The assortment in all is exactly the same, representing as it does in each case samples of all the varieties produced or imported by the United States.

That is why one can decide quickly, and never need visit two stores." "And is this merely a sample store?
I see no clerks cutting off goods or marking bundles." "All our stores are sample stores, except as to a few classes of articles.

The goods, with these exceptions, are all at the great central warehouse of the city, to which they are shipped directly from the producers.

We order from the sample and the printed statement of texture, make, and qualities.

The orders are sent to the warehouse, and the goods distributed from there." "That must be a tremendous saving of handling," I said.