Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Ellsworth Ave.  Here were divided in our campaign views; Bill wanted to go straight down town and tackle fellows there as we met them, while King and I advocated “house-to-house-canvassing.”  We finally prevailed, and we took High St. as the most promising street close at hand; so up it we went, but when we had reached Lundy St, we had received nothing but cold rebuffs.  We there upon gave up this house-to-house plan and went down-town.  As we passed the bowling Alley, King caught sight of Day inside, so we went in.  He was bowling a game with Cook Yengling.  We clamored for news of his success in the business district; he showed us a list of names of those who promised to buy.  They weren’t very many, but he said he hadn’t been up to any of the offices on second floors.  He soon finished his game, and while he and Bill went down in the shops to sell, King and I undertook the “offices.”

 In the course of our wandering, I encountered ten kinds of people.  The most numerous kind were those, who, when asked to buy, said they had to see their wives, or they children first.  What would they have done without their wives?  Then there were those who had tickets, (not numerous); third those who had promised them to some-one else; fourth, those who would be out of town,