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BATTLE OF MANILA ENVELOPES
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"Good morning, Mr. Birdlip," he said, genially.

"Good morning," said the owner of the Lens, whose bright gaze exhibited a lively tincture of interest.

"Here are the typed notes of your remarks on 'Newspaper Circulation as a Byproduct of the Multiplication Table'," said Edwards, in a loud voice.

"You can let those wait," said Sanford, carelessly. "I don't want to be bothered with anything else this morning. Give me a memorandum of anything that needs to be attended to when we get to New York." He turned to Mr. Birdlip. "I find that in these busy days one has to attend to some of one's work even on the train. It is about the only place where one is never interrupted."

"Did I hear you say something about Circulation?" said Mr. Birdlip. "Are you specially interested in that problem?"

"I have given it a good deal of thought," said Sanford. "But I would hardly dignify it by calling it a problem. It is perfectly simple. It is purely a matter of taking the right attitude toward it. So many newspaper proprietors regard it merely as a problem in addition. Now it should be considered rather as a matter of multiplication. Instead of trying to add ten to your

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