New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-20

and COTTON oe out Of STYLE and worth about ST. Z5 Then there
v 'zcpbvr wool" sweater concerning which the saeswoman
a quite urgent that was very cheap g. having been re-
duced from $3.50 about Is per cent cotton The appraisers
disposed of it in one word junk The most interesting single
feature about the buttons which seconds and were appar
emily shot on from defective bundcrbuss
Men can be put the hurdles with equal neatness and dis
patch the other side of the Guyan rubbish heap Here according
e. the advertisement, one might purchase remarkable bargains
various kinds of apparel Two OF from the Bureau OF nvessa-
tons oned the crowd easy marks this side and purchased what
the clerks invited us to- Nine pairs of hose were hs wished upon
us by an enthusiastic youth who assured that they were pure
silk and wonderful value the price, also that though the sizes
were not Indicated he would them to IT. Well
amongst the lot of them they ought mt somebody they repre-
sent four different sizes Two of the pure silk lot pure cot
ton; one cotton with Isle ns and the rest are bre SILK
seconds thirds or worse OF the worst of them, almost unbe
evab that Guryan would have the efrone to put them
on sale Most defective socks have small mpeecton IN the cuff
or at the These have runs inches length IN the SILK or
tears down the front clmsy stitched up How could be
expected to wear them to anything but poverty party scare
crow dance cannot conceive
But the cream of the exhibit the collar department This
was specially of the sale advertised The Evening elegam
and exploited the show windows Purchased through the bank
e from Frisbe Coon Co. Troy T., to close out each u
cents In the aggregate the collars looked they had been
purchased through the coal hole They heaped bs with
no reference to make or style and much Some
marked II cents; others u cents All sad need OF
the laundry.
Yet they were worth the money richly from collector point
of view Among the fourteen exhibits which brought with
me there are half dozen different stampngs, including
spcuou display of the word Seconds One of the collars
equipped with aeeh along the edge the result OF too frequent
Though recent trips the laundry In another gentleman
whose surface drainage detective had apparently been drink
ing coffee or possibly thick soup Still third had evidently been
attacked by large and companonpehaps the saw
toohed one-and had had semcircua piece bitten of it
The rest looked as if they might be wearabe whose
thoughts were in the dim past-ater disinfection
No other department of equal interest," though spent
cheerful five minutes watching the head OF the shirt department
trying to unearh something Justify the advertisement OF All
leading brands After desperate struggle he produced two
which he said fulfilled the representation One Columbia
the other CIettPeabody Neither From the
sion on his face when we purchased them Judge that had
robbed him of his bait
Previous to their ONellAdams the Guyan crowd
turned little trick at 9Th Avenue and 43rd Street. formerly the
site of Mcfarland OFaherty They advertised the Italian
papers So 900 sale of wearing apparel the Mozart
land OFlaherty stock The original
meangc of tongues for example the reference to L anco
Mcfarland OFahery Big 9Th Ave Dept Store 673677 Ottawa
Ave
Change Of language does alter Guryan methods Cur
yam merchandise 10 The Tribune representatives who there
seeking for apparel the clerk sold of Merno wool under
clothes.
Genuine Neno wool Very cheap at "a cents garment
One-ha price the clam (aan) made for the merchan-
disc the sale The Mcno Just little above regular full
price Moreover was not WOOL but about 95 per cent cotton
Further the garments seconds Finally they of different
hades and probably mates Another SUIT Of under
Of tho
six undershml asked for and brought There no
Arabian silk 1t babrggan, second and badly soled
pure wool sweater assayed little higher being about half WOOL
1t however, half price, claimed but quite bit above
standard regular price.
But the hosiery the prize of this sale
I'VE have very fine silk socks here said the clerk
leading the way table upon which assortment was heaped
under sign of l7c pair
That very cheap These aren seconds are they?"