The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-26
From Texas Sifliurs.l

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From Texas SiftiiIgs.
Ny EEstR JofINs.s; y Aa-l wrote |
you in a previous letter, since
have adopted Lac lIalford'a plan
ef ma. ing EetA ends meet. have
been ssltiEs down money every
week. When ANYBODY performs
any personal service for us mem
lefs cf the Administration, We
% i'ot pay him in actual cash out
Of orr ewn pockets. Not a Lit Ct
it 4iilpl.E 20 the Pres-i,- /
ssftstf aftyresaitif t.ttstlls
itor appointed 10 d lucrative office
and that cancels the debt.
But row, Johnny, We haze
strnck a new scheme ~tEat ovill
cause cur cheeks to stick out with
fatness. tt will work like a
charm. | will explain it to you.
You must know, Johnny, that in
the various Departments there
are thousands and thousands Of
clerks and clerkesses. it has
: heretofore been the rule that
peddlers. distributors of circulars
and catch-penny advertisements
should not be allowed to invaGe
the Department luilGi gs., The
ostensiblc reason for ills exclu-
sion was that the Goyernmel t
employees would he hindercd in
their wel.lS. Tllis was a flimsys
excuse for keeping the peddlcrs
out There are only compare
lively few Of the clerks and clerk
-esses that work II a barrel OF
cider was appointed TO a clerk
ship, It would top working right
OIL. There is q good deal Of tlirt-
ing gong on, but THAT'S not work.
At least, IL is not very hard work !,
50 ! I'm tod by some Of the scna-
tors AID one O. thc members from
Texas.
At any-r&te, all distributors. Of
-adNertising circulars have been
kept out. II one of them tried to
get H., a iaaito,- would rush at
him with uplittcd hoof and Kick
him until the foot-notes sounded
like The pattcr Of Il mules hind
legs on the ribs of a hired man.
1T occurred to Wanamaker that
this arrangement might be
changed to his owA personal adj
assfeslsessttt head
for husinesa.-i- estarday j hap
pencd to go into the Treasury De
:paftment to see beautiful.clerk
ess who is paying me some few
attentions. When | entered the
building, the doorkeeper showed
!. a an llu stts ssstte circular into my as
tonished hand. Every doorkeeper
and watchman in the building
had a wadl Of these circulars, and
before lzeet out afthe saerea=eai-
flee | had 4 dozen copies.
| did not have time to examine
them until | got back to the office
OF "Snort's Harrison Nindicator," "
in the White House. / discov-
covered then that twas the adj
yertisemeit Of 4 Washington bust
ness college. How did The author
Of this circular manage to evade
the rules -=-
On the flaat-paee- was a picture
Of Wanamaker himself, with a
cast-ison smile on his face, such
as we see in pictures Of martyred
saints. Opening the circular, !
reahs: Worship the Lord in the
beauty of holiness and one Of
Wanamaker's $f7 suits. Mems
lawn-tennis shirts, only 80 cents.
Mems fancy blazers, $2.49. Mems
fancy hose, II cents, etc. Clothe
thysolf III. the garments of right
eousness. See Wanamaker's adv
| caugl;t on at once to what
Wnnny really meant when he told
me, conEdcntially, the otherd day,
that his methods and policy gem
orally were beginning to crystal
ize, as the machinery of his De-
partrnent was = working more
smoothly.
In another place in the circu-
lar, Under the heading of "Golden
Words" the er-General
is referred to as a merchant prince,
end there is a rebus on the art Of
finding money in the pocket Of
every man who's wears pair Of
Wananiaker's three and a half
dollar pants.
After loking over this circular
carefully, it occurred to ME that
the Wanamaker idea might be
worked on a big scale to the great
advantage of this reform Admin
istratian In general aud Bill Snort