The Irish standard., 1890-03-01
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.
How His Well.Known Store Swindled
an Unsuspecting Customer from
New Jersey on an Idol.
A VERY CUTE ADVERTISEMENT

A VERY CUTE ADVERTISEMENT
How It Misled an Old Timer. and How
Such Conduct and Sunday School
Work Harmonic.
A correspondent of the New York
Sun from Malapardls, N. j., gives a
thrilling account of his visit to the Phil
adelphia store of the pious postmaster
general. who raised $4,000 to enable
M. S, Quay and w. w. Dudley to pur-
chase the votes Of New York and Indi-
ana for Harrison. The Jerseyman was
led to Philadelphia by the specious Ian.
guage of an advertisement, and he
bought an Egyptian idol while in the
palatial store Of the superintendent of
the Bethany Sunday school, which
proved, according to the narrator's
story, fraud, Here is the account of
the transaction: A sense of duty to the
public. not less than an earnest desire
for information, impels me to make the
following statement of facts: am
HAY farmer by occupation, out my chos-
en- profession is that of an Egyptologist,
With limited means and unbOunded de-
vOtion pursue in the winter months
tho fascinating study of the Oldest OF
recorded civilizations. hope the day
will come when my name will be as
we'll known at the British museum and
at BoOlak as 1t is now all along the west
side of the Whippany river, and from
Parsippany to Shongun: Perhaps that
is an idle dream. A few days ago re.
Geived from friend in Philadelphia
marked copy of newspaper containing
q long advertisement signed by John
Wanamaker. 1t appears that this Mr..
Wanamaker ID the postmaster general
of the United States. He keeps i'll Phila-
delphia great shop, or rather con-
geries of shops or bazaar, in which artl'
cles of various kinds may be purchased,
and in tile advertisement which read,
the postmaster general recommended,
i'm the most enthusiastic terms, the
quality aud the cheapness Of everything
he has for sale. I observed that the
postmaster~general advertised fine an
tique furniture and children's wool leg
gings, astronomical brass clocks and
women's 8 muslin drawrs with deep Ham
burg embroidery and small tucks, all in
the same column. The range of his en-
terprise and business activity must be
extraordinary. You may like to read
IN MIR. Wanamaker's own language the
announcement which determined me
to visit his establishment
We stated a few days since that we
have no use for the ''old stock'' racket
now being worked so thoroughly and
drearily in the bread and cheese adver
tisiDg of which the papers are full. We
were IN error. We have found some old
stock. Much of it is over two centuries
old, some of 1t not over one. The re-
ductlons are from 50 to 80 per cent, on
every item. The hand of time has been
laid gently upon these ancestral things
Some are inlaid by costly, painful work.
some are carved with honest handwOrk
they antedate machines-and there is
a rich tone of color which only age can
give. Every piece has filled some hon
ored place, and many could only rank
with highest luxury. The shapes of
long ago come trooping up, if you per-
nit touch of sentiment as you gaze.
Take one Of these old pieces to your
home. Your fancy can weave poems
or essays as you admire or use it. It's
here for sale. But it s a rare chance for
people with tastes for the antique.
Mostly one piece of kind.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
This seemed to me to be very beauti.
full descriptive writing. But what par
ticularly attracted my attention was
chs line in the list that followed the
passage which I have quoted
"Large Egyptian Carved Idol, $50"
Here was an opportunity such as is
rarely offered to an Egyptologist witt,
limited means. There was a tone of
honest frjendliness and straightforward
good faith In the postmaster-generals 9
writing which led me to believe that he
would be the last man IN the world to
misrepresent god or to deceive his
customers. already possess good
stylus, q piece Of inscribed mummy
cloth from a Theban tomb, which i be
Il lieve to date from the eighteenth dy-.
nasty, q lovely bronze figure Of Pasht, 9
small Osirian statuette in blue pottery,
with the cartouche Of Psammetich
1 beads and minor objects ia great va
I rietY, little earthen ware cynocep phalns.
supposed TO belong to the lime of the,
exodus. and the glass eye of & 9 wooden
.cattaken rom the cat tonbs OF ss,,ak-
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