More About “Cobblestones”
By Editor
THE following letter appeared in Our Little Friend of July 1:— Oakland, Cal., July 1, 1904. To the readers of Our Little Friend:— Dear Friends: Wouldn’t you like to introduce “Uncle Ben and His Cobblestones” to your friends? “Of course we would,” is the answer we can almost hear from the 17,000 homes where this letter will be seen and read. Well, Our Little Friend has a plan that will help you. Here it is: All of Uncle Ben’s stories you have read, and many more pictures than were printed with them, are being bound up in a beautiful book of more than 200 pages, called “Uncle Ben’s Cobblestones.” The price will be 75 cents, but we will mail it to you for 50 cents, if ordered during the month of July, with a promise to show the book to at least ten of your friends, telling them how much you have enjoyed it, and inviting them to buy for themselves. If more than one order is received from one post-office, the first person ordering will have the choice of territory. Those sending in later must arrange with this person before we will furnish books at this price. So order early. By this plan you will get your first book for 25 cents less than the regular price, even tho your friends do not buy; and if they do, we will see that you are paid for ordering the books, and delivering them. Isn’t this an easy plan? Will you not try it? P. S. “Uncle Ben’s Cobblestones” will not be ready until late in August, but orders for this sample book at this price must be sent in July. As a result of this letter, we are receiving a great many requests from children for this sample book and an opportunity to sell it in their neighborhoods. Here are some of the letters:— I will send 50 cents for a sample of “Uncle Ben’s Cobblestones,” and will promise to show to all I can. I always loved to read his stories, and love the Little Friend. I think it is the best paper for little ones printed. I am ten years old. Enclosed find fifty cents, for which please send “Cobblestones” to my little daughter Emma. We will gladly show it to ten of our friends, and try to sell to them. Those stories are worth printing, for, while they are interesting and instructive, they also draw the reader to Christ. May God bless them in their work for the little ones. I am glad to welcome your birthday. It hardly seems possible that you are so old, but the years come and go so fast. Enclosed you will find P. O. note for “Uncle Ben’s Cobblestones,” which we hoped would come in book form. Please find enclosed fifty cents, for which send me the little book, “Cobblestones,” when printed. I will show the book to as many of my friends as I can. I have enjoyed reading Uncle Ben’s stories very much. I nearly always looked for them first when we got the paper. I have read your letter in the last Little Friend about “Uncle Ben’s Cobblestones,” so would like to try selling them. Enclosed you will find fifty cents, for which send me one book. I have been canvassing both last summer and this, and enjoy the work very much. I am twelve years old. Seeing your advertisement in the Little Friend for “Uncle Ben and His Cobblestones,” I send fifty cents for one. I will do all I can to sell them for you. It is a good story, and ought to be in every home. I saw in the Little Friend that you were putting “Uncle Ben’s Cobblestones” in a book. I like to hear that, because I have given my little schoolmates all the Little Friends with “Uncle Ben’s Cobblestones” in. Well, we could go on and fill up the paper with these letters, but these are sufficient to show the interest in the book. As we stated last week, the regular price is 75 cents. The 50-cent offer has now expired, but to those who will solicit subscriptions liberal discounts will be given.