Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1894 — Tricks in All Trades. [ARTICLE]

Tricks in All Trades.

Philadelphia Record. Some retail silk salesmen have a clever siight r of-hand trick that de peives many purchasers. The little game is to snatch up a sample of sill in the presence 6f a Customer, pretend with violent gestures to twist it into a rope, and then with a sudden flout to shake it free of folds anc creases Any woman knows that silli such as t will undergo treatment ol that sort is durable; but the womar who buys the silk and tries the experiment at home meets with grievous disappointmnnt. The salesman's twisting process has been a clevei make-believe. Senator Bryce has rented for five years one of the most historic old mansions in Washington. It was the home bought from .Daniel Webster and enlarged, of the late Mr, Corcoran, the lamented philanthropist. It has gardens, and is surrounded by a high wall.