The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-08
REPRESENTATIVES
HAVE INNINGS AT
ARMS CONVENTION
Selling Plans and Problems
Discussed at r. A.-U. M.
G. Meet Today
Smoker Tonight to Factory
Foremen Will Christen
Freyler's New Rathskeller

Travelling representatives of the
Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cart
ridge Company. had their innings to-
day at the annual conference in The
StratfieId This was Represent atives'
Day. the program being devoted en-
tirely to a discussion of selling prob
lens and plans.
ANY man that stands still is a dead
one,'' was the theme of the address py
F. B. Clark, of New York, advertiS-
ing nAnaser and manager of repre-
sentatives, who had charge of the pro
gram Mr. Clark's discussion of sell
ing problems was wide in scope and
full of interest to the representatives
Stereopticon views illustrated his talk
Tonight will be considerable night
with the representatives. The sales
men are going to entertain the fore
men of the local factories at a smok-
er and cabaret show in Freyler's new
rathekellar- It promises to be some some
vaudeville acts will add to the enter
tafnment of the evening.
Friends of Silent Bill'' Heer, world $
champion trap shooter, are trying to
get him to make speech ton1ght;
When 1T comes to loquacity, Bib
makes the proverbial oyster look like
q Socialist orator. He is just about
half as noisy as the inside of any
wel1-ordered tomb at midnight. Hence
his friends want him to be the chief
"BiIF established a record for long
distance speaking-for him-about two
weeks ago. His business is to accom-
pany statesmen of the firm, demon
strating the qualities of the company's
arms Recently, he was travelling
through South Dakota in company
farm where a fine looking Jersey COW
and calf were standing close to the
tracks.
tsSone COW and calf, that remarked
the salesman to t.Bill-''
t.BilI,' interrupted his silence by
gravely bowling his head and inmedi-
ately resumed his limitations of an oy-
The next day, the pair returned over
the same route. "BiIl'' hadn't mutter-
ed a single mutt. The train passed
family were standing near the tracks
That's some COW and that's some
calf the salesman ventured again:
''You talk too d. much" said Bill. "
Large and juicy silence was then re-
sumed. That is the longest speech
against Silent big record d.are That
the story is no BILL too.
There il absolutely no truth to the
statement that ':Bin" received his
training while acting as leader for
deaf and dumb school cheering sec
Fred E. S1ear, -cartoonist for sport
ing Life is going to be present at the
banquet. In addition to being an ar
tor one of his recent inventions is
nav nalVs be sG demonstrated tonight.
It is called the Remington Junior
Fly Swatter." A piece of wood cut
in the shape of revolver, is the main
part of the outfit. Attached to the
ssbarreIl'' is an elastic with a hard
rubber ball, the size of a pea, at the
end The ball IS placed in a socket
and released by a trigger. When fir
ed" the ball travels at a terrific ve1o-
city, sufficient 10 kill the largest fly
known-and this Without museing
gun when the fly-swatting crusade
was at it's highest and sold thousands
of them.
the gun was given reporters this
morning by T. L. Briggs, in charge
of the publicity bureau: Manager
Griswold, of The Stratfield, sent out
and got big horse fly, there being no
flies on his hotel and turned it loose
in the publicity room. Then the chase
began Armed with the fly cannon
Mr. Briggs chased the insect for thir-
ty-five minutes straight that is, as
straight a fly can be chased in a,
not over-Iarge bed room. Finally, the
of the window sill. From an ambus-
cade behind the lace curtains, Mr..
Briggs drew aim on the fly and fired.
The curtain is drawn on further de-
tails of the massacre.
A move to have all fly cops in
the country equipped with Mr.. Briggs
war engine will be launched at the
conference, it is said.
OF special interest to the public is
the shoot Friday afternoon between
R Al NJ c. teams and teams from
the Seaside Gun club at the latter's
range Some 10000 shots will be fir
ed and worlds records ought to be
bent, if not badly smashed.
AS an additional attraction, Rush
Race, the worlds greatest trick shoot
er, will give an exhibition. He has
many stunts that seem superhum an.
For instance, he'll toss a % ca1ibre
shell in the air and then fire at it
with a p rifle, hitting the shell so
as to explode it. He is working to per-
feet the trick so that he may score a
bullseye with the bullet exploded in
midair. He throw five targets in
| the air and hit them all before they
land and can go through some sharp
| shooting using triple mirrors in sight
ing
The shoot Friday will be held, rain
or shine.
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