The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-09

forced to make when he posts new bills
over the old ones. Some Of the comblna-
tions are very funny. Thus he is forced
to become mirsh producer whether be
will or no, but there are scme among
the men who ges their livelihood IN
this manner who Intentionally place the
new bills where they will produce the
oldest If but momentary effects
The reporter watched one Of these
knights of the paste pot while he pro-
ceeded to cover up rather flaming pic
ture Of his satanicimajesty with bill
which portrayed naval officer In full
uniform. The first section put on was
the officers head As it fitted exactly
on TO Mephisto's shoulders the effect
was comical The next section brought
the naval nan down to the bottom OF
his coat From a short distance it ap-
peared precisely as though he was NIL
mus his neither garments and stood bare
legged in the rising flames which en-
veloped him TO his knees The billposter
chuckled as he surveyed his work at
this point and asked the reporter what
he thought Of it while he covered the
officers nakedness with a pair Of trou-
sers and shoes
The billposter was quite talkatiye in
his way and spoke Of the droll side Of
bis business. s'Did it never occur to
you, said he as he picked and sorted
some flaming coiored bills preparatory
to pasting them ON the fence, "did it
never occur to you what an odd and
amusing business this is? You saw me
put uniform on the devil Funny,
wasn't it? Well, it WASN'T patch to
the effects produced sometimes. These
bills have to be changed nearly every
week, and the posters get fixed up in
thequeerest way. I've put angels heads
ON devils and devils heads on angels
I've put man with dress coat on
where ballet girl was, so that it look
ed as though the skirts branched out
below where the coat was. left it there
for moment while I pasted other bills,
and quite crowd gathered around. A
policeman came along. and had to Gov
er it up
'sOnce had Salvation Army poster
70 put up, and when I pasted the top
portion of it over bill advertising the
play of julius Cesar the large blue
bonnet Of the Salvation Army girl fit
ted Caesar perfectly. It was too bad
had to spoil it.
''You see that ballet girl on the fence
over there: have got to paste this big
cat over it Now watch me do it.
He took q section Of bill with the
head of grinning feline on it and plac-
ed it 80 that it fitted to the girls shoul-
ders. A halo surrounded the cats head,
and the whole affair had puss in boots
air about it that reminded one of early
fairy tales Near by on the fence was
heroic size negro minstrel, whose i'm
mense teeth showed through lips which
stretched form ear to ear
''Now see how will fix that fellow, -
said the man of the brush as he got
ready bill on which large tiger was
represented balanced on a big blue ball.
The tigers position was on the upper
part of the poster. The first section FIX
ed the animals head on the fence, and
with the next the body and feet were
pasted up. Then appeared curious ef-
feet Where the blue ball was to be
pasted the negro's face still grinned,
but the tiger was now standing on top
Of the mans head.
'.That," said the billposter, sis what
I call real artistic effect It isn't often
an artist can create Samson in almost
one stroke Of his brush. >
Following his pasting Of the tiger, the
man proceeded to put up bear. On the
spot where it was to go an overfat baby
held up package Of compound much
advertised of late. The bear was built
up from the feet, which rested on a
horizonta, bar The bears neck and the
baby's neck touched thesame point, and
before the bears head was pasted up
there appeared combination Of human
and bruto anatomy which could hardly
be eqnaled by a monstrosity in dime
museum.
Bill posting has undergone great
change in recent years. 1t is not the
haphazaM business il once was-that IS,
t is not allowable for men to go around
pasting bills wherever t,.ey could find
a fence. Most of the big fences are pre-
e,noted nov b7 firms who pay rent for
the privilege.
The old sign Of "Post no bills" is