University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-15

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said Mr.. Flipkinton.
Vice is q monster of such hideOus mIen
That To be hated needs bur to be seen;
But seen too oft. familiar with its face'
We first endure. then pity. then embrace
It's much the same. iii one respect
ut least. with book auctions: yoa ma!
never intend to buy. but they will get
vou il vou don't watch out.
Il always did like TO 20 to book aue-
tions. and L like to now just the same
like the store with its walls lined with
books to the ceiling. and with those
,i"ns around: Lives OF tn" Poets. and
Io-cphuS in twelve volumes. and Ma
caulay in ten and Mrs. Gaskell'> Com
plcta Works and We will put up any
bool, You select and that sort "f thing.
like the auctioneer, always cool and
always ready. knowing all about crush
ii lcvant. and turkey morocco and hail
Russia and full calf. and all about lit
rraiIIrc besides. You wonder at him
aS he calmly ,kips. il one can skip
calmly. from book To book. ~ he never
at a los. either aS 70 it- construction or
it, con cnt-. lie knows all history and
aii authors and his comments are Hum
iratin" and allurin".
Now here We nave he says as he
holds The book up To view. Jones on
Tent Life in Afohani-tIn:" bound in
antique vcIum and printed from clear.
new type on hand made paper. decklcI
edges and full Gilt top and fully Illus
tratcd u beauriiu, volume tit TO grace
any library. AMI the subject most in
torc~ting and here treated in most
fascinating manner. Few men have had
Il more varied career than Jones. He
has travcrScd the wide earth in search
nf adventures and found them every
where. He has written many books.
hut this is his masterpiece. the most
record Of an experience
unique in the annals of travel
Always Gets a Purchaser.
Then he rifles the pages and shows
the pictures and talk~ about the book: |
not ut great length. but to good pur-
pose. for in minute he finds pur-
chaser. and This gentleman here takes |
it, he says. as he drops the book on the
rountcr beside him t. be- wrapped. |
We shall HOW offer YOU. gentle /
mon the auctionecr con, inurS. as he |
places on the uptiltcd box that serves /
him for Il Sellin" table a ponderous
volume. n book that should be in ev-
FRY household. The Anatomy of the
Human Frame This book tells YOU
how to get well if you are sick and how
/" avoid sickness. Its chapters are
written by men all eminent i'm their
profession and treat of all diseases.
herbs and how To recognize and how to
prepare them. of hygiene and vcntila
ion. 1t is an expensive book. sold hith-
ri" only by subscription. but it should
'e in every nome. Now. how much am
bid for it,
lie gets bids for it and he sells il.
lc doesn't get for it quite the price at
which the book was published. not
luitc. but he lets it 90. Thrn-thcre {
nay have been an open space around
n front of the auctioneer'S stand where |
'c"ple had held little aloof hen he !
auSc> for Il moment in his selling to !
ay: I
Gentlemen. I have 4 little cold to-
ay and I should like it if You would I
lose in Il littk more here in front. all i
ONE little closer. 1t would be easier I
or me to talk to You then and you I
ould hear mo better
AT that friendly invitation thcv do
lose in. where they can hear better and t
here perhaps the auctioncer can sell i
hem more books. for one can talk I
l"rc convincingiv to Il man at close :