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Show Sprlehtly Temped - Extreniely volatile ana 8pr.e., tempers seem Inconsistent with great enjoyment. There la too time wasted in the mere transm from one subject to another. Xh seems to be no room tor those i impressions which are made alone!1 the duration of an Idea, and are qu requisite to any strong sensation eltnT of pleasure or pain. The bee to collect honey, or the spider to gather p0i80 ' must abide some time upon the weed or flower. Those whose fluids are mer9 sal volatile seem rather cheerful than happy men. The temper above tfe. scribed is oftener an attribute of wlu than of persons of great abilities. The above illustration shows one ot the mammoth buildings occupied bv the greiu Mail Order House oE the John M. Smyth Company of Chicago. J-or one-tliird of a century this Com. pany has been in business. Beginning In a small way. they supplied their neighbors neigh-bors In the near-by towns, each yeaj widening- their field. They are now sell. ins merehaiuli.-e direct to the consume! at wholesale pi-ices throughout the United Unit-ed States. Some years ago they be?an supplying their customers with an illustrated catalogue. cata-logue. As the business expanded theyweri obliged to increase the siz of this catalogue, cata-logue, until today it exceeds 1,000 Illustrated Illus-trated pages, quoting; tho lowest wholesale whole-sale prices on everything; to Eat, Wear and Use. By a superior process of color photography Ihey illustrate many of thelt goods In natural colors, bringing out the rloh color value of curtains, carpets, draperies, and the latest designs In wall paper, etc.. thus enabling; the customer hundreds of miles distant to select goods at his own fireside, knowing by the description, de-scription, illustration and price the class of goods he may expect. This feature of their business is becoming becom-ing more and more popular each year, for it not only saves long and tiresome railroad Journeys but is a great time saver. It leaves out the profit of the jobbing job-bing bouse, the retailer, the expensive commercial traveler, the general agent, the sub-agent and thus eliminates from one to four prolits. saving this amount for the consumer. In short, it is a great wholesale store brought to the home. Tho mammolh catalogue referred to is a 20th century dictionary of economy; The illustration below shows the recent building added to this great enterprise. The success of this Company seems Incredible, In-credible, considering the fact that thev have advertised so little. Their spirit of r - f fairness and industry is the secret of this wonderful success. The quantity of goods they require in some lines enables them to handle train loads of merchandise secured se-cured at the lowest possible cost and freight rate. When goods in the rrmfrh are coming from the mills and factories in the East, the lake steamers are pressed into service serv-ice at a freight expense which is but lit- tie in advance of the iron ore rates. Their references are: Any bank or express ex-press company, or any man, woman or child in Chicago. |