The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-27
The Gossip.
Lipton's Smartest Deals.

or fhomas Upton has been accom-.
pIshihg smart things all his life. Who
out a preternaturally enterprisine younp.
1 s'er entirely on his own account world
nave left school at years old. and take
Joo as errand-boy to help home
| finances?
| Hksih' seven years later. when the de-
sure 10 make fortune sent him over 10
Ainerica quite lad. and without any re-
\ sources, his ingenuity provided him with
iouglhs and board for month.
leaving the ship. he escaped the hotel
! one of tba s h sne quay side, and made for
innu,y proprietor standing outside. and
,nlneulately entered into "A bargain With
abn,,,d me nc proprietor. IL was suggested
tpoaru II ne, on his part. brought To The
nouse forty passengers from the shin
80 oIns Ihomas-then only 16-went back
anu .ii canNassed his friends OF the steerage
Win success that he easily comnIeted his
part OF the contract nus
Durng tbs first TRIP TO America he ac-
comphshed plucky act, which il prob
ABLY scarcely known 10 American read
srs lie owned good violin. which he
haa prought over from Scotland with him.
ms Few possessions. His delight i'm music
iostered an acquaintance with a store
keeper az New Orleans. and I'm his shop
young Tom nearly every night PLAYED the
ola scotch airs so dear to his heart One
evening when he was on his way there
ne heard the fire bell. and saw the people
running In the street Turning the cor
ner. nc discovered 10 his horror. that his
was in the storei
Tom dashed through the fire lines and
reached the place. The building was an
In blaze, but the door stood open. With
OUT an instants hesitation he rushed In
5nade ma, ms way through the sitting. blind
ing smoke 10 where his precious violin
Jay IN It's case at the back OF the house
picked IL up and staggered TO the door
skaln; His promputude had saved his
As Upton got into the street. however.
Dig policeman caught him by the collar
and questioned such expeditions recovery
Upton, breathlessly. "Oh. IL Is. is II?
Wen, youll have TO come along with
me- and We shall see. Upton hung on
prietor OF the store could be found his
rights We're quickly established
When Sir Thomas Upton started I'm
Glasgow as provision merchant his ad-
vertsng methods eclipsed many other
large concerns in their originality and ef-
feetiveness. He knew Just how to talk to
rut" and with snguary good results.
somehow or other, he managed 90 enlist
the services OF the singers at the Glas-
gov gov music halls and every night they
.ldpton's bacon and meat are Just the
things TO eat" His cartoons long re-
NAMED one or the sights OF the city |
Everybody laughted al the orphan idea
That little pix Was crying because his |
Isther and mother had gone 10 Lipton's
To advertise his provisions Mr.. Upton |
'onceived the idea OF making an enor- |
nous cheese 10 weigh Ave tons and repre- /
sentlng the milk OF Nis9 cows, for presen- /
alton 10 her late Majesty Queen Vic T
oria. Court etiquette forbade the queen
'eceiving such a gift from the hands OF
Granger, and her secretary wrote
'ourteous letter TO him explaining this /
act. "A dead failure" SAYS somebody. |
Nothing OF the sort. The cute provision
merchant was quite alive to the situation,
md turned the letter TO excellent account !
'refaced by some interesting details. ne
'ave IL TO the public. The paragraph APP
,eared In scores OF newspapers and
ormed the material for gossip in clubs
ailway trains and wherever business men
ongregated. By his prompt seizure OF
he situation he gained a marvelously
ood and cheap advertisement.
Sir Thomas commenced business with
nj few pounds capital When he |
urned his business into limited liability |
OmpanX. Twenty-Five years after he /
fanted e. 800 en for 20 Nor did he ask In
llly arrangedzthe fotation deserves men |
on. Within recent years no Industrial
ompany has obtained such a list nf |
The capital-subscribed To
ne extent OF $40. 900. .Vp0-was distributed
mong 5000 shareholders. including the
tie lord chief Justice of England the |
pcaker OF the house and Others-Phila-
elphia Inquirer