OCR Text |
Show BARGAIN SHOPPERS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC French Women Line Sidewalks at Many Stores WheTe Sales Are Held to Seek Advantages. special Table to The Tribune. PARIS, A-:z. 19. Every biff shop in Paris is nov holding a sale, and tnere Las beon a -nerai li'ire amon? the middle clashes to profit by the bargains. At one shop, on the opening day, the s.'ene wai mo-t animated, and policemen police-men wore there to keep order. The custom cus-tom of having ware set out on the pavements eaed the foot paths to become be-come uncomfortably crowded, and the -ibt of ardent bargain hunters seated on the becci.es opposite the shop with lar.s Hid of ftoekinrs or cloves, or rib bon-, making their choice with that concentration con-centration whii-h maxks tho feminine mind when it is really interested, was something to remember. From eariy in the morning until late in the evening tbe'-e busy seekers after ad vantayeon purchaies are to be seen. The occupation is not necessarily frivolous, friv-olous, and certainly it is very tiring. The multitude, for" so the crowds may be described to give an idea of their immensirv, was made up of ail classes; there was the mother of a family, anxious to find inexpensive things for growing ti'.rls and bovs; there was the orri"d housekeeper looking for bargains bar-gains in soap, brushes, and ail the other many household needs which have doubled iud trebled in price since the war; there was the incurable lover of f inerv, who could not resist cheap blouses, dressing gowi, hat trimmings, ribbon-, "little dresses," and a great manv other things that may prove profitable profit-able but which rarely do. In the exclusive, s'alons of the big dressmakers the same sort of bargaining bargain-ing is going on as in the big shops, although al-though th'-re is not a crowd of buyers. The bargains are jiifit as problematic, and the greatest caution has to be ex erci'-ed, for the prices are bucIi that careless care-less buving can easily become extrav-agani-e." The big coats are among tho b'st bargains, and the tailor-mades among the leat to be indulged in, because be-cause the fashions are alrnor-t sure to change before they can be worn shab-bv shab-bv and to wear one's clothes until they aire shabby is one of the modes of the moment. |