The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-10
LOOKS GOOD TO FATHER.
The Pioneer Limited and its
Splendor

The Pioneer Limited and its
SplendOr
"You look awful good to.
father, sang the long man with
the chin whiskers and the silk
bat. He did not sing loudly but
with much ferver and he stopped
the other fellows in the aisle
whilehe looked into his berth and
gloated. The fellows behind him
had been spending an hour or
two in the library buffet car Of
The Pioneer Limited, and they
were introducing him to one Of
the chief attractions of the train
on the way to Chicago.
| ut looks good to me,'' he said
turning around and inviting the
bunch to look into the berth.
''Say, what's the name of the
fellow who wants to feather the
nest of theyoungsters who want
to get married and start house
keeping on four dollars week?
we'll, forget him and let us say a
good word for the man who
feathered this nest for father.
Ain'tit the limit?" --.-
''Well amt it The Limited?"
butted in the frivolous one of the
bunch.
cts more of a hit with me
than anything I have seen since
I have had a, home to stay away
FROM said the long man with
the whiskers. t'It appeals to me
because it shows that the rail
road people have come to a
proper appre citation of the rights
of the old man. Father has been
caricatured and ridiculed, he has
been permitted to be the pro-
ducer of the family, and nobody
has thought about his comfort.
Even the song writer's, who have
dealt with family matters, have
talked and wept about mother
and the girls and the only time
they have referred to the old man
is to indicate that he is out get
ting a jag somewhere and that it
is about time for him to get back
to his neglected family. But
here is the goods. Here's where
papa shines amidst the glitter of
exotic woods, polished to a peak,
illumination that doesn't dim as
long as you can stand for it, and
a bed that permits papato stretch
himself to the limit and the n
some. I've got eight brass bed
steads in my house and 7 don t
like to say what they cost because
you fellows might think I was
boastlng, but if I could trade
those beds for berths that look
like this one I would be in the
market for the trade tomorrow.
It's me for my nightie and re-
pose.''
The other fellows enjoyed the
glee of the long man so much
that they listened to his grunts
of satisfaction as he stretched
himself in the berth and : an
nounced to the porter that it was
the first time he had had room to
stretch himself while he slept
since the day he had run away
from home and travelled west in
an empty freight.
And The Pioneer Limited not
only looks good to father, for it is
Just as much a. hit with mother
and the rest of the family. The
new sleepers on The Pioneer
Limited were not made for the
head of the family by any means.
Father may be moved to admira-
ton by the glstening and brilliant
train, from the magnificent
engine and the buffet car to the
dazzling rear end sign. but it is
in the attention to small details
that the appeal is made to the
rest of the family. The big,
roomy berths, the fine equip;
ment, the ample toilet accom- mo-
dations and the excellent service
claim the enthusiastic ad miration
of the women who travel even as
the big berth commanded the
appreciation of the long man.
The train is incem bly, finer
than the finest of the trains de