Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-01
LITTLE TALKS BY ,
BEATRICE FAIRFAX

surroundings you can pay beautiful
prices and vice versa.
Two or three of the large depart
ment stores in New Yor krecognize
this and sell goods with and without
atmosphere. In the softly shaded
Louis Suites" upstairs you can pay,
accordingly for anything your imagin-
alton demands.
But downstairs in the basement.
where atmosphere Is conspicuously
lacking, the intelligent shopper Is still
rewarded by many bargains. There is
no cunning arrangement of mirrors to
ones good points. 1t is the prose of
buying; there is no cajoling of the
SenSeS-but there are bargains.
If you are willing to do your shop
ping without pampering, you may still
be able to clothe yourself, but Heaven
help you il, you must have the bland
ishments of the Louis Suites"
Fortified by a little inside knowl-
edge and some "horse sense" a busi-
ress woman bought pair of plain
black pumps the other day, for which
she was asked SIG plus the war tax.
'@Thank You, No"
The enterprising young clerk with
an air of subdued sorrow, then in
| vited the customer to buy several more
pairs of business Shoes" at similar
prices, saying if she waited till Au-
tumn she would have to pay S25 a
pair for similar shoes.
/ THANK you. no." the lady answered.
"i don't intend to pay that price
again either now, nor in the Au-
tumn."
But how ghall you manager" the
, clerk flustered, "shoes are going stead
lily up - by October we shall be ask
| ing $25 for these pumps that you are
now paying only SIS for"
'T shall manage" said the lady
gently but firmly, "by going to another
shop. Not every dealer is asking, sic
for these pumps to-day, and not every
dealer will be asking $25 by October
| l intend to go to another shop"
! But" said the clerk. more in sorrow
than in anger. I'VE make a feature
of those long narrow lasts; you won't
! be able to get them elsewhere"
Il know you have made a feature,
also fortune, out of those long mar
row lasts" the lady contested; but
other dealers have discovered your
Klondike, they are carrying them too
and at about half price.
This little clipping may interest
you'-and she thrust a scrap of paper
! into the young mans hand.
the shoe manufacturer before referred
to, saying that any one who wanted
to pay $40 and $25 n pair for shoes
could do so, but that it was not neces-
sary.
The clerk then had a bright idea
lie happened to remember they were
CLOSING out" certain pairs of shoes
that happened to be the customers size
at greatly reduced prices These were
genuine bargains and the lady bought
them. Much of the high cost of ev-
erything depends upon the extent to
which the public is willing to be bled.
If we pay $25 for shoes this COM
ing October, doubtless some eloquent
and a voice husky with emotion will
be telling us that we shall have to
pay S35 by Jaenuary l, and by Janu-
airy 1 there will be found Mrs. Gull
lible, ready to pay anything she is
asked.
The emotion of the profiteer, taking
our last nickel and telling us. that in
a month or two he will be obliged to
take more, recalls the sorrows of The
Walrus and The Carpenter in Lewis
Carrolls Through n Looking Glass
You will remember that the walrus
and the carpenter We're about to eat
the little oysters who had gone walk
ing with them.
"I weep for you," the walrus said.
"I deeply sympathize."
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.
And then they ate all the gullibfe