The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-20

T~7HE starting of anything is, in
nearly all cases, the hard
ES-S,=si est part of the task; and
tSGSNJ that is the case with news
paper articles. Oftentimes
it requires more time to choose an
appropriate heading than it does to
write the article. But we are start
ed for this week, and now we are Off.
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s'Is He Guying Us? Ahem!"
Think Bit! Make Mem.
Our wise and good-natured con-
temporary, the Times, quoted bit
from The Citizens Down Hawley
Way department last week, and the
one who imposes that part of the
leading newspaper of Wayne county
on the public is puzzled, for he
doesn't know whether what was
handed to him was a lemon or a
peach. Here is the "hand-out," and
now, dear reader, how would you
take it?
Is He Guying Us? Ahem!
In the weekly humorous CD
column of the Honesdale Citizen
of last Friday, we find one of
the richest jokes which has
come to our notice from the pen
of Frank P. Woodward. With
the proposed trolley road as it's
subject, the article was in part
as follows: " Right here in
Hawley \ everybody is taking
about the new trolley road. OF
course everybody wants to en-
Joy a ride over the new electric
thoroughfare, and every last one
of them would like to take that
ride quicker than instantly. 1
advise everybody to be patient,
to save some of their show mon
ey for the new trolley sensa-
ton, and to rest assured of one
thing for a certainty, and that is
this: Before election day rolls
around the road will be built
and Honesdale ladies can have
every opportunity of visiting
Hawley and incidentally of do
ing a little shopping with Haw-
ley merchants, stopping at the
White Mills stores on their way
home to complete their pur-
chases, and then get car for
home in time. to get supper
ready for "the old man" of the
house. Ahem!
The writer is glad there is some
question in the Times editors mind
as to the humorous part of his writ
ing. He certainly never intended to
pose as a Great American Humorist
He tries to make a department that
people will like to read, and he be-
lieves that he is in some measure
succeeding. He also tries to be fair
But now, let's get down to "glue
and brass tacks." What prompted
that article was the question that
was put to the writer hereof-Will
the new road benefit, or harm, the
town of Hawley? Will it lead trade
away from our merchants?
That depends on two things, the
merchants of Hawley and their ad-
vertising. There are some fine
stores in Hawley, stores where you
can obtain almost everything desir.
able; but one may have a splendid
stock of goods and his prices may be
right, and he may not get the proper
amount of trade because he doesn't
tell the public about it. This is the
age of publicity. There is a whole
lot of truth in the jingle that run!
thus:
"He who has thing to sell
And goes and whispers it down a vel
Isn't half so apt to collar the dollars
AS he who climbs tree and hollers.'
There is no joke and no guy
about the idea of Honesdale people
to some extent buying goods in Haw
ley, just the same as Hawley people
to some extent buy goods in Homes
dale, and Honesdale people to som'
extent buy goods in Scranton. But
when the trolley comes merchants il
both of these towns, also in Whit
Mills, will have to count in thei
business methods the asset of pub
licity, and they will have to conside
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