Show I 1 I 1 women at special sales now is the day of special bales occasions as the french call them in all the large dry goods shops I 1 smiled to observe in reading an advertisement the other day that one enterprising sixth alenne firm had borrowed the term and announced an occasion of dupes and dupons ju pons which it obligingly translated in parentheses for the benefit of possible purchasers unacquainted quain ted with la belle langue A surging perspiring of eager femininity fills the shops and bears triumphantly away bargains on which possibly five cents each have been saved the loveliness of comans womans character does not shine brightly at these crises I 1 passed through the upper floor of a shop yesterday where a special sale of gingham gowns was going on the women were ten deep around the counter and as intent and excited as gamblers I 1 paused a moment to watch two well dressed ladies exchanging fe minina amenities about a gown one had as cured the body the other the skirt from the pile on the counter and each claimed that she was entitled to the whole garment As it was the only obtainable one of the desired size each held to her prize with the tenacity of a browing man to a spar and although they were speaking with much suave courtesy about the matter there was a fixed determination on each charming face to carry the day I 1 wanted to stop and give the judgment of solomon on the child that each take half but from all appearances I 1 fancy that they must leave stood their ground until the closing of the shop brought matters to some kind of a conclusion new york cor detroit free press |