The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-02-03

piece Of work. but he thought IL couIo
be improved. Dennis asked how, and
Tom said that If he would leave 1t
with him overnight he would make
some additions which be thought
would render it more effective. Dem
mis- was only too glad to do so. and as
soon as he was gone Tom brought his
genius to bear on it and produced the
following:
"Busby's prepared milk food is made
of the best buttermiIk that can be pro-
cured In the market. The fiavoring
spices used in 1t are gathered on the
shores Of Hudson bay by the Indians
Its ivory Wilderness is obtained not
from any deleterious ingredients, but
is distilled from myriads Of white roses
grown on the Busby farm under the SUI
perintendence of graduate OF an az
ricultural college. The fatty sub
stances used in the food are obtained
from the blubber of walruses shipped
on trains running on the ice OF Boring
sea. thus preventing delay and insuring
the delivery OF the blubber in the best
condition at the milk factory.
Some rare instances Of development
Of children using Busby's food are tes-
titled to by mothers. Charles DIETRICH
when seven months old weighed only
twenty ounces. After taking q bottle
of Busby's milk he gained so much in
/ one night that In the morning his
mother mistook him for the 6ve-year-
| old ann Nf hos 1T
sent him to his supposed home with a
lump OF sugar at the end of a year.
having drunk 200 bottles OF Busby's.
he had gained a pound a day.
Benny Harkaway. who weighed
only two pounds at birth. was blown
about in every draft. keeping his moth
err In constant dread lest he be carried
out OF the window. Ten bottles OF
Busby's food gave him so much fesh
that. his father having tossed him play
fully. when the child came down was
crushed by the enormous weight"
When this production was shown to
Dennis he asked its author IL it was
not somewhat overdrawn.
"Overdra cried Tom. Suppose
1t is! That's the art OF writing an ad.
II you write 1t in plain, unvarnished
terms nobody will notice It. I'll guar
antee that 1t will increase the sales of
Busbys milk enormously"
"All right" replied Dennis. I'll take
it TO Mr.. Busby"
II wouldn't do that" said Tom.
You had better insert 1t yourself I'm
a reporter for a newspaper. and can
get it put in at cut rates."
Dennis gave him carte blanche to
insert the nd. and went down to his
wife TO report what he had done. add
ing that he was going TO make Mr..
Busby's fortune for him on account OF
his kindness in giving them the milk.
The baby's milk ran out one day.
and Dennis, thinking that Mr. Busby
might have heard from his advertise.
be disposed to give him some more
food, went to the gentleman's Office
and stood as before beside the desk
"Mornin'. SIR" said Dennis.
The manager looked up from hun
dreds of letters and seeing the man
TO whom he had given some of his
milk food asked him what he wanted.
Have you heard from the advertise
ment?" asked Dennis.
What advertisement"
The one that came out In the pa
per-"
The manager looked at Dennis as If
cropping for something. then suddenly
exclaimed:
See here, my man. did you have
anything TO do with that game that
was played on me In statement got
up to ruin my business?"
''No, sir; put In an ad. at me own
expense for the favor you done me for
given me the milk for me little baby"
The manager stared at Dennis for a
time, then said: Il don't know that it |
will do any harm after all. Ii may
call attention to my goods" He took
up a handful of letters from the pile |
on his desk and ran them over. One, |
evidently a lady who had never had |
children or run dairy, wrote to know |
whether the cream was left on the but |
termilk used In Busby's milk. Anoth-
eHs NURSE. enleFeO u protest dSdluSt |
using spices in baby's food. Il should
think" she said. that IL would injure
the child's stomach" A young man
who said that he was a student of
chemistry asked for the process by
which the white substance was distiIl-
ed from roses.
There were on the desk a number OF
comic papers containing illustrations
of the marvellous developments of
children VINO had been fed on Busby's
milk. One was a picture Of a very
small man being crushed under an
enormous baby; another. a drawing
OF a woman giving a fat child a lump
Of sugar. while beneath were the
words, Now run home to your moth
err" There were numerous letters from
advertising agents and advertisers ask
ing for the name and address Of the
person. who had invented the clever
scheme for attracting attention TO Bus
by's milk food. and one man who was
about to put patent washing machine