Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-17
Ire rCllri toNel nj sst 60

travellers in the Urited states saT 50
ant several hund 'el thousand alnccA-
I1erciai travellers pipn nearly sec
Ond
Two hundred thousand Of he drum
mers OF the country are organized, hi
to powerful associations and it was
&at a recent meeting of one of these
that the subject of the roller towel
was broached. The name of the ira V
cling man that made this ancient but
not time-honcred institution real is
sue probably will be lost 70 history.
This is shame. He ~ a place
among the immortals who discovered
the tariff. free silver and immediate
municipal ownership, @.s4ss
II there is any question as to the
roller towel being a real issue ask
any one Of the aforesaid 100000 trak-
cling men. l11e will assert that it is
not a theory but sad, sad condition
and he will mot assert it any too po-
litely either.s The travelling man, be-
ing timid. sretiring creature, seldom
kicks, When he does it counts. From
sE4on he stands firmly on the plat
fdfm:
ffndiyidual, towels in country ho-
tetj jtash} rooms a 2
b turning of the worm has been
IA kNw; process, Long long. ago. be.
fcf the day of the interchangeable
mica gebook; the, travelling man was
supposed to stand for anything the
6ptry landlord dealt him. He paid
day for the same zaccomno oda
ESs and the local dentis. got for S.
week and never murmured. He paid
10 cents for cigars of the "I.ottie
Lee variety ard philoscp',ically and
uncon pIaininaly charged them to bus
fare. He Was Just a travelling gen.
tlaman" and the legitimate prey of
Ithe@rural hotelkeeper. In those days
5he never dreamed ofgfis&1se TO. the
proud estate where he eoulds staM.
np in his strength and dictate to the
aautocrat of the Commercial House"
The objections sto the country hotel
roller towel, saceofding 70 the aown-
t;odden travelling man, are numerous
enough to require a day Off in good
susaaY fpwni to(taf There are
aesthaic. sanitaiy and sociological OBJ
fectons. There are objections which
Ecan be stated in family newspaper
and other, objections of a flavor that
Eone but a rude. person would tell
them outside cinch game in a smok-
ing. ear
ssome Typical Roller Towels.
The troller7 towel that made all the
trouble is the species found in towns
where the drayman calls the drum
hiefI by his first name. This particu-
lar towel, says the travelling men who
have approached it with awe three
Zines a day, makes the traditional
printers towel look like snow-white
emblem of purity
/ The few travelling men who ever
Saws one of these towels in its pris-
k.ne3state of cleanliness all agree that
fhey are made of the identical water
broof material the country over.
Mheh first hung on the roller they
IRE q light kahki color and reflect as
berfectly as the washroorn mirror. X
HE hotel is large roller is plac d near
the ceiling and the towel draped to
The floor. so more may use it. Often
INA rollers'is stationary pnd the tovel.
2 pn it. yhowins ih4t j + aot
eeks just for? f. slh1lioen'ss l1le sake. Drum
ners formerly tried to dry their
hards on these ny 1'PW4zs Pfselly.
show they Rad baesS aceeassa4omed
" sAe use:pi AasseptM itlase scitx,.
h they soon learned that it saved
h valudble tine eot 8 Use a pocket
kdkerchief] first and itheh TO com
the process on the napkin when
rea ched the aini1, b room : But
thss y history. ;HFhs Tbs Y}52}nqsey Y}5} qsey shoe! %!
|Q cQmmercial men hevS( having seen
sne " these roller CIV Piis X 4 Twheti'i III was
sare nothing }ll99g about featt !. its original
4 elm. qualities. i is the pres
hdition Of the towel thai con: con
sffie en-. ss' VI S5-''@ zi@5i's1 p
1 e}1s4 - -
Other Abuses DwindIe.
N atSpical roller towel always II
sted with certain other articlesI
toilet no less typical. The
carefully chained to the wall
Il footh at each end. The hEnsh
: Rm ths year oflthe 1iinyen'ion'
Il aasg afsubstitute fors hfistles.
II p is of the peculiar laundry va
lever found ip towns large
u to support a trolley line. 1t
y how a morbid and sarcastic