New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06
GOING NORTH GIVES NO ASSURANCE
OF AVOIDING PITFALLS OF FAKES
ave Gotta Say Somethin' to Get I'm In!
Is the Plant of the Uptown Schlocker
Who Bats His Window with values
One Bargain Found by Tribune
Investigators Actually Was
as Represented!

,,. to prove that racial honesty largely Northern proouo
and that the you the pole the safer your
is By and large may be So haven't reached the t'aunau
h.nt. Of trade vet But so far a. New York City concerned
the rule work all The Tribune Bureau OF
k h r,ovns about the upper portions of the city recently
and has found about the in the middle ano
~ oon The schlock store and mtaors flourish there
elsewhere From shoes it L: possible and even easy 20
o., thoroughly .chocked Harlem and the regions above
Right here propose valuable tip to the whole Class
of tricky merchants The to set he Tribune nVes
o,. on trail to I'll up space show window or IN the adVe
Using column. Of the with extravaganza claims "
values hunting usually to be found where ina. sign
Aourishe 1t has been ourshing long over the mouse OF o
stein Blumen has in the northern regions; one al
o,o Wet 25th Street and the Third and Merose ave
ru,. and 5O Street the Harlem there was advertised
Tremendous sale of womens and misses suits OF regular
ST. so value at $475 The wanted shades and all sizes TOT
women and misses announced the advertisement
On the day following the announcement two tribune nvega
tor. called at Bumen and asked to the sale suits Inc
clerk exhibited an astonishing of sale at SAD and
insisted showing suits at sundry other prices
Tremendous Sale"-of Six Suits.
did Won have any suit. at all that formerly SIS
asked one of the Investigators referring to the advertisement
oh yes There at that price
How manyp'
About SIX.
So much for Blunsens Interpretation Of the adjective
'Tremendous with capital T. After considerable rrnnas'ns
the got suit which she idenhed as the one
ferred 10 in the sale offer
is this the $3.50 vaue> she was asked
Close to it It's $2l.95 value.
The ticket did bear her showed that the suit had
been marked $995 originally and reduced to So9o which was
the price asked by the saeswoman The customers declined to
take ground that neither the value the price agreed
with the offer Tereupon the clerk appealed to the
byer and saying that the much and varou'y valued
suit had $3.50 but could be had for SAB in spite
Of the tag. The then asked the buyer With dir
heuy located and being appealed to for $2zo0 value
suit $475 passed the garment proered by the sales
woman and brought out another
These are such goods she said that they haven't
been marked yet You'll be able to duplicate this for less
than $3.50"
On the contrary II would probably be difficult find
which would have the charge such price since
$3.50 would just about lOO cent proht on the
wholesale Of the garment as appraised
At Blumsens other Melrose and Third the
Same type Of value advertising practsed Attracted by the
offer So value ladies shoes for SO cents The tribune nvessa
to visited department where they waited by
man who seemed to act Of managerial capacity. In
request for So shoes he took from table pair
of yellow black Oxord The sign the table specified
$3.50 49, the value of the goods thereon This men
toned to the managerial gentleman. Did him Not in
the least He and promptly returned with the identical
,tle but half larger and proudly presented them 50
article politely but firmly explained to him that his
customers buying much the inch he reverted to the
original which he cheery guaranteed to be OF - value
The appraiser doesn't with him.
"Value" Shrnks Appraisal
This shoe he was worth 81 In its prime
and then it was only style brought the price Now hash
the STYLE The wrong the side lace the diamond
II, !. wrong Any wholesaler with this style his hand, would
be glad get Is pair for it considerable 'hnkase
from 50 value
Another Bmsten offer which had attracted the unfavorable
attention shoppers that of 81 pecaces with hne peri
lenses for ST. Such the newspaper advertisement The
.gn over optical department better: claims 50
value for the glasses AT the of The Tribune visit
man was prescribing for and fitting with glasses
Above hung the diploma and certificate of Abraham Sacks
graduate optoetrs The advertisement had also mentioned
Sacks being in charge.
IL, that your diplomat the young pre'cnbeI asked
No; it's my fathers
Are you a graduate Of an optical college,
Yes
Where is your diploma and license3
NV diploma il. at home. only help out my father
Tbeeupon he prescribed for and sold his questoner pair
of glasses They cheap perscopc lenses and the setting is