SOME SALESMEN AND OTHERS. IO5 



There are four distinct types, however, 

 which stand out prominently on the land- 

 scape. They are like a certain brand of 

 bicycle " you see them everywhere," and 

 they don't have to be labeled. For that 

 reason it is easier to draw a pen picture 

 of them. 



We will call type No. i. 



Jimmy Smirk to the front. This 

 gentleman is the most beautiful specimen 

 of the cigar salesman now in existence. 

 He was discovered about fifteen years 

 ago when he was twenty-five years 

 old sighing and looking at some laven- 

 der " pants " in a tailor's window. How 

 he got where he is, is too long a story, but 

 he is at present representing a big cigar 

 manufacturer in the West. 



It is said that he is only ten hours 

 behind the latest London and Paris styles. 

 Leading tailors of both these places 

 always have a copy of his route before 

 them so that if any new style is adopted 

 he is cabled to at once. Perhaps this 



