, 1860-12-03
The Advertising Rooms of the London
Times.
A correspondent has the following in rela-

Times.
A correspondent has the following in rela-
tion TO the advertising rooms:
"Tun 10 the counter; there is wide snacc
beyond, and many clerks, writing, always
writing. Four favored or unfayorcd ones-xc
know not how to dcom it-sit on thrones be-
hind the counter, to take the tribute Of the
advertising suppliants- these four We
may choose our oracle and lndge, but It mat
tiers little whom VIC take How silent Ia the
room; scarce any sound, but the c1ink of
money and the low uttered flats Of these
tlroncd ar0itcrs Of advertisers fates. OF no
avail rcmonstrancc here; the advertisement
has hardly reached their hands -scarce1y-has
tlmo enough elapsed to skim it over before the
quiet ntterance Of their judgment; If one
should venture to remonstsate at the charge,
his lines are given back, and the next conner
served no ,vords-thcy hare no time for
mean, Of course, in the husicr portion Of the
day-from eleven till two. And how tusc
doth breed hahit In mani these rercmr-
tory petty officers OF the Times rarely or never
CIT; seldnm will the printed lines fail to bear
out their charge; their practiced eye fathoms
the mysteries Of every conceivable chirog1a-
ply, and like aeers Of tho mighty press, q field
Of the type rasl,cs black on their sight, soon
Us their wild orb rests upon the scrawl.
And how tue pile Of advertisements grow By
their side. As they take them, they give .
printed acknowledgements theadvcrtiser, and
he then beholds his composition, impaleI with
others which hare preceded, upon wire As
Te look into the business OF this office, we
wonder where It is to end. Already In the
London season, when the town Is full, the
7smSs issues, not unfrequenily, ten pages Of
closely printed advertisements, Of six columns
cacll. and cacl, column long ono. Yet there
are always enough on hand fer several days to
rome; an advertiser cannot expect to see his
week from tho period that he gives it In. We
ask ourselves why people will consent to wait
50 long; WHY laMpcr still this Qyen,rown
fayorita of fortune, paying duties to tho gov
crumcnt, as 1t does, for advertisements and
stamps aud paper, alone amounting to $500, 600
annually, besides giving livelihood to so
many, many fanliiit79
Old Mr. Walter took the tide in his affairs,
Indeed, and it led On to fortune; lis doubtful
venture of not eighty years ago las grown into
British Institution, apd tbs 7tnusscems fixed
upon rock, firm as ndama1lt. It Is the fashion
-"not to know it argues ones self unknown ~
in Britain, If the people will give the prefer
cnco to the Times, aud read It's pages, cvcn il
it costs selfdenial In other Literary walks, we
must not wonder at the advertiser q choice and
patience, Other Journals address particular
professions, trades, or sects, or castes, and
they who speak to snch alone, use them for
thpir puEpoaee; but the Ting cutters tor Eng
land collectively: for high and low, rich and
poor; for the tradcsnan and the noble; the
mechanic, the farmer, the merchant, and the
manufacturer, alike; and he who would fish In
this tremendous sea does we'll to hang his balt
on one Of the innunerahlc hooks which danglc
from tue pole In Printing House Square.