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Brooks hires Uncle Sam to get JTpHREE years ago Brooks, master X painter, handled all his' painting work himself. Today, |he dceeps five journeymen on the jump .every season of the year. Ask Brooks where he found the horse shoe and he'll hit back--^'Lufck? hTo such, thing. Just tied my paint'wagon to the Save the Surface comet. Any painter can do the same." ^ Like all painters, Brooks believes in the Save the Surface movement. Buthe also believes in stepping on his own self starter good and .heavy. That's-why his crew is growing. That' why they're busy all four seasons. Recently this alert painter rtried^out this idea of reminding his:paspeets>that their Keanes should be painted. With a small camera he secured photographs of several houses that needed paint. For a few cents each, a local photographer printed these snaps.on postcards. Then Brooks wrote on the hack :. each card before mailing it oht to the house owner this pointed messsge: and sofnettme *'P.S, 'Whenyottsara the surface, you save all.* " You knowsomehouseownersin yourtown who put off painting work. A definite : sales plan, such as the one Brooks used, ties upwiththe SavetheSurfacecampaign and helps you get contracts from these people. Andit'sworthalittle effort to keep busy twelve months in the year. This promises to be the biggest year in the paint in dustry--make it a big one for your own pocketbook. NATIOYAL LEAD COW PA STY Makers of Dutch Boy white-feed i : John T. Lwris & Bros. Co.. 437 This advertisement appears in the fdfiowing pablications: Page--Painters* Magazine--Mareh,;1925 American Painter^ Decoratorrr-'M.a.tcti 0000-^U-000017341