Billboard (Jul-Dec 1898) . hand. HOW A COUNTRY PAINTER GOTTHERE. — An awkward - looking countrypainter set forth to boom a three days cen-tennial at a country town. When nearlythere, he returned home to rest. Shortly hemade a new start a-foot and got there whiledecorations were going up ail over the was totally a stranger, carrying neithera letter of introduction or references—noth-ing, excepting a few sample cards of bis ownwork. Seeing a man with a dish of color anda brush enter a restaurant, tho countrymanslid in to see the motion, which to his senseseemed awkward, as the town artis
Billboard (Jul-Dec 1898) . hand. HOW A COUNTRY PAINTER GOTTHERE. — An awkward - looking countrypainter set forth to boom a three days cen-tennial at a country town. When nearlythere, he returned home to rest. Shortly hemade a new start a-foot and got there whiledecorations were going up ail over the was totally a stranger, carrying neithera letter of introduction or references—noth-ing, excepting a few sample cards of bis ownwork. Seeing a man with a dish of color anda brush enter a restaurant, tho countrymanslid in to see the motion, which to his senseseemed awkward, as the town artist was en-gaged in a futile attempt to get the hang ofthe thing to be described upon numerouslarge sheets of card-board. During these ef-forts, the vest-pocket samples were quietlyhanded over the counter. The young manover there grinned and examined, and withan exchange of knowing looks. Mr. Artistwas shown the samples. Without a word, helaid down his string and pencil and stranger was invited to catch on,. ALLEN E. HARBAUGH,Secretary National Sign Painters Alliance. be to brand our employer as a th(i)ef blindof an eye. Showiug Mr. Kicker such a re-sult, he not only saw the point, but troubleahead, and relented. For so doing, a smallsign was then painted for him. which pleasedhim so well he thereafter protected the bul-letin against any defacement. Diplomacy isbetter than blows. TO PREVENT COLORS RUNNING.—Hav-ing everything seemingly well mixed, once ablack background for cut work crawl, d overthe undiled white letters. This was stoppedby adding to the black paint a little of a mix-ture of one part of Japan dryer with threeparts spirits of turpentine, and having thecolor rather stiff. Cleaning the letters whichfirst had been put upon the old diy paint onthe wall, then n little of the same to the white lead paint, the letterswere retouched, then a retouching of blackover the background settled the trouble andproduced a- good result. TO PREVENT LE
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