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Show " . .. - SMALL BUSINESS. A little piece of trade ilaossp was dealt out by a large Arm in this oity a few dfiys jago, and malcqg good reading for merchants older in the business, and wiser on the unwritten Jaws of tradp etiquette. A committee of ladies came up to this city from Provo to select a dress fqp tbe $usen of the Carnival which will be held in, that oity ne?t week. The committee went to the dressmaking department depart-ment of the Keith-O'Brien institution, and stated that they had $75 with which to purchase a gown for the queen, but were informed that it would be impossible to finish it in the alloted time. The committee went to Hamilton's, and there selected a beautiful gown. In the meantime, others, in, the Keith-O'Brien establishment were told that the gown had been chosen at Hamilton's, and then the wires began to work, and the director general at Provo received re-ceived an offer from- Keith-O'Brien of a dress out of stock fre,e of charge if the Hamilton order could be cancelled. T,hat sounded good to ye director general who could Bee a saving of sevon,ty-flve kopeks, so telephoned Hamilton's to ask if the order cm' cancelled if the lodge fo wished, And was .tc id cjiat though alterations had been begun, that if the lodge would not sustain the committee, the transaction trans-action would be regarded as closed. However the committee was sustained, and Hamilton's will furnish the gown for the Queen, notwithstanding the statement to the effect that the gown is to come from the Kelih-O'Bj-ien store. There are many tricks in every trade, but nothing noth-ing bettor is tq be expected of a,n outfit that will even go so far as to qarry the personal an$ jpoliti-I jpoliti-I cal feelings of certain stockholders into ttieT busi ness. |