Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-05-15
THERE THEY ARE
BILL POSTERS
MlN VINO GLADDEN. HEART ol
CHILDHOOD AND AGE, roo,
GATHER N 1lL~A
ARE ENTERTAINED royalty
\ Hundred Expected Before 'omcn'
lion Clo-c---Ihr-c Men liifc
Othrf- 90 DO Real Work.

slap a!u.h' swish swish sap'
There 3D.. ls SHINY and Wet >'t
o. work ~ art, perhaps io thc arts.
ut eyr. bat the Rale ~ thr iugulsife
youugster. the prrtiirsl thing boo all th3
land
Its % big '1G-shcct poster depict
ing the coming 0f The WOrlc s Fa-
nous Colosal -Four Round Iiinky-
Diuk Circus. or telling of the reasons
why SplnkHan chewing gum cures
rout and rheumatism. Whatever u
may Dee. lt looks pretty 90 thc rye VI
the Md VINO has in opcneyrd amaze-
mrut watched the man with the brush
and paste pot dcftly thrgw the va
rlous sections together with "a precis-
lon born Of long training. lie throws
"a section Of the big poster IN the AIR,
gives his long handled brush swlns
through space catches the flying sheet
and pins II down helpless on me
board 4 twist ana q turn and the pa
pers In place. a few slaps with Inc
brush and It's fiat and smooth. Ny,
hoN the Kids watch with breathless
amazemcnt az the bill poster swings
on the final sheet ana the whole sceuo
stands out ia all lts beauty
hut They Know How.
VOL. the fellows who do all this won
dorful transformation work the bill
posters got together iu Tulsa yestcr-
day and VIII today again, all IN .
bunch They don I do posting any
more. for the most part. because they
have reached tho stage whore they
run what is sometimes called sign
systems lu their respective towns
and they hire other fellows to do th'
posting But II II should come TO a
show down. the delegates who are at
tcding this years convention OF the
oklahoma State Bill Posters assOcla
ton could take a brush and a pot oI
paste and transform any old hlllboar,
or the side OF barn, even, IN a fairy
land Of delight for the youngsters, ant
old folks, too, Ia few minutes
time.
The knights Of the Paste Brusl
convened at 10 o'clock yesterda.
morning at the Commercial Clul
rooms. At noon they were given al
automobile ride about the city. Othe
forms OF entertainment were carrie
out. including banquet last night
/ According 10 an old est iHblishc
custom the bill posters are entertaine
each year by the member of their or
gaHSzatlon residing In the city wher
they hold their convention, Therefore
Ben r. Finncy, Tulsa's aggressiv
booster and sign board artist, is tn
host this year. and he is seeing to
that not "A minute of the two days
,,,...ttpr ,.silI Lawn tpNIbipp lint
rosy impression ON the minds of IN
guests when lthey leave.
l'ifty to "A hundred persons are eN
pccted To attend the final meeting to
day and practically every city an
town of any Importance in the stat
viii he represented.
The business session YESTERDAY last
ing from 3 O'Clock in the afternoo
mti $50 o'clock at night was dc
voted mainly TO the discussion of on
of the most important proposition
that ever came before the association
II is proposed to purchase a car loa
of galvanized iron ana have Il shippe
to TULSA to hc distributed from her
to various points I'm the state, wheT
members of the association will us
It in constructing weather proof bill
boards. to replace wooden ones no.
i'm use. After long ana heated dis
uussiOn no satisfactory decision In IN
matter was reached. Representativ,
Of five Of the largest galvanized iro
concerns In the country were preser
with bids and suggestions.
The business session today, startin
lat o'clock this morning in the con
mcpnial club rooms Will be the mo-