New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-14
Even Shoppers Who Don't
Want TO Buy Forced TO
Part with Cash.
HIJMORIST'S JOKE
COSTS HIM A DERBY
aides Wear Department al
Gimbels' Busy All Day-Ten
Pc. Cent Goes TO Charity.
DO YOU wish to be waited on"


there is nothing in that TO emoar-
80. q shopper whose conscience is
I,,r but the plush-coated customer
,,om Jamaica blushed, stammered and
s,,uy snatched up a pink Georget:e
crepe blouse.
What size is it?" she blurtci out
g., her desire 70 address the society
.,lssgirl. That gave her away, for any
corld see that the waist was at
Is, eight sizes TOO small. However,
=. ,alesgirl replied so graciously that
a. could get the right size in just
noment. and she was so sure tie
,1.6e would be becoming, that before
=. could think up any legitimate ey-
,,.. the Jamaica woman had bought
ne sr.rSi I never thought those So
Ito ladies would sell anything" she
G.ssd 70 her companions. Il just
-. over 70 see what she would say
and she made me buy waist l dien t
want at all
Free Show Costly to Shoppers.
rb.. vas the sad experience Of
-. Who went 20 Gimbels' to lake
!. x. free show yesterday. Thirty
-, vard-wide-5eg pardon-thirty
,srs.,ilk society sslesgirls were the
ir,sr;sl attraction yesterday IN tie
j,S'ss' wear department. They We
80 "a make money for the social
'.,y;,s WORK of Bellevue Hospital, IN
-, an arrangement with the store hy
.ii.S thew receive 10 per cent COM
mission on al sales. Inc Groves lha'
foeksd 20 the third floor kept the ana
,eprs on the jump all DAY.
The regular sa!esglrls weren't N u
At all -, .i. TO- ana of ,La
ss,ietv ladies'" was the reward th'y
r.vslly eot for offering their services.
III volunteers could be detectec ~
heir wrist watches or the armo2nds
~ red satin with white crosses. Ihey
-sse trustworthy attempts 20 dress
.bs mart. Almost all wore black tai
80, sresses. with white muslin coliars;
bsr what can a poor belle do II sfe
,,r,, a black dress? There was ore
s.bu,snte In d peated sport skirt and
,-b-oldered blouse; another wore
,,sxn chiffon broadcloth, and Mrs. J.
p Truesdsle. the charity floor walker,
"a, distinguished by a bunch OF or
IA, and a pearl necklace. She ives
iasfe early. and a. 8 o'clock she was
.ul on the JOB
Battle for Sales.
there was much friendly rivalry
smsre the women for the honor OF
uskisr the largest number OF sales.
is,s IN he afternoon Mrs. J. Z. Ste
rsrs slipred over into the evening CLOAK
s'sis and invested S42. The clerk who
n4de the sale happened 20 be the glII
most Of the afternoon; 80 she ran
round he corner "into the hats" and
T6ispe-ea 20 Mrs TrueSdale 20 come
qu.ek and make the sale. Mrs: Irue,-
dale went quickly, not az all !osh %
ave s42 % her credit.
~You can't have it, Mrs: stevens
laughed a. her, II am making tnls
ale 20 myself. IL goes on my OWN
,ook, thank YOU"
There were other events OF general
interest. Inc I[-L was NHN WV -
ever By an enthusiastic amateur on
vogld-be humorist. ,,
~Oh. no: you cant sell me anything
:. jsered. She promptly took hlm ny
ne elbow, invaded the mems hat DC
,artmeat and sold him a derby. Alter
hat The Gimbel management threw up
tsir hands and told the women tncy
,ogld have the run Of the store.
Nrs. John Pratt led the lists ia.t
tight. her sales amounting 20 SlOo's9'
IN. Seth Bliss Hunt came next, WIN
80 and the others averaged from S[V
% so. Mrs Nicholas Biddle, Mrs, -
v. Fuller Potter, Mrs. Stuyve SAINT III
lst Ms. Lewis Iselin, Mrs. James
Curtis. Miss Dorothy Kissel, Miss ).
zabriskie, Mrs. George Thompson, MIS-
Z y. Potter. Mrs. II. =. Howe, MIS-
J. {. Clarke, IT,, Mrs Seton Lindsay
Nss. J. : Stevens. Mrs. c. G. Auehin-
,l,s.. Mrs. Michael Gavin. Mrs. N. -
Duane, Mrs. Austin Gray, Mrs. Jonn
prs., Mrs. L. 3. Shipman, Mrs, now,
arr Greenley, Mrs ". +. McCombs az q
Mas Ruth Draper were among nose
sss served behind the counters. Mlss
Ruth Morgan and Mrs.. EgeIton Nin-
crop will be in charge OF to-day
elsswomen.