The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-02
THOUSANDS OF NOTICES,


Other Things Are Made.
1t is something n little startling to
hear man say that he ''has 5000
notices" Just one good all round,
working motto for everyday use Is
about as much as any body ought to
try to have and live up to. But a
manufacturer on Canal street claims
to have .3, 000 and all different the
largest stock in the world. OF various
siz IS. in all colors and styles. At
that point tho thing begins to look Q
little clearer He doesn't keep 80
many in order 10 live up to them him.
SELF or pretend to, as he might II they
were glittering gencralities. such as
I'D rather be right than President,
or God bless or clearinghouse"
He constructs them for others and
they have directly pertinent bearing
upon trade interests that keeps them
III constant demand; rs, for instance:
Poor Credit Is dead. but Cash still
lives;" Credit tomorrow. not
to-day" OF the outburst ac-
companying a picture OF a
man dangling from a gallows:
This man was hung,
But don't you fear,
For changing up"
Is played out here.
Sometimes he descends from those
playful fances to such presumably
matter-of-fact statements as Our
goods are unsurpassed" ''come in and
see our new stock." Our prices are
the lowest and he calls those mot
toes. too. He is not quite positive that
This style. 49," or Simply elegant.
75c," should not be classed as motto.
by reason of the words added to the
figures raising the Inscription to a
dignity ADORE that Of mere ''price
card" Call it what you like If you
only buy it. and you must be hard to
suit if you can t find in his stock the
trade motto you want But if you can
not he will produce it for you in few
minutes. His notices are painted up
on card board of various colors, and
upon black or white oil-cloth, and are
in almost infinite variety Of tints and
styles. They are executed with very
rapidly drying paints, water colors
when laid upon cardboard, and more
durable preparation when put upon
oil-cloth. which is intended to make a
wet-wcather sign. Olt-of-town mer-
chants buy his largest and gaudiest
products, country clothiers especially
affecting styles that seem to be a cross
between circus poster and Good
Tempiar's regalia. Tho opposite ex-
treme is reached in the big square
block -lettered legends, in plain black
and white. .'Forlon's Ice Cream" or
"Husselrs Ice Cream" for city use.
These he paints literally by the thou
sand.
Cardboard "mottoes," llx14 inches,
in assorted tints, are sold for 81 a
dozen. and for $6 per dozen one can
buy them 22x28 inches In s.zs and OF
such gorgeous variety of co!ors as
would discount Jose ph's famous coat.
Oil-cloth signs come rather higher
but last longer. One that is 2lx27
inches cost IS cents. and very big
one, 21x54 inches. $3.50. The little
price cards are so cheap that their
prices hardly seem to cover the cost OF
material
II, employs four men to lay out the
letters in outline, and couple Of boys
to fll in the solid colors in the larger
letters; work that Is done with sur
prising rapidly. accuracy and taste.
From the facts that he has been called
upon 10 supply considerable quantities
Of his pretty-colored cards for use
IL England, and that English painters
he has employed tell him they never
saw such work done over there, he be-
lieves that our American style of
cardboard color decoration for com.
mercial use is practically unknown in
Great Britain. His business amounts
to about $40, 900 per annum. and is
good all the year through. except in
the months of July and August, when
It temporarily willis. 1t is his boast
which seems to be sustained by the
facts, that there is not trade or bust.
ness, or hardly even an office require
mcnt for any thing in his line that he
is not ready 10 meet at any moment
from, his stock. The principal strain
on the intellectual department Of his
establishment is in tho invention Of
new and forcible ways Of presen ting
the mo credit idea. and he has
done 50 much in that line that he has
come ID regard that as the principal
one of his "three thousand notices"
for his own observance. m y Sun.