The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-17

1agher for advert .ng Sc yo1 rot
Yes: have tired Al xla.ss. eut I th3rk
newspaper adsert1s3zE = ey far 80 best
Z used 10 spene 3 great deal y raausy Il
posters and b4lls s9y I have gwen up EhaS
long age
can vSu Sc any immediate results from
such aGvert3ssng I asked
I s1clId tank -. replied Mr- Wara-
rsaksr ~ yau wIl CoUe ever here Or %
cur new York store some morning when
ge have advertised a JOB lot ~ bicycles or
q some ether .asnzs and look AZ the long
lire Of peorle who are standing outside
ws1slag for tna dooFs 70 open yog all ses
now the a3ve-esse Esnts IN the newspapers
are read"
Elements of Business success
Thea advertising 5 enc q the chlet ele-
mergs q business SUCCESS. = K n0t2"
a'-Ig Is ore % the elemsnts. hut not re
chief replied the great merchant The
ca.sf element Il getting what the psople
wauf. "a keeping your eyes or the parts
O. the world where rex th5ngS are made
ard Ia giving them the besl and the new
EST .hsEEs along the iznes u the5r real o.
gsncted needs. Afy am - To get the goods.
TIE advertisement 5 merely 20 tel the
people that have them. Ike az adver-
t.semsat whieh merely describes NhaE We
have Ia the store.
.How DO you Ike dong business IN New
York;
Very much. indeed Have yoa been n
IT. store ARE
Nc. / have no;" I replied
Gossip AboztA. n. stewart.
You ought 70 visit my store the next
time you are II New York said Sfr.
y ananaker. IL Is worth visiting % see
the building Il FOR nothing else. a. T.
Stewart vas a genius. ! have been sur
prissd again ard again as I have gone
through that building. walking IN taat
dead mans shoes. 70 and wazt a know
ledge he aaG of the needs of a mercantile
establishment Mr. Stewart put up
builGtEg which IS today. I believe. far bet
ter arranged than any OF the modern
structures which are being erected. He
seemed 10 know izst what was needed.
Did you know Mr. Stewart" / ASKED
Yes. I met him often when I was q
young man I used TO buy gcods of aim.
and have reason 70 think that he took =
liking &c ne one day, I remember. I was
IN his woolen department buying some
s-ufTs for my store here wien he came up
20 me and asked ae Il / would be IN ths
store Is minutes Iaager. I replied that I
woald. he thea vent away. At The end
0f Is minutes he returned and handed me
a sip OF paper. saying:
" Young man. I understand you have
mission school il Philadelphia; use that
for r."
down AZ the slip OF paper. Il was q check
for 8 Geo
''But A. T. Stewart vas NOT noted FOR his
CHARITIES. was he. Mr.. Waaamzkerg-'
he did a great deal OF Soodsia secret"
was the reply. He vas Always doing
something for others. He gave Sa@a9 70
The people who lost ~ the Chicago ire
and when be died you know. he was
building a 1853 Co home for the working
girls or New York. He lad many char
table plans which were never carried cut
After the Franc0-fSerman war he sent 20
France a lot % folv for the starving peo-
pie % Paris. ard during the famine n ire
land he sent a sct % provisions 20 that
COUNTRY He vas, IL fact, 4 very ehar-
table man
4. L. Stewards Genius.
Vow id sIr. Stewart look. Mr. Wan
amakerg'
he vas rather slight and of nor over
medium height. with fair hair ard Eghe
blue eyes He was a ulan q fine tastes
ard % much culture
Was hs n great merchant"
Yes. I thfuk he was the greatest tbs
country has ever had Look over his Iffe
and y5a wi8 thlnk the same. He was the
son e. Al frisa farmer He arss came %
the United States as teacher When be
was y years cid he bcugh. 8 &c EorEh q
Belfast faces and linens and opened 4
store ter TIE sale % these % Ssw York
Re sleat al th.s tire IN taa rear % his
shop. Ia turned his capital over ard tn
creased his business UatI he had wat
was said y hs ghe largest retail store n
The Hsorld The building alone cost Mr..
Stew arr nearly So - GO ard its current
expenses ~ the ttTe CT ats death ws-s
ahog. ss9Co gre a year In his two stores
70 was a. that zine dong a business %
about sos ds9 gG0 a year. he had ia addf-
ticr 70 these. branch houses r. a1Tere1t
parts az tHa world ard BE was the owner
- q number o. Eilgs and ea-t1rtes Wen
BE- died ir was said tzzt re was worth
sb0ut So ~ 90
About the Po~toface Department..
"FE1w about your connection win ne
pos5ofH "a department Have you ever re-
GREETED ysHr official career there
Il can't say thsf Z save" rerised Mr.
wazarak.r. 7 aon't IKE % c-iucise tie
rcStofsee and pos O. matters BOW -aar
g n car az Ore. IRE machine e not
rsxhtIy orxaolzsd ard managed as IL
znasfd Do Ire real b1ss ~ rae depart
merit .s congress AZ t1e 1-hsr srd o. TIE
c.tv 20 ths hIL CoaEress makes -1e laws
we.eh govern enc department. ard the
postmaster general e dependent CT cor
Srssz tar everything be ge-s- There ara
scores - wavs u whtcs rhe b1slress there
ru.Eht - bsgtsref Z SIZE postmaster gea-
eral hs3 c~iy tAe power ~ zc- re aas
--. tne -9wer however ard c9r postal
ses.sm w.u rsver p Sa2t c seoul5 -
uudar ear present cc1f-sl07s q severn
meat"
-yau as-s strongly n favov CO p5s;aI
sae.axs bazks were y1a -7te
yes vas tss reg,y Z t1olg@c t1ey
aoa.a ae-r TIRE poor
Prosperity &. Here.
.zrw about tes t-uees NJ Vans maker;
s. r1s.rrss Improving