Show I u i ir r i ii growIng the number of or mercantile hOUS hous having h Increased from l 1 9 to 1000 In the Ih last lut 12 23 years yaro yr rs I I Cost of ot 11 living I I g-I In Lithuania and I I bounteous crops are ate to I bring better conditions condition there SUGAR SWEET SWEET- NAVEL ORANGES 0 RAN G E S Free From Frost I FrostI Rich Color GOc dozen I I Florida Sweet Grape Fruit large size each 12 IZ aC c cI I Free Delivery v y WASHINGTON MARKET Phone 2800 2472 Washington Ave L M I 1 PORTIA'S FATHER V US USh AS h 0 OLD FASHIONED L D F ASH ION E D S In the days of Shakespeare's famous heroine buying and selling were contests of wits In Venice haggling and dickering were the vogue Along the Rialto sharp practice was the rule Every pur pur- pur purchase chase of silk or spices was made at the buyers buyer's risk One had to be bea bea a shrewd judge of values and andone's ones one's ones one's fellows to escape trickery Portia's father father-a was merchant used to ideas of guess luck and accident So much so indeed that it seemed natural to him to en- en entrust entrust trust the choice of his daughters daughter's husband to three closed caskets and anda a lucky guess I I Nowadays we do not transact our business nor blindly leave im im- im important decisions to chance It is not necessary for us to gamble I when we buy Commodities are identified for us by trade marks S Manufacturers go to the advertising columns to tell tellus us about their products Merchants describe their price merchandise quality and service service By reading advertisements we get a knowledge of goods and that we can depend on Advertising reduces chance in buying to minimum q III l 6 Do you read the t f l f S I Ic c Ij j 1 Y 21 I 1 I c 0 i I s tI |