The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25

Eyes. sir, Salu DEeeAy-
For the next six weeks the customers
at I.eslies enjoyed daily treats from
the signs. There were no less IMAM
6fty he made on busy days Inc IAN
.uage was simple; it told the truth
eb,,,t tho goods. and it never disap-
,o;rted. and quite often there was
hit of hun1or in it. The obese super
;ntendent frowned at Breezy's efforts
and looked as if he half regretted MS
venture.
1.-The old guy" unused Breezy one
dav as he saw Thompson deliberately
tear one of them up 1t was an egg
sign. ard read: IF you wait until
Tomorrow to buy these eggs at ID
cents the dozen they may not be as
good as they are to-day Promptly
breezy had another one up, which
read: Its throwing these eggs at You
to sell them for 10 cents the Dozen
They're not bad. though
Thompson stood before it for full two
minutes before he decided to let 1t pass.
and then walked away, murmurlnS
HIM, HIM.,
But Ereezy ran to extremes, and one
day when Leslie paused before cheese
sign and read. Hold your nose here.
Tt only takes the clerk two minutes by
the clock tc wrap up half pound OF 1t
at 90 CENTS he decided that he would
draw the limit, and he told Breezy TO
take it down, which Breezy did with 4
rather crestfallen air. He had been
particularly proud of this effort, and
had stood behind his register a dozen
different times during the day to watch
customers stare and break out into
laughter. A week later they made him
take another one down, and MIR. Leslie
called him aside.
Don't try to be so funny on your
cards" he frowned. You make nice
cards when you stick to fact. but when
you get humorous you are as loud as
a barrel of mackerel.'
Breezy grunted ungracious acauies-
cence, while the corners of the grocer's
mouth twitched at the recollection of
some of the cards But they continued
to be as fragrant as Aever. Thompson
complained to Leslie about it. and the
proprietor sat for a few moments in
deep thought.
THAT boys got too much vitality %
he said, land we'll have to give him
another outlet for it. Making cards and
answering the telephone isn't enough
for him to do. I believe that 1 will
put Morris at the telephone and let
Smith do our important outside bust
ness downtown" The change was ac-
cordingly made, and Breezy became a
sort of confidential clerk. doing most
of the firms business with the banks
and the downtown Offices. Character
istically, he allowed no opportunity to
escape to learn the firms manner of
doing business, and it's needs. He was
not chary with suggestions. either. and
) was told by the firm more than once
that his advice had not been asked
and that it was therefore not very val
liable. This logic Breezy utterly failed
to comprehend.
His old friends smiled as he dashed
by them daily on his bicycle. his hat
crushed on to his head and his face al
most on the handle bars.
The firm sent him to the newspaper
Offices to take advertising copy The
advertisements which he carried he
criticized freely on the road downtown.
Most of his criticisms were of a decid-
eddy adverse nature, and his opinion OF
the man who wrote them. the head of
the firm, grew more and more con-
temptuous. He had learned some les
sons in advertising by his card making.
One morning they sent him to a
downtown firm of producers with an
order for twenty tubs of butter. With
the order they gave him copy to take
to all the morning papers. making COM
monplace and altogether unattractive
mention-thought Breezy-of a pro-
posed special sale of these twenty tubs
of butter.
That's the weakest thing yet he
soliloquized, as he sped down the
empty avenue. "Butterll go up cents