The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-01
News of the 7. P. A.

We have been so very busy attend
ing the chautauqua, Buffalo Bits cir
Gus and to business when we had time
to, that the 7. p. A. news notes Lave
been frightfully neglected.
Post C's affairs are moving along
in midsummer fashion. Like the writ
er the members are so busy attend
ing to other things that Post G is rath-
er neglected. However, from the re-
port Of the national secretary and
treasurer the national association is
certainly in most encouraging and
flourishing condition. On July 31st
there was 1859 members in the nat
ional association, with $3.50 of them
credited to Indiana, which is still en-
joying the distinction of being the
largest state division in the Union.
The national association also shows
the colossal sum of 1892 ,279.01 in the
treasury. There was paid out during
the month of July for indemnity s21,-
1892, $4,000 of the amount being
for two death claims. We wonder if
any other national association of trav-
cling men can make a better showing.
There does not seem to be any dis
position nor likelihood of Post C hold
ing a picnic. Reports from Terre
Haute state that Post G had a most
enjoyable time at a recent picnic it
held and everybody seemed to have
an extra good time.
''Gluggy- Bluk-B oggy-Wok Richmond
would have beat. Iggy-Wick fowled
him out etc and so on. The above
is an extract from a conversation ov-
erheard between Shorty Shreeve
and Phil Twigg, discussing and argu-
ing base ball. Suffice it to say that
these two honorable gentlemen are
fans" of the first water and never
miss a game.
The following is taken from letter
written by F. B. Vanness in the T. P.
A. Magazine:-"The average travel
ing man is seventy two inches long
and the average hotel bed measures
issue is the disposition of the surplus,
and there is no solution to the prob
lem. so his think tank rests on the
double trees and his Trilby's droop
over the tail gate and in this grace
full, picturesque and comfortable posi-
ton. with the mosquitoes singing over
him in ghoulish glee, he Journeys to
the Land of Nod, perchance to dream
of the future Utopian existence when
he will have saved up a hundred dol
lars necessary to break into the hotel
business"
(Note)-The above is not copied to
apply to the hotels of Indiana, for it
does not, and the fortunate travelling
man who makes this territory should
feel thankful that it is not necessary
for anybody to write such an article
as this is regarding any of the hotels
that we have in this state.
He however goes on and states:-
Every day is duplicate of the first.
he gets up in the morning and goes
through the mail from his house. He
finds he is still with them and his
daily bulletin contains about
thousand words of suggestions, COM
plants and criticisms: perhaps he al
so finds in his bundle a little pamph-
let entitled. Playing the Piccolo' 1t
contains countless beautiful and Wis
ionary theories On how to shut out
competition and sell all the goods in
his territory" How true the latter
part of this is. How easy it is to sit
in ain office with carpet on the floor
and an electric fan blowing summer
zephyers around you. with nothing to
do but talk to the beautiful stenograph-
er that you like to talk to and write
letters to the statesmen, such as des-
cribed in this piece. 1 wonder if it
has ever occurred to the proprietors
what the statesmen really thought
about them when they receive them.
CAL proprietors take note.)
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