El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-26

claring their independence of the bar
Der shop. The tip has almost become
a demand of the hotel barber, and this
levy has pressed hard upon the drum
mer who always must be well-shaved.
The safety razor has been a godsend
to him. assFE
A certain commercial traveller who
wanted to find out just how matters
were drifting. undertook to inquire of
all the knights lof the grip he met
whether they were shaved by a barber
or whether they used a safety razor.
Nearly rs percent of them, according
to his carefully tabulated returns. have
taken to the safety to get away from
the tips. The journals devoted to the
interests of the drummers advise the
BARRIERS TO put an end TO the accep-
lance Of tips. They say that this would
result in the drummers giving up their
safety razors
A new account keeper in the shape
of a cashometer is being carried by
some travelling statesmen. 1t is an ar
rangement not different to a stem
winding watch, with one hand for dol
lars and another for cents. turn OF
the stem registers the amount spent
and saves all need of a pencil or g
memoranda pad.
Want Clear Sheets.
The commercial travellers Of Virginia
are behind a clean-sheet bill now before
the legislature of that state. The bill
provides that each bed in every hosiery
shall be supplied with clean pillow slips
and sheets before being used by a sec
ond guest. The lower sheet shall COM
pletely cover, the mattress, and the
upper one shall be of equal width and
not less than so inches long Roller
towels are forbidden as unsanitary, and
the sheets and pillow slips shall be of
white cotton or linen.
| Oklahoma has a nine-foot sheet law.
but the statesmen who travel there are
complaining that il is not being en-
| forced as rigidly as it should be.
Simon Hartmen, a well known COM
| mercia1 traveller. recently was held up
| in a wreck at Point Pleasant. Va He
got off of the train TO get supper, ana
| afterward bought 15-cent novel with
which to while away the time. To
settle q wager he presented a claim
| for 40 cents TO the B. & o. railroad for
his expenses caused by the delayed
train. To his surprise, the bill was
paid at once, and 10 settle the wager
cost him more than the value Of his
claim.
The question whether a railroad can
compel a passenger 10 get a trip ticket
on his mileage is TO be decided by the
courts at the instance of a drummer
| James W TOney had q mileage book
/ and when he went TO take an Atlantic
coast train the agent did not have
time TO pull IT," He boarded the train
and rendered his mileage book to the
conductor, who refused to accept 1t for
passage. Toney refused TO pay a cash
! fare and was forcibly elected He has
instituted suit for $1,000 damages The
case viii be contested by the railroad
The world of travelling statesmen has
some peculiar characters. and many
interesting things are connected with
their work A man who travels for
New York house carries "a trunks with
him, and he is often forced to charter
a private baggage car 10 carry them
Another New Yorker has a peculiar
way OF idenl,<ving himself when he
wants a check cashed. He has his full
name tattooed upon his breast and uses
that as his Identification card.
Another carries a business card as
small as street car ticket, and at the
top he asks the recipient to keep 1t
until il grows.
1t is said that there is only one full
fledged Chinese drummer travelling for
an American business house. He is c.
Dick, and sells Japanese goods, some OF
which are made in Germany.
There are some hundred women
that Miss Mary E Nolan was the first
woman who ever girdled the globe in
quest Of business.