The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-24
Evening Chat

Five hundred people had a laugh
last night that was not on the pro-
gram. during the showing Of "Just
Folks" One Of the pictures shown in
connection with the Made-in.Fairmont
picture was one of the Napoleon and
Sally chimpanzee pictures. A lady
who thought that Just Folks" was
the only picture to be shown came in
as Napoleon, the chimpanzee was In
the middle OF the picture. She stopped
dead still.
GOOD Lord! That's nobody l
know is IT." she said, and SO surpris.
ed was she that her voice carried all
over the theatre. For three minutes
the audience roared with laughter.
Large mounted photographs. posed
by expert salespeople illustrating
some particular phase OF scientific sell.
ing, are being used by Jones depart
| ment store In . course Of salesman.
ship being given free to every member
OF the Jones selling force. The course
| embodies all that is latest and most
scientific in the art and is expected
to make the Jones organization able
to render the maximum of service to
the public.
Classes are held at regular periods
and all matters incident to selling In
the store taken up and discussed BY
the salespeople themselves. Sugges.
lions and critisms are made and &C.
ton taken regarding them. The class.
| es havo been In operation since Sen.
tember 1.
One Of the features OF tho course
Is the bulletin board used in connec.
ton with the posed photographs. This
bulletin board was placed in a win
dow Of the store last week and pat.
.rons informed Of the efforts being
/, made to render them better service.
On the board is mounted the photo.
graphs, showing oil the details OF q
particular sale and at the bottom is q
box into which the salespeople are
asked to drop their suggestions and
criticisms incident to the particular
thing taken up In the Lesson.
1T is more than success" said
Mr.. Jones. speaking OF the course,
''and is in line with our efforts to give
people something better, in this in.
stance giving them believe, the most
efficient selling service possible"
There is a man In Fairmont who
is said today. He will be sad for some
time. His hands are calloused from
| shaking hands with candidates and
politicians, his mind is tired from try.
ing to follow their arguments. On each
| u ~
grasp him by his coat lapel and insist
on telling him all about 1t.
When this man goes home he has
| no rest. His wife wants to argue tho
suffrage problem with him. He can
either listen to her or to his chill.
dren who return from school primed
with political dope by the teachers
who know all about things.
II he does not wish to do this he
can read the stuff In the paper or
look over the bills that greet him in
tho mall. Tho bills are larger now
than they ever were before yet he
lives in about the same manner as he
has for many years.
All these things make him tired
and he is restless when he is asleep
for he dreams Of the mounting bills
and the disaster that awaits all the
citizens Of the country unless each
party's candidate Is elected. This
must be true as all the politicians and
candidates agree on this one thing.
But what can the poor harassed citi.
zen do? He can not vote for both.
Yet he must decide before Tuesday
week. Or II he fails to decide he
can stay home. That is what he usual.
ly does. He would 90 hunting or take
a trip but he is so short of money
trying to keep his family as they are
accustomed to living that he cannot