Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-11

The Candy Butchers.
From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
George Allanson, the railway newsman who
has thirty-five newsboys. or '.candy butchers, y
as they are called on the road, invited W,scon-
sine, to come in and see him - settle up" Re-
spending, the reporter found himself in store
room on South Water strickland such room
Was 1t book store? Yes, and a fruit store, a
cigar store, fancy goods store. a candy store,
notion store, a news depot. jewelry store, a
picture gallery. and toy shop in addition.
Bananas. oranges, nuts. shawl straps tobacco
and cigars, toys. Indian relics newspapers,
periodicals, novels, picture-books and every
thlng was piled up neatly. yet with beMilderng
promiscuousness which fairly foored the visitor
He was more bewEdered when young man
buslly engaged in unpacking box yelled out ::
Gimme Other Peoples Money" For Her
Own Dear Sake and "A Bad Boys Diary,
within an Inch of His Life 5"
''Wei had the doggondest peanut run to-
day you ever saw" remarked young man who
wore $500 diamond ring and was dragging a
black box heavily hinged and locked across the
floor.
See here." said the reporter. Juggling at Mr..
Aliansons sleeve, what kind of place is this
you've got me ntO?"
This is my stock-room. where the boys fit
themselves out for their runs and where they
settle up after each run"
Does each one have an account"
Yes. and that account begins with the re-
celpt OF the goods and ends wnen we settle
after each run"
"How do you manage it?"
Very simple For instance here is man
who went out day before yesterday. He took
TO books, 200 papers, 100 cigars so MANY figs
nuts bananas, souvenir cards, etc. etc. Our
goods are charged up to him. not as papers.
DOCKS, ngs. etc, but as so many articles at s. TO-
10, ~ and 20 cents each, according to the price
NOW see. on his return we check off the goods
q hn rnft nod
amounted to $500. Thus we take back the
goods not sold. pay the salesman his commits
sion. and get receipt from him for all claims
which ends the account"
what do you consider the best kind of tray
elers for your business p the reporter asked one
Of the butchers.
Wedding parties and the way passengers
The one is ready to buy anything about love
and sweetness while the other is ready to buy
anything they cannot get at home"
who are your poorest patrons?"
commercial travellers and theatrical peo-
pie. They are too fly or else too poor to
buy"
''How do you distinguish as to the character
of your passengers"
How? by their looks and actions can 60
through my train and size it up to nickel"
''DO you'Otten do that"
always If go through a car and find it full
OF Jolly young people. I'm jolly without famili-
arty; it find car full of sober student-like
looking chaps, then I'll sober and sling the best
English can conjure up; and when strike a
delegation of politicians I'm clown and make
fun for EN-
Don't you ever make mistake in your esti-
mate?"
Never did but once. I struck party of
four chaps with straight hair and deep lines at
the n0strlls and corners of the mouth, and fired
with wit Ten Nights with Moody and Sankey' and
The story of Minister'S Wife at EN-
''What was the result?''
''When l went back to collect my books one
OF the chaps hollered out: Say you, what yer
giVin u.s.! and while l was sellin' 'em four
cigars found out they were Hghtnin' rod
agents"
MIR. Allanson informed the reporter that the
men are paid commission on their sales, max
Ing $40 to S25 per week. according to their
ability, and mentioned several who have been
at the business for eight or ten years, and seem
to prosper at it better than they could at any
other business. 'But sometimes we get hold
OF crooked hand" he said "and we lose on
him. He gets away with something or other.
Ihis is seldom: as generally make the new ones
give SecurftVn