The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-02-16
FUN IN BILL POSTING.
HUMOR IN a EUS,NE5S WHERE YOU
WOULDN'T LOOK FOR IT.

Picturs sqGe and ti5rf;ifuf Effects Produced
With Paste Pot and f;r~ush-Devils and
Angels Arc Incon.ruorsiy Mixed Up.
"Pcsa No Bills" Goes.
AL trades have their Groll aspects,
bat that CT tho li3lpcste- Is one long
vista Of fun. He may bccofn0 III artist
comedian CT the first orGcr. II does nov
require 1auch brain weight either All,
Old fence IS lis cliy arena, and his post
cts ERE his stock il trade.
KS fan is but n1oH3cntaIy, but it is
potent while 1t lasts. Eo accompl;Shea
II by lGeaEs Of the combinations lie is
forced to make when he pests new bills
over the Old ones. Some OF the conibina-
items are very funny. ThGs ho is forced
TO become q lnirth producer whether nc
VIII or 70, b1t there are some among
the men Who get their livelihood in
this manner who Intentionally place tho
new bills where they will produce tho
oldest II but moluentary effects.
The reporter watched one Of these
knights Of the paste pot whilo he pro-
reeded to cover Up a rather flaming PIC.
turo CT his satanic majesty with u pilt
which portrayed q naval officer III fcl!
uniform. Tho first section put OF was
the officers head. AS it fitted exactl,
on to Mepnisto's shoulders the effect
was comical. The next section brought
the laval man down to the bottom Of
his coat. From a short distance it az
peazed precisely las though he was mi
nus his neither garments and stood bare
legged in the rising flames which en-
reioped bin TO his knees. The ~billposter
chuckled as he surveyed his work a5
this point and asked the reporter what
he thought Of it while he covered the
officers nal,edness with q pair Of trou-
sers and shoes.
The billposter was quite talkative in
his way and spoke Of the droll side Of
his business. Ibid it never occur to
you. said he as he picked and sorted
some flaming colored bills preparatory
to FASTING them GU the fence, Ibid it
never occur to You what an odd and
amusing business this is: You saw no
put a uniform on the devil. Fanny,
wasn't it? Well, it wasn't o patch TO
the effects produced sometimes. These
bills have to be changed nearly every
week, and tho posters get fixed up in
the queerest way. I've put angels heads
on devils and devils heads on angels.
I've put a man with a dress coat on
where a ballet girl was, SO that it look
ed as though the skirts branched cut
below where the coat was. lieftit there
for a moment while I pasted other bills,
and quite a crowd gathered around. A
policeman came along, and I had to GOV
er it up.
"once I had a Salvation Army poste.
to put Up, and when l pasted the tep
portion Of it owe a bill advertising ITO
play Of julius Caesar the largo line
bonnet Of the Salvation Army girl it,
ted Caesar perfectly. It was too bad I
had to spoil it."
You see that ballet girl on the fanao
over there? / have got to paste this big
cat over it. Now watch ne do it."
He took a section of a bill with the
head Of a grinning feline on it and plac-
ed it SO that it fitted to the girls shoul-
d"rs. a halo surrounded the cats head.
arc the whole affair had a puss in boots
air about it that reminded ono Of .srfv
fairy tales. Near by on the fence was 4
heroic size negro minstrel, whose I'M
mense teeth showed through lips which
stretched form ear to car.
Now see how / will fix that fellow
sad tie man of tho brush as he set
ready q bin on which a largo tiger was
represented balanced On q big blue bail.
The tigers position was on TIE uD,er
part OF tho poster. The first section fix
ed the animals heal on the fence. and
with the nezt the body and feet were
pasted up, hen appeared a curious T.
feet. Where the blue bali was IL IL
pasted the negro's face still erinnea.
but the tiger was now standing on ton
# the mans head.
THAT, said the billposter, lis what
1 cali q real artistic effect. It isn't often
all artist ear create a Samson in almost
one stroke Of his brush"
Following his FASTING of the tiger, tho
nan proceeded to put up a bear. On the
spot where it was to 60 an overfat baby
heid II q package of a compound much