The billboard (July-Dec 1898)

14 THE BILLBOARD Letters to the Editor Covington. Tenn-, August 17. 1898. Editor of "The Billboard:" Since my last writing I nave done the fol- lowing work: Tacked signs for the Christian Piper Tobacco- Company. St. Louis. Mo.; Pyles' Pear line: Ballatd-Snow Liniment' Company, St. Louis, Mo.; Little's Liquid Sul- ' phur Company. St.. Louis. Mo.: American Tobacco Company (Old Virginia cheroots. Battle Ax and Duke's Mixture). I have posted 100 one-sheets for Hamlin's Wizard Oil. €5 sheets for Litteil's Liquid Sulphur Company, and 200 sheets for supply company. I have distributed 2.000 pieces for local dealers. 4,0v0 pieces for Simmons' Medical Company. St. Louis, for local druggists: S.UGO pieces for Hamlin's Wizard Oil Com- pany, 1.000 pieces for Ballard's Snow Lini- ment Company, £00 books for Litteil's Liquid Sulphur Company. Mr. E. E. Sutherland. President of tho Sutherland Medical Company, of Paducah, Ky.. wrote met "We are in receipt of your favcr of the 12th, and, as we have.jour name' constantly before us in the list of members of the I. A. of D., we write to assure you that when we .have any business to send out in vour line..'for the territory you cover, we will tend it direct to you." When such a large concern as the Suther- land Medical Company has the I. A. of D. members to do its work, it looks like we are O. K., and I think the balance of large ad- vertisers will soon follow the same was as the Sutherland Medical Company. Wishing "The Billboard" and I. A. of D. members success. I am, very truly. HOWARD N. HOLSHOUSER. ~Pueblo, Col.. August 18, 1893. Editor of "The Billboard:" I would like to ask the members of the I. A. of D., through your paper, if they think it right to suspend a member without one word in his defense. Your last issue stated that I was dropped fcr-nonpayment of dues. I wish to state that my dues were paid up to July 1. I wrote Mr. Steinbrenner in regard to th3 same, but before he had received my com- munication I was notified that Mr. Curran hud presented the bill of sale of the Puebto Bill Posting Company (in which I wa* ict r- ested) in the convention, and I was dropped on that account. I wish to state that the parties that I was interested with (Mr. Johnson and Mr. Bray- ton) did not sell to Curran. the distributing business. I carried on this distributng busi- ness before going into partnership with them. I paid for membership in the asso- ciation with my own money. I "also wish to state that I notified Mr. Steinbrenner when the boards were sold, and informed him that I would continue the dis- tributing business. 1 would like to hear from some of the members on this subject. I have proof of all I have said. Touis respectfully, JESSE MITCHELL. Melbourne. Victoria. July 14. 1898. Editor of "The BiLboard:" - It was with pleasure I received your very welcome letter of May 24. addressed to Sid- ney and forwarded to me here. I do not think 1 shall make as many citits in Australia. Tasmania and New Zealand as I had expected, as I shall not have time. I am thinking of going back on the next steamer, which sails August 1. I shall de- cide in the next few days. I did not allow myself half time enough to cover Australia properly. Everything but time moves- slowly in Australia. Merchants want a week or so to think over any prepo- sition. - I would give you my future address, but I am not sure at this writing which way I shall go from here. Very respectfu'ly. JOHN MOORE. Brownsville, Tex., August 18, 1898. Editor of "The Billboard:" Gentlemen—We hope this will reach you in time for publication in your special number. We have done distributing since April for the Dr. Miles- Medical Company, the Dr. Kilmer Medical Company and the Wells- Richardscn Company, and have made con- tracts for fall work with Dr. Burkhart, Lyd<a E. Pinkham Medical Company. Ham in's Wizard: Oil Company and Chattanooga Med- ical Company, and hope to have work from Syrup, of Figs. Also are waiting for the Ster- ling Remedy Company—both distribution and bill posting. Have built up a line of bill boards from a one-sheet to a twenty-sheet poster in the principal streets and locations, such as parks, ferries, wharves, at Browrs- ville and Pt. Isabel. Sincerely yours. VALLE & BROS. ADVERTISING CO. Dayton. O.. August 12, 189S. Editor of "The Billboard:" I bee leave to submit to you for pub' ication the following: I have lust completed my sixth dlstributin for the Dr. Chase Company, and have con- tracts with the Dr. David Kennedy Corpora- tion. Kondon Manufacturing Company, Lyd*a E. Pinkham Company. Dr. Burkhart. Chat'a- nooga Medical Company, and prospects gold with other firms for -fall and winter work. I would also state for the benefit of distrib- utors who are thinking of joining the I. A. of D. to come in at once, as I would not part with, my membership for twenty times the cost. Wishing you and your pubKcation suc- cess, I am, very truly vours. JAMES B. MCONNON. Butte. Mont. Editor of "The Billboard:" Here is another important case of interest to bill posters: W. E. Kendrick. of Butte. Mont., sold out his interest in the bill posting business to his partner. C. A. Harnois. He agreed not to post or distribute' any bills, tack any signs. or paint any bulletin boards in- Butte or in the county, either by himself or in a com- pany or corporation, or to encourage any one r else to' go into the business, for a period of twenty years. Before the ink was dry on the document of agreement he said he intended to return to the business, and succeeded in getting his wife, John McGuire and another party to open up a. shop. Kendrick flew high, ard boldly announced himself a manager, even going so far as to build a big bcaid 4:0 ftet long, on which he painted several adve.tlse- ments. Then he tried to palm it off as as a sign board. He went still further, and suc- ceeded in landing a small Job of posting. C. A. Harnois had injunction proceedings brought against him, and proved to the satis- faction of the court that Mr. Kendrick's ac- tions should be stopped, which was done. Now, Mr. Kendrick is studying law. to see what other dirty work he can spring up. As a witness he went so far as to te!l the Judge that other people might call a big sign like he had painted a bulletin board, but that he called it a sign. Since the trial he's been good. . Please define the term "bulletin board" as it is used in bill and bulletin board adveits- ing. MONTANA BILL POSTING AND AD-SIGN SERVICE. Editor's Ncte.—A bulletin board is a beard conspicuously placed, upon which ad-igns are painted. It is owned by an advert T sing company, and space on it is rented to adver- tisers. If the advertiser ownes the boards it is a sign. Omaha. Neb., August 18, 1S38. The Editor of "The Billboard:" In reply to yours of the 15th icst., will Fay that it was by accident that we sent for "Tlve Billboard" to get the list of fairs, as we hai quite a surplus of animals here, and are put- ting out a show to-day to go to the Western fsi>s. hence I send you program. In jeply will say that the Trans-Mississippi Exposi- tion is a success which goes without saying. Our July business went ahead of June, an! so far August has doubled in receipts, and is second only to the World's Fair. The on'y trouble-was they did not advertise it enough, and neither did they have cheap railr-ad fares- soon enough, but the war is over and crops are good, and the farmers are getting good prices, all of which will make it a suc- cess from now on. W. W. Cole and wife and Louis E. Cook are here. The former and his wife seem to be taking in the exposition thoroughly. The latter is here in the Inter- ests of the Buffalo Bill Show, which is he:e August 30 and 31. I am doing a little busi- ness here for the Barnum & Bailey Shew. Just received a cablegram from Mr. Bailey this morning of one hundred words, which co t him the small sum of $34. He wants all the features and everything that is new in America to astonish all.Europe with for 18S9. and, as usual, he is in a hurry, as ever. If nothing happens to prevent. I think I will take a trip abroad this winter. Hope you will make up your mind to pay a visit to the expositicn. and, should you do so. I will try and see that you visit all the shows on the Mid-way. With kind regards and best wishes. I am, yours very truly, E. D. COLVIN. Advertisers'.Expcsition. An exposition is necessarily an advertis- ing exposition, but an "advertising exposi- tion" is not necessarily an exposition. At least, one now organizing in England, and which will open in London April 13 next, is a. "somewhat different kind." To be exact, it is absolutely unique in the way of expositions. It will be nothing more nor less than an ex- hibition of advertising media.. Mr. S. H. Benson, the London advertising agent, outlines the scope of exhibits as fol- lows, viz.: 1-—BILL POSTING. Lithographed posters, zinc posters, alumi- num posters, -wood-cut posters, -wood-type posters, and classified particulars of service, boarding stations, etc. 2.—SIGNS. Painted signs and bulletins, embossed signs, carved signs, hand-painted show cards, trans- parencies, muslin banners and sandwich-men. 3.—HAND-BILLS. Circulars, samples, almanacs, booklets, pamphlets, leaflets and tabulated and classi- fied particulars of distributing them to se- lected addresses or from house to house. 4.—BOOK AND NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRA- TION. Wood engraving, electros, stereos, process blocks, color printing. 5.—NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING. There will be an exhibition of British, Co- lonial and foreign newspapers, arranged in sections geographically: also of tabulated statements prepared with a view to facilitate the selection by advertisers of the classes of papers and periodicals most suited to their needs, and to show them at a glance the ap- proximate expenditure that would be required to cover stated areas in town and provincial papers of various classes. 0.—DESIGNS FOR SALE. Designs for posters, designs for newspaper advertisements, (exhibited by the artists.) 7.—COMPETITIONS. For the best current advertisement In each class; for the best suggested ditto. 8.—MISCELLANEOUS. (a) Cbromolithography and letterpress print- ing, show cards, pamphlets and leaflets, col- lotype work, colored photographs: (b) enam- eled Iron plates, tin plates, zinc tablets: (c) electrical signs, cinematographs, biograpbs: (d) opal tablets, fancy glass and xylonite tablets, enameled, metal, celluloid and other letters: (e) railway station advertising, om- nibus and tram advertising, provincial car- riers' van advertising: (f) automatic advertis- ing machines, revolving advertisers, advertis- ing clocks, puzzles and novelties of all de- scriptions, window dressing novelties and dis- plays; (g) personal house-to-house canvassing and other street advertising appliances; (h) exhibition stalls and show-cases. "The Billboard" has written for further particulars of the exposition, which we will present in our October Issue. We think they might be profitably introduced in America, especially if held at New York or Cincinnati. Distributors' Notes. It will pay any distributor in any town of 1.000 inhabitants and over to belong to The International Association of Distributors. Dr. W. S. Burkhart of Cincinnati deserves the thanks of all distributors for his unre- mitting efforts to defeat the tax on free sam- ples. It was due to Dr. Burkhart's efforts solely that the rule exempting them was is- sued. Distributors who desire portrait cuts of themselves for use on letter heads are in- vited to write the American Process Engrav- ing Co., Butler Building. Cincinnati. The election of O. P. Fairrhild, of Coving- ton. Ky., to the Treasuryshlp of the 1. A. of I>. gives universal satisfaction. - J. T. Hudson. I. A. of D. member at Pitts- burg, has gone to England. He was callt-d hence by the serious illness of his father, who is not expected to live. Geo. W. Vansyckle. greatly improved in health by his trip on the lakes, is now so- journing with relatives at Scranton. Pa. H. T. Hayes, representing the Dr. Chase Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., was a "Billboard" caller Aug. 2. Mr. Hayes will shortly glad- den the hearts of the Pacific Coast distrib- utors. He will arrive at San Francisco with a earlcad of advertising matter early in Oc- tober. Distributors generally should bear in mind that it is useless for them to apply for mem- bership in the I. A. of D. unless they exercise personal supervision over the town whose franchise they seek. This means that you must, actually live in the said town, or at least maintain an office there, which you visit dcily. Every large advertiser in the country reads "The Billboard" regularly every month. We know, too, that they read it thoroughly, ads and all. For this reason, every distributor should keep a small, ad. in every issue, giving his name and address. It will pay. We frequently have inquiries from distrib- utors for a list of firms who advertise by house-to-house distribution. There are numer- ous lists published, but they are 'mostly catch-penny affairs, and very unreliable at that. The only one that we can unreservedly rec- ommend is the one compiled by W. H. Stein- brenner. It is comprehensive, accurate and complete. Unfortunately, however, it is not for sale. It is given free to members of the I. A. of D., and is designed exclusively for their use. Unattached distributors can not procure it If. however, they will take the trouble to watch the tips in "The Billboard" and copy them into a memorandum book each month they will scon have a very acceptable list ot their own making. Such a list Is worth many times the cost and trouble it takes to compile. The following firms are sending out mat- ter for house-to-house distribution this month, viz.: Kessler & Kessler. Clayton, Mich. Chattanooga Med. Co., Chattanooga. Tenn. Kondon Manufacturing Co., Minneapolis Minn. Dr. W. S. Burkhart. Cincinnati. O. Sterling 'Remedy Co., Indiana Mineral Springs. Ind. Dr. Chase Co.. Philadelphia. Pa. Dr. Miles' Med. Co.. Elkhart. Ind. E. E. Sutherland, Paducah, Ky. Wells-Richardson Co.. Burlington. Vt. Van Camp Packing Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis. Mo. A. C. Meyer & Co.. Baltimore. Md. The Bon Aaime Co., 100 Williams street New York. F. T. Hopkins. 37 Great Jones street. New York. Columbia Med. Co., 1224 F. street.. Wash- ington, D. C. Hop Plaster Co., 34SA Washington street. Boston. Facial Balm Co.. Sioux Falls. S. Dak. American Remedy Co., Arcade Building. Cleveland, O. French Drug Co., 3S1 Pearl street. New York. Co-operative Med. Co.. Huntington, W. Va. Thos. H. Tarbox. 44 Hoskins street. Provi- dence. R. I. The Standard Chemical Co.. 161G Cherry street, Philadelphia, Pa. Subscribe for- "The Billboard." One year- one dollar. You get It quicker and more reg- ularly. Mention "The Billboard" in writing to ad- vertisers. W. H. Steinbrenner. Secretary of The Inter- national Association of DlEtributors. visited his mother at Fort Wayne, Ind., after the Chicago convention. We receive daily inquiries from young men who contemplate embarking in the business of house-to-house distributing. As a iu>. they wish to know how to make a success ot the business. We have answered these In- quiries by mail up to this time, but the cor- respondence is becoming burdensome. For the benefit of those who -desire information on this point, we always, on general princi- ples, advise the new man not to start. Es- pecially, too, we advise it. if there Is already a man in the field In which the proposed start is to be made. Nothing seems so easy to do, but in fact few things are more difficult to accomplish A paying business as a distributor takes years to build up and establish. You muEt be pa- tient, plodding and honest. You must make every piece count, every time. No rule can be formulated, and there Is no special eys- ttm which invariably leads to success. We can not, nor can anyone else, Impart any rule or any set or rules that will insure a successful outcome. We believe that nothing but adaptabillty for and long experience In'the business ever wins. Numerous complaints about the Sterling Remedy Company have been received at th s office. Frank VanCamp, the advertising manager r.f the VanCamp Packing Comnay, says- "The sending and giving Jaway of samples is without a doubt, the best method of adver- tising we have found, ahd beats evetything elEe combined. There's np getting arotind the fact." he continued, "that when pe pin get to taste a thing, they get an Idea of If which no ad. on earth could ever linpait to them." '■»■• Dr. Burkhart. of Cincinnati, has wiit'en .1. A. Clougll. of Chicago, one of the strong- est letteis of indoisenunt It has ever been cur pleasure to read. We regret we have mil !'•.<•« to reproduce it. but we can te tlfy that dough's service is all right. So Is Clough. John H. Owen, of Detroit, writes that things are coming his way. Dr. Pleice i f Buffalo, is going to use I. A. cf D. memb-ih heieafler, Lays Owen. MOSES WOLF Dies Fsrm'Injuries Received Aueest 9th— He was the WeU-Krown BJIpostir of Dayton, Ohio. (Special . Correspondence.) Mr.ses Wolf, the well-known bill poster, who was stiuck by a train August 9. at the Fifth street crcsslng. died: at an early "'hour en the l.th. at his late home,'No.-124 South Jefferson street. Dayton, O. • •'--•• He was taken'to-the Deaconess Hospital wh- re every measure known In surgical sci- ence was resorted to'ln:,hopes of saving h- - s life, but to.no avail., SeyeraI,,of the leading phvslciang. .cf-Daytpntfere called Into con- sultation en the'lsth. and. after'carefu'ly diaencsing his case; determined to" petferm an- operation. to relieve the seclusion of the bowels. • This opeiaticn is the most delicate know In surgery. '-"-■-. On thenlgtit of the 16th Drs. BifteWr Weaver and -Beeves, Jr., performed this work, but the patient was too weak, and suc- cumbed to the Inevitable. ~ The deceased was In his fifty-second year unmarried, and had been engaged In the bill pesting business In Dayton. O., for the past th»Tty-five years. Funeral services were held Frldav. August 19. and interment was made in Riverview Cemetery. The burial was private. Editor's Note.—William- Worf owned the boards at Dayton. O.. and the death of Moses who was simply employed by his brother' will not affect the business. There will be no change whatever. Not Necessarily. ^Printers' Ink for Aug. 10 prints the foiiow- THE BILLBOARD. . : cj,. . „ . Berlin. N. H., July 19. 1S9S. Editor of Printers' Ink: I am about to open advertising and distrib- uting agency for Coos Co. with head office here. I have looked over several copies of Printers Ink and can not find the names of any advertising and distributing agencies. Cculd you furnish the names of a few of these companies? DEAN S. PAINE. An advertising and distributing agency" i-. a concern that posts bills and distributes samples and circulars. A number of these advertise in "The Billboard." published at Cincinnati. O.—Ed. P. I - •The Editor of Printers' Ink Is in error. An advertising and distributing agency" Is a concern that makes a business of distributing samples, circulars, etc., from house to house and tacks up tin signs. EIII posting Is handled by bill posters ex- clusively. Some bill posters also distribute and tack signs, but many do not. VALUABLE. No BiHposting Plants for Sale. W. E. Franklin, the well-known showman, has been trying to purchase a bill pontine p.ant fcr the past three months. He nan written here, there and everywhere. He hai offered the most liberal prices, and agreed 11 pay spot cash, but all to no purpose. No one wants to sell. This is proof conclusive that b.n posting is a profitable and pleasant call- ing. Posters in Cuba. The New Yoik Journal, with 1 rommandablo enterprise, but unroitunate choice of lan- guage, inaugurated a poster assault on the dead-walls of Santiago de Cuba the day aft r it capitulated..- • ' ^T h . e . oId c "y B,ld outlying districts were thickly plastered with posters advertising the Journal. General Shafter Immediately oidered them covered, and covered'you may be sure they were in short order. General Shelter objected to the lnflamatory head- line, . - - "HEMEMnER THE MAINE." • which was featured on each poster, and feared that It might Incite violence. It was the language, and not the posters:-that was objectionable. . - - •• THE BILLBOARD 15 A. J. LOVEJOY. Superintendent B.-ef Cattle, Illinois State Fair. ADVERTISING MEN Branch Out for Themselves Aftir Many Years cf Experience. Mr. William C. Van Loon and Mr. Charles L. Doughty, who had been identified with the Parvln & Doughty Advertising Agency, Cin- cinnati, for many years, severed their con- nection with that concern Aug. 13. Both were stockholders In the company. Mr. Van Loon had been the Secretary for about fifteen years and Mr. Doughty had served as Treasurer of the company for fully seventeen years. Both are among the best-known and most suc- cessful newspaper advertising men in the country. Mr. Van Loon has secured an of- fice in the Oriel Building, on Vine street, above. Fourth street, and will continue in the newspaper advertising business on his own hook Mr. Van Loon is a very pleasant gen- tleman, as well as an expert in that business, and, having a host of friends among mer- chants and manufacturers. Is bound to suc- ceed. Mr. Doughty will retire from active business for a time and take a much-needed rest, after many years of continuous hard work Read the Advertisements. The subscriber who fails to read and care- fully examine the advertisements in his trade Journal frequently misses the valuable infor- mation contained in it. and thus sometimes loses opportunities of the highe. t importance to him as a business man, says the Keystone. The advertisements are. in fact, communi- cations on business subjects addressed direct- ly to each reader of the journal, and a careful business man would as soon think of neglect- ing his morning's mail as of skipping the ad- vertisements in his trade paper. It is in the advertisements that he must seek all that is new. useful and profitable in his line of trade. He must not stop at that however. .When he finds an announcement that inter- ests him he should follow it up by acting upon it. by corresponding with the advertiser and learning all there is to learn about it. SHE PAINTS ROCKS. Bill Posting and Circus Paste Brush. The Extra Mikado Brush is the best made; constructed of ALL Pure Black China Bristles imported by us for the purpose, and especially pre- pared under a formula known only to ourselves. We guarantee that our CHINA BRISTLES are more elastic and more durable than any other; consequently- our MIKADO Brush will wear longer AND DO BETTER WORK than anv other brush made ALL OUR MIKADOS ARE GUARANTEED. They are copper wired" with heavy metal edge protectors and are great paste holders. Used by Barnum, Forepattjjh and other leading shows, and highly recom- mended by Mr. R. C. Campbell, Chicago. Send the price and K et a sample. . mi 9 Inches Wide. No. 10, 4-o. .5*6 in. louj{ f2S.co per doz. No. io, 6-o. .$% in. long, heavy No. io, 7-0. 5*6 in. long, ex. heavy No. io, 9-0. .5% in. loiijj, tx. ex. heavy. RENNOUS, KLEINLE & CO..Sole ManufacturYre, EeltTrctn.t'd £32.50 per doz... £34.00 per doz... .f42.cx>per doz. £2.50 each. £3.25 each. fe-50 each. £4.00 each. * Bill Poster The English counterpart of The riM.BO.ARD. Subscription 50 cents per year, post free, may be sent to 127 East Eighth St., Cincinnati, O Billposters and Distributors -SEND FOR- Henmegan's date Book. The neatest and best ever issued. PRICE - - SO CENTS. Benneoan&Co/SSr 0SWE60 N. Y. A,so Sodus - Pulaski, Water. 1 " town, Minetto, Phoenix, F. E. MUNR0E, Fulton and Mexico Best of Bill Poster and Distributor, references. ROBERT H. C0BLINS, Distributor, ft 310 Middle Street. NEW BEDFORD, MASS. W. H. DONALDSON, By appointment OFFICIAL SOLIC- ITOR to THE ASSOCIATED BILL- POSTERS, is prepared to undertake the placing of posters in any city, town or village in North America. CONSULTATION FREE. Address, 1A/. H. DONALDSON, 127 East Kighth St., Cincinnati, O. The Trust. Many of the leading billpo'ters of the countrv are deeply interested in Wilshire's scheme. I.e. has received assents from Chicago. Al^wny s-t. Louis. Minneapolis. St. Paul. Jersey City. Lex- ington. Louisville. Richmond, etc.. etc. The American Adv. Billpostiui; Co. of Chicago wntes : • Think you are going about the thing >ti the light way. Enclosed please 6nd assent signed. Let ui hear from you fully." - L, H. Kamsey writes: "I have for s.vcral yeara thought that a consolidation ol the large cine* upon an equitab.e basis would be a K^od thing." Falls City Billpostine Co.: "We would be willing to entertain lavorably your proposi- ti Breslauer says: "I have signed on condi- tion of half stock and half cash, and I to manage." - J. Ballard Carroll: 'You can count on Al- baiiy.kenssalaer, Watervlcit, Ttoy. Cohoes." J. K. O'Mealia : -Your prospectus to hand: Plan seems feasible, and undoubtedly would be a big thing if accomplished. You have a good idea of the matter, and if it could be worked out would certainly be a success." St. Louis Bill Posting Co.: "We have your letters, etc., relative to the consolidation of the bill posting business. Our stockholders have the same under consideration, and would probably think favorably or it If enough of them would go Into it to assure a success. W. S. Burton & Co., of lilchmond, Va.: "Dear Sir.—We have looked over your propo- sition, and are or the opinion that it can be made a success, and we are willing to lend ourselves to the cause to bring It to the suc- cess which It merits. While of course we have no opposition at present and no outlook or any. we do not think wc own the best plant in the world, and would be willing to take a talr price for It as a cash sale or part cash and part stock, or all stock, everything being satisfactory to us; that Is. we would expect to be In the current of the tide at all times with any or all the rest of the stockholders." L-. N. Scott, of St. Paul: "Yours of tho 28th ult. at hand, and I note that you are the initiator of the scheme for consolidating the . bill posting plants In the large cities of this country. As soon as you can demonstrate to me that there Is any possibility of the scheme being consummated, I will be willing to put my plant In, as I wrote you before, 011 a basis of half cash and half stock, providing we can agree upon a satisfactory price for my plant. 1 do not care to furnish any of the details re- quested in your circular until It looks as though there was a sure thing of doing busl- Young Woman Finds Employment Painting Display Advertisements. There is in Ohio a young woman who has .made a grand success in advei Using. She works out of doors and paints advertisements on the sides of barns, on roofs, and on sign boards. She is not afraid of a scaffold or a ladder, and will scale a rope ladder up a mountain side and work there with her brush and her paint for hours at a time if her con- tract calls for it. She is perfectly fearless, and enjoys her work. She went to Cleveland for a tobacco company, and with her pencil, rule, brushes and paint she assumed control of the side of a brick building and began her work. During the day hundreds of people stopped and dis- cussed her and her occupation. She didn't pay the slightest attention to the lookers-on, but continued her work in the most business- like fashion until 5:"0, when she surveyed the result of her labors in the most calm and dis- passionate way, and made ready to return to her hotel. Her working costume consists of a service- able skirt, a jumper of blue cloth and a cap which she manages to pull well down over" her face In order to keep oft sunburn. She wears mittens to protect her bands, which are said to be very pretty. She began her out-of-door advertising work about four years ago, and she has traveled over a great deal of the Western country in company with her uncle, who is in the same business, and who was her Instructor. Those who know her say thot she is an ed- ucated woman, with refined taste. She en- joys her work, for it gives her an opportunity to travel, allows her to keep a good deal by herself instead ot mixing with companions, who might not be congenial, and yet whom she would be forced to be pleasant and cour- teous to, and, above all. It pays her well. So who shall blame her for doing the best she ran? She certainly does not fear competition from many other women.—Boston Herald. Addenda to Fairs. nUT.VNAVILLR. TKSN. — Havwioa Countv Kiir. 0-t.37to_>v» J R Head, pres; I. Kel senMnl. tre.-is.: \V. Halliburton, sec.; W. R. " HMbrootc mgr. adv. WINCH8STBK. IND — Randolph County Fair. S-pt iQto 21 O. H Birllhill. sec. l'lKRSOV. IND —Vie 1 County Fair. Sept. s6 to Oot. 1. B. T. Bctrd, sec. TAI'PAHANNOCK. IND— Sept 7 to 9. B. B Brockcnbo'igh. pres.; C. 11. Newbill, sec , Cen- tre Cross. Va. BKLLKVII.LK, MO.—street Fair. Sept. sS to^o DUBLIN, CA.—Laurens, Johnsou and Wilkin son Counties Fair (colored). Septt ruber. Let's Talk It Over. There is no hurry. If it is a good thing it will be just as good six months or a year frcm now. In the meantime, let us th'nk it over, examine into it and discuss it thor- oughly. I think that *1 The United States Bill posting Co. Will eventually prevail. I think it is cne of the grand- est things that was ever conceived to benefit billposters. I think that if the billposters of the country will all gel together in one firm or company that that company would be a stronger and more powerful company than the Sugar Trust and a better payer than Standard Oil. I bzlieve every billposter will treble the ear capacity of his plant if he will put it in the Trust, will bz glad to answer all inquiries and arguments. Address, Los Angeles, Cal. H. G. WILSHIRE 'Sf