Crockery & glass journal . 31. Entertaining the Buyers. rPHE buyer who comes to New York in the late1 summer is frequently misrepresented, says theSim. He has been described as a seeker of freedinners, luncheons, theatre tickets and excursions,spending next to no money himself. The entertainerhas been depicted as the man of the pocketbook. In the billiard room of a New York club sat smok-ing the other night one of the men that looked over at a stout little man who had some-thing of the Southwest about him and was playingwith an unmistakable New Yorker. The South west-erner had an
Crockery & glass journal . 31. Entertaining the Buyers. rPHE buyer who comes to New York in the late1 summer is frequently misrepresented, says theSim. He has been described as a seeker of freedinners, luncheons, theatre tickets and excursions,spending next to no money himself. The entertainerhas been depicted as the man of the pocketbook. In the billiard room of a New York club sat smok-ing the other night one of the men that looked over at a stout little man who had some-thing of the Southwest about him and was playingwith an unmistakable New Yorker. The South west-erner had an air of calm contentment and gratifica-tion. Let me tell you, said the man that entertains,in an undertone, that chap is one of the best cus-tomers of the house. I have given him the chanceto-night to meet a man he has long wanted to is being beaten by him now. He appreciates getting into this club, too, duringhis stay here. Later well have, the three of us, themost modest of little suppers here. The whole ex-pense will
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