Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-12-11 | Page 8 | Shopper's Court Gives Speedy Justice

" SHOPPER'S COURT GIVES SPEEDY JUSTICE j, w Miss Rosalie Sanden (left) crlterlno complaint before "Judge" Walter C. Foster Fos-ter (rloi-t) of the "Choppsrs' Court." BV EDWARD M THIESaY N. E. A. Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, lVc. 10. A group of Clil-kaj?o Clil-kaj?o mere:hanis have taken tho law nto their ( n hands. They 'have thalr own court and the;ir own Judpo AL;o a Jury. If the plaintiff j i Insists. And trials are held, vltheut I policemen, bailiff.-, lawyen -r district at-." . ti.rnoys. ' There Ian t even a OOP) ol Hlackstonc In the courtroom. It's tho Shoppere Court. RETAIL SHOPS. Presiding over the court Is "JuelRe-" Walter C. Foster. Ho waa appointed to the "bench' by the EtpabUc BulMUno llerchsnts association. Thla kyecraper contain! ico dufttnet retail shops L'p on the- eighteenth floor I the Shoppers' eOliri V:i.-e i:m.ki ! e- .i new and novel method of adiiilnist. ring Justice to shoppers who are not entirely j satisfied with purchase.n or treatment In any one of the shops in the building. It la not a complaint elepartnie-nt," explained "Judtre Poster, "we want to gel away from ihe old-fashioned crowded counter entanglement. In a mass of r-il ta.e-. Every customer ge-t.s a hurried, theiunh fair, trial. "I may add that 1 am perhaps the only jurist' In the world who Is tln.r-eughly tln.r-eughly lelase-'l. The l.iux ISthis: Wo want "tho eustefpe-rn ple-ajeed; and wer want the- merChanta pleased so that there Is n cooperative co-operative spirit among the competitive retailers. THE SYSTEM WORKS. "The system la working splendidly, in a complies ed case we i-t a iurei of directors di-rectors ait In a.s the Jury If the u.slo-mer-Plalntlff desires. And everyone who has boeii before th loard or tho court has left with a smile." Miss Rosalie Sanden and Miss Ruth 01-son 01-son were among tbe flrsi plaintiffs to appear before the "Court of Smiles."