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Voice of the Imagination, Denvention Special, 1941

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D'You a Service?

"This   is   the  situation,"  explained Mme JuIianna, proprietress of the Reweavlng Shoppe. "An important customer brought us these
trousers to be repaired,"   indicating a bad gash in the  brown gabardene pants. "It's  a terribly tedious job and I   simply haven't the time to  tend to it what with customers   to wait on--telephone ringing every five minutes, etc. Our regular operator is on
vacation at the present time.    Now I know a place in Hollywood where these probably could be fixed, but being professional, I couldn't   take my customer's job to  them you understand?" So
she called ASSORTED SERVICES for someone to play   the part of an ordinary   individual with a pair of pants   to be repaired. This assignment was undertaken  by our man-of-many-personaIities, Operator
Ackerman, who was coached for an hour in the role of the Unknown Individual. He was   told the maximum price he  should pay, the time allowed for the job, and was to secure  a guarantee of perfect repair.
     So bright and early our  operator took the trousers up on the Boulevard and inside an  hour was back at the office.    The transaction had been  singularly actionless, involving none of the well-rehearsed dickering.
     The  saleslady simply asked, "Name, please?"
     He calmly replied, "Weaver Wright."
    And she  said, "We sure will!"

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22 D'You a Service? "This is the situation," explained Mme JuIianna, proprietress of the Reweavlng Shoppe. "An important customer brought us these trousers to be repaired," indicating a bad gash in the brown gabardene pants. "It's a terribly tedious job and I simply haven't the time to tend to it what with customers to wait on--telephone ringing every five minutes, etc. Our regular operator is on vacation at the present time. Now I know a place in Hollywood where these probably could be fixed, but being professional, I couldn't take my customer's job to them you understand?" So she called ASSORTED SERVICES for someone to play the part of an ordinary individual with a pair of pants to be repaired. This assignment was undertaken by our man-of-many-personaIities, Operator Ackerman, who was coached for an hour in the role of the Unknown Individual. He was told the maximum price he should pay, the time allowed for the job, and was to secure a guarantee of perfect repair. So bright and early our operator took the trousers up on the Boulevard and inside an hour was back at the office. The transaction had been singularly actionless, involving none of the well-rehearsed dickering. The saleslady simply asked, "Name, please?" He calmly replied, "Weaver Wright." And she said, "We sure will!" ASSORTED SERVICES has served--and is serving--such citizens of sclentifantasy fandom as BOB TUCKER... MOROJO... PAUL FREEHAFER ... MARY GNAEDINGER... ROBERT HEINLEIN... WALT DAUGHERTY & WIFE... JOE GlLBERT... J J FORTIER... POGO... CHESTER COHEN... CYRIL KORNBLUTH... LOUIS RUSSELL CHAUVENET... ARTHUR LOUIS JOQUEL II... GEORGES H GALLET... NANCY FEATHERSTONE ... JULIUS UNGER... BILL CRAWFORD... MAY WE ADD YOUR NAME SOON, FRIENDOM?? Our most famous service to fandom is the reproduction for eds of fmz of their covers or special interior illustrations in the mimicrayon lithografic process. $1.85 for 100 copies ppdI We also locate books & mags, multilith stationery, type, stencil, varltype, mimeo, multigraf, supply stills (your film favorites or fantasy scenes)... in short, we are an all-around Servicenter! ASSORTED SERVICES—6111 Harold Way--Hollywood, Cal