Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

United States is stlll a dun pupil in learn
ing to give the prospective foreign buyer
exactly what he wants. That's a lesson
learned in the A B c classes Of the German
drummer schools.
The International drummer is the worlds
greatest influence for International peace.
AS he carries lines OF commerce into the
most distant countries, anchoring one end
there and the other at home he binds the
thoughts OF nations upon the irreparable
loss that would follow several trade re-
lations. The voice OF commerce always is
raised against war, except as the last pos
sble resort to redress grievances OF the
most serious nature. .
The drummers OF the country are de-
claring their independence of the barber
shop The tip has almost become a demand
OF the hotel barber. and this levy has
pressed hard upon the drummer who al
ways must be well shaved. The safety
razor has been a godsend to him. A GER
tain commercial traveller who wanted to
find out Just how matters were drifting,
undertook to inquire Of all the knights OF
the grip he met whether they were shaved
by barber or whether they used a safety
razor. Nearly rs per cent Of them. accord
ing 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 acceptance Of tips. They
say that this would result in the drummers
giving up their safety razors.
A new account keeper in the shape Of
cashometer is being carried by some travel
ing salssmen. 1t is an arrangement not
different to stem-windlng watch, with
one hand for dollars and another for cents.
A turn of the stem registers the amount
spent and saves all need of a pencil or a
memoranda pad.
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 hostelry shall be
supplied with clean pillow slips and sheets
before being used by second guest The
lower sheet shall completely cover the mat
tress, and the upper one shall be of equal
width and not less than ninety 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 it is not
being enforced as rigidly as 1t should be-
Simon Hartwell, a well known commercial
traveller, recently was held-up in a wreck
at Point Pleasant, Virginia He got off Of
the train to get supper and afterward
bought a is cent novel with which to while
away the time. To settle a wager he pre-
sented a claim for 70 cents to the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad for his expenses caused by
the delayed train. To his surprise, the bill
was paid at once, and to settle the wager
cost him more than the value OF his claim
The question whether a railroad can com
pei passenger to get a trip ticket on his
mileage Is to be decided by the courts at
the instance OF a drummer James w.
Toney had 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 It for passage Toney refused to pay
a cash fare and was forcibly elected. He
has instituted suitJfor 5000 damages. The
case will be contested by the railroad,
The world OF travelling salesmen has some
peculiar characters and many interesting
things ere connected with their work. A
man who travels for New York house
carries fifty-fouy trunks with him and he
H. often forced to charter a private bag
gage oar to carry them. Another New
Yorker has a peculiar way Of Identifying
himself when he wants check cashed
He has his full name tattooed upon his
breast and uses that as his indentificatlon
card. Another carries a business card as
small as a street car ticket and at the top
he asks the recipient to keep It until 1t
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 commercial travellers
but It is recorded that Miss Mary e Nolan
was the first woman who ever grdled the
globe in quest, OF business,
By FREDERIC J. HAsRIN.
To1HoBRow-EUnting ana Fishing.