The Detroit times., 1915-04-05
SEEING AMERICA FIRST.
~ FRED C. KELLY
Copyright. 1915. by Fred c. Relly.)

Direct from Diary to Consumer
This diary thing n. Of course. all bluff II I
make note OF the man saw in the Chicago
restaurant He ordered a meal that came 10 an
even dollar. Then be asked for little pitcher
OF cream. which was 10 cents more whzn the
waiter came around with the slip. the man dis
covered that he had just sL05 In change or 5
cents less than he required. aside from the tip
saw him open up q wallet and pull out one
lone bill which happened TO be a fifty. He
fifty just for the sake Of nickel He looked AZ
the slip and then at his s105. Then his face
suddenly showed the light OF inspiration.
Here's dollar five" be told the waiter in a
nickel more. don't your Well. I'll give you back
half OF this cream"
And before the waiter had recovered nj. com.
posure the diner had showed the half filled little
cream pitcher toward him, seized bis hat and
dandy departed.
few minutes ago ! went into the lavatory 10
Try out my new safety razor. Three other men
were there shaving This makes nine men
have seen shaving today on the train And
every ona Of the nine without a single exception
made ons or more remarks Boosting OF the pc
culiar toughness Of his beard. the peculiar way
his beard grows. or the difficulty BARRIERS have
shaving him ] am trying 10 recall n have ever
known a man 90 modest that he would not brag
about the why. manly quality Of his daily
growth OF beard
We Just stopped briefly at Emporia, Kan. the
town definitely affixed 10 the map by William
Allan White The first time ever heard Of En-
por1a- WAS when | read an article by William
Allan White, entitled New York and Emporia .
IN which the author sharply contrasted the ad-
vantages OF Emporia over the vellknown east.
ern metropolis as a place OF residence Now
me average town Of the size OF Emporia does
not necessarily sire up as an ldyilic dream city
when viewed from the railway station. This "a
true OF Emporia and II occurred 20 me that
little a. | like New York. " lived in Emporia
ana had 10 move to New York might In time
be able to reconcile myself TO the change
Having this In mind went out on the station
platform and engaged an innocent bystander 10
conversation. spoke TO him about his fellow
| tovnsman's article and asked him N the avera 20
| Emporian would take the same view "a white
We'll. don't know" he replied, wrinkline
MS brow and seeming 10 weigh the proposition
with judicial impartallty; Il was In New York
Tor the first time year before last and in some
| respects IL wasn't so bad. The subway had a
| funny smell 70 IL. smell that never noticed
| anything quite like anywhere else But that. OF
| course. was a small matter The thing tba,
| struck me most OF all was where a woman would
dry clothes and where man would 20 in the
evening 10 loaf"
One is impressed in going through Kansas
with the bigness OF the farms and the smaIIness
OF the barns Judging just by what one can see
from the Sante Pc railroad a Kansas farmer
builds his barn In indirect ratio TO the sire OF
| his farm.
| II must be difficult one imagines to be neigh.
borly In Kansas. Folks live far apart in Kansas
| ind the roads look black and saushy But am
ssured that after travelling through New Mex.
co. Kansas will seem fairly gregarious and
uiParatiyely congested