Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-08-17
Mimic Advertising.

. the htcOnu hloff uf a mouse, hrhlflu u
broad window with two large panes Of
glass appeared the objects which were
attracting the attention Of the crowd.
behind the lower pane was broad
piece of canvas ON which the name 0i q
summer hotel was painted In large
black letters; behind the upper glass
was a scene which gave IN good PER-
spec1lfc an idea Of the h0usc and sur.
rOundings, Il seemed n picturesque
summer resort. Back OF the house
stretched a range OF blue mountains.
SOME Of the peaks were 20 high that
ileecy white clouds yeiled their submits,
From the hotel q path led through q
sloping lawn 10 lake. So far the pie
tdrr represented all that was described
on the canvas un1erneath, except the
announcement ihai ihsre was good fish
ing In the lake Suddenly, however.
even this was realized. A Iiian was seen
pulling IN boat across the lake. After
n while he stopped rowing, shipped his
oars. lifted fishing rod from the bot
tom N the boat, and east the line into
the water Then he remained notion
less as II ihlehtly watching the line,
With a sudden jeri Of the rod lte landed
fish In the boat This was repeated
several times, until at last he appeared
10 have caught fish enough. He put
down bis rod, grasped the oars, and
bnlled back 10 shore. The last seen Of
him hs Was walking toward the hotel
with n stfihg ~ Gsl.
Suddenly The cantas dropped. In its
place behind the lower pane appeared
another, which called upon ail people
TO consult only certain physician IN
case Of illness. Above this the scene
represented New York street. Among
The h3ttses was one with a physicians
sign. An ed msn nearly bent double
came hobblihS down the street on
crutch until he gH 10 the physicians
house and rang the bell A pleasant
looking man, presumably the physician,
let him in. After u while q boy with an
srm in q sling came from the other di-
recii6R, abd rang. This time the door
was opened BY girl probably because
the physician was bbsy attending to the
first patient The patient was followed
by pale and debilitatcd-looking indi-
vidual. and he by another, who ap-
pcsred 10 be coughing and in the last
stages n consumption. These also
we're admitted by the girl. After n
while the door opened again, and out
came the old man, finn snd erect,
briskly twirlinp his cane. A liide later
,lie boy came out. but his arm was 10
longer ip the sling. On the contrary
he swung itfyesly as be walked along
The pale and debilItsted-looking man
made his exitwhstling. The consump-
tive who had seemed to be totterlpg on
the brink Of the grave came out wish
| thr bloom Of roses on his cheeks.
Presto ehange 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 III 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.
Another change. This time it was a
bicycle advertisement, and bicyclers
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 hav-
ing fierce set to.
Entering the room on the second floor,
the reporter saw near the window
| light trestle-work Round about were
| lying strips Of sunsets, blue skies, storm
clouds, and all varieties of heavens;
pastebcsrd men and women, with nu-
merous strings attached to their limbs;
cars, stages, houses on small scale, all
the paraphernalia of = theatrical scene
were there.
Two long, broad strips of pasteboard
lay on the floor. Over them stood a
man with large brush, which he
dipped into 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 a strip of green
and yellow for grass and road.
"lt's done roughly, you see, " he said,
"bat it looks all right from below. 1t
makes difference whether you're near
a thing, or stand on the street and see
it in the second story through pane of
glass. Fine work doesn't tell at that
distance
What are you going TO represent
nowF' the reporter asked of the man.
who was Just changing the canvas.
The storming of Alexandria,. he re-
piled.
The reporter watched him arranging
the set OF pasteboard over the trestle-
work He suspended a strip Of lurid !
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 a strip
representing the city. Further toward
the window were two other upright
bars. Against these he placed two
forts. On a crossbar little lower he
hung a strip representing water. The
irestlework was a small stage in scat |
folding. The whole sloped down to-
ward the window, One man took two [
pasteboard ironclads with portfolios. |
and lighted a cigar As he moved the |
ironclads Just behind the strip repres-
entng water he puticd smoke through |
the portfolios The other man then
held burning paper behind Alexandria. /
DO YOU III up these advertisements /
in shop windows ?" he was asked
"Yes. But We think Il 10 the adver- 1
tisers advantage % have his advertise
ments appear in this window. because I
we are on one II the most crowded Z
.horoughfares in the city. We expect .
to DO large business during election .
tines
"How 50 p
I'VE shall represent The candidate .
running in opposition % our advertisers Z
A. being pslted with eggs and pota- .
I toes
"How do yOu g, your advertise /
ments9'
I'VE read thosa in the papers and
| Il We lind one thai can be wei initiated
bv mimicry. We cal the advertisers At .
/ teniion 10 cur moihod.-N J. SHn.
4 Big story u Teller's Speculation.
An interesting story is told of the
sar in which 3 pairing teller Of one