Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-17
Mimic AdYertisinr.

the Otner DAY ne saw Gro xd paz;ro N Z
the second story Of a house. Behind a
broad window with two large names If
glass appeared the objects which were
attracting the attention of the crowd
Behind the lower pane was a hroad
piece of canvas on which the naue 81 !.
summer hotel was painted in Isroo
black letters; behind the upper GLASS
was scene which gave in cnod nor
spective an idea of the house and snr-
roundings. 1t seemed a p:ctprescue
summer resort. Back of the ho,ISe
stretched a range of blue mounfa;ns
Some OF the peaks were so .hiob tb a.
feecy white clouds yelled their sSmu,;ts
From the hotel path led throngb a
sloping lawn to lake. So far ~ 81
ture represented all that was descr;b ed
on the canvas underneath, except the
announcement that there was good fish
ing in the lake. Suddenly, however
even this was realized. A man was seen
pulling in boat across the lake. After
while he stopped rowing, shipped his
oars, lifted a fishing rod from the bof-
tom OF the boat, and cast the line into
the water. Then be remained morton
less as if intently watching the line
With a sudden jerk of the rod he LANDED
hsh In the boat. This was reneated
several times, until at last he appeared
to have caught fish enough. He mt
down his rod, grasped the oars. and
pulled back to shore. The last seen of
him he was walking toward the hotel
with string of fish. s-ITS
suddenly the canvas dropped. Tn its
place behind the lower pane annearnd
another, which called upon ali peonle
to consult only a certain physician in
case OF illness. Above this the scene
represented a New York street. Amon~
the houses was one with a physician 5
sign. An old man nearly bent double
came hobbling down the street on a
cCrutch until he got to the PHYSICIANS
house and rang the bell. A pleasant
looking man, presumably the physician,
let him in. After while boy with an
arm in sling came from the other di-
rection, and rang. This time the door
was opened by a girl, probably because
the physician was busy attending to the
lrst patient. The patient was followed
by pale and misunderstanding indi-
vidual, and he by another, who APP
peared to be coughing and in the last
stages of consumption. These also
were admitted by the girl. After a
while the door opened again, and out
came the old man, firm and erect,
briskly twirling his cane A little later
the boy came out. but his arm was no
longer in the sling. On the contrary
he swung it freely as he walked along.
The pale and misunderstanding man
made his exit whistling. The consump-.
tive who had seemed to be tottering on
the brink of the grave came out with
the bloom of roses on his cheeks.
Presto-change! The canvas went
down and the street disappeared. The
name of theater was displayed behind
the lower pane, the theater itself behind
the upper. A horse-car stopped in front
OF the theater,which every passenger en-
tered. A stage drove up with the same
results. Then carriages and coupes
halted at the theater. which seemed to
be attracting everybody in the city.
Finally sign appeared: mo more
standing, ROOM ...t.
Another change. This timeit was a
bicycle advertisement, and bicvclers
were speeding their steel racers on the
track above. As the reporter started
across the street to inspect matters more
closely, Sullivan and Mitchell were hay-
ing fierce set to.
Entering the room on the second floor.
the reporter saw near the window a
light treStle-work. Round about were
lying strips of sunsets, blue skies, storm
clouds, and all varieties of heavens:
paSteboard men and women, with nu-
merous strings attached to their limbs:
ears, stages, houses on a small scale, ali
the paraphernalia of q theatrical scene
were there. ~fiN
. Two long, broad strips of pasteboard
lay on the floor. Over them stood a
man with large brush, which he
dipped into a pot of gray paint and
then applied to the pasteboard, making
a line of grayish houses and churches.
Then he painted in black dots for win
dows and doors, adding strip of green
and yellow for grass and a road.
ITS done roughly, YOU see," he said,
but it looks all right from below. It
makes difference whether you're near
a thing, or stand on the street and see
1t in the second story through a pane of
glass. Fine work doesn't tell at that
distance" ,.-,f V5a
What are you going to represent
now?" the reporter asked of the man,
who was just changing the canvas.
1.-The storming of Alexandria, he re-
piled.
The reporter watched him arranging
the set of pasteboard over the treStle-
work. He suspended strip or hrid
sky from the back bar. A little for
ward and below was another bar with
upright bars at either end. On the bar
and against the uprights he put strip
representing the city. Further toward
The window were two other upright
bars. Against these hessplaced two |
forts. On crossbar q. little lower he |
hung n strip representing water. The
was small stage in scat
folding. The whole 1sloped down to-
ward the window, One man took two
ironclads with PORTFOLIOS,
and lighted a cigar. As he moved the
Ironclads just behind the strip epres-
enting water he puffed smoke through
The portfolios. The other man then
held burning paper behind Alexandria.
Do you fit up these advertisements
in shop windows ?" he was asked.
Yes. But we think tito the adver-
Users advantage to have his advertise
ments appear in this window, because
we are on one of the most crowded
thoroughfares in the city. We expect
% DO large business during election
times.' 2
How so p'' Nsyt'
We. shall represent the candidate |
in opposition to our advertiser
as being pelted with eggs and pota-
How do you get, your advertise
mentS ?'' 'f. --l ta 20 --.lT
I'VE read those in the papers, and
i we tind. one that can be web initiated |
by mimicry, we cali the advertisers at |
Lention to orr method.-N Y. Sun.
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A Big Story Of TeIler's Speculation. |
An interesting story is told of the
way In which a paying teller of one
d the city banks, of a slrewd and