The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-27

great many surprises, agreeable and
otherwise, and some provoking in
cidents. My orders, generally speak
ing, have delivered better than I had
expected.
According to our instructions, I
have avoided taking orders for any
definite number of views We were
told that If a person agreed to take a
certain number of views he would be
likely to take these and no more,
while on the other hand. If the NUM-
Der was left indefinite, the customer
would probably take more than he
had at first intended. 1 found this TO
prove true in the majority of cases.
The orders delivered on an average
of two dozen to the customer.
About the best selection in my
Judgment for the amount of money
invested, was made by the scnool
ma'am who had given me my first or
der two weeks ago. AS 1 showed the
pictures through the scope she sig
nified her choice quickly and precisely
Among the scenes she took were
cotton field. view of the Panama
canal, one of the interior in the
Philippines, and some typical Amer
lean and foreign scenes.
AS the home of the girl WIS mad
voted such views bore, L sold a
sample of nearly every comic scene !
had but the process was long ana
tedious. At another place the people in
spite of my attempts to hurry the
deal kept me over an hour and nnally
Dicked out three views. Then they
wanted a reduction on the price. Inc
pictures sell at 50 a dozen or sixteen
and two-thirds cents a piece. one
woman asked me what the two-thirds
cent was for. 1 told her 1t was my
profit. I have some cheap copies, but
have not tried to dispose OF many OF
them.
comics and scenery, the sentimental
scenes and sets are in demand. L
have one set of six, showing how a
girls sweetheart goes off to war, now
she receives news of his pelng Killed
Then the last of the series snow tnat
| the hero has come to life ana the
set ends with view of the nero EN-
bracing his beloved. women young
and old. married and Single; pick Set
this set on first sight Another SET
| consisted of eighteen pictures De
| melting a courtship and marriage
affair and 1 have disposed OF all OF
| these I had in stock. one woman nan
who bought the set, understand, has
been married three times. The
woman whose husband has been IN
| me raniteutiary bought the coal mine
scene all right, but showed goou
taste in other selections. The men
as a rule picked on comics ana iaiii
have delivered in one day, the or
| ders taken in several days canvass
| in this neighborhood. only lew
| have backed out One or two started
! tn do SO. but a little firmness blendeo
With battery as to their good stand
no IN the community made them
| c. Gov cash has been paid and the
money has come from the most IN n,
| avnecfed places. THAT there cup IN
ne nantry'' seems to be the popular
receptacle for small change: while the
clock also is a general favor1te as
| a safe deposit. One man kept ms
money in an old stocking, anotner IN
an old boot. A few of my. customers
1vrota ont checks on a local bank
ond signed their names with proua
1nurish, Well, If had as mucn
money in a bank as they are sald 10
| have. 1 would be proud also; ho ~
future with my canvasslng as ,i..i has We
had in the past I may have a llttle at
| the end of the season as well as con-
| siderable experience. ,i,
I hope I will not be delayed asaln
in a house by rain as was yesteroay
a fternoon. I make another dellvery
tomorrow Good bye. G. M H.
Notes and Personals.
Mrs. June Baxter has returned 70 nsI
home in Kansas City after Visit "i oas
her sister, Mrs. =. ~. ber5eh' a. ''
s. Cowman, of Yates Center, has
bought OUT the c. w. Thompson grocery
| store at SIT (North) Kansas avenue
Russell Thompson Will continue 70 pe
- charge Mr.. Thompson has been IN
l+ba grocery business for NUMBER OF
vaars Int has decided to retire on &C
count of poor health. He expects 70 &c
10 Excelsior Springs. Mo-, for snort
Visit. $780, ,,1e Won
/ pIra, street to 1881 Monroe street.
Mrs. J. q. Nixon of ST. Joseph and
Mrs 7 T. ]. Cox of Rossville, spent
yasferday in North Topeka.
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Retter,- of silver
lake. visited in North Topeka yester-
lday. j., ,,;s ho,,o
I;r Horton after a short visit in North
~ a Jewett. of 1922 Van Buren, street
Ihas gone to Enid. Ok. where ne viii
work as bridge foreman tor the Rock
!. King has made arrangements
with T LovewelI. of the State Acad-
en1v of Science, to test the Sample OF
salt water taken from the abandoned
oil we'll on the J. H. Skinner place.
The test will probably be mace soms
time this week. According to Mr.. King,
II will require several days to make the
Owine TO the serious illness of Mrs.
IT T. Cox of Rossville, she was unaDie
to meet her daughter, Mrs. j. q. Nixon
of ST. Joseph, Mo-. at Topeka yester-
dav ARRANGEMENTS had been made Tor
The ornamental Union Pacific shield
of white wyoming quartz in the rail-
road park has been finished.
The terracing of the bikes In Gar
field park has been completed.