Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-06
FINE NEWS FROM HOME
Nothing but Good Reports on
the Special.
SUCCESS At EVERY POINT
Firms Here Declare That the Business
Done Is Astonishing.
TRAIN Is NOW AT LEXINGTON
Home Of the West Point of the South
and an Educational Center
Nearing a Close.
TRAIN Is NOW AT LEXINGTON
pecial From a stafr Correspondent.

thank you. II this keeps up much longer
Prof Willis Moore will get a wire from the
missionaries aboard the Rainbow that will
make him good and mad. We're willing to
take our share Of weather with shrug
and grin, but the continuous perform
ance cloudbursts that Is trailing the Great
er Washington Special through Virginia Is
little too much OF a bad thing. The wet
hasn't dampened our powder as yet but
it's wrazzlng to the nerves. All of which
Is distressing.
In order to get from the town Of Lexing-
ton to the sidetrack where the special Is
now floating, an inch or so of the rails. 1t
is necessary to fall down a long angular
hill with bumps on 1t. This operation
would be delicate one In dry weather.
On rainy day it becomes positively haz-
ardous. Therefore am very much pleased.
indeed. to be able to say that good many
merchants fell down the hill this morning
and visited the exposition cars. covered
with mud and filled with interest.
They all appeared very much disappoint-
ed, too, when Mr. Tucker. in charge of the
train, announced that the special would
leave Lexington at 6 o'clock this afternoon
instead of Monday morning, as indicated on
the schedule. There are number of reasons
why this is necessary. All are good. but
one Is particularly potent. The Greater
Washington special was not built with
view to deep-sea navigation. and the side
track assigned to the train disappeared
from view, as I've previously indicated.
some little time ago.
Food and Education.
The principal thing they buy in lexing-
ton is food and education. The Vir-
ginia Military Institute, the West Point
of the SOUTH and Washington and Lee
University are both located here, and make
Lexington real college town. Realizing
this the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. at
our earnest request kept an engine. with
steam up and fireman sitting on the
safety valve, loafing round the exposition
cars all morning. College boys have
such cute little ways. and We didn't care to
run the risk Of having the Rainbow pulled
up that angular hill and stuck. end-up, In
the middle of the campus. But there was
no trouble. although the precautionary
measures were not regretted. Seven Of the
representatives of Washington jobbing
houses with the special received letters
this morning from the big men of their re-
spective concerns offering congratulations
for the business done and speaking in the
most enthusiastic manner Of what they be-
u0Vo Wlli result 1TOul tue tOuI.
Mr.. Van Wyckle Of the F. q. Smith Plano
Company. says some encouraging things In
letter to his representative on the train,
Mr.. Victor ]. Becker, about the trip. what
it has accomplished to date. and what he
expects from it in the future. You have
certainly interested piano buyers of the
section covered" he continues. Never be-
fore have We received as many letters in
week from that part Of the country as now
come to us in day. Keep It up.
Keep up the splendid work you have
been doing" says Manager Carter OF Golden
& Co.. in a letter to T. E. Cross. the firms
representative on the train. Incidentally
Mr.. Carter mentioned that as mis- company
caught up on the rush business resulting
from the big lard orders taken by Cross on
the first five days OF the trip. the latter
might consider himself released from the
''Stop-selling" telegram. a fac smile OF
which appeared in last weeks issue of The
Sunday Star.
H. H. Butler of the Washington Dairy
Company writes to his partner, T. 1. Dom
nelly. who is with the special, that Your
trip has been most successful, and the re-
suits in the way Of immediate business and
orders taken are actually astonishing. My
heartiest congratulations.
Actual Business Done.
r. P. Andrews Of the r. P. Andrews
Paper Company says in letter to Mr..
Macintosh. the company's representative
with the train: 1.-The constant stream of
orders you are sending in have demonstrat-
ed the soundness Of my belief that much
actual business would be done during the
tour in addition to the straight missionary
work for which the exposition special was
sent out" Mr.. Andrews also mentioned
further along in his letter that he would
join the special at Stanton tomorrow and
finish the trip on board the Rainbow.
All Sorts Of Encouragement.
I might go ahead almost Indefinitely tell
ing of the encouraging messages re-
ceived of Greater Washington by this
travelling band of Greater Washington mis-
sionaries. But I'll leave you all to imagine
the rest, they being very similar. to these
given, and call attention to the fact that
the watchword of the Rainbow, Every
body's happy seems to hold good at both
ends of the line.
Mayor Walker of Lexington was one of
those who fell down the hill this morning
to extend to us the glad hand of welcome
and say nice things about the Stars special
and the Greater Washington idea. There
is no reason that can think Of" said he,
why Washington should not have the trade
of this section. Our merchants now go
right through your city to get to Balti-
more, Philadelphia and New York, which
they have long known as the only available
and adequate commercial centers. Your
train will do much to make them under
stand that the national capital has some
other characteristic than that of beauty.
and Is, in fact out after their business.
You certainly have my best wishes, and I
believe the present movement will event.
ually be crowned with distinguished sue
cess"
A Banner Day.
like to feaye good things for the last.
So now I'll mention that yesterday was one
of the banner days of the trip. Roanoke
furnished a big part Of the business. In
addition to the missionary work. which has
become so much a matter of course that
half the time I forget to mention it, the
order book brigade got very busy. Two
tons OF hams. thousand dollars worth Of
fancy groceries. Car load Of paper and
other things too numerous to mention were