Paramount Pep (1923)

10 Paramount Pep Time Coupled With Effort — Buffalo Breezes By “Pat” Miss Fanny Buxbaum, in charge of our Contract Department, “blossomed out” in one of those King Tut creations the other day. You know what we mean — one of those basque effects, with dancing Egyptian maidens and hieroglyphics from the Loves of Pharaoh imprinted all over it. The Egyptian lore seems to have permeated the entire office. Earl Brink, the next Benedict, is wearing a King Tut tie. Mr. James A. Clark, Accessories Sales Representative, was with us for two weeks in the interest of Accessories Sales, with a view of increasing the Advertising Activities. Activities is the word, for he certainly did make things hum. Incidentally, Miss Mack is still wondering which end of the Panama Canal is the west end. You tell her, Jim. A messenger boy delivering a telegram was instructed to give it to “that handsome gentleman over there.” He looked all around the office, walked over to the Booking Department and handed it to Clayton Pfeiffer. The telegram was for Bob Williams. Who gave those instructions? Listening In : Mr. Williams: How many heralds could you use if I gave them to you gratis? Mr. Exhibitor: Oh, about ten thousand. Mr. Williams: Well, the price is $3.00 per thousand, but I’ll let you have ten thousand for $20.00. Mr. Exhibitor: All right. Send them C. O. D. Result : Exhibitor who never uses heralds, buys ten thousand at quantity price schedule. -V ■*} Columbus Column By “Abie” Krimmel Mr. Mel A. Shauer and Mr. D. F. Hynes came to see us Monday. We all enjoyed their visit and hope they will come back again soon. Mr. A. D. Wayne has left us temporarily to work out of the Detroit Exchange. Mr. J. J. McCabe from New York is taking over Zone 2 while Mr. Wayne is away. The furniture for our projection room has arrived— in time to doll it up for Easter, too. Mr. Shoemaker is pretty careful when he lets down the awnings nowadays, because Leo got a nice shower bath the other day when he got swift. Our Old Friend Bill The above photo is that of our good friend and worker, Wm. C. Winship, now Branch Manager of our Office in Mexico City. Bill, as most of us know, was formerly from the Los Angeles Exchange, and his slogan was “Good things come to those who work.” His contention was realized when E. E. Shauer, Director of our Foreign Department, called upon Mr. Winship to serve in this important capacity in our neighboring country, Mexico. Meighan and Bux to Ireland? PEP happened to be listening in on a telephone conversation between Tom Meighan and Harry Buxbaum, District Manager at New York. Tom poured out the good news to Bux that McSweeny, John McCormick’s manager, was contemplating taking Tommy and Bux on a tour of Ireland. Commenting on the proposed tour Bux said, “It will be kind of nice to go back and see all the old folks.” Any further details on this trip will be given exclusively thru the columns of PEP. Australia Forms Paramount Club Australia now has a Paramount Club and judging from the enthusiasm of Albert Deane’s letter to the Editor, it promises to be a huge success. The first outing was held on the 27th of February and on that day the whole of the head office and New South Wales Branch closed shop and went down to Clifton Gardens for the day. This beautiful harbor spot was the scene of a gala affair that day. John W. Hicks fostered the formation of the club after he had witnessed personally the success and cooperative feeling it had brought about in our own country. A hearty welcome to our brother Paramount Club in Australia and if it enjoys one-half the success our own club has, it will easily reach the one hundred per cent mark.