14 



This Washer 



Must Pay for 



Itself 



A MAN tried to sell me a horse once. He said it 

 f\ was a fine horse, and had nothing the matter 

 *■ *■ with it. I wanted a fine horse. But I didn't 

 know any thing about 

 horses much. And I didn't 

 know the man very well 

 either. 



So I told him I wanted 

 to try the horse for a 

 month. He said "All right, 

 but pay me first, and I'll 

 give you back your money 

 if the horse isn't all 

 right." 



Well, I didn't like that. 

 I was afraid the horse 

 wasn't " all right," and 

 that I might have to 

 whistle for my money if 

 I once parted with it. 

 So I didn't buy the horse 

 although I wanted it bad- 

 ly. Now this set me think- 

 ing. 



You see I make Wash- 

 ing Machines — the "1900 

 Gravity " Washer. 



And I said to myself, 

 lots of people may think 

 about my Washing Ma- 

 chine as I thought about 

 the horse, and about the man who owned it. 



But I'd never know, because they wouldn't write 

 and tell me. You see I sell my Washing Machines 

 by mail. I have sold over half a million that way. 



So, thought I, it is only fair enough to let people 

 try my Washing Machines for a month, before they 

 pay for them, ,iust as I wanted to try the horse. 



Now, I know what our " 1900 Gravity " Washer 

 will do. I know it will wash the clothes, without 

 wearing or tearing them, in less than half the time 

 they can be washed by hand or by any other machine. 

 I know it will wash a tub full of very dirty clothes 

 in Six Minutes. I know no other machine ever in- 

 vented can do that, without wearing out the clothes. 

 Our " 1900 Gravity " Washer does the work so 

 easy that a child can run it almost as well as a 

 strong woman, and it doesn't wear the clothes, fray 

 the edges, nor break buttons the way all other ma- 

 chines do. 



It just drives soapy water clear through the fibers 

 of the clothes like a force pump might. 



So, said I to myself, I will do with my " 1900 

 Gravity " Washer what I wanted the man to do with 

 the horse. Only I won't wait for people to ask me. 

 I'll offer first, and I'll make good the offer every 

 time. 



Let me send you a " 1900 Gravity " Washer on a 

 month's free trial. I'll pay the freight out of my own 

 pocket, and if you don't want the machine after 

 you've used it a month, I'll take it back and pay the 

 ifreight too. Surely that is fair enough, isn't it? 



Doesn't it prove that the " 1900 Gravity " Washer 

 must be all that I say it is ? 



And you can pay me out of what it saves for you. 

 It will save its whole cost in a few months, in wear 

 and tear on the clothes alone. And then it will save 

 50 cents to 75 cents a week over that in washwo- 

 man's wages. If you keep the machine after the 

 month's trial, I'll let you pay for it out of what it 

 saves you. If it saves you 60 cents a week, send me 

 50 cents a week till paid for. I'll take that cheer- 

 fully, and I'll wait for my money until the machine 

 itself earns the balance. 



Drop me a line to-day, and let me send you a book 

 about the " 1900 Gravity " Washer that washes 

 clothes in six minutes. 



Address me this way — H. L.. Barker, 1127 Court 

 Street, Binghamton, N. Y. If you live in Canada, 

 address 1900 Washer Co., 355 Yonge St., Toronto, 

 Ontario. 



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