Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1901 — AN EFFECTIVE HINT. [ARTICLE]

AN EFFECTIVE HINT.

’lacard That Had Desired Effect on the Apple Looters. In the Horticultural building at he Pan-American exposition there is to exhibit which attracts more attenion from the average visitor than hat of apples. They anedisplayed in uost simple and yet attractive fashion >n plain white plates—four apples liled on each plate—within full view ind easy reach of the thousands who rnter the building daily. During the *arly days of the exposition, owing to he ignorance of some and theappeite and malice of others, the apple exhibit suffered greatly, and the •hoieest products of the farms of

western New York began to look like an East side fruit stand. Other specimens were brought to supply the places of the stolen apples, and signs bearing such peremptory commands as “Do not handle,” and “Hanetroff,” were posted in "conspicuous places, but despite the watchfulness of the guards and those in charge of the ex- j hibits, the apples still disappeared. Finally somebody hit upon the suc-ces-ful plan of a large placard inscribed: “Yield Not to Temptation,” which serves its purpose admirably, both as a reminder to the ignorant and forgetful and as an honorable appeal to those who think that such ap- i pies are more beautiful to be eaten than to be looked upon.—N. Y. Times.