Catalogue number fifty-two. . H FKQSTARBa^QSFIS of lii-> cnsttmieis would be jjleased to offer for sale work of a character similar totliat \\hicli we were producing, and he requested permission to take with him a fewsamples of our handiwork. We very naturally tloubted his ability to dispose of thevarious articles for due to the large amount of honest hand work required to pro-duce them, the price at which it would be necessary to sell them appeared to bemore or less prohibitive, ^^^len our representative first commenced to display ourwork he carried with him only twelve
Catalogue number fifty-two. . H FKQSTARBa^QSFIS of lii-> cnsttmieis would be jjleased to offer for sale work of a character similar totliat \\hicli we were producing, and he requested permission to take with him a fewsamples of our handiwork. We very naturally tloubted his ability to dispose of thevarious articles for due to the large amount of honest hand work required to pro-duce them, the price at which it would be necessary to sell them appeared to bemore or less prohibitive, ^^^len our representative first commenced to display ourwork he carried with him only twelve or fifteen samples. Dealers in nearly everysection of the country placed orders with him for work of a similar nature, and longbefore Ave were prepared to handle any volume of work, we had orders on handcalling for the execution of several hundred articles. The future for the new under-taking appeeared very alluring, so much so in fact, that we gave up other lines ofregular employment and spent our entire time in the Grafts shop. As the monthspassed by the deman
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