"You will find there is, young man. Then, to come to the
lithographers, as I think I already have told you, these men
place small bills in store and shop windows, giving tickets
for the privilege the same as do the billposters. One man
goes ahead of them and does what we call 'the squaring,'
meaning that he enters the stores and asks the privilege of
putting up the lithographs. In most cases the owners of the
places object, and he has to convince them that it is to
their advantage to have the paper in their windows."
"I didn't think there was so much to it, but I think I should
like that work. I'll be a squarer," decided Teddy.
"The banner men put up what are called 'banners,' cloth signs.
These are tacked up in high places and the banner men have to be
good climbers. They fill their mouths with tacks, points in,
heads out. They use magnetic hammers."
"What's this, a joke?" interrupted Teddy.
"It is not a joke. The head of each hammer so used is a magnet,
and is used to pick the tacks from the mouth of the banner man.
The tack sticks to the head of the hammer and is thus ready to
be driven. An expert banner man will drive tacks almost as
rapidly as you could fire a self-acting revolver."
"That is odd. What does the fellow called the programmer do?"
"He takes the small printed matter around, and drops it on
doorsteps and in stores.
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