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At Salem in 1883, 1 saw the importance in tlie saving of 

 time and accuracy of entry, in having experienced entry 

 clerics, having some there that were experienced and some 

 inexperienced, I made up my mind that if 1 was not more 

 successful the second year in getting better help in that 

 very important part of the successful management of a 

 Fair, I should recommend to the Society the employment 

 of permanent clerks to receive the entries from year to 

 year in certain departments and to remain the day after the 

 Fair and assist in their delivery. The following year I 

 had more help from those experienced, and the inexperi- 

 enced of the year previous had then the better experience 

 so that everything was so prompt and successful that I did 

 not trouble the society with a suggestion that would add to 

 its expense. Now, however, with the experience at New- 

 buryport, I fell assured that it will add to the future suc- 

 cess of our exhibitions for the Society to emf)loy two or 

 more clerks to receive entries in certain departments from 

 year to year, especially from early in the day on which the 

 fair opens to the time of closing entries, not however to 

 dispense with the voluntary help which is essentia!, to the 

 success of any fair in any place. My judgment is, that 

 experienced clerks are needed as instructors to the inex- 

 perienced, for the Superintendent has all lie ought to do 

 answering questions, arranging the hall for the exhibits, 

 overseeing their arrangement; upon the walls and tables, 

 and should not feel obliged to enter articles on the books 

 or have any care of them, or entry clerks, except when 

 referred to for advice, until the entries are finished and the 

 books returned to him for inspection and transmittal to the 

 Committee of Judo-es. 



I would also recommend to exhibitors even if they 

 exhibit only a single article, the importance of having, in 

 addition to Jiavino; it on the article, the name of exhibitor, 

 residence, name, or kind of exhibit, all written plainly on a 



