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Show Don't Believe iii A eitisiu-The eitisiu-The man who eays he "doesn't believe in adv? i Heir g" is a neon-!(cioueiy neon-!(cioueiy all the wr.ile doing just w.iat J be deprecates. He hangs coats out j eide of hia door, or puts dry gocd into jhis windows that'a adve rti?icg. He ;has print id crda lying on hie counter I that's advertising. He sends out drum.xera through the country, or iputs bianameon his waon that's advertising. Il he has lost hi cow, j be puts a written notice :u the pcat-jOffice, pcat-jOffice, or tells his siuier-iu-!w uiid that's adverlis;Lig, to. He haa hia I name put up in giit letters over his door what is h-t but advertising? He paints his shop red or green; or, il a tailor, he wears tbe latest style; if a doctor, he haa his boy call him out of church iu haste; if an auctioneer, auction-eer, be bellows to attract tbe attention ol prttttiers-by; if a heavy merchant, he keeps a huge pile of boxes on hia idewatz in front of bia store aud a!i lor advertising. A man can't do bus io ess without advertising, and the question is whether lo caII to hia aid the engine that moved the world Ihe priuting preap, with ita thousands of mease gera working night and day, thestom engine adding to its repeating capacity untold pc-wtr and miraculous speed; or, rejecting all these to go back to the daya when newspapers, telegraph and railroads were unknown. "But advurtiaing costa money!" So does everything that is worth having. If advertising costs nothing, all the second, third aud fourth class potty shops would stand an tual chance with the most responsible bouses. If yu want to prove to the world that yours is a firel-clana establishment, advertise! Ex. |