14 THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY. MAT 8. 1892. BEAUTY m BUSINESS. Sketches of the Salesladies Who Grace Pittsburg Counters. HOW THEY TEE AT MEN CUSTOMERS They Know Tetter Than to Try to Ihcse cf Their Own Sex. Fool I1CTS OX SALARY AND MATEIMONT -frt r vcctsmi iwwtlsi fif 1,1 pTRITTIN- FOB THE DIsrjLTCn.1 HAT young women are always interesting is a truism that no one ever attempts to deny. Particularly may this be said of young wo men in the city. It is there that they reach their highest develop ment of beauty and intelligence, and it is thpri that thp student jWJfjifoij of human nature has the greatest opportun ity of noting all their peculiarities. There is one class of young women that is iamiliar to all city residents, and yet that is perhaps as little understood as any strange animal of the pre-Adamite period. The young women of this clas generally speak of themselves as "salesladies," and since the term is as expressive as any that could be found, we may as well use it here. TVe all know the salesladv, and most of us know the cold stare with which she salutes you as you move toward her counter to match a piece of ribbon or to ask if they have any more of those buttons of which you show a sample. It might be wondered why the saleslady at the button counter is more inclined to be pert and off hand than her sister who presides over the cloak department. Where Experience Dorsn't Count. And yet the reason is not far to seek. Belling buttons and such small wares li generally intrusted to the younger girls, who are Just commencing their careeri as salesladies, while to be a good cloak seller and, what is of much more importance, a good cloak buyer involves years of ex perience. The girl at the button counter is generally a miss of from 16 to 18. She is pretty, as a rule, because girls of that ago are always pretty unless absolutely hideous. 6he wears her bangs in the latest style, and the bloom of youth on her cheeks is nat ural. There is nothing prim about her, and she gives you the impression that she Is a great factor in the enjoyment of church sociables or in parties where waltzing is the main amusement. She can waltz divinely. Ton know that as soon as you see her figure and note the three-four rythm of her step as she floats about among her button boxes to find the pattern you want. She is not bashful. If you are a man she enjoys quizzing you in a lady-like, demure way that is simply maddening to the individual not learned in the ways of drvgoods stores in general and button countersln particular. She will tell you that a certain button she shows you will "harmonize beautifully" with the sample, when she does not happen to have the exact stvle of button you want, and she will opine that you had better take the button she has because she does not think there are any buttons in the city ex actly like that you want She Is Altogether Stunning. She will shake her bangs at you and look at you from beneath them with an expres sion that makes you cither want to stay and talk to ber for "an hour or get out of the store as quickly as possible, according to your age ana lemperameni. do so. The head milliner never laughs, and it is doubttul whether she ever sees any thing in lite worthy of being called amus ing. On the other hand, she i not neces sarily given to wearing a scowL Rather, when she is busy evolving some wonderful creation from the miscellaneous heap of flowers, lace, ribbon, velvet and bits of wire before her, there is an intent expression on her face that is not unbecoming, and is liable to make a profound impression of her wisdom upon the casual observer. "When she has the bonnet finished or is showing one of the lovely "pattern hats" to a patron, she assumes a prim smile of deep admiration for the patron and the "pattern hat" togetner, that often makes the wearer think that she has at last struck exactly the head-dress that harmonizes with her pecu liar style of beauty. In selecting a sales lady for the millinery department her ex nression is a consideration that is never overlooked by the astute merchant. A well-developed, discreet smile of this sort js worth thousands of dollars to a good firm in the course of a year. v. The Bane of the Happy Drumme-. The lace department is an important one, and here is required a young lady who can discern the diflerence between real and imi tation lace with her eyes shut, literally, be cause she must be able to tell it by the sense of touch without a moment's hesitation. She has to handle a great deal ot valuable lace, and it is essential that she should nev er be deceived. It is not so much in tno selling that her faculty is required. It is when the suave, silve'ry-tongued drummer invades the store, and the saleslady is called to assit the head of.the firm, that she needs all her wits and knowledge of laces to be at the highest tension. She is proof against All this if vou 03tOJ! &Zi '-Mh li r alfej Takes All the Soxes Down at First She Enjoys Quizzing Totu arc a man. If you are a woman she knows better than to try any of her arts of fascina tion. She will "he severelv polite to you, and will exert herself to fiad exactly the buttons you want, knowing by experience that nothing else will do, and that a shade of difference in size, color or pattern will bo detected in an instant, and result in more boxes being taken from the shelves. So the button girl takes all the boxes down at first and wades through them with the customer, heaving a sign of relief when the particular button i found, and almost as great a one when it is not found anl the woman departs to try somewhere else. Then the . button girl exchanges a sig nificant glance with the girl at the button counter that would make the woman boil from top to toe if she had noticed it. The art with which salesladies cin express con tempt for tiresome customers without the member of the firm who is walking up and down the stole seeing them is a marvel of psychology. They Know Loms on Siltt. The yfmng lady at the glove counter is very much like her sister of the buttons. Hat she is generally a little older and more experienced. She "shines particularly at hohdav time, when young men come in with a sheet. ish look and want a pair of gloves, or a half dozen tair, of the best quality. She knows all about it. You herd liot pretend doubt about the size, be cause she knows as well as vou do thac you have bfea treasuring the size in your heart ofhcaris lor weeks, and that your uncertain airasvou mumble "Six is the size. I be lieve," is all assumed. She savs: "Sixes? Yes, si'r! Two dollars a pair! Ca-a-sh!" with a prompt and business-iike air that makes you blush without knowing why, and you hate the clove girl intensely, even althougn she is young and attractive. From gloves to bonnets is but a step, and we find ourselves in the millinery depart ment by an easy transition from the glove counter. It is nov mat we begin to notica the cares and responsibility of business tell ing on the young ladies. Millinery is a very ininortint element in the life of the average woman, and it is fitting that the priestessss ot lhat department should have a proper realization of she good or evil they may da lure a smlln In 'Worth Thousands. The head of the department is a staid womnn of something over 30, and may be over SO. but the is so carefully attired that you cannot make a close guess at her age, even if you were ungallant enough to try to , all the blandishments of the drummer, who would sell her everything he has if she wonld let him. But she talks quietly tothe head of the firm without taking any notice of the drum mer, criticising this, condemning that and deprecating the other with as little com punction as she will extol the goods when she comes to sell them. The drummer listens, but cannot do anything. He knows he has met his match, and if he sells the laces at any but the lowest possible figure the saleslady is not first class, or the mer chant is careless. The Girl Who Can Sell Cloaks. The cloak department, -where everything has a rich, retired appearance; where the windows are generally curtained tastefully, and the carpet is soft to the feet and pleas ing to the eye, is a scene of operations only the privileged few can expect to reach. The goods sold here are necessarily expen sive, and most firms' pay more attention to their cloak rooms than to any other depart ments. , The qualifications required for a good cloak saleslady are many. She., must be keen, but courteous, and must know just how much and when to reduce the nrice of a garment that has "been marked down 1 already." Then she must possess a good; figure, upon which any of the cloaks or wraps she shows will set to advantage. A fairly tall young woman, with a tapering waist and a good carriage, is a prize in a cloak room, especially when she has busi ness qualities, too. In some establishments girls with graceful figures are kept on pur pose to show off goods, and are paid fair I salaries for that and nothing else. It is al- lady, too, because merchants naturally pre fer to use their employes for other purposes ihan mere lav figures. There is alwavs a great deal ot dignity apparent in the cloak room Falesladv, springing in part from the way she is built,and partly from the knowl edge that she is in the most important de partment in the house. Arts of the Tretty Saleslady. Her methods of dealing with customer are artistic. First she will put on the cloak under discussion, and allow the prospective purchaser to note all its good points as she swings around and assumes her most grace ful poses before the long mirrors. Then she will take it off and hang it on the cus tomer with a compound movement that is in itself a work ot art. How in the world she manages to make the cloak look well on a-iv sort of figure is a secret that she pos sesses but never reveals. Certain it is that whether the customer is dumpy, lank, ".traight, round-shouldered, crooked, grace ful or awkward, she is generally persuaded, as she catches sidelong glimpses of herself l in the mirrors, that she looks as well as the ' nolite rouni woman who is telling her that it is "the very latest and just suited to your style of figure." As to the salaries of salesladies in Pitts burg, they range from 510 or $20 a week lor heads of departments like cloaks, millinery and laces, to $3 for the young girls who have just entered the store to sell notions and small goods of little valne. If the young girl has anv ability and is attentive, she does not long remain at 53. She gets 55 very si;5, and goes up till she is leceiving ?8or5i0. This is about as high as salaries go, except for heads of departments, and the majority of young ladies behind counters are paid from ?5 to 57 a week. Do salesladies stand high in the matrimo nial market. This question was asked an ex-floor walker last week, and his answer was: "Well, I was at so-and-so's for six years, and during that time nine of the la dies went away -to be married. "We had about 150 girls in the various departments at all times, and an extra hundred or so around the holidays." C C J. Absolutely the Best. "I never hesitate to recor mend Chamber lain's Cough Eemedy as absolutely the best," says Mr. F. B. Kemp, assistant busi ness manager of the Younestown. O.. Daily Telegram, one of the most influential and valuable newspapers in the Buckeye State. Mr. Kemp also says: "I have found it a cirtain cure lor the cough usually following an attack of the grippe, and always keep a bottle of it in the house." SO cent bottles for sale by druggists. ttsu The Iron City Biewlng Company uses notfcingliut the choicest qualities or malt and iiops In the mannfactuie of its favorite brands of lager and Pilsner beer. This beer is miarantced to bo four months old, un adulterated and a most delicious beverage, lilty thousand barrels or item hand In tho vaults of the Iron City Brewing Company, tuiity, age and quality combined. MALL PAPER. Closing Ont Sale. Entire stock to be closed ont within 60 days regardless of co.t. Gieatesr bargains in the city. PiTTSBCito Wall Paper Co., 8.21 l'cnn avenuo. Special values in men's summer under wear. LiTTEli's, 203 Smltbfleld st. TTS8U llnve C Estimate N0TJ1UCH OF A SHAKE. Thetalifornia Earthquake Can't Hold a Candle to Some Others. WHOLE CITIES HAVE GONE DOWN. Skies Have Been Filled to flide the Stm and Seas Haye Been Tared. AWFUL EVIDENCE OP. FIRE WITHIN fWBITTEjr rOB THE DISrATCH.3 The recent seismic disturbances in Cali fornia, which resulted in some damage to property, suggest a reference to other shak ings elsewhere, of a much more serious and terrific character. Many allusions oro made to Hcrculnneum and Pompeii, bnt in pre-eminence of destructiveness.the old city of Antioch in Asia, holds highest rank. On a mild, calm day in the year 526, the earth suddenly commenced to rock, and in less than one minute 250,000 persons were either buried in the ruins of falling build ings, or were swallowed up in the yawning chasms of the ground. These rifts would close as suddenly as they opened, crushing and burying their tens of thousands of victims many fathoms deep. Geologically, the stratifications there seem to abound in "faults" the result of repeated commotions as prior to and since the year mentioned similar calamities have occurred, involving the destruction of 20,- 000, 40,000 and 60,000 inhabitants. In the year 17, A. D., in one night, 13 cities were destroyed in Asia Minor. A Quake That Shook the World. The destructive earthquake which over whelmed Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, in 1755, was an affair of most terrible horror. It was on a morning that was calm, with not a breath of air stirring, and the sun had just dispersed a heavy fog. Without any pre monition, deep-toned subterranean thun dering began, with a strange jarring and grating and a singular crashing as if all the glass of a continent had been shattered. This continued in a series ot repetitions, and in six minutes the city lay in ruins and 60,000 human beings were destroyed. Hundreds that escaped fall ing houses crowded the quay, at which also lay many vessels, when at once there was an opening in the earth, into which the waters rushed as into a huge funnel and wharf, vessels and crowd went down no mortal knows where. The gap closed, there was great bubbling and commotion and the sea rolled over the spot again, but not a shred of any thing was ever lound that was drawn into that vortex. The wave of subterranean pressure had forced a wide seam in its passage, which closed when it had passed. It is in this way tlrat rock stratums are fractured, as we often behold them in mines, tunnels and shafts. Cities Instantly Annihilated. The city of Euphemia in Calabria, with 5,000 inhabitants, was totally engulfed in 1638. An eye-witness to the scene, who was outside the fatal spot, reports after the shock had passed only an appalling black ,-cloud where the city had been and when this had dispersed, the site was occupied by a lake of dirty, bitter and putrid waters. In 45 seconds, the town of Port Boyal, on one of the islands of the West Indies, sunk beneath the waters in 1692, But sometimes there occurs a lifting, in stead of a sinking action. In 1759 a fertile and highly cultivated plain in Mexico,began to upheave. Ten square miles began to lift and swell and, round about, numerous cones began to form, all emitting smoke. Six of these attained heights varying from 1.000 to 1,600 feet and from four poured streams of lava, blocking up rivers and causing widespread desolation. Some of the most terrible shakings and eruptions occur in the cold and frozen North. Iceland island was shaken from center to circumference by an earthquake of most amazing power in May, 1783. The shaking continued lor some time, and flames burst up through the ocean. This jarring, churning and burning of the sea continued till .Tune, when the volcanic pcaB, Skaptar Jokul, commenced to pour out a volume of molten matter, to which history furnishes no parallel. An Inconceivable Flow of Iva. From its cone flowed two rivers of lava, one 60 miles long and 12 wide, the other 40 miles long and 7 miles in breadth. Both these streams had an average depth of 100 feet. Think of it. In this larger stream were over 13 cubic miles of matter! The inhabitants of Iceland saw the gun no more for the rest of their summer, and only as a red ball of glowing copper for much of the ensuing winter. For nearly half a year all Europe was covered with a haze, and had crimson sunsets far more in tense than those seen in the United States in October, 1883. The'islandof Java, has been cradled in earthquakes. Few days pass that there is not something seismic. An August sun in 1778, shone in a dreamy, slumbrous way, on the Java landscapes. It proved that usual quiet that precedes terrestrial disturbance. All at once, a most singular, fleecy luminous cloud enveloped the crest'of Papandayaug and in another instant it began to sink and disappeared into the earth, with 40 villages and most of their inhabitants. Another illustration of almost unprece- iicuiuu eruptive lurue, was me outpouring of Sumbawa on one of the Molucca islands in 1815. This began in the earlv part of April and continued till July. So terrific were the explosions which accompanied this outburst, that in one direction thev were heard 970 miles. So heavy was the fall of ashes, that houses 40 miles away were crushed beneath their weight. Cinders Covered the Ocean. On the ocean, 200 miles away, the light, porous floating cinders were two feet deep, through which vessels could only move with difficulty. Darkness as black as that described in Byron's "Dream" enveloped Java, which was 300 miles away. Weeks passed before the sun shone through the vapor which seemed to be at rest at an amazing altitude; then came greenish, purple and many-hued changes, and months passed before the heavens were again clear. Out of a population of 12,000 on the island there were only 26 survivors. This record ot facts, which is given on the au thority of the geologist Hitchcock, is so far beyond anything that has taken plice on the territory of the United States in mod ern times that the latter seems small and inconsequential. The Pacific coast shakings, the disturb ance at Charleston on the night of the 31st of August, 1886, and the remarkable trem bling in the Valley of the Mississippi in 1811, whose center was near New Madrid, all fall far below the record which has just been given. Of these the last mentioned far exceeded the others. Altogether, the conntry affected comprises nearly 100 square miles, but luckily wait scantily in habited. This was one of those exceptional jarrings that continued for about three months and ended with the great calamity at. Caracas in South America. It can be established as well as any fact in physics that we are living on a cooled shell; that beneath us is a sea of intensest incandescence; that this cooled shell, sur rounding this ficrv sea on all sides, presses down onto it and causes the phenomena known as earthquakes and volcanic out bursts. Meantime, this shell casts wrinkles known as mountains, and which are an exact measure of what has been squeezed from the interior, N. Special diamond sale this -week. Call and see the immense display. Prices below com petition at M. U. Cohen's, S6 Firth avenue. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Always CnMUi 8, ii, UVS SHOES ! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FAT FOLKS REDUCED BY DR. SNYDER, Thb Successful Obesity Spbcialist BHPf sipd WnErt w- 'J Mrs. Etta Mullican. before and alter treatmcq by Dr. Snyder. Testimonial of Editor Chas. F. Bon;, Rice Like, Wis "As is well known to a largo number of onr friends, wo h'tvu been under tlie treatment of Dr. O. W. P. Snyder, the celebrated specialist of Chicago, since the 18th of Jan nary, 1892, for olicsttv, with very gratilving results, as the following statement of weight and measmements beloro and aitor Cj JajV treatment will show: Belnie. After Loss. Weight 'Mi uonnds.279ponnds.6t pounds Chest 83K in cites.. 44 inches. .11JJ incites Waist C0J inches.. 45 inches.. 15 inches Hips 6G " inches.. 43 inches. .2J inches "All the titno wo have attcndotl to our reg ular business, suffeied no inconvenience whatever and have been improving every day. Wo would advise all afflicted with obesity to write to Dr. Snyder. Wo will bo pleased to answer all letters of Inquiry where stamp is inclosed." Bice Lake ( Vis.) Times, April 1, 1S0S. PATIENTS TREATED BY MAIL VnfdratliL Hirmlui, and wlti no ttwrlnp , lnconTcnlcacei WbadeffecU. For psrl'calar call, or addrwt with CcUttunp. DR. O. W. F. SNYDER, UOVICKER'3 THEATnE BLDS.. CHICASr myl-su Ladies and Gents, See our new $2 SHOES. See our new See our new See our new $3 SHOES. $4 SHOES. $5 SHOES. Wholesale and Retail. W..M. LAIRD 433 and 435 WOOD STREET. ! 406,408,410 MARKET STREET. mj2 jtw ANOTHER CUT II OFFICE DESKS AT Stevens' Large Supply House. All kinds and grades. CHEAPER THAN EVER. Quality and price arc what boom our trade. S SIXTH ST., l'lTTSBUKQ aplO-su THE LARGEST AND LEADING MILLINERY HOUSE IN WEST. PENNA. Equipped with all tne modern arts and implements of modern commer cial warfare, honor, truth, fair dealing, first-class merchan dise lower, trade reaching prices than elsewhere, plain figures, so that a child can buy at S2me price 'as those of maturer years, enabling U3 to successfully con quer and capture the hearts of the cash buying public STEVENS CHAIR CO., SPOOIS (MEN AWAY. To show our appreciation for the patronage bestowed upon us -we will for this week only present a PITTSBUEG OR ALLEGHENY SOUVENIR SPOON" with every pur chase of One Dollar or over. SOLE AGENT FOR CHEMICAL DIAMONDS, GIMLTT'S, COR. LIBERTY AND SM1THFIELD, AND 311 SMITHF1ELD ST. aplO-TTsa WE INTE TO-DAY' THE PEOPLE'S VERDICT AND FIRST CHOICE. 'Twonld be an extravagant wnste of priceless time, a miserable failure "Love's Labor Lost "were wetoattcntpt h portrayal of the immense wealth of beauty contained In our in comparably pro -ressivo Millinery Department. But what need we snj? The people bavo already satisfled themselves by ocular demonstration that it has no peer, f hero's Jiotli nir in fashionable, artistic, stvllsh, worth bavinj or looktnjr at .Millinery that wo haven's i-ot, and in big variety of abundance, too. Besides, everything novel of note, worthy of consideration so soon as it make-its debut in the millinery centers of the world, simul taneously does it mat its appearance at Danziser's. Of this tact the people are also well nwaie.nitd liceraily indorse their know ledse by not only purchasing all they require them selves, but also exhibiting the creations o. our cultured, nnmatcbable home talent to their nei"hbors (which isieally the best advertising we can get), thereby causing, nay. almost compelling them also to swell the list or our well-pleased patron?. Our prices for samo grade of goodslower than elsewhere, the powerful lever whereby all this is so easily effected. WBAPS.WRAPPERS.SKIRTS.WAISTS, COSTUMES, MONEYSAVEBS FOB ALL PAHTICIPANTS. Handsomely pretty those $$, $6, $j, $S and 10 Pure Wool, Tailor-made Skirts; you can have them either in Bell or Fan Back, and they come in Tan, Grey, Navy and Black, very nice, stylish skirts; we've got them to sell for $3.49, $3.74, $4.98, $5.98 and $7.99 each. After seeing these you should look at those Ladies' Habit Cloth, stvlishly tailor-made, Norfolk costumes. They're the regular 7.50 costumes, with Hell skirt. "We bought the lot much under market value, will therefore sell in like manner. So, Pick of the Lot for only 9-1.49. Those Ladies' 73c "White Lawn waists are very pretty and win some like, with their nicely plaited fronts and basks and verv neat collars and cufl's. Sow lor 30c Each. Verv elegant, indeed, those Ladies' 51 3Iomic Cloth Shirt Waists, made up lrom particularly neat and prettv patterns of cloth. Best ot All, Only 59c Each. "We've got all colors in those Ladies Exceedingly Handsomo Polka Dot Toe Percalo waists. They're in the favorite Norfolk style, And Only 49c Each. "Without exception we've got the nicest and most complete as sortment ot Ladies' Fine, Rich, Pure Surah Silk "Waists around theso two cities. Not only that, but they're pure rich Silk, no flimsy union imitations, no mixture ot silk and cotton, etc. Those $8, $7. fcS.no. ?. SIO. SI J.5( am! 912.50 Waists now lor 3.4q, 3.24, !5.g5, 9G.49. 7.49. 88.74 a::tl $10 each. The most elegant, newest styles in Btst Indigo, Mourning and Fancy Printed Calico Spring Wrappers 52 ones 3fow for only 98c each. And there's an exceedingly attractive range of Ladies' "Wrappers, tight, body-fitting Tpnist -Wntteau nlait back. Thev're the 5o.io Anderson Gingham "Wrappers. Sow for $i.4o each. Then we've got another style in same material, made with plain Chambray yoke, fan back and gathered front, 53.50 Anderson Gingham "Wrappers they be, Xow for $1.99 each. But there's still another, of same fabric, made inltandsome tea gown style, with plain Chambray front, Watteau back and exquisitely tucked collar and culls, stylishly beautiful those 54 wrappers, which we purpose selling this week For only $2.21 each. NOTE In Ladies' Misses' and Children's Reefers and Blazers, we've got an almost endless variety at almost any price you could think of. It's a mighty easy matter, altho' neither politic, moral nor business like, to adver tise shoddy garments at a mere song. We won't condescend to this method, but will stick to our old reliable way of offering nothing but honest, reliable goods for far less money than same grade of goods elsewhere. 1,000 Dozen Men's 2100 Linen Collars; 500 dozen 2100 Linen Cuffs, Less Than Half Price. AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM And offer the coming week a SPECIAL SALE of SEASONABLE HOUSEHOLD GOODS. At this sale -we will sell 20 PER CENT BELOW OUR USUAL LOW PRICES, but you must bring this paper or this page with you, and, as a further inducement to bring this page, W3 will accept it in place of a $1 BILL. WE do this in order to find out which paper brings us the most patronage. SPECIAL TEST PRICES: 40 PARLOR SUITS: six-piece suits, walnut and mahogany finish, mohair crushed plush, in assorted colors; Test Price S3 5. Other test price suits $45 $55. $75, $oo. PARLOR STANDS, solid oak, neat and durable; Test Price SOc. Other test prices $2.50, $3 $3-50, $4, $4-50, $5- BABY CARRIAGES: 200 ele gantly upholstered wire or wooden wheels; regular price $18; Test Price S14.40. Other test price carriages $10, $12, $15, $18, $22. REFRIGERATORS and ICE CHESTS: 100 Hardwood Gurneys $15. TEST PRICE $12. 55 Hardwood Gurneys $17. TEST PRICE $13.60. Other test prices $14, $15.50, $18, $19.50, $22.50. Ice Chests: Test prices $4.50, $5, $6, $8, $10. If you want to SAVE MONEY on your ice bills get the best made THE GURNEY. We are sole agents for this cozinty. Call and see them and get catalogue. 100 high-back Dining Chairs, test price $1.25. Now don't run away with the idea that these collars and cuffs are sec onds, for they are not; they're good, sound No. 1 Firsts. "We wouldn't be afraid to sell them at same prices if they were seconds, but there's nothing wrong with them but the price, and of course that's all in your pocket. You can't buy a better 2100 Linen Collar for less than 20c, or a better pair of 2100 Linen Cuffs for less than 35c. Our price until they're all sold (which'll be done in very short order): Collars, 14 to 18 inches, 9c each; Cuffs, 9 1-2 to II 1-2, 19c a pair. Of course we've got dozens of other styles than those represented above to select from. Curtains, Linens, etc., Seasonable and Reasonable. TIHIIEJ EZROWZLsTHES' ZDZECISIOlsr. The Brownies In a recent nightly tour Determined to seek out (both to assure Themselves and us, whose need for it is greater) The most desirable refrigerator. And, though they searched, at flrst they could not And An y that faultless seemed to every mind, Alter they'd opened Hand looked It through. Until a "Gurney" dawned upon their view. Now, this when opened, seemed so neat and clean, And smelled so sweet; all said, " 'Tls plainly seen That he who buying wants the best Until he gets a 'Gurney' should not rest." This week we'll offer 1,000 pairs Lace Curtains, all pretty pattern, long and wiile. They're curtains that in usual way sell from $5 to $17 a pair, but we cleared this excep tionally fine lot of enrtains To Sell at $2.40, R2.9D. 83.40, 83.00, 84.00, 85.99, 86.90 88.99 a Pair. Then there's another lot 1,500 pairs all told of course they're not so fine as pre vious lot, but they're exceedingly pretty patterns, made lrom hard twisted honest Scotch unshrinkable yarns. Good washers and wearers they be. In ordinary channels they'd circulate'freely at Sl.flO, 52, S2.M, 53 and"?4 a pair, bat we wouldn't have bought them at all it wc couldn't, as we sell them at 74c, OOc, 81.24, 81.40 ami 81-90 n Pair. A very opportune clearing lot of choice Cream Damask 31c, 35c, 50c, 60c, 70c and 80c Table Xinens, excellent styles and good cloths. Jior Tor 22c, 25c, SOc, 49c and 59c a Yard. And another lot of Fine Bleached 50c, 65c, 70c, 80c, 95c, $1 and 51.25 Damask Table Linens are all to be sold For 30c, 44c, 50c, SOc, 69c,74c, and OOc a Yard. 72 pieces of pnre Turkey Bed 35e, 65c, 75c and $1 Tablines, practical domestic money savers, besides being neat, nretty patterns, For 25c, 40c, 59c aiid 74c a Yard. An importer's clearing lot of Handsomo "White Damak Table Cloths, that are worth 51.50, ?2, 52.25, 53, 53.25, 54.25 and 55.25 of anybody's money, all to be disposed of this week For 81.10, Sl.36, 81.49. $1.74, 81.90, 82.40, 82.00 Each. "With this lot there came about 150 dozen charmingly pretty "White Damask Table D'ovlies," fringed, 51.50. 52, $-2.50 and 53 50 goods, Now for OOc, 81.24. 81.19 and Si. 99 a Dozen. There's likewise several bales of Linen Towels that never fetch less than 8c, 12c,16c, 25c and 40c which we're enabled To sell lor 5c, gc, 12c, 16c and 25c Each. Then there's about 75 dozens of the very handsomest, large size, double Damask, Satin Faced towels possibly ever ofiered for sale in these two cities. Soma are beau tilully fringed, others are neatly hem stitched, all have that lovely zephyr-lik open work. Thev commonly sell at 51, 51.25. S1.50. 52 and 52.25. Now for 69c. 74c, 99c, S1.24 and 81.4gc each. A couple of cases heavy 8c, 18c. SOo and 45c Turkish Bath Towels all to go this week For 5c, 12 l-2c, 19c and 24o each. BASEMENT TRfiD E MAfllPULftTDRS THIS WEEK. We've got six sizes of prettily Walnut Stained Screen doors. They've got mortised ends; regular $ 2 doors, Now for 69c each. We've also got a couple of carioads adjustable 40c window screens, big enough and little enough for almost any window, NOW for 24c each- Please measure doors and windows before coming to buy. If we haven't the size to fit you. will make any size to order cheaply and quickly. CASH. CREDIT. On decorating with wall papers or in fresco. Enecial dsigns. War. H. Aixex, 517 Wood street, near Fifth avenue. Lowest prices. COMPLETE HOUSEFLKNISHEK, '- COR. TENTH ST. AND PENN AVE. I It folds up to put away and' 11 hold cither large or small tubs. JUST FANCY, Only 24c Each. OPES. CLOSED. ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. I SIXTH ST. AND PENN AVE. tv.
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