Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-10-21

Dualutct, hIu is run IN Tue bEIub hLElG.
OF the travelling man, as ne appears to
the author, Mr. Harrison sets this down:
How little the outside world knows Of
the travelling man How little thought
they give him. They see sn article in the
daily papers containing sons error that be
has mae e. Il is read broadcast and opin-
ions Of him are formed, and of course not
complimentary; his bad deeds nobody is
infAllible) are public property. 1t is my
object in this little volume 10 speak in q
plain manner OF his good ones.
~ shall write of the better class of trav
cling men. What has been written in book
form heretofore, has been more or lees a
story Of his jokes, story telling and light
life-one thing only and not any of the
seriOus part OF it. Almost all professions,
all glasses and conditions Of life have q
di-iding line, on one side the eood, on the
other the bad. Society is ever willing to
cover up the good and uncover the bsd,
exposing many little thing which had
the lid not been taken off would have re
mained unknown. Where Ignorance 10
bliss, etc.
From the bad side, scandal and gossip
are fed; they have to De, for they must
never 20 hungry. The travelling man has
contributed his mite.
Men who do good deeds, Of kindness
and charity, know they drift slowly into
publicity. Let the deed he bad one and
watch with what power and detsrmina-
tion scandal will shove it along outward
into the world. Sixty miles an hour, with
ont time for the engine to drink, would
not be listened to as suggestion OF the
rapidity with which il would travel. The
few bad ones l shall lock up in the safe OF
charity; the good ones will mske an at
tempt to spread upon the table Of kind.
ness, where all men can see them and use
in the best interests Of the travelling g-man."
Front" contains good many things
decidedly tinged with humor. 0ne or
two specimens are too good to keep ont Of
the paper. For instance Sam tells about
bis experience with tips as follows:
"TiDping-as it is called in hotsls-has
become to some extent genuine nuisance.
aud in Others well deserved. Thank
Heaven, we are not like Europe in this
respect. After porter has handled
seven or eight large trunks and helped
the travelling man 10 unpack, think that
he has well earned MS tip. In tipping the
travelling man is always very liberal, take
him in or ont Of the dining-rOom-carry-
ing his satchel 60 the train, he never for
gets the porter. Some one may ask,
How about the clerk?' l will tell you
Mr.. s., a glassware travelling map,
after he had finished packing, having
spent three weeks with Us in room blank,
came to the Office and said 10 me:
I have just finished doing two things;
namely, packing and tipping'-aud with
well chosen little speech, h)wery, crown
ed and entwined with ivy leaves. L now
want to tip you'-hsnding me five pen
nies doubtless picked mp in the Sunday
school room)
~ ssij, Man, what does sll this mean?
d" 1T means, sir, that We men are ever
ready TO serve our country and our bene-
factors
my first and only tip, and may it be
my last"
OF the travelling man with girl-and
every travelling man has at least one girl,
there is this truthful pan picture:
"The mail-fend is generally confned TO
the man in lOve-deep in love, whom "Cu
pid" has captured, and claims him Is bis
OVID. He is always about, at home and
abroad, abroad mostly. Sometimes he is
OF tender sgs, ard az others he is in an
older state Of preservation; in fac. he is |
everywhere The word mail-iieDd ID de.
rived from the questions asked by the man |
who is in love. He stands in front Of the |
counter aud registers and says, ANY mail |
for me- siI?"
90 No sir, is the reply.
"'When will the next mail arriyeY
"'At seven thirty sharp
"Atseyen twenty-nine he is back egain |
covered with anxiety.
"'Mail imp
"'Yes, sir'
mo mail for me? That's strange Did
you look carefully? Are you sure that it
is not in the H's? Maybe it got mixed in
the Q's. she said that she would write
NE in your care. When does the next /
mail come iny'
Tomorrow at o'clock
"'Plesse give me ihe kay to your letter
box. There must be something for me-
"Takes key, goes to the postoflice and
fnds nothing, and comes back in five min
utes, and says.
"'DOn't you get another mail to-night?'
" no, sir; tomorrow morning at seven |
O'Clock
"Gets paper and envelopes and goes to
the reading room, and writes an hour, and |
returns 10 the counter and continues,
" No mail since have been here
Ono sir
He leaves a call and says, "If any mail
comes for me please send it right up to my
room +"
"'Yts, sir; good night Good night
He appears next tmorning-betoFe break
hst-aud still fnds no mail in his box
Thus it continues sll day and all night
long; the questions flying flster than
but only thicker. meet his
q questions with one continual answer of
no, sir
"This man is in love, and the mail
fend goes to the next town only to punish
and torture the next hotel man with the
very same questions. You may tell him
he has a sort of hungry loOk, and away
Of expression of Why don't il Gomez
Thus loves young dream (t maybe very
old comes to us like summers flower,
with hopes and thoughts Of letter, fresh,
bright and sprinkled with dew. They
fade ard droop like the rose, and are shat
tered and 70 to pieces, and the realization
of the letter that never clme' dsrkens
for day or so his thoughts, probably to
awaken in some hotel and ind in mis- box
a letter, and once more be is at ease with
the world"
Bat gel copy of 'FRONT.' yourself, es-
pecially if you carry a grip or sample
case, and eni 10y it at your leisure.
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