Douglas Island news., 1916-10-20
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that campaign goes merrily on and when he Is on the outside he is just as active i'm his uplift work as when engaged In his usual meek and low ly occupation Of conducting a news paper in the North For example, 1.-the last time he visited tho great outside world he delivered upward of thirty lectures on as many differ ent subjects, depending on the re- quirements of the location in which he chanced Co find himself
 The first place the Stroller held services was Chicago where hc stopped a week on his way east and where he was instrumental iu start ing on foot a plan for supplying the department store girls who are com pelled Co stand on their feet contm- uously from s a. m. Co 6 D. m. with knee braces. The Stroller did some Investigating while there scientific research and discovered that of the 5000 females employed m the mammoth stores of the Marshall Field company. 70 percent of them were knee-sprung. Owing Co his interest manifested in their welfare. the Stroller was made am honorary member Of the Department Store Girls Union which has a member ship in Chicago alone Of 34OOO. A letter received from the secretary of the union by the Stroller since his return says the braces are generally worn and that as one result the increase in the height Of the weorcrs has been from M Co lM inches depending largely on the previous kink in the knee
 suiting himself to prevailing con- ditions, the Stroller, while in the manufacturing centers Of the east ern states. delivered a series C'scr- ious." some called them) of lectures on How Co Maintain a Large and Rapidly Increasing Family on Sl.l5 per" These lectures were largely attended and were followed by Heart to Heart talks with Moth CTS"
 At Louisville. Kentucky eyer mindful Of the fitness of things. the Stroller lcctured cn thc Mental and Physical Benefits go loo Derived from Putting a Squirt of Lemon in It" Fully 5000 persons heard the lee ture. or these25O were distillcrs and the remainder consumers The result Of the lecture was that where formerly two pint bottles were ear ried. one in each coat pocket. one quart bottle Is now carried, the oth- CT pocket being devoted Co lemons.
 Memphis Tennessee. being almost wholly peopled with merchants and negroes. the Stroller made a talk Go a large audience composed of the latter on "The Gmubliy Of the Brother in Black" The merchants got up an opposition meeting and advertised free refreshments but as the watermelon season had not op- ened. it was not we'll attended.
 At Little Rock, Arkansas, an af- ternoon address was made to the Amalgamated 'Possom Hunters and at night the Ladies Auxiliary of the same order was entertained A re- past Of baked 'possom and sweet 'ta- ters was later served, after which dancing was indulged in Co the tune Of the Arkansas Traveller.
 In Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico the Stroller lecturcd on Dry Farming" and advocated eros sing prairie dogs with st. Bcrnards as step Co later engaging in the manufacture of bologna sausage on an extensive scale There are some great openings in the great south west but they are principally prairie dog holes and dry gulchcs. Bin Nye made no mistake when he said, "The tie which binds Arizona to New Mexico is the cacti."
 The Stroller spent three days in Denver but as there was wet and dry campaign on, all the halls were engaged and the Salvation Army was monopolizing the streets, SO there was no place in which his campaign Of education could be furthered. The people Of the mountain city will probably never know what they missed
 The Stroller stopped at Salt Lake lefty. lectured on the subject. "One Country. One Flag and One Wife. and visited the grave Of Brigham i Young. but mighty change had taken place since he visited the same place 20 years before Then the old prophets widows. nine abreast and two rows deep. would walk out Co the cemetery and weep by the hour Now there is no weeping widow, tho humidity is much less in the cemo.