70 cents pad for
b . establishing the second of the Crenbu Principles or Spe
cial Saesmanshp:
Don't tell on the label and maybe won't tell on you
Above the ladies waist tables the Matthews insignia ap-
peared to be little thicker than anywhere else Also the sales
women lived strictly up Instructions 10 the frequent query
rs this Matthews stuff they invariably replied;
Everything here is from Matthews.
rs this wasp" asked Tribune investigator. indicating
garment fitted to model
From the shoulder projected Greenhut tag ouhru't hike
caterpillar trying to bite passeby Yet that well chooed sales
orI calmly said: Oh yes; and very good bargain too
So it was bought also another waist from an adjoining table
This second waist was bound be labelled night had pro-
vded itself with two tags regular 0reenhu S tag WIN
green string and the other special Matthews tag When came
back the Greenhu tag had been off Careless handlers some
Of these vrappe and only the string and the Matthews tag were
left as evidence From which may be deduced third Greenhu
Principle of Special Saesmanshp:
Dead goods leave no trails
Later when we found babs robe with double tags on
represented and sold as being Matthews stock removed the
Creenhus tag ourselves might ike the other be accidentally
torn off in wrapping and kep As this article have been
ORIGINALLY priced ST g. over which marked 96c, and the
second label indicates 49, fair assumption that one OF
those Old DOG Tray articles of merchandise known suckers
In that DELIGHTFULLY."- imaginative literary effort, the Greenhut
Matthews Sale advertisement appears this gem OF fancy
Not an undesirable article in the entire stocks.
Over table filed with carfs indicated having from
Matthews presumably the Judicial Trustee presided aesgr
(posb also transferred by the Judicial Tuse) who didn't
know how handle transfer card But apparently she had read
that line of disclaimer quoted above and prepared to shed her
blood defence of for she assured The Tribune purchasers that
III her stock was Matthews merchandise every bit of it. and
scarf tagged 81 Geenhut Co. and exhibiting large and open
holes Some one had made an abore attempt to patch the
worse of the two thereby exmpng the fourth of the Geenhut
Principles of Special Salesmanshp
It's never too bad to mend
AS to the desaby of the scarf there 49, of course room for
argument man who wished to spread his chin wskers the
breeze might find those apertures very convenient
Further reading this Greenhu sNahcws prose poem OF
bargain opportunities rewarded by the discovery or tins moving
picture in pnn
Hour by hour Matthews wagons and our bringing
fresh new stocks of hne staple goods such every requires
at this minute.
Well | wonder what sort Of wagon. in what dim hour.
travelling what mysterious brought the fresh staple
tray ornanentng the Bureaus collection of freak merchan
disc The vehicle dare say that transferred the aged
pocketbook keeping company the cabinet with the
tray The tray warranted Matthews stock Of and sold by
Matthews seswoman displayed the battccarred half Of
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