Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-22

If you have goods to sen advertise th
facts,
Hire man with . lampblack KEITH,
and brush to paint Your name ami
number on all the railroad fences. III,
cars 90 whlzzing BY 80 fast TINT no On,
can read them to be sure, but perhap
the conductor will be sobliging enough
to stop the tram for inquisitive psssen
gers.
! Remember the fences by the rosdsid,
,as well. Nothing is 90 attrsctiye Il
4 the passer-by az q we'll psintsd sign
"Mullington's Medical Mixture fol
Mumps."
Have Your cards on the hotel register
by all means. Strangers stopping q,
the hotel for the night generally buy d
cigar before leaving town. and they
need some inspiring literary food be
Z, sides.
Ifan advertising agent wants to ad.
vertise your business in q fancy frame
at the depot, pay him about two hun.
dred per cent. more than tits worth,
and let him put it there When man
has three quarters of q second in which
k T.
to catch train he invariably stops to
read depot advertisements, and yaur
card might take his eye.
/ OF course the street thermometer
dodge is excellent. When a mans fin
gers and ears are freezing, or he is puff.
ing at the heat, IS the time above all
others when he reads a thermometer adj
vertisement.
Print, in the blacklist ink, a great
sprawling card on all your wrapping
paper. Ladies returning from a shop
ping tour like to be walking bulletins,
and if the ink rubs off aud spoils some
of their finery, no matter.
Don't fail to advertise in every circus
programme. 1t will help the circus to
pay their bills, and visitors can relieve
the tedium of the clowns Jokes by look
ing over your interesting remarks about
"ten per cent. below cost" etc.
A boy with q big placard on a pole is
an interesting object on the streets, and
lends a dignifed air to your establish
ment. Hire a couple.
Advertise on calendar. People new
er look at calendar to see what day Of
the month it is. They merely glance
hnrriedly at it so as to be sure that your
name is spelled with or without "p,'
that's all.
When the breezes blow, waited by a
paper fan in the hands of pretty wo-
man, tits well to have the air redolent
with the perfume of the carmine ink in
which your business address is printed.
This will make the market for decent
fans brisk.
Patronize every agent that shows y0u
an advertising tablet, card, directory,
dictionary, or even an advertising bible,
If one is offered at reasonable price.
shows that you know where to invest
your money.
But don't think of advertising in
well-established, legitimate newspaper.
Not for moment. Your advertisement
would be nicely printed and would find
its way into all the thrifty households OF
the region, where the farmer, the me-
chanic, the tradesman. and others, live.
and into the families of the wealthy and
refned-all who have the articles to buy
and the money with which to buy them;
and in the quieto the evening, after the
news Of the day has been digested, it
would be read and pondcred, and the
next day people would come down to
your store and patronize you, and keep
coming in increasing numbers, and you
might have to hire an extra clerk or two,
move into larger block and more f;s-
vorable location and do bigger bust
ness: bnt, of course, it would be more
brings bigger profits.