The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-06-06
TRAVEL STORIES

of soldiers. Everywhere you go you
meet hundreds of soldiers. In the
evenings 1t seems constant parade
of soldiers up and down the principal
streets of these cities. Take walk
! around Houston. San Antonio or FIT.
Worth in the evening and you meet lit
orally thousands of soldiers.
Business Is good In the camp towns
Business in all lines has been boosted
to the limit and everybody is making
money. The soldiers disburse much
money themselves and besides them
| the towns are full of civilians who fol-
low the soIdiers-wives. families and
relatives of officers and soldiers, who
want to be near as long as possible.
These folks fill the hotels and all the
available houses of nearby cities.
| House rent is high. as is most all liv-
ing expenses in these camp towns.
All cities have been filled up with
a mob of people who profit of the sol
diers pay. San Antonio has a district
of several blocks occapied by every
conceivable catch-penny device for col.
| lecting in the coin. 1t looks like the
cheap amusement section of big
county fair or a street carnival. These
places are crowded with privates in
the evenings.
I | spent two days at Ft. Worth. rep
resenting the National Editorial Asso-
citation at the Texas Press Associa-
| tion. Texas has probably the largest
/ press association in the country.
I Ft. Worth is a thriving and growing
| city. Here is located Camp Bowie.
occupied by the 36th Division. made
up of Texas and Oklahoma draft men.
| Also three aviation fields. over at
Dallas are some more aviation fields.
/ After visiting San Antonio. where
every phase of military life is repre-
sented SO completely. / lost interest
more OF less in visiting camps. So l
I haven't tried to make careful in
spection of these other points. The
camps are much the same and you
I see so many soldiers everywhere that
/ you are led to wonder how they are
able to run things back home where
all these soldiers come from.
! 1t is getting to be a problem, of
course. as everybody who employs
men has found out, and everywhere
you go you find plenty of signs OF in
efficiency on account OF new and in
experienced help.
In Fl. Worth l found very COM
Portable hotel. In my room. which wa
cheap one without bath-and I was
lucky to get that. SO crowded is ev.
erything-I found many thoughtful
comforts. | note some of them-run-
ming water. thermos bottle for ice wa
ter. cigar tray and matches. a shoe
cloth. fly swatter. writing material, a
scratch tab on telephone. pin cushion
with needle. thread and pant buttons.
coat hangers. wrapping paper and
twine. a Bible. sign, Boys. When
| Did You Write Mother Last?" An
other to hang outside OF the door II
you want to, DO Not Disturb" The
I key tab has &c stamp on for mailing
back II carried on. as keys often are.
| This was a new idea to me. Have /
overlooked any necessary article?
| Yes--it was there. too-in the closet
All these comforts. which cost little,
give one homelike. comfortable feel
ing. and yet bonehead play of a self
important clerk may Offset all that
good effect
Here is one for you to figure out the
reason why. In Pullman car the pill
lows are always placed with the closed
ends of the pillow cases together In
the center In all first class hotels
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put together in the center. | don't
know why 1t is. but 1t Is so.
1 Which reminds me of the fact that
I the best pillows in the world are found
I in Pullman cars. have often OBJ
served this. but 1t was brought to my
attention quite forcibly down in Old
Mexico one time many years ago.
had been staying at Mexican hotels for
abou, two months, sleeping on. or try
ing to sleep en- Mexican pillows. Down
I in Old Mexico the pillows are filled
with shot. or sand. or brick bats, or
any old thing. l think, they can pick
up that Is hard. Certainly they have
no feathers In them. We usually
stood the pillows up in a corner and
rolled mp our trousers for pillow or
went without any. One day ] was
down at Jalapa. which Is near Vera
Cruz. had been sick. so went
back to the City OF Mexico on night
train. | remember | never found any
thing quite so comfortable in all my
life as the pillows in that Pullman
car. | embraced them as a long lost
friend and had the best nights sleep
| had in two months in that interest
ing old country
The Pullman car has always been
marvel of comfort to me. ] never
cease to admire the organization that
originated and developed this great
convenience. In Texas on this trip,
as on other trips, ! have travelled be-