Billboard advertising (Oct 1898)

THE BILLBOARD 9 - IKE I N IRE LAND. A Short Sketch of Our Delegate's Visit to the Annual Meeting of the Bill Poster's Association. Held in Dublin, Ireland, August 16th and 17th, 189S—Illustrated with views of British Billboards and Hoardings. llut llie Anchor Llue steamship Ad- charts would leave at 12 o'clock, en- gaged passage on Hie same, and by n little iiuiuk maneuvering, managed t pet on the boat In good time. Before leaving, however, Mr. W. D. Lowden arrived at the wharf and hid your rep- resent alive good-bye and God-sliced and a happy Journey and a wish to express Ills regrets to the members of the British Association that he was unable to nllcnd, but hoping that they would accept me in his stead. We left New York with old Father Sun shining brightly. It was indeed >t an overly large cabin she is a thoroughly well-built vessel, and outside of her reputation as a roller Is as sea worthy as any in the service. We passed ont of the harbor with a smooth sea, and bad a rsrj pleasant trip, outside of a few Iceberg* and some fog. A more genial lot of passengers It has never been my lot to meet. All jolly, good-natured fol- lows, and a more genial list of officii* A 111 ifl 1 on Donegal Qe*7j Btlfas!, Inland. Britain. From there I went to tbe Hotel Metropol, with no better luck. Finally, after trying six or seven bo- gaged from that time on the Horse Fair, so here at the Grah- am Hotel I pat in my first night it Dublin. After getting things straight ened around a bit, the next morning I h Bill I-owden, the first choice of American bill posters, would be unable to attoud the annual convention of bill posters held at the aforesaid place, and after a hnrrled get-ready and a few little hustles such as are characteristic ot the Yankee, I left Torre Haute, Ind., at 4:31 on the world-famed Knicker- bocker, Aug. 4, 1S98. arriving In New- York at the Grand Central Station at 7:45 p. m., Aug. 5. Tlic trip from Terra Haute to New York was made without any particular event bapiien- Ing to mar the monotony of ordiunry rallroad travel. Arriving at the Wal- dorf-Astoria. Mr. Monk f "Billboard" Publishing Co., of Cincin- nati, 0„ bad made all necessary ar- rangements for tlio voyage across the after bidding them all good-bye and they all wishing me God speed, I left and started dcrry, arriving there at 12:50 with just barely time to get my trunk through the Custom House and catch the Tasting Co., at 40 Grc at Brunswick street. I arrived only to find ont that all tbe delegates had just started for a day's outing by rail and jaunting cars through the beautiful scenery which Dublin, but, however, by a train I could meet them all at Bray, which Is about twenty miles from Dublin, which 1, of . agreed to do at once, as thi would leave in about an hour. I started back to the hotel, and on the way I met Mr. B. McGlade, a bill post- er and advertising contractor of 14 Hawkins, near the Theatre Itoyal. He was delighted to meet me, and offered American Bill Posters' Association, which were all heartily given and warmly responded to, Mr. J. O. Rogers addressed the members and extended me a formal welcome In a nappy little address. Concluding which, he said: "I will ask you to drink with me tbe health of "tbe Associated Bill rosters e of Mr. Monk." {Ap- ty. The n the singing of "He's a Jolly Good Fel- low," which yoor humble servant re- sponded to as best he could, after