El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-05

tional pupil who pours over his books
and recites his lessons correctly while
a procession is passing the building
with bands of music, etc. Let us make
Merchants Week q holiday week as
much as possible, and nobody will be
the worse for it.
Theheadquartersof the campaign are
in the rooms of the Chamber Of Com
MERGE, which is the liveliest spot in
Is as old campaigner, hsv-
ing successfully carried to
the highest degree of success similar
movements in Louisville, KY, In Bal
timore aud in New York city.
The advertising that is being done
to get the event before West
ern New England is a feature. The
whole OF Hampton, Hampshire
Berkshire and Franklin counties
Bill posters and distributors are
at work throughout the territory en-
braced by Pittsfeld, Turner's Falls.
Hartford and Worcester, and special
men are out on the railroads. The
secretary keeps q map before
him, knows where every man is every
hour, and is in touch with him by
telegraph.
Altogether it ia a campaign thai does
q STSdU oCdl VI CIColU W iOlyOhO ~
the city is getting more enthusiastic
over it every hour.
And still Ben had to leave his desk
every hour or two to get come doubt,
ing Thomas into line. Presiden,
LOOMS, of the electric railroad, was
one of the doubters. He winked ard
blinked and was sure he would not
have to get out a solitary extra car tc
s'carry the crowd" One day Ben
went to his Office, held q "real pleasant
executive session with him." as he
afterward told me, and walked out with
a subscription of $3.50.
Director Ohio r. Brown, a delight.
full little man, whose clothing store was
in the Tilley building, WAS Ben's CHIEF
prop. If Ben heard that a business
man who ought to contribute to the
fund had not contributed, he would
run down the stairway to Mr.. Browns
store and call him over into q corner
"Mr. Director" he would say, eve
must get Smith into line. Let's go
into executive session and put him on
q committee"
"But we cannot get the board to-
gether,' Mr.. Brown would say.
I'VE know tie mind of every indi.
vidual member of the board, don't
we?"
"Yes. of course; of course"
"Then consider that We are in e4ecu-
tive session. Ready"
"Yes. Fire away"
''Moved by O. r. Brown, seconded
by o. r. Brown, carried"
And in ten minutes Ben would have
Mr. Smith by the hand, congrstulating
him on his appointment as a member
of the music Tor some other) committee
and walk away demurely with q gen.
erous subscription.
J. must close this chapter with further
inside details of the work, so that other
organizations coming Ben chickering's
way may know what road to follow.
Not a duty was neglected.
No committee work was allowed to
drag. If certain necessary steps yer
no t taken at the proper time Ben went
acted himself, subject to the approval
of the board of directors and the par
ticular committee interested.
A hitch was not allowed to occur, nor
delay to imperil success.
81 want to know q committeeman
would ask, 'why this thing was done
without a meeting of my commit
tee?"
"Your committee could not be got
together, SIR" answered Ben: "you
were out of town aud 1t was necessary
to do that particular thing at that
particular time or block the machinery
of the campaign. Your secretary did
it. That's what he's here for"