merely smiled with and at her. "We can say," said Eve, "shooting and fishing over a hundred thousand acres. Does the State own as much as that, Arthur?" He nodded, knowing the futility of arguing with the feminine conscience. "Two hundred thousand?" He nodded again. "Then," said Eve, "make a note of this, somebody." Maud went to the writing-table. "Shooting and fishing over hundreds of thousands of acres." "There must be pictures," said Maud, "in the text of the ad—the place is full of them; and if they won't do, Arthur can take others—when Wow and Uncas wake up." [Pg 16] [Pg 16] "There must be that picture after the opening of the season," said Mary, "the year the party got nine bucks—somebody make a point of finding that picture." "There are some good strings of trout and bass photographically preserved," said Gay. "A picture of chef in his kitchen will appeal," said Lee. "So will interiors," said Maud. "Bedrooms with vistas of plumbing. Let's be honestly grateful to papa for all the money he spent on porcelain and silver plate." "Oh, come," said Mary, "we must advertise in the American papers, too. I think we should spend a good many thousand dollars. And of course we must do away with the big table in the dining-house and substitute little tables. I propose that we ransack the place for photographs, and that Maud try her hand at composing full-page ads. And, Arthur, please don't forget the sketch plan of the buildings—we'll have to make quite a lot of alterations." "I've thought of something," said Maud. "Just a line. Part of the ad, of course, mentions prices. Now I think if we say prices from so and so up—it looks cheap and commonplace. At the bottom of the ad, then, after we've described all[Pg 17] the domestic comforts of The Camp and its sporting opportunities, let's see if we can't catch the clientèle we are after with this: [Pg 17]
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