The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-31

dinner as applied to the IL o'clock
meal and supper means the p. m.
meal. Unspoiled by the city. stick to
the country Interpretation OF the
nomenclature of meals).
Travelling through the cities OF the
north and east for the state may in
most cases be a poem set to music,
but 1t is not so when you have to do
with machinery men,. They were
working for their people, these men,
for the state Of Kansas. Two plants
a day would have made our conscience
sleep like a little child, but four was
their schedule, and we walked it like
Samson grinding corn for his captors
in Gath Cor it might have been GAIA
met a boyhood friend in Chicago
and wanted to spend a little time with
him, but these machinery. men took
him along with us lest he fell into
the hands Of the wicked, and talked
to him while I watched an assembly
machine do ten girls work in the ap-
proved process Of making seven books
where only one was made before.
The third day was as busy as the
first and second. There are more Dig
printing plants in Chicago that 1t is
absolutely necessary to see than hao
thought were in the world.
Lest a Worse Thing Befan Us.
Mitchell and got together and
wired back to Auditor Davis If he
would allow extra expense for over
time. He replied promptly that he
would not. So we decided to leave
Chicago before we got the heaves
from walking too much and the glan-
ders from exposure to the cold WINDS
that descend upon that town through
the flume Of Lake Michigan.
Mitchell ate lobster for dinner.
New Years eve along about
O'Clock all the machinery men left us
We were like rocks left on the shore
by the ebb of the tide. One Of these
men wanted to go to his aunt's fu-
neral: another had a New Years party
and a third had to leave town and
:, fourth had sickness at home. and sc
forth and SO on.
Representatives OF q Great State.
Mitchell and 1 sat alone as the ac-
credited representatives OF a great
state on an important mission In a big
city. We looked ahead. like wise mer
always do, and saw e long. expensive
| trip in front of us. We felt q thrill
of apprehension and looked back
over our shoulder to see poverty al
ready standing at our elbow. Ther
did Mr.. Mitchell and go out and
seek a place where they give luncf
away with a small purchase. Aftel
that we went to the theater. I wen
by special invitation, unsolicited, q
Mitchelrs guest. He took me around
|
into an alley, under a sign that CAV,
the information that gallery seat
were Is cents, and on to another sigl
that bore better news about seats be
ing fifteen cents. There Mitchell
stopped and there he bought seats.
climbed stairs till I was exhausted
Finally we reached that gallery. W,
found seats in the back Of the gal
lery up against the wall and there W,
had a birdseye view Of the show
We were representing the state ii
high places.
II I give my word that a woman cam,
out on the stage with what the pro
gram called a cello and the instru
ment looked to me to be the size O
a cigar box. I saw her draw her arm
and the bow across the strings and
i could not hear a sound. We were ii,
hundred feet from the stage. Mitch
ell stood up and leaned over to se
and l pulled his coattails and calie,
his attention to the fact that he va
obstructtng the view of those behind
He turned around and apologixed t
the wall
When We Left That Theatcr.
When we left there Mitchell too,
away With him little electric Rlob
tthat he unscrewed from the ceiliu