The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-04

M RICHARD sPII.I.ANE.

Nicholson was one of the S,To7.
Every weekday he wore thick soled
shoes and his uniform OF gray and
trampc6 through the streets and
climbed stairs until you would think
lie would drop from exhaustion. If he
ever got weary he never complained.
Every one along Park Row and the
upper portion of Nassau street knew
him as NICK. For more than twenty
Years he had been in the service of
Uncle Sam. The government never had
more faithful postman Nearly NIL
nf those twenty-odd years he had been
delivering letters to the men OF the adj
vortisinE district. HQ never was i'll.
never was idle, never bad tempered.
Why should not he be goodna tured.
cheerful, buoyant? he had reached the
PINNACLE of success of the postman. AS
Il veteran III tho service lie was get
ting Sl200 year. lie had started as
a Young man as prohationer, and had
vivid recollection of his grst promo
tiun. when he was put on the regular
force at 5000 year. Later there came
In raise TO $500. then TO 5000. then to
$1,000, then 10 SLIGO and finally he had
reached tho limit Of possibility-$l.:
zoo a year. On the way up he had ac-
cumnlated family of fine proportions
and had clothed. ced and cared for them
through some marvellous financing.
\ man cannot go 10 your Office every
morning. noon and afternoon. year af-
Ter year for more than twenty years
wiihcnt coming 10 know you pretty
we'll and getting to be known pretty
we'll. Nicholson knew every ono In
the advertising field. 1t was not be-
cause he was nquisitive The know
ledge came naturally. If a letter was
returned because the clerk 10 whom il |
was addressed had gone TO work for
nnother agency. the information was |
given to Nicholson along with The let !
ter. Ii this man or that one was i'll
Nicholson was likely 10 hear It, lfet
was so genial, 50 companionahlc. so
kindly that every one liked him. III |
was forty-hvc or maybe Il little more. |
ripe enough anyhow for Osler to get
him. but no laughed about his gray
hair joked about the curl 10 his mus
tache and simply refused TO he old in
manner.
There were some advertising men
who saw something more in Nicholson
than good nature. They liked TO hear
his comments on their work. He I
knew so much about advertising from
his long association with advcrtising
nicn that he had no hcsitancy in cN
pressing Judgment. Occasionally man
working on some copy and stumped
{ol, a word or phrnse exactly fitting
the idea he had Ia convey would hail
the arrival Of the poStman with de-
light Hey, Nick," he would cXclaim,
''tell me what | ought to say here.
Nick would nc delighted 10 do so. He
had a quick vii. fresh mind and "a
fair faculty for turning a neat sem
,tencc Many. many times with a time
]y suggestion he had cleared the fog
that had bothered the tired mind of an
nd. writer. And no one was happier
when the fog cleared than Nicholson.
One of the men who saw more In
Nicholson than good nature asked the |
letter carrier ono day to help him out
on the title for a booklet.
What is it about?" asked the mail
man.
It's abou, corsets. and it isn't go
Ing 70 he much bigger than postage
...s Little Book lof course lis for
women the noztfnen suggested.
Fine exclaimed the al man. And
thsn ne p!ccesd=d 70 carry but the
idea. only he made the ;i;le trine
longer iustt TO make sure no one. no
mater TOW dense. irissed the point.
50 j Was THAR when the hook came
out i had : cpEse, picture in one
cnFne- ana me ;i,ie was "a Little
Bo9E ~ coEsets FOX Women tof course
Ats Tor wonenj''
..nothe- al. man, puzzled for Z catchy
phrase for Z Particularly servicea BILE
lot Of cloth!ng. got this from the post
rE.a; You Wear Them Out, but You
Nvy@r Weas Then. OUT
man 10 sec his ideas cepted' Possibly
IN the goodness Of MS heart, ne would
hH scat!At!ng Them about prod!gsll.
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