The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-02

Light colored hair. beautiful clear
skins and big blue eyes-alI three OF
them.
From long experience one usually
thinks OF a paper carrier the most
onery, maddening youngster of his
acquaintance. He is accused of be-
ing late, OF throwing the paper on the
roof OF the house, under the porch,
giving It to the dog, of going swim
ming instead of carrying his route,
missing houses entirely and a thou
sand other things that open his un-
sophisticated eyes to the fact that ev-
cry business has it's griefs, troubles
and fluctuations.
Three Have Big District.
While Frank differs slightly from
the general run of boys in being a bit
more polite and courteous it is natur-
ally the girls who are of the most in
"terest in this trio. They are eXcep-
tionally pretty little ladies. decidedly
attractive and their success as paper
carriers is an assured factor.
The three OF them handle route No.
40. 1t covers the Auburndale district.
out around The Drive. and north and
west OF there to the state hospital.
This is their system: Frank goes
to the state Journal office and gets
the papers, about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. At about 4.3O he gets
off the State hospital car at Lin
Maggie, and gives her her quota of
papers, about IS. Maggie then starts
on a route about two miles long, from
Underwood to Laurel. 1t takes her
about one and one-half hours to cover
her route. Frank goes on to their home
at 335 Orchard and gives the little
sister, Louise. age 10 years, her papers,
about 80. Louise says that she has n
new customer now, so she gets 40
papers. Maggie has already acquired
two new customers. Louise then ac-
companies her brother toward the
State hospital and then starts on her
run going north among the scattered
houses at the north end of the streets
close to the Rock Island tracks. She
starts at the north end of Washburn
street and has about a mile and one
half to cover It takes her more than
an hour to complete her run.
Frank takes the state hospital run
with about seventy-five papers. He
carries all the buildings and houses
close to the asylum. on account OF
the route Maggie is handling, being
probably the heavier and hardest to
carry as Il is longer Frank Is going
to trade routes with Maggie. She will
take the state hospital run and he
will take the long run. They haven't
vet worked out their system so that
he will be able to help them, as he
is the strongest and can probably COW
err more ground faster and with less
resulting fatigue than the girls can.
The state hospital run. takes about As
minutes.
All Arc Enthusiastic
They started carrying this route
when the boy who had been working
Il became sick He was tired of car
rying II anyway and offered II 70
them. They talked It over with their
parents, Frank Drayer and Mrs. Annie
Drayer, and finally decided to take the
route Now all three of them are
very enthusiastic about the work.
The girls fold their papers to throw
ehem in the style approved by all boy
carriers except in places where there
are boxes or some places where the
houses are close.
Little Louise will have the hardest
going in spells of rainy weather. She
does not have so many papers but the
houses are scattered and all Of the
streets are not paved.
The entire route is bounded from
Underwood and Ninth north to the
Rock Island tracks, west along the
asylum grounds. south on Washburn
avenue to Ninth street.
Aitho the youthful carriers have
not been working long they feel thai