The Washington times., 1919-08-31
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The Case Of tke 1900 Fur Coat.
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Continued from Last SuBdQyJ
ETHEL DURANT was born n . tenement house Of
New YOrk's East Side Her fathers name was Nal
10y and he was the driver Of an ice wagon Ethel
never went school except when the ant officer threat
ened her with the reform school unless she kept of the
streets and went with other children the house of learn
ing On such occasions her father sent her for few days
to the nearest school Then she didn go any until
she was caught again
AS Ethel AaIloy she worked in sweat shop until she
was fifteen sixteen and then she got job in depart
ment store IS cash girl.
Jnst q few days ago this same Ethel Maloy now
known Ethel Durant stood IN one OF New York most
fashionable shops trying on mink and sable fur coat,
which was of the most costly garments the attentive
'iThis looks as Il might like itathOugh, after all
it is not exactly what wish, " said Miss Durant What
ct IS splendid bargain and madame looks exquis-
ey stunning IN it, said the salesman, while he glanced
surreptitiously at the price tag In the Fall imagine
this cloak viii close TO $4,000 Good mink is very
scarce now you know and sable Of this quality almost
unprocurable since the great exporting houses In Russia
are unable to reach the market We have marked this
cloak now, however at only $4,000 It is rare good
bargain, madame
f think shall take i" said Ethel Durant she who,
a few years before had been glad to take-not mink
and sable cloak but job at So or 81 week But m the
way she said it there ndecson that alarmed the
salesman He was about to dwell longer the beauty
of the cloak and its enhancement of madames beauty
when Miss Durant sand, as if on sudden impulse:
''Still believe like that mink and mole cloak best
the one looked at moment ago. Get it. please and LET
me see it on again. / shall take one Of these"
The salesman hurried away to fetch the other cloak
which was only few hundred dollars cheaper. He had
made sale madame had said she would buy one Of
these two coats it would be good sale for him to
mark up in his salesboOk.
If while he was reaching the second cloak out from
the rack of hghpriced fur cloaks had stepped
up him and whispered quietly "Be careful that young
lady is Ethel Durant the salesman would not have
stopped fetch the second cloak He would have hur
ried the of the ROOM where hidden by framed
engraving there was electric push button He would
which would bring instant response from some one in
that far of the store where the button caused
bell to ring In almost incredible space of time
even while the salesman would have been explaining to
madam that the second cloak mislad and would be
brought presently store detective would have
briskly into the room.
He would have gone directly up to the customer he
would not have been polite and obsequious the sales
man would have been. he would have spoken sharply
gruffly perhaps-and what he would have said might
have been:
"Come with me, Ethel; I'll show you to the doorl'
But no one whispered to the salesman He brought
the second cloak-the one made up in mink and mole
and marked at $4,000 Madame ready to try it
She had laid the other aside She decided quickly
that she would indeed take this To reach this de-
csOn she walked to the other end of the showroom to
look in one of the mirrors there This mirror was
different from the before which she had put
the cloak but shoppers always odd-the sales
man appreciated her nervous effort to explore every mir
in sight, hoping to catch reflection of the
soft, luxurious beauty of the cloak.
Some slight alterations necessaFy-a of skins
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