Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-13
THE DOOM or THE ROLLER
TOWEL.

TOWEL.
win the United Commercial TRAY
elors yanking unitedly on the bell
rope. the knom Of tho roller towel has
boon sounded IN Los Angeles
While sealing the doom Of this an
cient and time dlshonored institution.
the drummerE also constructed q
sepuIcher for the unwashed finger
bowl and the short bed sheets Thus
do the things OF the long past pass
away, and backed by the determined
knights Of the grip the crusade
against the roller towel can have but
one ending; we may as well utter our
farewell 10 the revolving moisture
absorber az once. We cannot see Il
become memory OF tho things that
were. however, without wrench, a
pang and a poignant sense Of loss.
From our earliest infancy has the
roller towel. which in our first reooi-
lection huns behind the door In the
Kitchen. been part Of our life. We
grew up with II; ever since. protesting
vigorously ana NJ times tcarfuiiy, our
physiognomy. muIu-colored with the
varied soils and other substances with
which we had come In contac, during
the day. Including mayhap a hit OF
axle grease. walnut stain or the es-
sence OF the pokeberry, unsurpassed
for Indian war paint was scrubbed
with a ruthless hand By our maternal
ancestor and final massage applied
with tho old roller towel.
How we used 10 like to hear the
roller spin a. we pulled Il IN the vain
search for an unsullIed surface. and
how II kept mother jumping TO keep
clean towel ON the roller. In slight
" later years. It's rough surface put a
quick finish en- our haaty pre-prandiai
toilet as we laved on che back porch
after femortng the traces Of toll be-
hind the pillow or huaklng corn; 81
was with as internationally until our
Induction into the print shop made II
again a permanent fixed factor In our
eheckered career. While lighter In
hue. for utility the farm towel on
the ssoop had nothing on the sable
fabric which hung IN the composing
room near tho cloudy tar soap over
tho dingy sink. daily receiving its ad-
ditlonnl layer Of printers ink and
dirt. until. as described IN an i'm
mortal rhyme,
IT fell on the floor and was
broken in two"
The amount OF inn and grease thai
print shop roller towel can absorl
aud retain Sc one OF the mnrvcls o.
science The longes, record We car
remember is nine months continuoui
service, for one towel an almost IN
destsnctibie one. which was sent bach
20 TIE ink factory and realised
handsome profit.
An wen. me things Of old time mus
pass away before the advance of IN,
antl-germ army and the cohorts Of
sanitation. The roller towel as wei
as the short bedsheets which groag
themselves puder the travelling man.
chin and expose hie pedal appendaFe,
60 the chilling blasts ana The un.
renovated finger bowl. with content,
drunk By this rural boardor an,
that; an must give way % modernity
Round none other Of these cluster ia,
associations which hallow the old roll
Tor towel 81 sainsod memory. out d
whose accomplishing folds Out
cleansed countonanoe emerged rudd,
and oxhilarated three times a da.
during those periods OF our mundan'
existence which made the most i'm
preston upon what old Ephraim
Boggs Of blackberry. Kas.. would re
fer 10 as our "chapck-ter" The fuz
zier bathtowcl, with which we CAM
IN contact upon each and every sat
urday night nor the trifling squart
which the barber applies 20 US, no
set the polished and slippery and stiff
hotel accessory. have left or can leavl
upon our lives the Impress Of the o.,
rollor towel now about 10 pass IRON
Wow and 10 which we say adlos 3,
spirit Of sincere and profound re-
greet