The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
TRIP A SUCCESS
Trade Boosters Had a Big Day
on Tour.
Every Town Visited Showed
Topekans q Royal Time.
watermelon FEED A FEATURE
Perry Citizens Gave Party All
It Could Eat.
MarshaIps Band Played at
Every Stop Made.
watermelon FEED A FEATURE

Nearly one hundred tired. dusty but
happy Topeka jobbers and manafac-
turers returned to Topeka Friday
night from one of the most pleas
ant trade and sociability trips that
has ever been staged here. 1t was
more than a success at every one
of the seven towns visited. Towns
people turned out in full force to wei
come the Topeka business men to
their cities and it was a commercial
and social jubilee.
The trip ran nearly an hour behind
the schedule partly due to delay in
getting started and partly to the good
time the different towns showed the
Topeka visitors. The day was entirely
too short for nearly everyone of the
100 men and women of the trip.
At Perry, just when the sun had
begun to sink and the spirits of the
crowd were on the decline, Perry
boosters came to the rescue with a
watermelon feed. 1t was a great big
piece for every visitor and hundreds
of Perry children The schools of
the town turned out and serenaded the
jobbers and manufacturers with their
school songs, in an effort to outshine
the efforts of J. Will Kelley and his
corps of lusty lungers who sang of
THE Face Like That
Escorted Into Perry.
AS the party neared Perry. after
leaving Williamstown where it had
been royalty entertained, three cars
of city officials and leading citizens
met them and formed an escort into
the main business section of the town.
AS the visitors left Perry it was con-
coded that Perry certainly did her
SELF for the Topekans.
At Newman and Granville, the
last two stops made by them on the
trip, even the postoffice force, tele-
phone girls and the general store
clerks rushed to the streets. giving
welcome to the men and women of
Topeka MarshalPs band made its
last stand of a strenuous days work
at Granville and gave a program
such as the town has seldom heard.
Good Bye Broadway. Hello France
proved the popular number and then
to the tune of Where Do We Go
From Here, Boys" the Topeka party
started on the last lap of its home
ward trip.
Among the incidents of the trip
and condolences, too, the most unuS-
ual and interesting was when a little
boy at Perry ran up to the ''Poehler
bear" on o. A. Cutters car and be-
gan making friendship advances to the
circus animal The big white bear
was mounted in front of the radiator,
braced on the car bumper. To the
men on the trip one of the amusing
features was when Mr.. Cutler started
on the trip with his 'Poehler bear
following the car of Mr.. Billiard, rep
resentative for the Mutual Ice COM
pary.
Everything Turned Out Fine.
The day started out, with the tour
lists behind their schedule. 1t was
cloudy and gloomy and everything
pointed towards a dull time. But soon
the whole affair changed. The sun
came out and the day was ideal
warm and comfortable The roads
too, helped the enjoyment of the trip.
The route for the cars was selected
where the roads were in the best OF
condition. 1t was a success from the
first honk of the departing cars
until the line of march was broken
in front of the State Journal office.
The big Republic truck, supplied by
Rehkopf Brothers for MarshalPs band
set merry pace for the trip. The
big truck led the way for the whole
procession. Sixteen men of MARSHALL
band rode in the truck.