Show Our Leml Lenil t. t Many tInny a 1 boy Joy Is made happy the these c days I b. b by a present of or half a u dozen Ith hl lila his name printed thereon In iii gold old letters letter's Perhaps the time name minnie lead pelle pencil pen pen- e cil will last through h all time anti and eternity The rime orl original pencil was vas really mantle made of lead head anti and on the time rough h paper laper of the time time made malle a clearly clearl- discernible mark Germany led in Its Ils manufacture Our earliest Importations were sere much sou sought ht after arter anti and none could be hou bought ht with other money than gold coin A common cornmon lead Pencil was wag almost worth i Its tim weight in iii old gold and a n man who isho got ot a supply hall had to be well vell recommended rec see I When hen a New York merchant merchant mer mner- chant cl the thu arrival at of or a ii consignment consignment consignment con con- of or lead lend pencils the rush to buy was waN pell American In Ingenuity Sided aided b by German detail brought ht his Ills country quickly to the front In pencil manufacture Our enormous forests of ot cedar edar and alid tIme the discovery ills dis eO covery ery of or graphite with the introduction Lion tion of oC marvelous machinery and all kinds of oC labor labor- saving labor devices have brou brought the the- dally daily output to pencils a L day There Thero are arc salesmen who whose e annual bookings amount to half halfa a million dollars each They rimey give gho away hundreds of or thousands ot of pencils as as personal cards and if suet met in a casual way Ivay will Surely have e CI every pocket S stuffed fed full ful New York Press |