"It is a wonderful system, indeed," marveled Phil.

"Yes. To go back a little I will say that this is a 'scout car'
or what is known among showmen as 'the opposition car.' It goes
only where there is trouble, where there is opposition.
For instance, more than half a dozen shows are coming into
this territory, this season, and it is up to us to cover
every available space with our paper before their cars get
on the ground."

"But will they not paste their bills over yours, over those you
have already put up?"

"They seldom do. It is an unwritten law in the show business
that this is not to be done."

Teddy had come up to them in time to hear the last remark.

"I thought there wasn't any law, written or unwritten, in this
business," he said.

"You will find there is, young man. Then, to come to the
lithographers, as I think I already have told you, these men
place small bills in store and shop windows, giving tickets
for the privilege the same as do the billposters. One man
goes ahead of them and does what we call 'the squaring,'
meaning that he enters the stores and asks the privilege of
putting up the lithographs. In most cases the owners of the
places object, and he has to convince them that it is to