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Reading edition
BY DORA RUSSELL, AUTHOR OF “His Will and Hers,” “The Broken Seal,” “The Last Signal,” ETC. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK: RAND, McNALLY & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
THE SONG OF THE “No. 9.”
My dress is of fine polished oak, As rich as the finest fur cloak, And for handsome design You just should see mine— No. 9, No. 9. I’m beloved by the poor and the rich, For both I impartially stitch; In the cabin I shine, In the mansion I’m fine— No. 9, No. 9. I never get surly nor tired, With zeal I always am fired; To hard work I incline, For rest I ne’er pine— No. 9, No. 9. I am easily purchased by all, With installments that monthly do fall, And when I am thine, Then life is benign— No. 9, No. 9. To the Paris Exposition I went, Upon getting the Grand Prize intent; I left all behind, The Grand Prize was mine— No. 9, No. 9.
At the Universal Exposition of 1889, at Paris, France, the best sewing machines of the world, including those of America, were in competition. They were passed upon by a jury composed of the best foreign mechanical experts, two of whom were the leading sewing machine manufacturers of France. This jury, after exhaustive examination and tests, adjudged that the Wheeler & Wilson machines were the best of all, and awarded the company the highest prize offered—the GRAND PRIZE—giving other companies only gold, silver, and bronze medals.
The French government, as a further recognition of superiority, decorated Mr. Nathaniel Wheeler, president of the company, with the Cross of the Legion of Honor—the most prized honor of France.
The No. 9, for family use, and the No. 12, for manufacturing uses, are the best in the world to-day.
And now, when you want a sewing machine, if you do not get the best it will be your own fault.
Ask your sewing machine dealer for the No. 9 Wheeler & Wilson machine. If he doesn’t keep them, write to us for descriptive catalogue and terms. Agents wanted in all unoccupied territory.
WHEELER & WILSON MFG. CO., CHICAGO, ILL.
