Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1927, Page 33

THE EVENTSG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1927. THE EVENING STORY | A Successful Failure. ANCY GOLDEN was a ing her counter for the t time. She had fiothing el to do. It was raining suds and no customer had rung | the door all morning. Yesterday it | had been little better Nobody but old Mrs. Hatch had entered to matc a shade of yarn which Nancy did not | have; her stock running low. And the day before—what had hap- | pened the day before? Nancy sighed. Doubtless it had been of a piece with all the other s since she had first begun to realize that her little shop | was not a success She had always wanted to keep a £hop, and when, after 10 years of dif ficult office work, had left the typewriter to launch out on her ven- ture, she had known that she would need all her courage and wit, as well as all her capital. Now after barely two vears her capital was gone, for + the little shop would not draw cus tomers in spite of clever advertising an allurin display of after all that women more than they em broidered, and that such thin hand-made blouses and lingerie had great appeal > Jancy's ming personality had been a patron out of a ind the fact that she blouse to advantage did not inspire other women to emulate her | she in- “The time h up shop, self as she orange silk : another week. It and—and my money i owe anything, but 1 1 keep on N come Her eves filled with The dear little sho She After fts freedom, after being inter- ested and happy and diverted for two v could she go back to dictation-pad and typewniter? She | hated the proximity of men who thought because they paid her good wage they could smoke in her face play the grouch as they chose. It seemed that she had only | just got the smell tobacco out | of her hair. Besides, pounding the | keys made her fing either prickly | or mumb, to say nothing of thé con- | stant clatte arring her nerves. | The dear little shop! What women war vway? It came to her that she had attempted rather to gratify her own preference than those of other women. adored Mfine lace and dainty nery and | sheer materials: she had reveled in | these th but she could not per- | suade other women to buy them. { The unexpected tinkle of the little bell made her start. The woman who entered was faded and thin and | frai s a frostbitten weed. waniad to pay you of silk I got here ay,” she said, taking out a limp little purse that looked as if the | clephant had stepped on it not once but 20 tim She laid a coin on | the count “Oh, 1 remember!" the coin back. Finkle. T won't char silk. I'm wa tears. loved it so did | for that £kein the other Anv ncy pushed | s all right, Mrs. | e you for that | going to clase out any- | » | lose out!” Mrs. Finkle looked | about at the pretty place. “Oh, I| hope you.won't do that. Miss Gold- | fust.” “I've secems | “Well,” Mrs. Finkle sighed, -'\\-p're" | 1 Naney smiled bravely. | ot 4 gift for shopkeeping, it | both in hard luck then. I've had t give up working out by the day. M. knees are so bad 1 can’t get up an down. That mopey is yours, Miss Golden.” “I won't Nancy shook her head. at's one little skein silk between friends? You've | helped to keep my shop neat a: pin, Mrs. Finkle, and since help me any more, maybe as_well for me to close ou . Finkle replaced the o ¥ d HOME While they Last! . . and we say this because they are from our regular stock . . . quantity is limited *45, 40 & *35 SUITS 273 of them to close out at $22.50 It’s simply this . (one and two of a kind and broken sizes), and marked them at a price that will move them in a hurry. Although the group represents odds and ends—ALL OF THEM ARE THIS SEA- SON’S MODELS—all of the patterns are new and good.. ANY SIZE MAN WILL FIND A SUIT TO SUIT. you’ll be on hand early. | turning back, “if you know any place | n ang. | I €ould sell some jelly ‘hiva | APPle, grape and currant, 40 jars ma be he | gone N | imp: and said ple it 1y ar of V n e | jewels in cam Mrs. 1 hav it f paic right over and get some | hea to t out Fin! Your money OF Because of the Extremely Low Price . . . All Alterations must be charged for at actual cost. OL F T 5 an! T understand. But I didn't sell| hope lent her strength. It was one | the stuff on commission. The money | thin, walk a mile to her day’s |is all yours.” | work at Mrs. Holmes’ or Mrs. Whi “You'll have to take a 10 per cent |another thing to sit on a stool bet { commission hat's the way they said Mrs. Finkle firmly. “If you she added excitedly, “I'll tak® home." can't!” cried For here comes anoth [ put it up for Mr. Finkle, and | The jelly lasted bare was 8o fond of it, but now he’s | with its sale came inquiries and or " Her voice broke. | ders for other things—pies; marma fruit cake, i Irs. Finkle,” | putting ne re She and Nancy had made a bargain by which Mrs. Finkle furnished the ihor kill and Nancy furnished and the selling ability rs. Finkle by the she I've got crab Na tron or pickec | studied ways and means | very exciting and proved profitable it nut meats or It was all hesitated. also very No” she was beginning, when an ulse seized her. “Bring it here I'll try and sell it for you ancy 1d solemnly pout the thin if you and 1| “What a d htful little * she | j. il & lis!” Mrs. Trusdell \p- | day when she had new | cakes she ) | you are sh Wil you?" wsed. TNt e changed I atler, a s shop doc Finkle looked it right over.” yression { lat Mrs. Finkle 1d tables. different kind all | her own kitchen table and mix batter. | day | could. | isins or chop- | | “That's’ on account of the angel | food and brambles,” she said. “You don’t know what a lot of orders we're getting for them.” “Did 1 dream it, or did T driving a car this morning Mrs. Trusdell You saw me. | have to Naney you " asked and 1 know,” Mrs | (Covyright, 1927 | DR. SbOTT IS HONORED. ©|Will Be First Carnegie Exchange |kx Professor to Latin America. YORK 21 (®).—Dr. Brown Washington NEW James January Scott of > great basket of jelly \ey was runnin vrian purple, amber, f wp, and Mrs. Fir ancy cleared the things | ing the goods. Long training 1 of her small window and set the [ made Mrs. Finkle a wonder as a there instead. She printed a big | cook: she could make angel food cake 1 and stuck it among the glas: | or pumpkin pie with equal SAVINGS CLUB uddenly, the vain ceased, and a ray | OF THE Vinter sunshine struck among the FEDERAL-AMERICAN turning them into as many Everybody’s Doing It” was furnish OIN THE CHRISTMAS A woman passing by peeped | went on, but another woman 1is woman entered. She was usdell, the wife of a prominent She e hat’s nice-looking jelly,” she “T'll take some of it. I didn't | e good luck with mine this Fall; | ailed to set.” | n took a dozen glasses and them are on the right tracl i f y our clothes | you have anything »s or nut bread, call | up on the telephone, and I'll come | jumbles or nut bread! 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