The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-08-13
.SLIvERS TAKES US
ON ANOTHER TRIP
From the Atlantic to the
Pacific and Back
STARTS AT NEW YORK
This Time We See Country
Through the Eyes of a
Live Theatrical Ad-
vance Agent

vance Agent
By Sliuers
In this series of articles | am 90
ing to take you for a reading jour
ney through the various states. 1t
might be called the meanderings of
a Snowman" or again, a trouper's
nightmare" 1t is not my intention
to write of famous places, or of the
large cities, rather. l shall start on
the Atlantic Coast, cross the CONT
nent to the Pacific. and back to the
Atlantic again. Moving slowly, as
1t would be proper for an advance
agent to move. In some cases |
shall speak of only the cities and
towns and their industries. But you
who would travel with me please
secure your tickets and pass inside
as is the approved bally of the fa-
NOUS State Tour Car lecturers.
AS all journeys must have a start
ing point we will start from New
York City, taking the ferry over to
the New Jersey side (the tubes were
not in use when l was last In New
York;. While crossing on the fer
ry we have an excellent opportunity
TO view New York's famous sky
line. The refreshing breeze from
Hell's Gate as our ferry moves swift.
ly through the water of East river
revives us after the heat of the city.
When we reach the Jersey side we
find that our train is due to leave in
ten minutes so we make our way
through the vast station aud into
the train shed. Our first stop is
Scranton. Pa, and we go over the
d. L. q w. X. K. 1t will he nearly
noon when we reach scranton, we
make our way to the berth we have
reserved and are soon in the land
of nod. We are awakened by the
porter who informs us that breakfast
Is now ready in the dining car. We
are soon seated at table and as we
eat. we watch the ever changing
landscape as our train flies along the
Iron Trail" Now we see peace
full farm scene, with the cows graz
ing on the hillside, now a man plow-
ing in the field, and again the scene
is country village with its shaded
streets and church spires rising high
above all else.
We arrive in Scranton aud after
visiting the manager of the Opera
House and closing contracts, leaving
paper etc.. we find that we have a
few hours before we can get a train
for our next stop which is TO be
Rochester. During our lay-over we
decide to walk around bit, and
everywhere our eyes are delighted
al the sight of beautiful homes.
we'll kept lawns. wide, well paved
streets. We come to large build
ing and ask passing stranger what
it is: his reply is given promptly
and with pride. that is the home Of
the International Correspondence
Schools"
1t is nearing train time we make
our way to the station and are soon
on our way to Rochester. We
arrive in the beautiful kodak city
and go through the usual routine of
the advance agent visiting the thea
tire and local dramatic editors, and
then go to our hotel for, after two
nights in a sleeper we can fully en-
joy good bed.
In the morning we have a few idle
hours on our hands. and spend it in
looking the city over. We find it to
be what its people proudly call the
Beautiful City" Wide we'll plan
ned streets, beautiful resident dis
tricts, large lawns and magnificent
business blocks.
Our next stop is at Perry, N. Y.
a small city of about $4,000 inhabi-
tants and from here on, our progress
will be slower for some time. Per-
ry is very progressive town, loca-
ted but short distance from the fa-
nous Silver Lake. ard Warsaw
where one of the largest salt works
in the world is located. Warsaw is
where all of the finest quality table
salt comes from. From Perry we
go to Olean, over the B. r & P. r.
K. as far as Machias Junction where
we change cars for Olean. AS we
have two hour wait on account of
a wreck on the w. N. Y. q p.
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