Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-05

the different sanctuaries so m~onopolize the
seating capacity Of the theater that the
solicitously-sought sinner is crowded intS
the gallery or out on the sidewalk.
Among the Galloway county people who
were In Fulton transacting business the
first OF the week were f. G. Berry and w.
A. b. Craghead. both hale and hearty and
in full possession OF their faculties, al
though Mr.. Berry's S0th birthday Is but a
week away, and Uncle Billy" Craghead
owns UP to So. Both have been residents OF
Galloway county more than seventy years.
Springfield Republican: The Confederate
camp Is not throwing cold water on the
Wilson Creek reunion as some reports say.
On the contrary, the members of that BODY
are working in hearty accord with the re-
union managers. The camp will not act as
a body in taking part in the encampment
exercises and neither will the c.. A. X.
posts. Confederate and Union veterans
stand in the same relation TO the reunion.
The Blue and the Gray will act as indi-
viduals in all they may do in participating
in the reunion exercises. The Confederate
campfire will be just what the veterans in
gray wish to make it. II will have as many
emblems and memories of the lost cause
as the survivors and their friends care 70
display. The Confederates have the best
feeling for one another and there will not
be any strife between them.
Sine l have been travelling in this ter
ritory I have been making the small towns.
and as I have nothing else to do in the
evening l study the people and their hab-
it's" remarked a drummer in Jefferson
City the other day, the Republican-Courier
says. You will find" he continued. that
in nine out Of ten of the small towns the
minds-nOt necessarily great-run in
the same channel. Let me name a few Of
them:
In Fulton. for instance. every young
man wants to be a commercial traveller. A
few Of their older brothers made a success
in this line, and now the height of the
Fulton youths ambition is to go on the
road Mexico has turned out a bushel of
newspaper men who have done well in the
big cities. and there are more following in
their tracks. l don't know the prevailing
ambition Of the Jefferson City young man.
unless it is to hold a fat political job, but
all jefferson City has the Madison house
habit"
The what. did you say?' asked the re-
porter.
THE Madison house habit said the
traveller. as he lit a fresh cigar. A least,
that is what 1 call it. You can find nearly
all of the young men in Jefferson City, and
some that are not so young, seated in
front Of the Madison house each evening,
talking everything from baseball to Klon-
dixie. When two young men meet on the
street-you have seen young men meet.
haven't you? They ave seen each other
maybe an hour before, but the first says
hello. old man. Then the other looks sur
pTised and says. why. how are your
After this hey talk for a Minute, and
one of them springs a bad joke. at which
the other laughs for politeness' sake, and
then escapes while laughing, well, SO long.
see you at the Madison house tonight
And when night comes you can find
them both occupying seats in front of the
hotel. their chairs tilted back and their
feet on the stone steps. They are perfectly
al home. for they have done this same
thing night after night since their mothers
would allow them out after s o'clock. I
know what you call it here, but l
have entered il in my books as the Mad
ison house habit and am waiting for a
better name"