Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1915 — TAKE PLEASURE IN HAGGLING [ARTICLE]

TAKE PLEASURE IN HAGGLING

Tibetan* Will Not Be Denied the Joy* That Accrue From the; Sense of Bargaining. “Mornin’ time, bargain time!” call* out one of the peddlers by the wayside In Tibet cheerfully as he sees you returning from a glimpse of the snows at sunrise. You bid him come to you, and from one of the innumerable pockets concealed in his voluminous robe he will produce a perfect little Jade cup, or a Tibetan coffee pot, or gold copper and precious stones, or perhaps a huge lump of rough turquoise hewn to look like a couch with a tiny gold Buddha reclining on it. Then comes the bargaining, in which he and all his friends take part against your single self. It can all be done by signs and smiles and patience and in the long run you will get some things well worth having at a very reasonable price. But you must have no false pride about bargaining. It is an elementary part of these people’s nature, and the joy of selling will leave them forever when the day of haggling is done.