Billboard advertising (Mar 1895)

Billboar d qdvgrtterris^ The County Fair. It Is The Great, Universal. Popular PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH BY "BILLBOARD ADVERTISING CO. No. II IV. EIGHTH ST.. C INCINNATI, O. James H. Hennegan, Manager, ADVERTISING RATES. lay.; but bow we take in a ; 'f 1006' a day nd still nope to do better. ;** "Ai to our threat of withdrawing front be circuit, it is of no great importance, or all the object a circuit has in view is o prevent a conflict of dates, so that the hi bi tors may attend several fairi T. Turpiu of the Hamilton County Ohio wi,n _ lhe ir ffooda. It gi< 85 Fair. "There are not that many peoph in Ohio, but thousands come from Other States and many go several times which makes up the grand total,. Every ty in Ohio has a fall makes eighty-eight some of the counties have two as for in- stance, Clermont, tben there is the be] ong to a circu it. There is one unfair thing, though A woman, for instance, will make up a lot of Taney jellies and snch stuff and carry it around * - fair to fair, taking premiums every- it'«if or SUBSCRIPTION. the genuine producers of the stuff but it hardly looks right to let them thus take the prizes. Why, there are actually farmers who raise fancy stock for no there'arVscoreVof these. We have" wo ° tn " purpose than to exhibit it at fairs. j-, h n , IWi •mniliM In all , this eonnty tin put up i equal to the county fair-in fact superior to it in many ways. Country folks b o to the fair to meet friends and citv folks go to get a refreshing brnsh with theircountry cousins and thefreshair. Whilel admit you might see more wonderful things They will not sell a keep the same animals from year to year t-> coin money with at the fairs. They start in early in the season and work a circuit; getting often thousands of dol- eity gen e, ther really amusing as a county fair. It is a combin- ation of everything. There yon see fine horses fatpigs, sleek cattle, glossy sheep Pa- a Ills , also managis Haywards Opera o refer to the lo-called new poster in these columns .□ previous issues, dismissing it each time Kith but little attention as in oar estima- te and wholly devoid of real merit, it seemed to be, but a fad of the hour and as such destined to bnt short life. ■ Now that this style how- > great a degree of popularity and extended to other branch* es of graphic and decorative art, it de- serves more than passing notice. It is supposed to have been origin- ated by Anbrey fiiardsley in England, influenced in part by the pro- of Jules Cheret, whose wonder- incogiaphy have long i greatly at both ofthe artist ly influenced by Jap it may, the style was BILLBOARD ADVERTISING CO. No. 11 West Eighth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. It cannot be denied that its effect so far has been decidedly beneficial The collectors it has created, the exhibitions to which it has given rise, and the news- paper and magazine controversy and comment which it has excited, have di- rected public attention to the advertising effectively, such as they have heretofore. But now the time is at hand when further encroachment upon the dom of legitimate art should be promptly i effectually terminated It is original, no longer effective, g but utterly For the roost part it was promp jected by real artists, but a few ci with an o'er-weening fpndni the weird and fantastic took it up of collections ceeded in forcing it into favor which : ikg adopted to a very Its chief exponents in the United States are Edward Penfield of New York and Will. Bradley of Chicago, who have ky and £ycle; you see big 1 the choicest of fruits and d grains, and the modern machinery which has made farming en occupation for the aristocrat; you see it unless Speedily checked It bids fair the delicacies baked by the farmers' wives and thepretty fancy work madeby their daughters; you see the blushing girls, with their gawky beans, and the grangers and grangeresses. The side show with the Circassian beauty and the sea monster and the lemom.de and tight- rope walker and ice'cream and sword swallower and educated: pig and shell worker-all are there in their glory, and the man with whips to sell and the card writer and the city band, and, in fact, the whole world is there to aee it The connty fair is as immortal as Pnncb and Judy- 'It is curious to see the management of the faira pass back and forth from the hands of farmers to city men and back again—a continual fight I have been a director of the Carthage fair for about fifteen years io all. I went in first in 1870. There bad been no fair the year its purpose before and the society was badly demor- shall be glad aliied. The county owned the grounds to the coun- and every building was attached by tbt :r at Aubum N. Y. thinks B 1 spicey little sheet ifaat hi needed by bill posters. manager of the Planet Show Print Co. Sauford H. Robinson manager of the American Bill Posting Company of Phila- delphia, writes that Elder, Jenks St "Ra- borg are the best paste brush makers in g as it does from a of Mr. kobinson's standing and experi- Chas. H. Day, than whom there is no jrigbter or versatile member of the show- nan s world is conducting the singularly tfork'riramBtic News. sheriff. For several years we had to 10 ht . fighttokeepthemoneywetookin, The tioual attractions. He treasurer had to stand by the gate and in care of 509 Olive Sin heightened its inviting ai ires, nntil they have succeeded cing results far more hideous disturbing Hi- n anything their intique confreres ever dreamed This craae which at Erst promised ■me slight good by reason of its return o simple, expedient and primitive trest- The advent of March reminds us of the near approach of spring, the season which invariably brings with it a general opening np of business and an era of prosperity. The boards will soon be aflame with the circus bills^wbich togeth- er with the largely increased commercial patronage, which has recently been di 1 fast as taken 1 order to save it. I remember one year they pressed na so close the trees- urer would take the cash, band it to one lonld pass it along the man would hide it and so confused they could levy for it. One night of 509 Olive Street, St Lo uis, Mo. E.L Webster, city bill poster, at Sioux City.Jowa, is a member ot A. B> P. A. and manager Of Peavy Grand Opera House the sheriffs 1 erted to them, will bring joy to the tB ey nearly captured the money box, hearts of bill posters everywhere. Let but it was juggled aronnd and finally ns hope that the vision of bright promise came to me and I jumped into my buggy which is now breaking through >he with it and drove on a gallop to the gloom and darkness of financial disaster, county infirmary and hid it. We bad a commercial uncertainty and national hard time,but finally accumulated enough stagnation will prove to be the long cash to buy up all claims againat us at looked for sun which will speedily diasi- fifty cents on a dollar, pate tbe fogs of apprehension doubt and '^In those days we thought we were do- ing well if we took in f8oo for tbe ioni J. E. Montrose, who owns tbe boards it Rock Island, Ills., ■■ one of the more -nterpriiing members of tbe craft,