Architect and engineer . nished wasreally first grade or second hand. To thereply that, from a close inspection at thatmoment, it was a beautifully polished,high-grade piece of plate, and to all ap-pearances absolutely without blemish, heassumed a knowing smile and asked meto walk down the street with him a shortdistance, when, turning abruptly at per-haps fifty paces, he asked me to look atthe window. To my astonishment plainlylegible at the particular angle at whichwe stood were the words: John Doe—Shirts Made to Order. What seemed to be a phenomenon waseasily explained. Previous to the plat
Architect and engineer . nished wasreally first grade or second hand. To thereply that, from a close inspection at thatmoment, it was a beautifully polished,high-grade piece of plate, and to all ap-pearances absolutely without blemish, heassumed a knowing smile and asked meto walk down the street with him a shortdistance, when, turning abruptly at per-haps fifty paces, he asked me to look atthe window. To my astonishment plainlylegible at the particular angle at whichwe stood were the words: John Doe—Shirts Made to Order. What seemed to be a phenomenon waseasily explained. Previous to the plate-glass being removed from the show win-dow of the haberdasher, there had beenpasted to it white enameled letters, JohnDoe—Shirts Made to Order. These let-ters being subjected to the direct rays ofthe sun for a period of years had pre-vented the fading of the glass (originallygreen) to a clear white, as was the casewith that portion which was not imme-diately back of the opaque enameled let- {^r everlasting CconornyJ.
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