The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-03
A HAPPY BUNCH
TRAVELLING MEN FINALLY GET
OUT OF TOWN, MUCH TO
THEIR JOY.

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of all were the marooned travelling
men who lost no time In getting over
to the station as soon as they were
certain there would be a train. A
few left on the 1:10 train, but most
of them went east and south for
Sioux Falls.
Some were wondering If their
wives would know them when they
came home again and still others
were not certain that ''the house
would stand for a snowbound *
cuse." Still others were wondering
what Reuse they would make to
their wives for not writing while they
were away.
You know a woman" said one,
will never stand for such an alibi.
She will insist when | get home that
there was no reason for my not writ
ing anyway. She'll charge me with
deliberate neglect and I'll have to
tell the whole story to the Judge"
"Old Robinson Crusoe had some
thing on u.s." chimed in another.
He was on an island for twenty
years. but he had a shipwreck to steal
from while everybody kept their eyes
on us. We were in Madison five days
and left with nothing but receipted
hotel bills and shy several dollars.
But, like Robinson, we we're maroon
ed. When we get home they'll ask
where we went on Friday and Satur-
day night.
from the hotel proprietor down, how
ever, and we have no real kick to
make. 1t is just being stalled when
we would rather be working. The
monotony surely disarranged our
equilibrium, but the Lake Park pro-
p~rietors were hospitality itself and
we'll remember the Mcdonald broth
ers to our friends on the road.
The travelling men purchased 100
copies of last nights issue of The
Daily Leader to send home to their
wives. their houses and their friends.
They were gratified at the recogni-
ton given them and ii helped, as they
said. to soothe the disagreeable fea-
lures of the ~sojourn. They extended
a vote OF thanks to The Daily Leader
and said 1t was some sheet for a
small town"
Most of them will make" Madison
again. but they hope there will be no
tie-ups and no more snowstorms.
They have had enough. All are be-
hind in their work and will AVE 10
put In some extra ticks to catch up.
The best campaigner of the group
was Dorothy, the little Twenty-Five
months old daughter of 5. 5. Mar
gulies of Sioux Falls. Dorothy did
not mind the wait SO long as h
was with daddy" She wanted her
mother. too. but the women at the
hotel took good care of her and n
was the pet of every man in the
group.
Many were willing to taxi her
home with them IL she would only go.
But she stipulated emphatically that
daddy must do too or she would
not agree to any such contract. Her
father expected to be here just a day
and that is why he brought the child
along. But. snowstorm and all, Dor
othy was the sunshine of the group
and all shook hands with her In sol
emn farewell when she left them.
E. N. Jersild. of Neenah, Wiscon-
sin, Jersild Knitting Company. found
he had something in common with
Corporal Bauer who left on the same
train with the commercial travellers.
Mr.. Jersild was once a membe or the
United States Marine corps and n
of the heroic group of marines who
swan ashore from the ships In Man
liza bay and helped put to out the
great fire at Corredigor Barracks in
1903.
The soldiers we're unable to cope
with the blaze and called upon the
sailors and marines for assistance.
The latter responded first and sue
cessfully fought the flames with the
later aid of the navy tugboats. Then
they sent the weary soldiers TO bed
and took the situation in hand them
selves.
Corporal Bauer remembered the in
cident perfectly. although he was not
stationed in Manila at the time but
some distance north of the city. His
company was warned to be ready to
go to the aid of the marines but the
orders were countermanded when the
news came that the latter did not
need it.
Corporal Bauer did not take any
recruits with him but expected, as he
said, to enlist some o fthe travelling
men on the way to Sioux Falls. He
expects to come back to Madison in
the Sprinp He like the commercial