The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-10-14

no. but there was 30 many calls for
the pesky thing that It got to be q
nuisance orderin'- It, an gave ND
handlin' it!'"
NO." said the druggist. good.hu.
moredly. I'm not as bad as that. I'd
like to build up better business. but
l get discouraged. I'm of the line of
travel"
Then create a new line of travel by
carrying a line of goods that will
cause travel in your direction"
The druggist shook his head dubi.
ously.
Now. see tere. I'm something of a
plunser and I'm willing to put $1,000
into the exploiting of your violet per.
fume II you'll give me a royalty of 20
per cent. on its SALE"
THAT seems fair" said the drug.
gist, pulling at his whiskers thought.
fully. but It also seems mad. How
can you get your money back? There
aren't many people that call for violet
perfume"
"Oh. it's q cinch. You can besin to
get your picture-gallery ready. pick
out your man to dress you, and give
the dimensions Of the box you want at
the opera"
It was balmy Saturday afternoon
IN early spring. Fifth avenue and
broadway were thronged by the usual
crowd. made up Of Brooklynites, sub.
urban,tes. Harlemites and travellers,
with here and there a New Yorker
born end bred. They moved north
and south, some of them clad in the
habilments of fashion, but more
clothed in the coverings of necessity.
At the junction of Fifth avenue and
Broadway and Twenty-third street,
many stopped to look at the huge
bottle of perfumery on wheels that
was slowly coming up the avenue.
The bottle was ten feet high, and
was made of violet-colored glass, bear
Ing white label setting forth the fact
that il containsd Hoods Wood Vic.
let" The bottle was set on four
Undiscovered wheels, and the driver
was clothed like page in a suit of
vioist velvet, and walked alongside
OF the bottle diving four Shetland
ponies in violet hued harness and
bearing violet aigrettes ON their
heads.
Just who did it or how !: was done
was apparent to few, and they did not
tell the policeman; but just as the
bottle had cleared the tracks of the
cross-town lines and had entered upon
the plaza, a loud crash was heard, the
bottle disappeared in wreckage of
glass, and the balmy air was made
more balmy by the penetrative odor
Of Hoods Wood Violet" which wa
tered the streets for the space of q
third of a block.
The usual crowd collected and the
usual inquiries were made, but no one
seemed to know who had thrown the
Belgian paving-stone which lay in the
crush Of glass upon the asphalt pave.
ment. 'Ehe ponies had started to run
but had been stopped almost instantly
by their little driver, who seemed ex.
ceedingly unconcerned except that the
breaking of SO much glass naturally
pleased him.
For rods around people shifted the
air delightedly. Not few felt long.
ing to get out into the country, but
more felt that they wouldn't mind
owning little perfume like that them
selves.
It could not have been more than
two minutes after the accident when
20 little pages clad in violet arrived on
the scene and began to distribute
handbills which were gotten up to
resemble miniature extras" The
handbills read:
Full account Of the cause of the fra
GRANGE in this part of the city.
''The bottle that was wrecked at Mad
ison square was filled with Hoods Wood
Violet If you like the perfume, why
not buy 50-cent bottle at Hoods Drug
Store, Grove street? or ask your drug
gist for it.
"'Hood's Wood Violet is the most
delicate perfume on the market. Every
one is speaking about it,"
And every one was. It was singu-
lar how strong and how penetrating
the delicate essence was. Ladies
whose skirts trailed through it bore
the sylvan sweetness on their clothes
for days. Not a train out of town
that afternoon but carried some invol.
UNFAIRLY beperfumed man or woman
with a story of the sweet disaster.
Before nightfall of that day the lit.
tie apothecary had more calls from
customers than he had received in a
week.
The incident had been enough of
news item to get into the papers,
but, while some of the editors re.
Trained from mentioning the name of
the perfumer, it was noticed that 9th.
ers spelled his name in full. AND,
curiously enough, those Of the latter
class had column advertisements
made up Of picture Of bottle of the
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