Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1915 — The Unappreciated Drummer. [ARTICLE]

The Unappreciated Drummer.

“There are traveling Americans who have never seen the inside of the hotel that depends upon commercial men to keep it going. They may know the large houses of Florida, the huge structures along the northern beaches, the caravansaries in New York, but they pass through life without experiencing the soggy “comfort-

era" of the middle West, the short sneets of the South, or anywhere the overpowering odor of an abandoned cigar stub that cannot be found. It is a pity, for the traveler never fully knows the world. “In eyery mill town where there is power you find your room blazing with light, and every year you will find added private bathrooms, a decorous array of towels, and an inclination on the part of the chambermaid to let one sleep in the morning without rattling the doorknob every five minutes. “It is the drummer, supposed to be composed entirely of Jokes, who is as vigorous in his demands for long sheets as is the motorist for good roads.”—Century.