More Toasts by Unknown
page 22 of 1010 (02%)
page 22 of 1010 (02%)
|
also a medium-sized one; every convenience; centrally and very
choicely located; rent more than reasonable. Address, etc.-- Advertising is the test of integrity; the proof of integrity; that transmits an ever-increasing confidence to both producer and purchaser. "I won't pay one cent for my advertising this week," declared the store-keeper angrily to the editor of the country paper. "You told me you'd put the notice of my shoe-polish in with the reading-matter." "And didn't I do it?" inquired the editor. "No, sir!" roared the advertiser. "No, sir, you did not! You put it in the column with a mess of poetry, that's where you put it!" "Paw, what is an advertisement?" "An advertisement is the picture of a pretty girl eating, wearing, holding or driving something that somebody wants to sell." A violinist was bitterly disappointed with the account of his recital printed in the paper of a small town. "I told your man three or four times," complained the musician to the owner of the paper, "that the instrument I used was a genuine |
|