Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-05-09

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TRAGEDY L1TERATURE
Authors' Choicest Gems Dispo sed 81
Under Red Iags and Giar- s3=
! 3s. ing Posters. Fs8s,
Il The: book ctioneer weighed vol
ume critically in his hand as he turned
to the title page In a moment he had
fixed the title and authors name frm=
| " in his mind, noted. the number OF
pages and illustrat ions and stepped
Ibriskly forward to the edge Of the
Iplatform "A s q IL I.
The room was filled with "a mixed
crowd attracted from the sidewalk by
the red flags and faring posters. The
literary tragedy thus STAGED is enact
| ed daily in scores of book sales
throughout the country. H II /, sss II s5%s NJ
| Now gentlemen""-th man of books
forced his voice to its highest key
IT never handled a finer line Of books
in my life than we have here today.
know literary audience when I see
one. Well, today you will have the
opportunity of a lifetime, believe me.
| IT will begin the sale by offering
you high-class literary article, the
works of the great writer er-er--
Balzac. Now let me- tell you who Bal
FAC was. He was a Frencnman, and
he wrote a great many. of the best
sellers of-of that period. Why, gem
tlemen, he thought nothing Of writing
$4,000 book. Think Of it! I now
show you his complete works in three
volumes. ~, stts-. 4 y: Sft .ss Il
| To the Red Tie. eS .,1'> >z5s,
zone dollar and half do hear?
One moment, gentlemen.
| Look what we have here, three
volumes, count them. Who will offer
two dollars. Two dollars? Yes?
Thank you. Now two and a half, a
half, half, half, half. Ny motto is
quick sales and small profits. Who'll
never regret-half, half? Yes, I get
you over there in the corner. Going
at two and a half, half, half. Thank
| you. The gentleman with the red
necktie gets the complete set. S Il
II will now offer you another really
high grade book Just the book you
have been waiting for, I'm sure. It's
entitled as you see, tthe Ring and the
Book And this reminds me OF a lit
tie story which with your kind per-
mission I will relate to you l.
The auctioneer's voice had fallen, to
an ingratiating, conversational tone.
! "a lady once entered a large de-
partment store and inquired Of the
procure Browning in the emporium.
He told her she could not. He ex-
planned that they sold bluing, black
ing and whiting and took orders for
blinking, but they had no Browning.
Well, now, gentlemen, we are better
off than that store. We have Brown
ing, all right, and how much am
bid for him." '&t
Human Boasts the Price.
Under the, spell of this irresistible
humor the volume was started at so
cents, run to- Is cents, and, after 'spir-
tied fractional advances. Knocked
down for 81 cents. Il ~ -Ee,,s...
''Now, here we have real select
little book''-the auctioneer again
spoke with vehemence which shook the
windows-'.it's bound in leather, you
see, an ornament Tor your table. It is
written by Thomas, let me see OF
WAY. It seems to be book Of
plays-Yes, its q. book of plays-and,
as you can see at glance, real Sc
lect thing" -!t .5
1t was. The ancient leather bind
ing had the ,unmistakable dignity Of
age. The leaves of rich vellum had
taken on delicate shade of brown,
which was absolutely convincing
book to handle reverently.
Look at this leather" shouted the
auctioneer, "a little shopworn, per-
haps, but still very serviceable book.
How much - 49, EN5 ,5.>G:s
Look at the Paper.
mot bid, gentlemen? Why, gem
tlemen, look what I'm offering you.
Look at the grade Of paper they have
put into it.
II open it at random. Here we have
something written about. let me see,
Venice Preserved You have all heard
of the beautiful city Of Venice, where
people go about the streets in boats. :.
| What do hear? Five cents? No,
gentlemen. I cannot sacrifice this book
for cents. will purchase it myself
| for my own private library. Here Jim
my, put this book aside for me-
Shades of the tender Otway!"
Nov, the best thing about book
sale, you'll all agree with me, is speed y
The salesman spoke with extreme ra-
pidity. "Now here is a lot of classy
/ little books which I, am going to run
off in a hurry. Each volume goes to
the first bidder. They were Al holiday
sellers only last year, but you all know
how the fashions change. SO this year
they 60 cheap. s..sy.4| g.
Where Size Counts.
| what am I offered for this one,
a fine novel, colored illustrations,
more than 300 pages Of entertaining
jreading Ten cents?i IT'S yours.
Here's another, almost as big. How
much? Five? Take it. Now another.
Five? It's yours. Here's pile Of 'em
each and every one goes to the first
bidder. = E. -. +
! Here is just the article you have
been waiting for gentlemen" auc-
tioneer cleared his throat for more
vehement effort - ''this fine big book.
Here It's. 1t seems to be a collection
of plays and the authors name Is E-U-
lR-I-Pides., Now, gentlemen, you must
I ALI agree with me that there is moth
| ing more interesting than a good play.
When you come home tired at night
after a hard days work what would
you rather do tnan anything else :? En-
joy good play, Of course. BY purchas-t
! ing this volume you can read a number
| of plays in your own homes. Now here
! is full line Of plays by this author.
What am I bid o. Sg
We struggled forward to catch a
glimpse Of the lost masterpieces Of
Euripides restraining an impulse to
begin the bidding at g million. Il
Thirty.centi sacrilege.
Thirty cents, do I hear? Now, gen.
tlemen," the auctioneef pleaded. does