A Monthly Resume Of An That Is New. Bright And Intirkting On The Boarbs.

Vol. Ill, No. CINCINNATI, JUNE i, 1895. .fflggggTO

FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION TSDBSDAV, July nth, 9 A. M. best if these groteiou
Business will be taken up in regular altogether; but since, we presume, tbis
OF TH
order, until noon. Adjourn for dinner is an impossibility, it would be well if

ia ted Bi until 3 p. bi., after which time business
will be taken np in regular order nntil
Association, 5:35 p. m., when the convention will ad-
journ for supper.
Friday, July nth
Through the courtesy of Mess. Walker
L CADILL & Company, Bill Posters, we will be en-
tertainedproperly. A notice of same
JULY 9, <•. II Mtf'n.
willbe posted in "Committee Room,"
when the meeting is called to order.
Trusting that everyone interested di-
rectly or indirectly in outdoor display
advertising as a medium, may find it to
their interest to meet with us. Business
whatever of art the science ofadvertisiog
admits of could be introduced into our
public placards For it is not, as some
may imagine,' a matter of money fn
England it ia true when of recent years a
crusade against public advertiremenls of
the kind we refer to has been in progress
certain distinguished academicians have
sold certain of their works, and allowed
them to be reproduced and posted on
every vacant board. Bnt in France, as
in most things artistic, they arrange
these matters better. H.. Jules Cheret,
the most distinguished of Parisian affich-
iers, does not earn in a year, tbough heis .

of great importance to the association The energetic bill poster and distributer
incessantly at work, as much as was paid
of Findlay, Ohio, was born in Whitley,
for the single picture of 'Bubbles.'" It
Inform the President if you inteud Ind. December Jtb, 1847, and went to
is essential that art posters, if they are
Findlay, March i e th. 1883, in tbe employ
.

being present, before July ist so that the lo be common should be producible at a
Hotel Cadillac may be officially notified moderate price And such as a matter of Of tbe Opera Hou = e After two years'
iled to attend the fifth
fact is the case in Paris The elaborate
of how many to cipect- connection with the same, be took tbe
a oflbeAasociated Bill gaily coljureu ajfuhcs whkJi cover the
Hotel Cadillac is one of the best hotels advice of Mr. Waller Fisher, and Estab-
a. of the United Slates windows of the boulevard kiosquesof the
in the United States. French capital are the work 01 men who lished a bill posting plant, fully deter-
it the Hotel Cad-
Rate* as follows in a very real sense of tbe word are mined lo carry tbe venture to a success-
illac, Detroit Michigan. Tuesday, July 9!h
artists, and yet they are far from expens- ful issue. That be has succeeded in his.
Wednesday, Jul; loth, Thursday, July
Inside rooms, i to a bed, (1.50 per d >y.
ive Indeed the ecoiiomy necessitated by
1 3 to a bed, f3 00 per a, it is h,
ml:, Friday, July 11th. the conditions and aim of the art-poster
It is expected that all members and
of its evolution. For instance, the fact
delegates will report promptly at 11
thai a separate stone had to be engraved
o'clock noon, Tuesday, Julyolh, at the for each co'our used fo- printing his a/- built up a
above named hotel. fichts obiged M. Cheret to limit the
number of bis colons. The' result is velous, <
The f
boarda, until, look when'
that he rarely naaa an* but tbe three .

primary colours of red blue, and yellow I

you will, can sot help bnt see a bill
Tuesday, July, gtb, 1 a o'clock noon. —"the three shrillest trumpcl-noies." :

board.
'
entire city ia wall fenced In
as he calls Ihrin. These limitations,
The members and delegates will as- however do> not prevent the with over three thousand feet of boards.
semble Id the committee room. Hotel fhtl," as be is familiarly called, is
Cadillac, at which hour
the convention which _delight of the pi

under the patrbm-ge of the great, but aa

very popular with the advance boys and
will be called to order. Alter the pre- his many friends thougbont the country,
an envoy from trade to passers in the
>n of credentials of members and
Posting Co., 2 So Madison St:, Chicago. street— freeman'i Journal, Dublin, Irt-
;s and the reading of the minutes
J. B-UAAU) CaKRoTX, Sec'y.
, adjournment
:r will be taken until a o'clock.
43 Beaver Street, Albany, N. Y
f, P.M.
Duktkc April, thanks to the enterprise
of the Dublin Aits Club, those of the
Dublin public interested in such matters
©UR HDVieE IN THE MATTER OF POSTERS
had an opportunity of seeing apeci AND DISTRIBUTING WORK
mens of one of the newest born and most
Has contributed largely toward the success of many a Fair.
fin dc riecle of the arts—the art as we
may say, of tbe hoarding or the blank Do YOU want it? It's at your service, together, with our
wall. Tbe exhibition of French Posters and ads.
best efforts in preparing estimates
which was recently held at the Westmin-
ster Aquarium has been on view in Dub- Send us the necessary data and we will prepare your
lin during last month. It ia to be hoped copy; in other words we will write your bills and other
that the art of men like Jules Cheret,
advertisements, and do it well. You are thus relieved of
.

Grnsiet, Lautrec, and Boutetde Monville

will help to effect a revolution in the
ers. Printers, Theatrical Manage™, Circus decoration— il we may use the word— of we will do more work to get an
It is often said that
y see fit ur Dublin hoardings. It is sadly needed.
a attend for the Many of the most beautiful perspectives -order than any other printing hodse.
of our city exeat present desecrated by That's right; and we do it gladly, because we want
the hideous glare of 1
tising, and if possible to get a m "orders. We want your order. 1
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idea of how our customer, hsv"

treated, and what complaints they may The Donaldson r
Litho. Co., Cincinnati, Q.
*
have. At 5:30 p.m. adjourn for .upper. •
Write Fitr dm. taialqgne and Samples.
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 Advertisements DISTBIBHTERS' DIRECTORY.
Classified Advertisements. Classified

(or^ll insertions. Larger cards, ll>

BILL POSTERS' DIRECTORY. >n, Utah; Will Crockett,

BILL POSTERS' DIRECTORY. City Bill IMatc rima LHa'.rUm

TO RENT. If You Save Anything

Blending- & French, the BUI Posters Display Advertising.
I n. Ctrulnil

Advertise In the Copper Country Valparaiso, Indiana,

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A Freak In TexasI oRenaM6j3ill Hatawan, Monmouth Co., N. J.

i.Ohto. The World AdverUs. St. Charles. Bo.,

II Posting Co., salt Lake HucktittstLiwn, ti. .1 ,

Postln^ a^^p^trj- LouUjana, MOj Pooulatton 10,000. cusvEum, o.—Al. nryan.

The Curran Bill
it

Manchester, H, II, Frank P. Colby, 1 o™v™ n l

Kv ^!rfc™rS5
0
H™ ver,isinEt
JohnA. Lafcln, Cliy Bill Poster,

The Osbkosh Bill Posting Co^, City

Chatham Bill Posting Agency, Bill

PoallnK Bua Ueueral Ad vonls! u K Agsul- .

.ittra Adnlasog Sirricr?'

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^IMnSarAdvertising Sign Co., iiyj Ru>
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Sc BAKTO'? p!I! -ReKe & long Adv. Co,
C1
Seranton, Lackawanna Co., Pa, "w. F »mS'ra«.n. UVII5K.CM1 street
Hunt & Stout Ad». Sigi Co.
R. J. Gunning,
Toaosro. Cam.—Pt

T 0 h Col. Pop. 20 000.

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Ttoe vlcuiri
5'r ;hicago. Ills.

WiHimantle, Conn., pop. 14.000.

ima95 J. M. UBAV, Uiy mil Foal
Laurenoe, Kas.
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Pop. 1 5. 000.
A Reitilble IllslrirniMTi:- f-crv.c.-. "l.'THl-H
wt|lnnen-nMi««..
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Kampiii s.
h- h, IctHii.
w. Harris..!, ft. "-
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Tacking ""d Ue
CarUnville, Ills., pop. 4,000.
Oanty seat ol Macoupin
~" ecu ill;, Lansing, Mich.
A. J. TUBNE" lerldian. Hiss. Pop. 15,000, A. Gary. KspgriiimTcnl F 1
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Rrie'epcss; Fln-tH. L. 1). Hoffler, city Hill rosier & Diurl Carthage, Mo. Pop. 10.000.
.lo-eph BHrmtl. DlatrlbuK r; sampler a:

EXPERT AD. WRITERS. BiSkfyn

il routine- fo. Dlitrlbullne.
Pana, Ills. Pop.
F t 00
7,000. '
Do yon know good ads
°ni'J' i I ail Lb All Kinds or Advertising Hatter
fllslrlljnjed.; MJahte^romiit. Relet
E. L. WEBSTER, City BtU Poster,

A Badly Written Bill is Worse than The Donaldson i-it ho. Co

Pasadena, Cal. City Bill Posting Dramatic News ^Job Rooms, _

Pointers For Bill Writers. Denver, Colo.

Elm wood Opera House, BtU Posting

Eighth. Cincinnati'
Chicago, Ills. J. A. Clonal),
AMERICAN FAIR BDLLETIN. Proo Press ShVw~ Printing Ci.^
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Trenton, N. J, Tbe Croat Inter Philadelphia,^.,

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tWrrioUn^dS, jij Market. st Louis

Ionia, Mich. Ionia District Fall Baltimore. Hd.,

In Dunilas Co. send pe Groesbeck, Tex. Limestone County

Omaha, Neb.,

Booavtlle, K. Y. Win. Comstock, Newspaper Cuts for Fairs. Write Show Printing Co.,nS
prlngfleld, Ohio.
tM|||>11)j|| Show' Print,
Vletor^Janney Wanted— Fair Ground s Attraction s, Covin^on.^Ky.,^
1

orEslghbonuJ! Address, with luil partli ulars;

i. Can.. Poo. 200.01
?ll,l i','ain.,He'lHhlf iu ntrlhnlers
Fori Scott, Kaa.
Marry V. ErnJch, City Bill F"
emptier Bud^Pn^ramnfer.
Pop. 14.000, — v..-'. • .,; I'v.miuif kl nan. Co.. i hi
rintlngCo.. 114 JcHerson. s.ntilr.Viinti
in ft jib Ave. Nf. vork
P00&. 113 4
«« jrd, Milwaukee, Wis
 Other People's Brains.
ik's a a the
bis advertising loo heavy. He Deeds to
take off the winter clothing, to make the
ad look ''cool" and inviting. A clean,
open-face type will help to do this, with
plenty of white paper, sad perhaps s
breezy cut or two. Let in more light,
and adapt the ad to the changing season.
Then try (o hit the right class of people
with ^.-Profitable Advertising, Boston
It uamistake i
i by expecting it
twspaper is splendid
place to present an argument aa to why
people should Ttu\ your articles in per-
ference to any other. Bat smalt space
tests big money, and if the paper is any
good, there is lots of other interesting
matter to hold the
ers. Display adveriisiug gives big 'fate
or tittle money.
It is a tremendous help to pithy news-
te of the
article greeting the eyes of the people
from fence and vjall as they travel through
a city to have it salute the reader as an
;
old friend a« he steps into the street car.
Latl. and best of all. (if it is apropri-
elary article), the very seme of help is
obtaimd il there is a bulletin hoard on
the side wall of the retail r-tore where the
article is sold. II hits Ibc possible buyer
right at a time and place where, if a de-
sire for the article has been created the
per's best friend; ils
field of publicity, by
irm'tes space less valuable; for the more
people that are shouting, "Come and
buy of me." the louder. the
shout to be heard above the crowd.
This is why, with the Incraa sing recog-
nition of its importance as a trade factor,
advertising is so serious a problem to -day.
This ia why newspapers can't do it
ThU is why display advertising is
friend and co laborer, not the rival of the
newspaper It makes it easier to get
Anyproprietary article that seeks pob
licity to-day ignoring the value of dis-
play advertising and sticking to newspa-
pers alone, is as badly handicapped in its
rare of life if he lacks o.ie offcU
He may get along without It, but it ia
Mm
deuced inconvenient —OJ. Gude in Dis-
play Advertising, St. Louts.
hands of an inexperienced person (be
he relative, friend, or dependent! is a
great mistake. Better pay him to keep
his hands off. There are experienced
men who make of advertising a life-study.
— The King's /ester.
With the coming of spring there
seems to be a lively revival of the sand-
wich man and "parade" advertising in
general. These street processions inva-
riably attract attention, but it is rather
doubtful if the interest they create ex-
tends much beyond their own unusual
appearance.— Art in Advertising-.
The long line of boys, clad from head
to. foot in while duck, each wearing a
cook's cap and apron and carrying a
gorgeous banner on which is printed the
name of a lunch resort," is not so bad.
In the shopping districts it ought tube a
good tiling -Ait in Advertising.
of At I in
Advertising has the following comment
to olfer in regard to thefamous "Bay"
Poster in the May number of that
all.
the
lould be, ' Say." It is florid
tone, gruesome in its awful fright fulni
hut altogether good-
u> principle, and. once the idea iucal-
yisDonnel-
;r be
ated.'—Art in Advertising.
A talk ia told of Robert Bonner and
of his belief in adverlising. One day he
engaged a whole sheet of a newspaper
and repeated a two-line advertisement.
upon the page in the smallest type.
"Why do you waste your money, Rob-
ert?" asked a friend. "I noticed that
same line so often. Would not half a
page have answered your purpose?"
'Half a page would never have caused
you to oak the question." replied Mr.
Bonner. "At least five, people will ask
to every line, was the way I figured it"
—New York News,
"should be as simple a
e thing may be said of those ii
and need I hardly say. that of a lady for
tbey advertise at all. While they have
sonie'hing that is in univer possible, thia figure should be life-size.
they seldom seem to be able
interesting advertisement One great
trouble with printers, allhough tbey
might not admit it, is their lack of enter- hundred andfifty by ninety; Ihe
prise in supplying and getting up really ngnre should, of course, be elegantly and
artistic work. Tbey say People ' Wt brightly dressed in some striking cos-
tume not likely to go ont or fashion as
pay for it." Just the opposite. People
do not have the opportunity to get it or long as the poster is to be in use. I
always make a point of designing the
using that class of work. Like really lettering of the actual advertisements. I
^
do not believe in black ai white
pays, and pays well, both printer and but have no objection to their being very
customer. dark bine, red, or violet; this produces
A reputation for turning out really the effect of black without giving a jar-
Mag- artistic work is a great thing fora printer ring note.— The Echo, Chicago.
in these days of
of posters made by the
IT took a good many years for adver-
tisers to learn that it paid better to hire
the kind of brains that they didn't h
to look after the advertising end of their
business, rather than bnngle along with
itthemselves. There are some even now
»ho are struggling away at the business
gradually coming to realize tBat
failing to recognize the fact that the very
best work that pays best, and
consequently willing to pay for *•* "P" 1 aOtTka is the k nd pa}'*
!
want as good. h**t.-Profitabte Advertising.
SOMB merchants sit down and criticise
getting
Suppose a particularly fine job of pro- their competitors' methods ofdoing busi-
gram, menu or invitation printing is ness, only to see them get rich, and
done, why not make that job the subject themselves get poorer. It is bad policy
obliter-
of an ad in the local papers, describing for a merchant to say that "such and
making such methods" would drive his trade
away, when it is slipping away for the
1 of tbe ialty is
want of just such progressive ideas. The
Bad luck is simply a man with his
hands in his pocket, and s pipe in his
mouth, looking on to see how it will
come out GocH luck is a man with
pleasure of reading, I can usually find
pluck to meet difficulties, his sleeves
rolled up.working to make it come cut
ing than these "side talks" with my tailor
Or shoemaker — Art in Advertising. allright— The John Hancock.

PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH BY
BILLBOARD ADVERTISING
No. 127 ft. EIGHTH ST..
James H. Hennecan, Manager.
-ADVERTISING HATES.
BILLBOARD ADVERTISING CO.
No. 127 East Eighth Street.
Ik this issue we publish a list of the
fairs of the United States and Canada,
together with the dates thereof, the
names of the societies under wbtse ans-
pices they are held, and the names of
the officers or each. It is worthy or note
that this Hat is the most complete cata-
logue 'at fairs thit hts ever bees pnb-
(tale
•
dyes-
o the
officers of Agricultural Societu Items
of news or general interest are solicited,
and will always be gratefully accepted
d published. It is
Hekcz, we are TuUy as much interested
in this field as we are in bill posters,
poster printers and distributers, and
CO.
CINCINNATI. O.
Jh-pnti" orWoru mHi^rfQUlre (Ropy fu r
i; m:, i, i-liaugm man reach at before [be
SUBSVIBIITION.
^Em^^^T'A'oBH bm made bp cjuqv. poH oflct
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Now that Oscar Wilde has been rele
gated to the oblivion be so richly meri-
ted, it is to be hoped that those artists
his protege,
ispose of this billions,
wholly inartistic
The licensing of city bill posters not
infrequently gives rise to much amusing
comment and newspaper
Several such instances have occurred
Curing the month just passed, and al-
though happening in widely distant
localities, ate almost identical in ti
the license is passed at the solicitation of
the bill poster for the sole purpose of
securing to him a sinecure in the shape
of a monopoly of the business in the
town in question. _ There is tome slight
color or truth in the charge, but barely
enough to render it discernible, and com-
pated to the advantages reaped by the
that fall to the share of the
QUICK PASTE SLl.MjlNO.
s taction,
Jimmy Lannlgan Wins Bill Posting
propriated, and iuiod) other i
Contest by Slapping Up News Tri-
bune Stand In Mae Minutes.
who ill stsnd, posted by Jim Lauigau of ihe Du-
On the contrary where a license exists! luth Bill Posting Co.. was the first one in -
even though it be a compsra'ivcly small
one, the mere fact that it is paid, argues
place yesterday at the bill posting con-
lest on First street, bavirg been unfolded,
a certain degree of responsibility and in- doped and posted in Ihe remarkably short
tegrity upon the part or the person space of nine minutes flat.
licensed, and insures a proper regard for The contest was a good thing and was
ordinances prohibiting litter'ng streets lessed by too large a crowd to keep
Its* mry w rof the J
owning desirable locatio for bulletins beinj Ding of a or
James Lanigan, John Palmer and Barry
be placed, if. by re Bunnell, representing the Dnluth Bill
obsolete methods, or lack ol enterprise, Posting Co , Temple Opera House, and a
a bill poster makes it possible for a com- West Superior theatre, were the entries,
petitor to step id, just so sure competi-
tion will arise No intelligent bill poster Jimmy drew the News Tribune stand,
ever relied upon prolection of ibis nature the Marshall -Wells stand fell to Palmer,
or and none ever will. The only prolection while Bunnell, who, by the way, had first
they need, and the only kind Ifaey desire choice, selected the Wetaman restaurant
I their efforts to Stand- The stands were gotten up by
the Duluth Company under the direction
of Billy Longstreet, and are strictly ar-
tistic.
At the signal the men pitched in and
were even, sheet for abeet, until the
we published a letter eighth, when Palmer led the others by a
from Mr. Thos. trifle. At the twelfth sheet, Lanigan
Ledger Job Office or Phila- caught up to and beat tim out by the
delphia In so doing, we inadvertently i; Pal-
Committed a grave, and we might say, II, later.— Jribunt, Du-
inexcusable breach of etiquette, inas- luik.
.
much as the letter was not intended for
publication, and we bad not secured Mr. These is a hue and aery of substantial
proportions in evidence at Wells ville, O..
over the ordinance recently passed by
the conncil of that city, licensing a city
bill poster and distributer. Merchants
Anbrcy generally including the mayor, deem the
provisions much too strict
style,
ubecribera who fail to receive
lanuikSMUMI regularly, will
the matter they will often
Bill beards all over the city have been
receiving a new dress of posters during
the past few days, announcing to the
public the merits or the cigars made by
Straiton &
Storm, and of the French
tonic, "Vin Mariaui," made by Hariaui &
Co,, who have houses at Paris, London,
discussion. Montreal and New York. The adverti-
to aid you in
I
sing now being done by these two firms
ing the eye and holding the attention,
i this city is under the supervision or
but with only cold hard type-]
oT the city, it is evident that he
intends that Ihe public shall be fully in-
-'
formed of the merits ol the "While Owl
cigar, and or the tonic which is sure to
t at Indianapolis, Tuesday, May tired feeling," as well as
overcome "that
ic convention which was largely
other ilia
The work ol posting the bills, which is
called to order at the Grand
being done by the Breslaner Company, ia
<lr F. M Groves of Evausville,
progressing rapidly, and where two daya
nd was also
ent Indiana
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lines only, aud know that

de ns to Mi
r to" the b
The O. J. Godi Co.,
NewYohk, May sath, 189s
Yours for business,
.Editor BittDOMLD AdvebtisinC, The O. J. Guns Co
O J. Gude, Pit*
D '"
our very fair attitude in publishing Note. — The above letters from the O.
both sides of the "Stablbrodt control
uce to members of the A. B. P. A. an
lettersent to Sir. L. N. Scott, of St. Paul, hence they are nev
iters generally,
Minn., relative to a special contract for i we gladly give them space in o
himself sod the adoption of a special

„„ll for commercial work.

As it is the province of the press to
push the adoption of such measures as it
considers will be of material benefit to
the public at large and its subscribers in
particular, also to oppose the things not
approved of, just give the matter fair
consideration and if you think it is right,
The opera house management yester-
day covered all their bill boards with
the "Black Crook" show bills. The
display or the human form in lights was
" I
pretty "loud," and soi

This morning it was found that all the

favorite* of the row were dressed in

We hope that by opening yonr columns rue latest tm, -4,**
for the discussion of this and a hundred common sense of the individual bill pos- were a little shy in the
kindred subjects which are of the great -
ters and suggest ways and methods by tccu and pink neck ribbon
or three months apart, as is the gei whi:h the business can be
cnstom at the present time. If it hits you as straight
It adds needed >tabilty and chart
to this method of publicity, besides I rouble? The Dili
der fully increasing the possibilitLe boards attracted double the atfatnluii
doubt seed this
responsiveness to the advertising, a they did before.- Quincy, Ills. Htrald.
lusiuess.
Bill posting is a'oe
The biH posters of New Yorkand other our business We ha v. G E & C. E. Rdmbv are the city bill
have
posters of Wsukegan, Ills. They
rgc cities who have encouraged the year demonstrated mo ts possibil-
combined. established a splendid service.
in acknowledging ities than all other 1
'infracts that we Some bill p isters have
because we would not a;ree to methods
that we knew would dwarf ins
Printers'
posting by
M
Charles
prints an article
Dickens, from which
on hill

crease the growth of the busii it appears that even

iuthatdaytbe news-
Dsper relied on the bill boards for their
in bill posting, heart and sou
It ia a oelieve just as earnestly in
order has been helped very largely
si effort,when under a wise gnit There have been two meetings of State
in-
by the good work done by the bill posters organizations recently bnt in neither
account
country on the last New York the it stance were we favored with an
been
'Tntti Frutti" billing, in spite of the work nearly eqnals that of the proceedings: If same had
endeavor or Mr. Stahtbrodt to "queer" posting. comes in contact forthcoming, we would gladly have given
x t

Why should not the H ted effmt on these them space.

We tried to make this renewal order profit tr

ELDER, JENKS & RABORG,

for three months, and could have closed 1 follow up Ibe advantage
niandothercitica, if we had

'Excelsior'
areas Paste
—aim,—
BE POSTERS' BRUSHES

deavor on our part to cut prices

should be made to advertisers for a con- simply feel that this is an appro
tinuous billing of three to six months. time to bring up this issue for gi
It make* the service much easier and discussion aud intelligent. action o
simpler for the bill poster. part of the bill posters, aud have *
It gives him assurance for hia spac c Size s inch.
covering a substantial period, which is Price $30.00 per do
alio a sufficient guarantee for him to 93.25 Each.
profitably make any needed extensions Extra Extra for Clreaa
of his holdings.
Experience has proved that it increases
the volume of hill j
"
of the Mil poster. E4_DER,JEHKS& RA30RG
Bratti Maoutaelunn.

ZZT-ZSSZZE^ZtZZ* 137 N. Fifth Street, Cor. Cherry. PHILADELPHIA.

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The Rochester Bill Posting Co., THE ERIE BILL POSTING CO.
BUI Posters, Distributers and General Advertisers,
No, 10 North Park Row. ERIE. PA.

ADVEMISlNCi— can't we? And we can, with your aid. DENVER NEWS.
We have several propositions for mem-
Is me to knock off everything bership to he acted upon, and 1 hope to Denver, Col., May aS, 1S95.

else until I peruse every line, and aftir the boords with that, post i
so doing, I invariably say, "It's a daisy." blanks before the meeting. J, Ohio. would paper and then tack 11
And so it is. Now. I think that every Three states have organized since our be surprised how long his ps;
billposter should read it and become a last 1 ingand ast foradmi e tbat
subscriber at once, it being the official you sac. with all the accept- territory and it has give 1 wonderful Bat-
publication of the Associated Bill Posters' way, we are creeping at a very rapid rate ing no ads. from any irresponsible partie: very often lasts
Association of the United States and and are in shape to continue on. for distributing, on account of a number as high as four or five months on a place.
Canada, everything of interest to its One word about our New York office. of complaints. We think that you are John Coleman, the bill poster from
members should be found in its columns, For years we have been in the hands of taking a good stand on that; as surely
Leadvitle. is visiting us this month.
'
rs of its officers the middle man, who has made capital distributing of samples, pamphlets or
id knowing all matters to and beld big positions at the eipense of dodgem essential as Sill posting DotJ'T you think tbat it would be a
be authentic they go band in hand, and you can- good idea for bill posters to exchange
As all our craft are aware, we meet in not impress too firmly upon the bill views, or express their opinions about
Detroit, Mich-, on Tuesday, Wednesday seen fit. He conld make any deal he posters, or parties wbo make a specialty posting, and also keep each other in-
f. July oth, 10th and nth, wanted, and never give our interest any of distributing, that the work should be
:r. if they never attended consideration. Novr all this is changed. done honestly and conscientiously. There that would be for the good of the fi

a meeting before, should attend this one,
as matters of importance will be brought
up that will amply repa "
'
We have our New York representative,
who devotes his entire time and attention
to our interest, and if you will piece your
confidence in him you will see where
should be a fair price paid for distribut- nity?
ing. We figure if a man averages six
hundred to eight hundred pieces of ad. J. G. Reese, of Reese St Long, Scran-
vertising matter a day, he is doings good ton, Pa while on his return from Phila-
,

whether m find' the benefits are derived. If we searched day's work, and it is a trade in itseli. delphia, where he was in attendance al
the eutife country we could find do more Some people may say, "Well, I can dis- the Odd Fellows'
celebration, was a caller
only be vent- competent man for the place than the easy as anybody e'se." I say at our New York office, sod said "Since :

1 signed the agreement, 1 haven ft trouble

can and will be settled. No , in getting the Aasocialion prices, and

the kick may he. e
vent to your feelings, and shake off' that
tired feeling."
These annual gatherings serve to make
ua better acquainted, and places confi-
dence in the respective abilities ol each
other. Why bill posters can't be united
opect for the place, and is filling it to the people fake the saw, and very often it is busicess has improved fifty per cent.
letter. The good work can and will go sawed crooked. A distributer who will
on. Join ua and see for yonraelf average one house a minute will make The Collectors.
I wish more of our members wonld siity houses an hour, or in tin hours he
write to your valuable paper letters like will pntout six hundred pieces of adver- Will Bradlev has issued a new pos-
our Brother Breslauer. It does one good tising matter. ter exploiting the advent of The Echo, a
to read such interesting articles. In distributing, we have to rely upon fortnightly raagaiine, publshed In Chi-

There is pi'es of paper ready to be put the honesty of the parties distributing, cago. A special edition for collectors
out if the advertisers know that we are as there is hardlyany wav to check this has been issued, copies of which may be
united. work up With bill posting you can ride bad by addressing The Echo Publishing
really and positively know bill posters Co., Chicago, Ills, enclosing twenty- five
who have had work seat them at the and they who and what we
will see then
regular Association rates of three cents are. My agreement and membership I Scri »n art's have issued a special col-
per sheet per week and have refused to knock at the door of every home "Napoleon" pos-
1

lector's edition of their

do it, all they wanted being font cents we use a horse and wagon tha* — - 1*
Probably these people
ter The price is (1.00.
(or thirty days. specialty of distributing, and
didn't know the war was over. If they our wagon ia the (allowing sig
lettei tribuiing;
tiou and gotten their work through the v bouse." We also stamp
iming matter with the following
-If more than one of these are
: your house, please notify us at See the call for the Fifth A
and be money in
vM Telephone 1351 The Curran Dis- vention of the Associated B
tributing Co." This also helps to cheek Associtaion, ol the United £
Let any bill poster take paper at
pencil, and they will find it impossible
Mich July
, 9, 10, 11 and u, in another
we argue that no distributing c.
and do it honestly. Then why do they done for less than two dollars a thousand
ask a big price for theatre and drcus and from that up, according to the bulk
"
work, and for commercial " Albany, N. V-, May Joth, 1093. of the matter.
a manager, I wonld insist

<e figure ihat it com t

1 hall per thousand I

hlets or circulars.

We notice an article from Mike Bres-

er, the bill poster of Minneapolis.
Fourth of July One Sheet.
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Oduwh. OskMh FalrA.

OsVojh Fair A*»ciatlo... JBha ORiaiN OF POSTERS. THE FAD FOR POSTERS.
Boiion Transcript. •
PRINTERS' GOSSIP.
That playbills were introduced in Eng- A New Mania in Collecting Which We
land at au early period of existence of Owe to the Parisians.
legitimate drama is beyond a doubt, for

long ago as
broof. Treatise Again:
iug, Vaine Playes," printed in 1579, the the above heading a - column
author Rives ua to understand that those which has' brought in news and comment, of interest to poster
who were addicted lo such things used branch of commeri printers.
to "set up Iheir billies npon postes (and from unimportant.
The successive stages of this commerce Sauuei, booth, whose father esta,
hence the name 'posters' for the large
Wished tbc first poster printing establish,
street billswas presumably derived) cer- in posters are interesting to note When
the Gist works of this kind ment in thia country, is now with the
IViu-iil Marathon County Agricultural Society. tain dayes before, to admonish people to
Empire Show Priming Co, of Chicago.
Opinion make resort into their theatres, that they
Tlinyer.Kt'y. their campaign. How could these mural
He is one of the most popular men in the
WMtEenu. Tfpff Bend Agrieulli may be thereby better furnished, and the
frescos be secured ? To peel them off the
to fill their purse with
wall one's self at night seemed the sim-
The eailiest copy of a The Walter L. Main Shows' paper has
plest plan, but it was also the most dan- excited more admiration and talk
than
of Five Hours," printed in gerous. It involved the risk of being that ol any other show on the road.
caught in the act, taken to the police
The
chief charms of the paper liea in novel
hand, and reads: This day station and soundly fined, to say nothing lines npon which it is projected. The
being the 15th of December, shall be "of the risk of peeling" them badly and
'
idea originated with W. E. Franklin*
acled as a new play, never played before, getting off the wall only a thing of tatters.
called' The Adventures of Five Honrs." It became necessary then to secure the
ONTARIO, CANADA. - complicity of an all powerful personage-
Ca:npbfliror<l. SrvniDur Agricultural The posters simply gave notice to the
F. Bontiyia-llf. — public, who would otherwise have been, tie bill poster. How many great collec-
tors,honorable and honored men, rich Printers' Association, will be held at the
left iu ignorance of the play to be per-
and well placed in life, have bowed down Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York City, on
formed ; but when the regular playbill
of the :
_ before his majesty, the bill poster! The Monday, June 3rd, at 11 o'clock. Mr.
paster of posters, realizing a snm which Thos. S. Dando, of tie Philadelphia Led-
varied with the importance or the vogue ger Job Office, has given much time to
of the matter in hand, came to deserve thia Association, and it is to be hoped
audience, it is impassible to state with
anything approaching lo accuracy. A the name of the nnpaster of posters.
copy of the earliest that was known to That was the primitive period, the stone
eiist was unearthed by the late John age of poster collectors The bronie age
Payne Collier, but unfortunately Mr. Col- began when one or two print
Iter's connection with a spurious Shake-
the neighborhood of the qua?:
speare folio makes doubtful the authen-
:
any of his discoveries. The which they sold to their
playbill reads
By His Majesty-* Com H uy of Comediaiu. at the flood of demind finally decided that it ing establishment in Chicago.
was worth while to arrange with the pro Jim, as
he is familiarly and affectionately known
prietors of the posters themselves that a
among showmen, always makes a rocceaa
part of each printii'K should be reserved
of show p-ii. ting, bnt not always of abow
badness. His former connection wilh
0.- Seis-
Ch aa, Erin Venter, cost him his position
with the Enquirer Job Office in Gin-

do well to place
themselves in communication with Wal-
ter G. Cooper, Chief of the Department
of Publicity and Promotion of the Cotton of bringing about thia state of
What has became of the proposi iffairs. Whether we shall be 51
Stales and International Exposition Co.,
to do away with posters recently a^it,
of A'lsnta This insiitu'ion is even now
"-v the New York Dramatic Mirror ?
putting oat vast quantities of distribut-
ing wark and will fairly inundate the md we desire the printer:

country before September neat.

ifTorls Helpnsbyprtceptand exi
inppo:t us by subscribing and
p

V E invite poster printers in general lo

end us sampTesof their odd, unique or
loverone sheet posters, and photographs
f anything especially line in tbrce-shee' B

ud svnda. We
will reproduce them iu
niniature in our columns, wilh credit
ud comment without charge. Do not

Tbeie is do charge when ibe u

a.ldress is set in nonpareil. W
p..yed iubJidf.ee type, a mere
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