Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-04
The Paint.Brush Friend.

A New York Snn reporter has been inter-
viewing some OF the artists who paint adver-
tisements on anything and everything, from a
rail fence to the most sublime points Of natural
sketches:
"My plan of working? Simply this: | lay
In Connecticut, and, following the lines of rail-
roads, take In all towns or 2 900 Inhabitants
ana over; OFTEN stop at smaller ones, If Well To-
Gated, taking in functions OF roads sometimes
where there are only 200 Inhabitants. When ]
get TO a town | buy enough paint to do the
work ! have laid our, put 1t all up In that
Town. and 60 on. We never carry our paints.
know all The dealers In all the towns OF any
SIZE. and can buy my stock right down. ID /
go on the country roads? Never. What's the
use OF putting up sign on road travelled by
seVenty-hVe or hundred farmers? We DuJ
ouT signs up along the railroads, where III Ju-
sands can see tlem, am d. see them daily.
MY last season route has The names OF - {
I IsSs anu stopped at good many not o. the
Ist, working around E0rJa and wo35 III the
summer make nay plans 20 strike the solth
py winter. and work north again Dy sDrln~.
nave painted over the VIII lie state Of Texas
I'VE times, and expect 20 De there again IN"
business amt what 1t p5e1 10 be. ] have gnr
as n1gh as nifty dollars Il wee, anu axna0S5.S
Ihst was at contract work. when we gor f3ur
auu I'VE cents FOR the square f0ot, NOW we
Only ger Two cents: bat Can make GOOD
wages at that, for l IN a last worker | can
paint sign twelve feet long, letters one foof
tan IN white and black ground, In eight min
Another renowned knight OF the paint DOT Is
!. NJ. Plum. now travelling for a soap m lnu.
1actuTer. He started as house painter. Times
were hard, ard. he took to the road with his
brush, thirteen years ago, and for eight wears
has been decorating the country with the
advertisement OF that firm. 81 put I'D SIGN
seventy-fiye feet long on Iona Island, in the
TUCSON. ne said, land literary man VINO
took trip to the island saw the sign thouyht
the name OF the soap was the name OF the is
iand, ana wrote three-Quafters OF column to
s rdao o newspaper Np about the beautiful
was made on the Pennsylvania railroad and a
sned was put up for depot. By the time the
s ss,l was done ! had the name OF the soap IN
Dig letters on 1t, and railroad men began to
cali the place by that name. For over a wear
when the trains stopped there the conductors
would call out SAN off for - Finally the
station was named, and they stopped adTertis-
oe seen three miles. The soldiers monument
there is on top Of a mountain When they
MgGe putting 1t up they had a big fence
could just reach half the length of the letters.
The period was as big as bushel basket. As
ong as 9ar th 16r fence was could read
trouble? No have had people let threaten eass a me
but they never have done anything. You see
prosecuting us for damaging scenery is nc.
Wsics or rather
Often, when have been painting, / have had
people try to stop me, but Igenerally got the
best Of, OF them In Williamsburg, one day was
putting neat sign on mans board fence. l
around when man hollers .Hey!" / daubed
away and he kept calling 'Hey' Finally be
came up. Ibid MT you hear me calling to your"
away. "Yes. was" he said, 'and want YOU
TO stop that painting This is my fence, and |
don't propose, to have it daubed up" NOW
tnats zoo bad" said; sd like to finish this
sign. 1t won't look well half done. Will Ito
Suppose You let me finish It," The man finally
gave In. "You don't want any bills stuck on
here, do you?" asked. "No. sir; not much, >
said he. well, then, suppose l put up post
no bills, on here too, said |. "All right he
said Tell you what, said l, 81 IL put post no
bills, On the other side, too, ii youn let me
pal-t sign there, and he agreed to that too. >