The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-06
BEGINNING THAT FAILED.

II was his first experience as a book
| agent. He had been made to believe that
| he would sell his book. The Galaxy of
| Universal Information. to the very frs;
person 10 whom he offered il after the
| course Of training he had received from
the firm offering the book for sale. He
was prepared to "accost easily and pleas
antly the first person who might be a
| possible customer and he was fun of
! self-conidence and youthful hopefulness
| as he approached a white-capped and
mohterly looking old Irish woman stand
ing in the entry of a tenement house.
There was friendiness in her smile and
her blue eyes had kindly twinkle in
them.
Good morning, madam said the cal
low agent, as he lifted his hat.
Good marnin'. me bye
Fine morning. isn't it?''
1T is thot same. Wan made not ask
for plisinter day"
| II have book here that 1 would like
| to show you. If 1 may
"A buk is it? Wen, well, Lux at
thot, now. An phwat koind av a buk
moight it be?'
1T is a very fine publication, just out,
and one that should be In every home
| She patted her wrinkled hands together
softly and, said, with a deepening OF her
| friendly smile:
LUX at thot nowl'
1T is called The Galaxy of Universal
| Informa ton. -
rs it SO? An phwat moight it arl be
about?"
Its title indicates its contents. Have
YOU family"
Tin Twin an four dead. an arl av
EN- childer 70 be proud av, il OF that
shouldn't do say it,
Then my book will surely interest you.
IL contains so much information in
rs 1t givin' the bulk away yeez are?"
Not quite. but l am selling it at such
& remarkably low rate that IL is about
the same giving it away. Just let me
show YOU some of the pictures. Look at
! the binding of the book
She rubbed her hand on her checked
Bingham apron and laid the tips of her
fingers on the book.
1T do be very fine" she said.
Nothing finer for the money. 1t would
be a fine gift for each of your children
when they marry. Are any of them
narried?"
''Arl but me girrul Judy. an she's spoke
for by Tim O'Hoolihan, him thot dhrives
the oice-cart on this strate. foine lad
is Tim. He's his tin dollars a wake. wild
de promise av a rise in his pay mkt
month, and Judy is at wurruk on her
frosty. She's been these tin munts fore
lady in a box factory, wild her noine dol
lars wake an the good sinse to be
saYin' the better pa-a-a-a-rt av it. She's
to-
This book would make an elegant and
useful wedding present for her.
Shed ruther have taypot or wan av
thin big lamps wild a paper. pettycoat on
it loike her sister had from the girruls
in de place where she'd been foive years
afore she married Moike Dinnis lasht
fall. Oh, but thot was a weddin for
yeez, me bye, Moike he hired a hall for
it, me tinnymint not bein' a tinth big
enough for arl as was hidden 10 come.
There was an archestry av foiye pieces
for de dancin, an Oil have yeez to know
thot de Alderman from dis war-r-d an
his wolfe was. in attendance. an dhressed
loike quane she was. an -
II wish that you would just examine
the binding of this book, please. 1t
is
An Moike is on de foorce now, an him
an Norah do be Twin at de top av de
heap, wild a swim room tinnymint an
Brushels carpets an ploosh chairs an
'lectric bells an arl thot. It's on Tinth
strate they do be Twin, and If you
should foind yourself in thot locality
an yeez had moind to call it's Norah
herself as would loke enough mex yeez
a cup o. tay an -
This book contains information on
four thousand six hundred and ninety
nine topics and
Did amy wan iver.' she said with
uplifted hands. 1T TUX a man Of larnin
to write arl- that, now didn't it. bye?
Shure an rarnin' is a gr-r-r-eat thing an
Owe a mther's honest pride In sayin
thot the whole tin av me childer can
rade an write beautiful. II yeez will
wait minnit Oili go up an bring yeez
down some me bye Tins writin' thot
come natchrel to the lad His brains arl
run to intelleck anyhow, an he's at the
hid az de Walters Union this day, an
de head push in wan av de foinest attn
places in de city, an it's him thOt writes
out de menny a-a-a-rds. as they call
thin. You know phwat OF mane-de
car-r-rrds de folk pick out what they'll
ate from. It's an iligant thing to write
de mand me bye Tim writes an to have
de shape wan must have as a hid push
in a dnin' room, So
This book contains good deal that
would interest your son as well as
Patsy. me sicond bye, niver was wan
for rarnin' oike Jimmy. but it's nobOdys
fool is Patsy or he wouldn't be havin'
his twinty dollars a wake, as he has had
these foive years. an a dollar az it
comm livery wake TO his ould mither.
ALTHOUGH he's a wolfe an three babies
av his own to LUX afther. Sthop where
yeez are a mint an Ofll show yeeZ
somethin' yeez don't often see in this
day. It's a lOikness av me fourteen chill
der arl on wan paper before Oi lost amy
av thin OF hear thot Prisidint Rosyfelt
IS givin' de country a good scoldin be-
cause of there not bein' enough be bies 10
kape up de population. It'd rejice him
to see me tin. now wouldn't it. lad? God
be praised for ivry wan av thin. OF only
wisht OF had the foor OF lost. Its no
credit to wan TO have a shmall family
whin wan moight have dozen. Dim
wild de Prisidint on thot- Wait till OF
show yeez the photograph av me twilve"
She turned and climbed two flights of
stairs, but when she returned with the
PHOTOGRAPH OF the 'twilve' in her hand
the book agent was nowhere TO be seen.
He had gone on his way with something
added 10 his own Galaxy OF Uuseful In
formation. Morris Wade, in New York
Herald.
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