Barry Pain

“ Dowse in two actual newspapers. She read it with considerable satisfaction. The advertisement for which you pay is good; the advertisement for which you don't pay is better.
"Ah," said Mrs. Dowse to her two sons, who assisted her in the shop, "that ought to bring people into the shop. Once I get them here, I can make them come back again. The trouble has been to make a start." ”

“ Dowse's shop alone.
She made her way, but very slowly. In some respects she had an advantage over the big shop. Her expenses were less. She paid less for labour. She had a very useful connection with some small growers in that suburb less than ten miles away, and she could buy from them without the intervention of middlemen. She also bought at Covent Garden, and her elder son was a first-rate buyer. She could frequently give her customers produce fresher and better at a lower price than they could get from Messrs. Multiple. But, as she said, the trouble was to get the customers into the shop. ”

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