Tho instinct for driving a good bargain was very firmly embedded in the make-up of the, young housewife, and this was displayed the oilier morning when sho asked the butcher the price of shook. ** Two shillings a pound,” the bulcher informed her. The young woman gave him a r-Jpirp glance, as much as Io say, “1 am not goto ho swindled.” “But,” she said, “the price at the corner shop is only Is Bd.” “Well, why don’t you buy it, there f” she was asked. “They haven't any,” she explained. “Oh, I see,” smiled the butcher. “ When we haven't got it wo sol! it for Is 8d a lb.”
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Evening Star, Issue 19663, 16 September 1927, Page 10
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109Untitled Evening Star, Issue 19663, 16 September 1927, Page 10
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