New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02

way doing very much the kind OF business FOR SL''
The Tribune investigators purchased at this shop hat reduced
from $50 the spot which declares itself on its 'veatband a.
Genuine Panama The sales slip describes It, however as
Jap Hat and the salesman after worried consideration
due perhaps the untoward experience OF th
takers across the street volunteered the information after
sutng the manager that the hat wasn't real He didn't pec,
real what isn't real anything but real Despite al
verbal and disclaimers qualifications the fact remains
that the Goodyear Manufacturing Company selling fake hat
labelled Genuine Panama
So the namele.s store in the Longacre Building 42c
Street and Broadway Here the stock largely made up o.
soied shopworn and mpcectly goods From it the in
vesgators selected hat which neither the best the wo'
of the display but fair example is labelled Genuine
Panama and sold Panama hat specified the re-
cep Three dollars paid for it. which, instead of being hal
price the represents its absudy he
hat Japanese Adamba made Of palm leaf 1t is second
in poor shape 1t is no more Panama than it tin helmet
Sample hats is the catch phrase of Murphys hat store.
1907 Broadway and reduced prices the order of the day
The Murphy salesman offered Panama abrmmed shape
marked Tamatavc Panama 1t was bought for IS co. anna
ave dak-coored South American This hat
Porto Rcan palm South American and certainly not
Panama of any kind If and perfect would be fail
value at the price 1t was soiled when bought
correspondent of The Advisor calls the Balt
more hat store in these justly resenul terms:
Broadway and Street there
IS fine family Of takers doing business under the style OF
The Baltimore Hat Mfg Co"
The system which these hshbnders operating Is
much the that of the takers whose methods have
ably UP Il columns o The Advisor
But get down to brass tack and a in point On Saur
day. with for the week
end discovered that needed hat and to the
ferry attracted by the before mentioned shop whose windows
rlasered with large yellow rards offering STRAW hats at
1855"
dashed in and called for shape"
and accepted the first hat which shown me- and gave the clerk
$500 BILL He handed 1913 change and promptly boned
him for the soc which apparently shy
ooh" he said That's si.55 hat you have that's
stS5" Well didn't have time at the time TO the point
but Of that with the feeling that had been done
for and only through accident that found that such
indeed the
To-day a friend happened to remark in my Office
needed hat by Joke than anything else
this store assured him hats
offered sale for st35 He departed for the shop
in question and through curiosity another friend wholly the
wahapPened to he with Saturday when bought my hat
followed whether there any,
Just selected, paid
handed his hat, which proved to he identical with
the hat purchased by the writer Saturday
Upon noting said clerk, My friend here
getting little better for his than do pur-
chased this Saturday" my
"Wen retorted the clerk your hat exactly the same as this
and don't how figure did not get good for
your money getting" replied "Of he
YOU absolutely that these hats the sam'"
Exactly the We don't put that hand in other style of
hat" "Ths regular si3 hat then, is it," asked ut
certainly is" he replied 'You don't suppose I'd selling
knowing my stock do you" l admitted
suppose such thing but asked the proprietor
explaining the matter to the alleged proprietor "a Nh
Wolf, o line of bunko ave
agined very cieuous line atis the gentleman finally
convenient inconsistent position that both hats (ry
friends and SIS hats but that my friends had
been sold would stand hack of his salesman but 50 far
had simply paid the price for the hat
had purchased.
the soc that worries (although imagine that
we'll that bunch of hghbnders> but
taken advantage Of and that others will be
similarly long these people continue
operate along the line they operating
The two hats purchased by H. S S and his friend
identical everything but price But the offered by
the ingenious proprietor borne by The Inbunes
peence at the Baltimore Hat Store For Tribune purchasers
the exact replica of H. S. SIS $85 hat offered for 81 IS
but sold for 90 when attention called to the window he
the hat displayed that price Another hat purchased
for S IS the representation that imported from Italy
hand blocked and contains glue gum sheac to
out through the action of and moisture 1t imported
hat but hand blocked and does contain glue Fo
any who doesn't in what degree article misrepre
sentcd it is fair value.
Modesty is part Of the campaign of M. Marcus, th
Halter who conducts almost of cupricc Create
New York.
IoT., M, NIoI..