GETTING MARRIED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17294, 18 October 1919, Page 13

GETTING MARRIED.

* BUYING THE FURNITURE. j The "happy day" having been fixed. 1 the young people decided it was high : time to see about the furniture, and on i Tuesday they met by appointment at the P. 0.. lunched together at a city I restaurant, and then ma.de a bee-line for , a furniture warehouse. j *' New furniture tor a four-roomed j modern bungalow, and the cost?" re- ' prated th" salesman. " Well, it depend." largely, of course, on the class of goods. hut to Ho the thing decently you'd have 'to spend about £100 on each'room. Of j course, if you wajit solid oak. it would j cost more." Alice nudged Tom as the salesman led | the way to the show-room, and slightly | shook her head. j Tom understood, and said : "Well, the ; figure you quote is a hit high. We'll ; have to think it over and ml' again." i " Don't, run away." replied the salesI man. " come and have a look at the _ j goods." j But Alice frowned again, and Tom i escorted bet- out. | When they were alone once more Alice ! ' I said : i "Tom. £400 for furniture is not to he j | thonght of. 1 know a better plan ! — let's •go to Coakley's mart. I've heard that j J j you can often pick up furniture almost I ' ia* good as new at Coakley's for (comi paratively) little money." | The visit to Coakley's was quite a I success. Mr. Coakley told them that he I now had ft furniture factory of his own. ! - ' and could make furniture to buyers' own ! 1 designs: also that, owing to the economies i i lia was enabled to practise, he could : positively guarantee to save his customers I . SO per cent. (6s in the £) on their new | • : furniture purchases. : 1 i Tom and Alice reckoner* they did a | j good afternoon'* work. They ordered an j . <~Mk din'ng-room suite, to Vie made to their l j own design, and the balance of the things i j they wanted they hough privatelv at j , | Coakley's Mar!. 'For all practical pur- j . I noses the latter goods are eqnal to new- j | I hut fame a. whole lot cheaper. These j • I young people will furnish that bungalow j '- j nf theirs in good style (thanks to Coak- . | ley's) for about half the money demanded • I elsewhere Not all the articles purchased I are new. hut they are practically a* good jas new. There's no better for cheaper) _ I place at, which to furnish than Coakley's. . } | whether you want new goods or used „ goods. And visitors to the mart are never pressed to buy , Hear Alfred Mace, West End Theatre, ; Ponsonby Road, Sunday afternoon, three ,- o'clock ; evening, seven o'clock. Subject. " Great Things That Go."