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'In:suppressible. London,'' the telegraphic address of the Stanley Show, would be equally ap
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pened to be assoMated with Dr. Lehwess, so widely known in connection with early motorbuses and other commercial vehicles.
met him during the Aero Show, and, judging by his enthusiasm about " Power Gas," which commodity was exhibited there, I gathered that he is one of the moving spirits. I shall look forward with interest to see its development.
A business established, in 1889, with the proverbial but actual man and a boy in addiBrown Bros. thin to the principals " Coming at has now, in March, Age." 1910, twenty-one years later, celebrated its " majority," and the present staff consists of 330 assistants in London, and, in addition, 100 employees in its various branches. This is a record of which any company might well be proud. It was distinctly heartening to hear three of the directors of Brown Bros. Ltd., in their speeches at the inevitable luncheon, give abundant credit to their "lieutenants " for their share in building up the gigantic business, for gigantic it undoubtedly is—there is not such another motor and accessories emporium in Europe. With others, I Fad :I n opportunity, during tile twentv-first-birthday oelebrations, of traversing the endless departments iii this vast factoring warehouse of
motor specialities,
A Vast Estaband, although I have Ilshment. known the business, and the Brown Brothers for years, I was wholly astonished. Everything for motors is kept in stock here, and their system for collection and despatch compels one's admiration ; most of this company's business is done by sales to agents, and its card index of the bona-fide motor agents of the world is
stupendous and practically complete, as is also a " Black List," in the compilation of which infinite care has been used: it is a list of people who try to obtain a trade discount to which they are not entitled. Motorvans are largely employed for the delivery of goods to customers, and motor vehicles, fitted to take samples, are in constant use by some of the company's travellers. Practically every motor speciality is kept in stoat at Great Eastern Street, and no matter what may be required in the way of carburetters, pumps, magnetos, accumulators, sparking plugs, piston rings, and the hundred-and-one things that make up a motor vehicle., not forgetting the tires, they are to he obtained there. Another department. which interested me very much was that devoted to tools: here are lathes of all sizes, makes, end descriptions.
One of the mist
They "Get trusted of the de There. " partmen ta ma n a gers. Mr. Banks, struck a keynote in his speech he re-' called one of the earliest automobile trials, when every competitor had practically to rebuild his vehicle during the month's running, and numbers of vehicles never finished at all, the Brown-Whitney—a steam car—made the complete circuit; as Mr. Banks said, Brown Brothers " get there." Personally. I know no firm for whom I have greater admiration, and whose business methods I like better.
1 have heard even trade competitors testify to the striking qualities of the advertisement, used Some Fiction by Haller Motors and a Fact. Ltd. for some time, showing a comet with a long tail of motor vans. etc, am reminded of this by a story which is going the rounds of certain golf clubs. Said one golf friend to another. "
What do you think of Halley's Comet ?" to which the other absently responded " I have not tried one yet ; I must see if the professional keeps
them." That further reminds me that. when at Dunlops, at Birmingham, recently, Mr. Niblett presented me with a new type of Dunlop golf ball ; I could not see that it bore any special name, but its marking, it is claimed, is of such a character that the ball is bound to fly straight down the course—it is almost impossible to pull or slice with it. I was solemnly told this, and I gasped; anyhow, I seriously played three rounds with that ball, and somehow or other I did keep it much straighter, and it was in every respect a grand ball, and should be tried.
Over dinner, at the Motor Club, the other night, a valued friend of mine from Sheffield told
A Typical me a yarn, in which Yorkshire the late Mr. William Man. Jessop, of Jessop's
steel works, figured. He was entertaining, with an invitation to " dine and sleep," an old friend--a regular crony, and it was perfectly within his knowledge that if there was one dish more than another that was calculated to make his friend's mouth water it was wild duck,
dinner progressed; Mr. Wm. Jessop must have been something of a epicure, because the meal .was deliciously chosen, and it was also extensive—nothing appeared to have been forgotten. True! the roti was not duckling, it was a succulent capon and was pronounced perfect—there was positively "no complaint." There were, too, an endless variety of sweets
and nice fruits, and
His Humour. then came the coffee and liqueurs, but just before the cigars were lighted a tap came at the door, and in walked the cook, bearing aloft a steaming dish of wild duck, snrrounded with its etceteras. " Tha's played me a fine trick. William." gasped the victim, " but. wait a minute. Just cut off a leg and a wing, and a few bits off the breast, and put it in' my bedroom. I might feel 0 bit faint ii: the night."