Evening journal., 1892-10-27

months Here are stamped metal cell
ings, pretty things for your new house.
There are many books from which all
the plans and drawings for houses and
stables may be taken. Porcelain bath
tubs, in the pictures of which cupids
are playing, attract our eye as one Of
the new luxuries. Inside they are as
smooth and white as alabsster, and the
man who invented them deserves re-
ward in two worlds. A man who is
willing to help you roof your house in q
new tangled way tells you that "a
stained shingle is to n painted one as
velvet is TO silk-the one is soft, rich
and warm: the other bright, sheeny and
cold"
Modern ingenuity and modern adver-
tising have brought to civilization the
benefits Of q delicious chewing gum
which cures indigestion. tubular ear
cushion which cures deafness, a print
ing outfit which costs only fifteen cents,
"a perfect substitute for mothers milk,
canned corn Pit up with pure spring
water, an evapOrated cream for the
morning coffee which insures us against
waiting for the milkman and worry
about his stall fed cows, a hygienic mat
tress which enables us to sleep on medi-
Gated air, book which will enable all
Of us to win at whist and a safety razor
with which a man may shave a jag off
his face without danger Of cutting his
| fcyered cheek.
In these happy days one may buy good
looking shoes of leather absolutely
waterproof. He may read a pamphlet
and learn how to cure himself Of stam-
mering. He may avail himself Of the
| great secret Of the canary breeders of
the Harz mountains and thus restore
the song of the cage birds. He may buy
a time damper regulator, so that on re.
firing he may be sure the draft in his
steam, hot air or hot water heater will
be open Mt any hour in the morning he
chooses without having to get up him
self or to depend upon that most un.
regulated regulator - the hired girl
Another great boon which the Nine.
teeuth century man enjoys is that OF
| buying for twenty-five cents q package
n patent powder which, dissolved in
water, stirred for a moment and then
sprukled ON the coal in the bin. is war
ranted to give the coal 25 per cent. more
heating power, abate clinkers, smoke
and SCOT, make a quick, hot fire and
never blow up the shop.
There is no limit to the conveniences
thoughtfully provided for us by the keen
men Of trade and made known to us
through the advertisements. Our wives
are taught TO cut, tailorlike, at home
They may buy an ounce Of factory
ends" Of embroidery silk, all colors, by
mail for forty cents. The art of acquir
ilg personal beauty, which is the art Of
all arts in New York city, may be-
learned from a ten cent book, Fat mel
may cast of fifteen pounds a month ant
yet all particulars for four cents. II
You have weak knees, weak ankles
,wollen joints OF valicose veins, you ar,
invited to try elastic stockings witt
SEAMLESS heels. In case your childrei
want building blocks, You are informe,
where you may buy the latest sort a
prices varying from twenty cents to for
y-two dollars a box.
A Chicago hotel keeper prates Of tn
advantages Of his inn and assures yor
that other nice people have stopped witt
MIN by printing their names. A new
luxury is a stove without smoke, with
out smell, without gas, without chin
uey. warranted to burn anywhere. YOl
may study law at home by taking
course of correspondence instruction.
A dermatologist viii put a new fac
/, on You, make red nose white, remOv
superfuous hair, round mp thin fac,
! remove wrinkles, take off birthmark.
{ make ears stand closer 10 the head
/ make q fat iowl thinner and more grac,
3 lul, build up sunl,en checks" Anothg
O man win cure you Of the tobacco habi
0 while your next door neighbor-in Oh
@ advertising pages-entices you with tl
luxury of his smoking tobacco.
+ This is the era of pictures, and no on
/. knoWsit better than the sllillful advert
p er. One-half of all the magazine 81,
}, vertisomcnis Of this day have pictur,
o in them.
Here is "A fat man proposing marriaa
with pretty girl. She refuses him O
q, account Of bis shape, and the adver;is,
. offers to reduce his flesh and enable hii
y. to try again with good prospect of SUI
e cess, for only $3.50. a playing cav
g manufacturer attracts attention with
Z, picture Of Cleveland and Stevenson pll,
/ ing whist against Harrison and Rel.
I. the title being Which Win VIM"
u celebrated shoe manufacturer has ma,
\ his own portrait as familiar throughol
= the United States as that of Harrison
u Cleveland, and has amassed a fortune
= a million dollars by doing so.
y The pictures the thing in advertisin
q and advertising is the thing in any kir
1, of business. WALTER WELLMAN.
.a