Word: furriers
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...appearance of a live fox running loose on Fifth avenue, to advertise a New York furrier, calls to mind the advertising methods of days gone by. Ten years ago such a sight would hardly have been a surprise; today its chief result is the summoning of the S. P. C. A. "Trick" advertising is rapidly becoming obsolete. The day of the sandwich man is gone; the dropping of samples from balloons, the band-wagon sign-board, the costumed buffoon wandering the streets--all are passing, with the cigar-store Indian and the druggist's colored jars. Even the blatant bill...