The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1908)

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THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 63 tractive side lines and offer this trade unlimited opportunities. If nature has endowed you with push and ambition, make use of these gifts ana quit crying "poor business," but get a move on. No man can be a success who sits still and waits for trade to come to him. Nothing will sell Itself. The old saying, "The man who would in business rise, must either bust or advertise," is very much to the point, and should be taken to heart. ber 1 began to distribute a "New Process" blade, which met with immense success from its introduction, due to the fact that a superfine steel, made from a new Gillette formula, was utilized. Secondly, a new tempering process was introduced and new automatically regulated machines were manufactured for sharpening both edges, giving every blade powerful pressure and producing a keen and enduring edge, each cutting edge on every blade being perfect, and possessing OVER THREE MILLION SOLD. Gillette Safety Razors Have Proved a Boon to That Number of Men Within the Last Three Years — A "New Process" Blade Put on the Market in September and Its Chief Features. During the past three years over three million Gillette Safety Razors have been sold to men who have found that comfort, convenience and economy were all combined in this little shaving device, which at its inception was purchased by many because of its novelty — and since which time to them and to the new buyers it has become a necessity, many men stating that they would not take twenty times its price, provided another could not be found. "When King C. Gillette invented his razor, the principal feature of which was the Gillette blade, he brought out the first new idea in razor blades in more than 400 years — a dcuMe-edged, flexible hlade, which, placed in the Gillette holder, becomes a concave shaving edge, being adjustable for a close or an easy shave by a slight turn of the handle to the right or left, the only adjustable razor blade on the market. Millions of Gillette blades have been sold and hundreds of thousands of voluntary testimonials have been received by the makers, and yet it was not deemed best by this company to rest on past laurels, with the result that during the past few years experiments have brought about improvements in the manufacture of the Gillette blade, to the end that this company on Septem ess" blades are so superior in every particular to any blades ever produced that each blade will give many more delightful shaves than has ever been experienced, no matter how satisfactory the user's previous experience with the Gillette has been. These "New Process" blades are finished with a high polish, much easier to clean after using, since dust and moisture do not cling to them, which rendere them practically immune from rust, and were an instantaneous success when PATENTED LiCENSED-ONLY-FOR-ORIGINAi QuseQ in O GILLETTEHOLDER NOTTO-BE-RESHARPENED a degree of keenness not possible to produce by any other process. Therefore, although the blades are paper-thin, they have the utmost endiirance and survive any kind of service, whether in daily contact with the critical user's coarse stubble, or the college boy's soft down. Of course the cause of the original success of the Gillette blade still pertains to the "New Process" blades, the feature ot which is — No Stropping, no Honing. Each of the "New Proc o o NO STROPPING -NO HONING V .... ^^z. placed on the market during the past month, because of their greater durability, which means a lessening to the already low cost of a daily shave with the Gillette Safety Razor, beyond the efficient and satisfactory results derived from the use of same. The "New Process" blades are packed in a unique uickel-plated box which seals itself hermetically every time it is closed, making an absolutely damp-proof protection to the blades. To the dealer the "New Process" blades offer an added profit, and the company will be very glad to have you address them, asking them for particulars, terms, etc., mentioning this publication. It doesn't pay to advertise unless you are able to deliver the goods. A GENUINE SOaETY CRAZE Society in all the large cities has taken up the PASTIME PUZZLES FOR ADULTS Even President Roosevelt himself has spent hours over these wonderful picture puzzles. FOR ADULTS PASTIME PICTURE PUZZLES a« made only by PARKER BROS., Inc. Of Salem, Mass., the makers of PIT, PING-PONG, DIABOLO and other Games of World-Wide Fame. RetaU at 50 cts., $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 up to $7.50 each. NET Wholesale, $3.50, $7.50, $10.80, $15.00 per dozen. YOU CAN MAKE MONEY OUT OF PASTIME WRITE TO-DAY FOR SAMPLES PARKER BROTHERS, Inc. 12th Floor, Flatiron Building, NEW YORK SALEM, MASS.