New Britain herald., 1922-06-03
PRESS AGENT BILL TO TELL OF THE
EDDYGLOHER FURNITURE DRIVE
Good Work of Special
Legion Committee of Get
ting Man to Tell EN-
who's Who and Why"
Starts Today.

a series OF letters today telling Of the
Eddy-Glover Post drive for furniture
for the new post rooms Letters will
follow from time to time. The Fred
erick Stokes company OF New Yorn
| city has extended the courtesy OF
using the style OF the famous "Mable
settees" by Edward streetcr to the
Eddy-Glover post. American Legion,
and the author here in New Britain is
member OF the post publicity COM
mittee. The first letter follows:
apologies TO Edward Strectcr.)
New Britain. Connecticut
%. june 8, 1922.
Dere Mable---
l bet you will be sirprized when
you read this letter becuz OF its be-
ing frum me becuz / amt bin riting
you reglar Mable for a good long
time-and ! CESS you no why too
Mable but am willing to leave sleep
ing dogs lay and wont say nothing
more about how mean you was to
me when ! was the defender Of your
country and you was Just at home
taking life eezy with them undrafted
guys. Generous as ever, hey Mable =?
Well I CESS you will be purity glad to
no that I am that way and that you
haven't gone and married some OF
those cheep guys what never was in
a army camp and cant rite enything
eether but is just pair a sights and
nothing better when tell you Of my
new awfiss which come to me today
IT amt likely that enybody else I'D
tell you about it becuz II theys one
thing other fellos is jelluss OF Mable
its brains-so I reckened out that II
you was to here of my new awfiss
self It's this Mable and I spose
otta ask you to keep it seakrit but
moving how seakrits affecks you soze
you go and tell evryone shant say
nothing about that, tho ! CESS you
are one OF the few what nows it at
that. I have bin chozen to rite some
snappy ads for the American Legion.
Eddy-Glover Post, to let the folks in
New Britain no how glad us Legion
boys I'D be If they was to give US
some of there old furnichure what
at on the walls-just whats laying
around maybee In the attick but is
good enuf to stand mans hole wait
to fix up our new rooms with
What do you think of that now Ma
BILE? And 1t amt my fine army rec
ord which got me this awhss eether
tho of coarse you think 30. III tell
YOU how it come to me. We was
haveine a meeting to think out how
we could let folks no how things Is
with our rooms and Jim Rogers says
rite sum ads which will bring in the
goods on acct of peoples haveing fur
Mcclure just laying around in there
atticks probably with moths alreddy
to set up house keeping in for the
summer. He was looking rite at me,
Mable, and new he ment me as soon
as he sed that about 1t would take a
smart fello but I didn't say nothing
modest that's me all over Mable. Well
then no one says nothing tho ! could
see they was lots there who thot he
ment them and I had to laff becuz of
its being so plane who he nent And
then sum one says how about Bill
and then they all LATED and cheered
and says shure shure and so then I
got I'D and says well I CESS I'm your |,
man and then they all LATED and
cheered sum more. So now I have !
that awnss and what do you think OF
that Mable. I CESS you'll be sorry
for sum OF those things you sed about
me now even if you didn't think I'd
here them becuz its thing to be
fter and another thing to be ritter
but they amt many can do both, Ell
Mable?
Well now told you I spose l otta
tell you its seakrit which nobody
but us in the Legion and you nose
about And now becuz your IN the
seakrit I'm going to rite you sum
more becuz anyway 1t wont cost me
nothing on acct of stamps for adver-
tizing and want you to no how good
I come out as a ritter for the puollck.
First III tell you what we got all
reddy which is good and prooaoly
come in becuz the seakrit leeked OUT
who was going to be the advertlzlng
man and then III rite which is the
things I'm wirking for and II we get
then, And don't forget to keep an
7 or on the Herald which is going
TO publish my ritings for the puollck
free gratiss without no extra expense
to the Legion.
Not only was he good at being a
fiter
Now he is just as good at nelng
a ritter.
Hows that, Ell Mable?
Yours as always truly
BILL.
ps Now I CESS your perty gao
,,ou didnt mary sum one without eny
name or fame. Wv,