The Washington critic., 1890-03-07


by a -ToDgued Advertising
Agent-Those Who Escaped Enjoy
the situation.
"ITow many did you order ?" asked
one jolly marketman of another jolly
marketman at the Centre Market yester-
day.
"Order?" queriod No. ?. "Order
what2'
"Why, them books, of course"
ooh, you mean them advertisin'
books. didn't order any Of 'em. Did
your
"Um.uh. But some of the fellows
did, and they amt satisfied by jug
full"
1t occurred to THE CRITIC that here
was pretty how de.do about something
or other. A brief investigation un-
carthed the following facts
Some little time ago the Centre Mar
ket was canvassed by glib agent in
the interest of book called "Illustra.
ted Washington" and published in
New York by the American Publish
ing and Engraving Company. At
least that is the name on the title page.
Yesterday was delivery day. So far as
could be learned by TIE Critic no
one who had subscribed for the work
was satisfied, In some cases there was
misunderstanding as to price, and
in others it was claimed that the pub
fishers had not carried out the agree
ment entered into by the oily-tongued
canvasser. Hence the display of indig
nation on the part of those who had
ordered the books and the state of hi
larious amusement on the part of those
who had not bought any literature.
The book is paper-bound, with an
illuminated cover, and contains short
sketch of Washington, interspersed
with Autographs Of public buildings,
the rest of the volume being taken up
with "write-ups" of various Washing
ton businesses and enterprises. The
fortunate ones who were not in the diff
ficulty stood around and laughed cold
bloodedly at those on whose shoulders
the trouble had fallen and on whose
stands the gaudily- covered books lay.
They seemed to enjoy the muddle their
fellow marketmen had got into, much
as we all laugh when man slips up on
q banana peel and gives the solid earth
a good bump. 1t is funny to every
body except the man who slips. THE
CRITIC interviewed few of the invest
ors in this peculiar product of the
| literary art and book making trade
with the following results:
Andrew Loefller pork butcher. said:
"I ordered seventy-five copies at seventy
five cents per copy with the understand
the book was to have printedon the title
ing that page Compliments to my
customers steel engravings and bio
graphical sketch, and that no other
pork butchers name in the market
should appear in the other biographical
notices in my seventy five books. The
book was to be my own souvenir to my
customers. When the books were de-
livered ] at once saw that My com
pliments' were not upon the title page,
as / was led to suppose, and that other
wise the contract had not been carried
out"
Mr.. e. j. Adams of Adams & Co.
was very indignant. The canvasser
said to him that o prominent clothing
firm had subscribed to 1000 and j. r.
Kelly, butcher in the market,
TO 500 copies; that the book
was to he cloth bound with the finest
steel engravings, with the compliments
of each subscriber upon the title page
his advertisement and biographical
sketch, and that in no other books out
side of those contracted for by the sub
scriber would appear his dhe subscrib
er's) biographical notice, advertisement
and cut. 1t would be the subscriber
book exclusively, for distribution to his
customers. Upon these representations
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Cannon & Chandler, produce dealers
in the market, so copies; Andrew Loef
fler, rs copies; j. r.. Kelley. bee
butcher, 500 copies; Walter Brown
beef butcher, $50 copies, and others.
The subscribers, however, declare
that they are not responsible for tn,
written contracts made with the can
vassers. They want to know who thu
American Engraving and Publishin!
Company Of New York are and VIII,
the company has not carried out th,
contracts as made with their canvassers
! Mr.. Moxley of Lee & Moxley
butchers. who had ordered 100 copies
said he thought they were to be seventy
five cents per 100, and not seventy tiv
cents for each number Other peopl
in the market seemed TO be under tn
same impression.
The chances are that the next adver
tising book canvasscr who goes through
Centre Market soliciting will be lai
out on chopping block and be save
and chopped into little pieces. It's
safe place for the advertising solicito
to stay away from for the present.
'Peaceahly IL you cam" but by all mea,
Keep DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup in the hous'
Neuralgia, rheumatism, lumbago an
gout quickly cured with Salvation Oil. :!
cents.
The Passenger Department Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad announces that they wi
run two special trains to Baltimore t
morrow, the cth, leaving Sixth street SIT
tion at IL o'clock noon and 9 p. m. RI
. turning, leave Calvert station at $40 an
1l:40 p. M, respectively. Round tri
tickets will be sold for these trains fro
Washington at rate of fifty cents.
$500, 40 or fight" See "War'' Rober
sons advertisement In this paper.
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