The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-11
AvERTED
A STRIKE
Woman's Nerve and Tact
Turns the Tract.
employees WERE WROTHY
But Oil Was Poured on the
Troubled Waters.
A True Story, and the Strangest
Part Of It is That 1t Was Told by
Press Man.

A cotcrie of congcnial spirits
made up of amusement publicity pro-
motcrs gathered around festive
board of q New York City Cafe
recently and exchanged reminis-
cenccs of life ON the road.
Al. Nelson, who pilots one OF the
j. w. Treadwell attractions, is
sponsor for the following story:
"Scveral summers ago was en-
gagged as Assistant Car Manager by
Frank 70. Folsom, who supervised
the advance publicity of the shows. !.
"The ear had been en- tour sew
cral weeks before joined, and
carried as tough an aggregation of
bill-stickers as ever covered n dou-
bic decker.
my appearance on the car was
a signal for the outfit 10 hand me
what every new recruit gets until
he makes his escape. or makes
good.
"Wel. it was give and take for
one entire week before was ac-
ccpted and stamped o. *. just
about this time, surly and m-
IuIv steward was making himself
obnoxious TO the bunch by dishing
up Il bill of fare that would have
caused the Chicago Packers to re-
sign.
"On being informed of the ex-
isting state OF affairs, Manager
Folsom gave the steward the Gus
tomaly notice of dismissal. which
only aggravated the situation un-
I'll the crew was ON the verge OF
revolt.
"At Court of Last Resort it
was decided to take chance with
hunger and dispose Of the offending
cook at once.
"When. where or how he disap-
peared none wilIt-iell, suffice to
say that later on he applied for
admission TO local Hospital,
that he had fallen from
moving train, in accounting for his
battered-up condition.
"Thc exit of the cook left
void that could not Immediately be
filed, as none among MS could mas
ter pots, Kettles and pans in the
proper preparation of food, al
though there were several cooks
aboard the car, not counting the
pastemaker, Judging from their
many pipe dreams, but their appren-
ticeship had been served in a Hop
Joint, mtored by q chink into man
iDulaiing a needle over the flame
OF n peanut oil lamp in cooking the
dope pin Of foolish inspiration.
"Filst came Dopey Sanders, so
sleepy that hi, daubs would dry
ont before he should throw his
top sheet up. following by Tank
Murphy, who claimed TO have seen
better days, when he hit the bub-
BILE water but at present on the
lookout fOrschOoners. Then came
lligh-card Dick, whose only assets
were what he had on his back,
marked poker deck and the makings'
as cigaretS are known in circus par
lance. There was the checker-up
who answered to The name Of Col
lege. he being Boston youth Of
good education, whose ideas Of
democracy and a desire to mihgle
with all sides Of life, landed him
on circus ear.
4" ] could go down the line enum-
Grating individual stories concerning
the entire bunch as to who they
we're, where they came from, how
long they intended TO stay and what
they would do 10 the next stew
ard.
mot being able to replace the
lost cook Immediately, and realizing
the inability Of men 10 properly
work without food, Car Manager
Folsom, much against his will, felt
compelled to wire for his wife,
(who, by-the-way. is the popular
young ineenue, Gertrude Lee Fol
soml to join and provide our meals
until We could land another cook.
"The Innovation of woman
stewardess n circus car was with
out precedent, and not to be toll
Grated, according to the assertion
OF Tank Murphy, who, II is need
less to say, made an exit similar to
the former cook.
"Realizing her position was TO
be no sinocure providing for twenty
eight nosters, Mrs. Folsom called
The entire bunch together and laid
down rules and regulations for their
government. never before heard of
IN connection with a circus.
"What that aggregation remarked
unlmown TO her would have made a
Raritan Canal Boat Captain turn
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