Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-23
THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
Items of Interest to the Men on the
Road.
A GRITTY WOMAN DRUMMER.
The Tourists Scheme for Getting Even
With the Hotels-A Tragedy-A
Salesman Held Up-Omaha's
Sunday Guests-Samples.
An Energetic Woman.

Awriter in the New York Mail speaks Of
lady whom he erroneeusly terms "the only
successful woman drummer in this country
thus:
Mrs. X. Kabok is pretty She travels for
Franklin street dry goods importer, and
covers the entire couutry. This branch of
industry has long been pre- :empted by men,
and IL mas been regarded as next to impossi-
BILE for woman to achieve success on the
road, but Mrs. Kabok's career shows that
popular opinion IN this regard is wrong. The
hardships of the business she bears equally
as bravely as her fellow salesmen and her
employers are more than pleased with her
work. Her expense bills are lighter than
those Of the other travellers, as cigars and
beer bills are not included in her accounts.
Although she is unable to dine her rural GUS
toners and bait them with costly luncheons,
she manages to secure their orders as readily
as any of her competitors.
Mrs. Kabok is young, pluclxy, well in
formed, and carries herself with tact and
dignity. Her life has been filled with ad-
ventures. She came to this country from
Vienna with her father in 1879. Six years
ago she was married in Chicago. Two years
later her husband committed suicide. She
then moved to this city, where her children
died. 1t was then that she sought employ
ment to earn her living and divert her mind
asked about her work, she said:
81 like the work. / travel just as quickly
and cover just as much ground as my male
competitors. / have never been lnsuted
yet. have met with respect wherever l
went, wherever was and whomsoever ap-
preached. 1t lies entirely with lady to be
protected, and that is through and by her
own demeanor.n
Regarding the ability of women to sell
more goods than men, she said: II think
they can. You see, woman has certain
tastes and ideas which man, in that re-
spect, think, is not particularly gifted with.
AS long as you suggest the thought, / also
believe that If once in earnest with her work
and occupation a woman will stick to it
more closely and show little more energy
than a man. Maybe / am mistaken in it,
however. And, after ALL 1 still remain the
woman with all that word implies. Only re-
Gently, at the Palmer house, In Chicago,
ment couple at the breakfast table with
little golden-haired angel between them. The
image of my own boy rose up within me, and
had to leave the table. Up in my room
then had real good cry But felt strength
ened and two hours later sold a large bill"
Verify, the world does move, despite
Brother JaSpar'S ASSERTION to the contrary
Everything is Running Smoothly.
A travelling man who attempted to make
the town of Milford from Lincoln Tuesday
last made some discoveries in regard to the
Burlington roads ability to transact and
handle business. This gentleman went to the
depot in the early morning hours to go to
Milford on an early freight. He found six
or eight other passengers going the same
way, and the train made up ready to go, but
no locomotive to haul it. Two other trains
were made up, also waiting for engines. For
eight long hours the travelling man and his
fellow passengers waited for an engine to
take the train and then gave itup. The gentle
furnished the fOlllyyinp communicative
| or the benefit of the public
LINCOLN, April II, 1SSS.-To the Editor of
| the BEE: The treatment shippers and the
travelling public are receiving at the hands
of the b. g. M is most shameful and un-
bearable. The writer of this has been wait
ing eight solid hours with five other passen-
| gers in a car laden with filth and disorder,
attached to train advertised to leave Lin
coin at a. M, carrying both passengers and
| freight Among the other passengers is Mr..
| G. w. Elston, of Columbus, Neb., having in
charge carload of fine brood mares, which
he loaded last Sunday noon at Murray, Ia,
| $50 miles east Of here upon the positive as
surance of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
| railroad agent at Murray that they would go
through without delay to Columbus. They
have now been out over forty-eight hours
! without feed or water and are standing sixty
| miles from their destination in the b. & M.
yards here waiting for an engine to come in
off the road to take the train. MIR. Elston
and the other passengers feel exceedingly
| tropical and swear they will never patronize
| the b. & NJ again. A TRAVELLING MAN.
DANDY ENGINEERS.
WEEPING WATER, April 2.-To the Editor
of the BEE: TO show how well the B. & Nj.
system is being managed at the present time,
and how competent their present force of
| engineers is, 1 will relate my experience to-
day on freight train As, scheduled to leave
Lincoln at a. m. AT $3.50 a. M it was re-
ported by the b. g. M. employees that this
train would leave on time. 1t was made up
and ready to leave on time, but it was
oclocl--two hours--before an engine could
be secured and the train started The engine
had full supply of coal and water, but had
not gone twelve mlles when the water gave
out, and the train was left standing on the
prairie while the engine was run to Bennett,
five miles distance, for another supply. After
long delay the train was again started, but
before it reached Dunbar the coal gave out,
and the train was again left while the engine
proceed to Nebraska City for another supply.
Understand that from Lincoln to Nebraska
City the distance is only sixty miles, and
with any other than thoroughly
incompetent engineer such a thing would
never occur. Several cars of stock were
being deprecated in value through such