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DRESSING THE WINDOW.

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DRESSING THE WINDOW. Quoth that Prince of Shop-walker* and Principals, Pam, To his bock-keeper Glidstone, and John, hit head shop- man. "I should know the public, yet puzzled I am What article's best In the window to pop, man. L<*st year trade was languid there seemtd nothing doing, Then our stcck di,ijilc tske, and i he ru ¡lic held off it, Till, on striking our balance, for all Gladstone's tcrewing, Tcere appeared on the bcoks scarce a penny of prefix. "From its those unprincipled cbapi. o'er the wiy, How to drees their own window have managed to learn And doi>'« mind (from our shop to draw custom away), That untiadesmarl ke fshehcod—you know—'s»me con- cert.' What is to be done? Hen's the Sasson besiunirg, A id unless we find something th. pu lie to fix, I'm afraid, gents, that so far a fortune from winning, The concern will be bink, upt, and dividend nix. "Our book-debts are heavy; on sev'ral occasions, Thanks to you, Master Johnny, we lye largely o'e -bought; That lot of Reform checks-your recommendation's Been on hand ever since not a penny they've brought. "There's an awful back-stock in those pigeon-holes yonder, And of bad bills, I know, there's a box at the bank full How to save the concern when I ask you to ponder, All you can suggest to one's, Rsstrand be thankful.' As for Gladstone, he does try to keep down expenses, But he is such a begger to argue and reason, He'll prove black whitA, spite of a customer's senses, And to carry his point, would risk losing the Season. If it weren't for my manners, my style of shop-walking, And shaving the ladies-or gents, for that matter; Of Pam & Co. Is smash soon the town would be talking, Spite of Johnny's smart letters, and Gladstone's glib patter. "There's one comfort, if people our goods ain't quite nuts or. They fancy still less that chap's over the way Though the very samepatterns the counter he puts on, And tries all he knows, he can't make the thing pay. We do keep a conscience (if it's a rusty one), But a conscience don't suit Derby, Dizzy & Co. Their shoddy stock's worse than our fly-blown and fusty one, And where we've one dummy, they sport a whole row I" [Punch.

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