THE MAN WHO NEVER ADVERTISES.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 160, 10 July 1886, Page 3

THE MAN WHO NEVER ADVERTISES.

Sing biißJness muse, the dark and doleful fate Of him who labours, but that he may wait : The piles of goods heaped up within his store, Which can't be iess, and never rriay* be move ; The man whoso life has lost all fortune's prizes In fact, tlio iiian who never advcrtise',3. Sing 1 of his start, his great ambition's scope, The capital that #n,ve hirii cause to hope, JJis credit large, his full and ample stock, His bank account as solid us a rock ; Then fell the doom to which the man was fated. "Who never advertised, but simply waited, ho simply, and ro vainly ! Splendid signs, Which basement art inudiates, refines ; Plate glass " show windows, elegantly dressed ; , Such lovely clerks, Cashiers, *md all the rest, Served but +o show how the public fo'zes The style of hint who never advertises. He waited, and all waited ; clerks, cashiers, Salesmen, .saleswomen, — such delightful dears — Impatient waited all tlie season through, With precious little for the crowd to do, The public saw — that fact there's no denying— But passed the store without the thought of buying; Business was dull, but salaries and rent, Went on till cash and credit both were spent ; The silly merchant hoped his luck would turn, Until the sheriff closed the whole concern, Now, at a pittance, which his soul despises He works for one who always advertises.