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cabinets, about one-third of the distance from the shelf on which the 

 goods are placed to the shelf above (fig. 10). The wire also pre- 

 vents small bottled goods from falling out of the shelves. Another 

 method suspends the tag diagonally from the corner of the section 

 of the shelf or cabinet, or vertically from the shelf above, as shown 



i n figures 11 and 

 12, respectively. 

 This is satisfactorj^, 

 except that since 

 the tag is station- 

 ary it may inter- 

 fere somewhat with 

 the placing of the 

 goods on the shelves 

 and their removal 

 by the customers. 

 Probably the most 

 satisfactory means 

 of suspending these 

 tags is by some 

 swinging arrange- 

 ment effected b y 

 the use of a screw 

 eye or staple in the 

 shelf above and a 

 metal strip or wire 

 suspends the tag. 

 In this way the 

 price tag can be 

 swung to one side 

 when necessnr}^ to 

 place or remove 

 articles directly be- 

 hind it. It should 

 be noted that cer- 

 tain swinging tags 

 Fig. 12. of the latter type 



Diagrams shewing methods of attaching price tags. have been patented. 



SALESMANSHIP. 



At first thought it does not seem that such a thing as salesmanship 

 should enter into the operation of a self-serve store. But it does, 

 and to a considerable extent. If this were not so, the introducing 

 of new articles and the placing of special emphasis of certain kinds 



