CHARGE OF THE BARGAIN BRIGADE
‘Bargain sale! Bargain sale!’ Newspapers thundered. Up to the Palace of Trade Strode the Six Hundred. ‘Forward! Our fortune’s made! Charge on the clerks!’ they said. Into the Palace of Trade Rushed the Six Hundred. ‘Goods sold for half their worth,’ Was this a cause for mirth? Women who saw the sign Not even wondered. Theirs not to make reply. Theirs not to reason why. Theirs but to simply buy. Buy in the Palace of Trade — Thought the Six Hundred. Bargains to right of them. Bargains to left of them. Front of them—back of them— Volleyed and thundered. What they bought none knew well. Weak ones grew faint and fell. Tho’ dresses ripped, ker-r-r-rack! Into the crush pell-mell Dove the Six Hundred! Boldly and well they fought: Then home her spoil brought Bach woman willing. this be their defence. All saved at least sixpence— Some saved a shilling.
—Puck.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue III, 16 July 1898, Page 89
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154CHARGE OF THE BARGAIN BRIGADE New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue III, 16 July 1898, Page 89
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