WASTED TALENT. A young artist was visited by a wealthy merchant. After looking- at a number of pictures' the business man said: “Young man, do you sell many of these pictures?" , “Yes,” the artist replied hopefully, if not quite truthfully. "Then,” said the merchant, “1 will give you a job. I have been looking- for a salesman as smart as you for years.” "Whatever became of that friend of yours -who married on a betVV “Oh, now he’s devoting his life to a crusade against gambling.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2311, 2 December 1925, Page 11
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86Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2311, 2 December 1925, Page 11
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