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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-03-18
What's Doing in Berlin.

qulte star and a great favorite with the public
a,hough her repertoire is quite limited it is diff
CUT TO say which is Geraldine Ferrars best still
personally | would unhesitatingly decide for
Maroon, the very light but nevertheless charm
ns opera of Massenet. Miss Easton. a Young
singer OF great talent has achieved fine success
IN Puccnls Madame Butterfly while Griswold
a powerful baritone, and Macedonian a Wagner
tenor OF great promise, have made hosts of friends
on this side of the great divide. Among other
sAfherlcan artists who have delighted the Berlin
eFs, mention must be made of Miss Maud Allan
VINO following the example of Isadora Duncan
ana Ruth ST Denis, has made great impression
by her very original and clever dancing partic,1
larly by her Vision of Salome
The theater season has not been a financial
success, as the new work of the greatest modern
German writer, Gerhard Hauptmann KAISER
karls Gelsel, played at the Leasing Theater
has been a disappointment though like all off
Hauptmanns works it is very interesting AT the
Deutscher Theater, Reinhardt, the much-admired
out severely criticized stage manager produces
>chlers Rauber marvelously staged and we'll
presented earning deserved success while AZ
he Theater der Westens The Merry Widow" had
o give way at last to the "Walzertraum" (waltz
1ream) by Oscar Strauss
Ihough the score does not contain as many
lretty melodies that of The Merry Widow ),
some airs are very sweet, especially one waltz
which is now being played all over Berlin Alto.
sether the Watzertraum is likely to surpass
wen the records OF The Merry Widow on this
SIDE and Will, am sure, be seen in America after
time where hope it will have a good reception
me Berlner Theater where Ferdinand Bonn pro-
duced some of Sherlock Holmes fascinating
dramatizatons, has passed into the hands of
Messrs Bernauer and Meinhardt, familiar to
everyone here as the Bose Buben (naughty boys)
This is the self-given title of select little party
OF artists headed by the above two actors, who
used to amuse the capital by their satrical and
lronical productions but have now restricted
themselves to the managing of one of the seasons
big affairs, the socalled "Children's Ball of the
Naughty Boys" which is really one of Berlin's
most original and gayest entertainments Every.
Doay must appear In childrens attire and be as
naughty possible, which last request most of
the disguised boys and girls certainly will comply
with most readily More of the naughty BOYS
ball later for in few days hope to share the fun
of this children's party.
How many-sided dancing Beriners have to be,
Only a few days ago they had to represent nothing
less than angels the occasion of a ball given
in the big hall of the Zoo, which was most ar
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-03-18

tstically decorated with clouds, balloons aa
and last but not least aeroplanes Mali
female angels all wore tiny wings and the
otherwise called dancing filled the hours till
in the morning, when the angels We're called
to their earthly heavens. Speaking of Thu
and its inhabitants reminds me of the finl
course given the other day at the Sngaba}
by Graf Zeppelin, who must really be regard
the original inventor of the Siderable airsh
Among other interesting items he confirm
former statement in regard to the ability
machine to be kept flying in the open air d
four days and to cover during that time tn
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-03-18

nohey give the opportunity to leave the CITY
lof Mllder reglons-St. Moriz or the Riviera
lhe Hrst-named being especially en- vogue with
lne upper tendon. The season, nevertheless is
qulte as brilliant as in former years Private
entertainments, dinners balls, etc, have connected
WIN one another and last but not least the court
celepratlons which reached their climax with the
emperors birthday, the twenty-fifth of January
me yearly gathering of the knights of the Black
Eagle Order and the reception of their maiesties
always takes place then
those who are to make their first appearance
at court this season, looking forward to the
days OF their reception with the greatest eager
ness and anxiety, particularly the gentler sex to
whom the question of how to dress is an almost
overwhelming problem. Gowns which are really
poems, with seemingly never-ending trains are
always worn on such occasions and last Tuesday
did not prove an exception to the rule while
many striking beauties were among the debu.
tantes The emperor, to whom these celebrations
liant self again, his stay on the shores of the
amount of good.
observed this not long since when by chance
sat IN a box directly opposite the imperial
couple in the Royal Opera House during delight.
full performance of Nicholai's merry Wives of
Windsor" which their majesties followed with
intensest interest. That was very nearly an ex-
ceptonal night in respect for no American
sang, and there is quite representation of Amer
lean artists at the Berlin opera this season. Ger
aldine Ferrar, Miss Easton, Mr.. MacLennan and
Opera company, and the firstnamed has become
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-03-18

vERYBoDY who has been in Ber-
lin knows how trying it's winter
climate is, but this year has GER
tainly broken all previous records.
Wet and damp weather has alter
mated with severe frosts and snow
storms in quick succession, and
as a result Queen Frost is reign
ing more vigorously than ever
over the great majority of Berlin
ers. The exceptions are the few
chosen ones to uha1n laicnro apa
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-03-18

Anyway Among the Snow Capped Hills of ST. N1e
Europes famous Resort for those who love Winter l
Door sports and where one fairly picks up health
five hundred miles, carrying twelve pas
Let us all hope that his experiences will
speedy solution of the greatest problem.
twentieth century and that we shall 500
a position to establish regular airship ser
tween Berlin and Chicago
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
MUD CAUSES RIDERS
TO ABANDON WHEELS
Three Motorcyelists Travel Many
Miles on Machines Toward Pacific
Coast and Then Resort to
Railway Cars

Fred, Harry and Victor Webster,
three brothers, arrived in Los Angeles
last week after starting fom Duluth
to make trip west on motorcycles.
They were equipped with five-horse
power, belt drive, n. S. u. machines,
and had to pillow through mud after
the first day.
When they reached ST. Paul the rain
had stopped, but the roads were inches
deep in mud. The cyclists waited two
days in st. Paul for the roads to dry
but when they started out the travel
was not much improved.
After 500 miles through mud better
roads, some of which, however. We're
very rough and steep, We're encoun-
tered. In one place the road was so
bad the travellers resorted for miles
to railway rights of way.
At Denver the riders finally gave
up and, shipping their wheels, came
to Los Angeles by rail.
The wheels have two speed gears,
which were found to be of great ad-
vantage, as the riders could climb all
the hills, pillow through mud and speed
over sandy roads without pedaling.
The men rode nearly 1900 miles be-
fore they abandoned the wheels, which
will arrive here within a few days.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
TAXlCAB VALUES
REACH MILLIONS
Earning Power of Vehicles Is Large
in Proportion to Their Cost.
London Has Ten
Companies

1t has been practically less than two
years since the London taXicab made
its appearance ON London streets, yet
in that short time nearly $20,000,000
have been invested in cabs.
London has ten taxicab companies;
the average daily receipts per car are
S11.20. The average earning power of
each cab is about SIS per month, and as
a taxicab sells at $1,000 it can readily
he seen that it is a good investment
The uniform rate per mile is 16 cents.
and the cabs are used by all classes of
people. Many drivers in London own
their own taxicabs, which they have
been able to purchase on the INSTALL
ment plan.
The picturesque hanson is disap-
pearing gradually, like the old-fash-
toned horse bus, which practically has
been crowded aside by the motor ON
nibus.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
FIRE PATROL PROTECTS
AUTOMOBILE EVENTS
Extinguishers Do Good Work on VIM
ming Simplex in Recent
Event on Brighton
Track

Every possible point on the route of
the Motor Parkway Sweepstakes. Oc-
tober 10, was covered by the Marten
Fire patrol. During the race repre-
sentatives of the fire fighting company
of Newark, N. J., We're ready at all
times to respond to a call, and the
Marten fire eXtinguishers were ever
ready to care for any blaze. As it
fortunately happened at this event no
blaze took place and the Marten Fire
patrol was not called upon. At the
Brighton Beach twenty-four-hour race
it was different, for the first with the
Simplex, winner of the event, hap
pened in the final hours. The fire with
the Garford and Renault cars happened
in the earlier hours, and were extin-
guished quickly by the Marten Fire
Patrol company. The Tea Tray COM
pany of Newark, n. j.. manufacturers
of the controlling apparatus, had
supplied at this race their complete
fire-fighting apparatus, and had men
ready at the event to take care of any
fire that might occur. The success
with the Marten fire control was in
Simultaneous and won commentator.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
F0OTLESS MAN RUNS
FORD AUTOMOBILE
Covers Many Eastern States on Rusi-
ness Tour and Becomes Strong
Convert to the HorseIess
Carriage

No more remarkable testimony was
ever offered to the practical value OF
the automobile than that i'll a letter
TO the Ford Motor company from u, +.
Mafdment, New York and New Jer-
sey sales manager for the Charles A.
Krause Milling company.
ITO begin with, for six years L nave
been a cripple, no use of my legs what
ever. caused by paralysis, and when 1
sit down cannot move until carried.
"I got mad, sat down, wrote out a
check for $3.50, bought a Ford roadster,
and on receipt of my car took same to
the blacksmith shop, had hand levers
bolted to the regular foot pedals-load-
ed up with gas and grease, and started
the second day for all New England
states.
Mind you, a cripple, can't walk,
and running my own car.
after a long run I went over my car,
gave her good care, plenty of oil.
Travelled part of New York state, all
of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Vermont and New Jersey
in five weeks. Went up hill between
Paterson and Brewster of New York
state; had a gallon of gasoline in tank;
the grade so steep my gasoline would
not flow; car stopped; I backed down,
went seven miles, filed up on gasoline,
came back and walked right up the
hill, passing two cars stuck.
1.-THE mileage on this trip was $500
miles. Came back to Warwick through
the Adrondacks, some days carrying
140 miles over roads that were not mt
to put horse and wagon over.
IF never put my foot in my car
again it has more than paid for itself
since August 81, the date 1 received
same and have covered 4200 miles to
date"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
FRANKLIN CARS WIN
IN FOUR CONTESTS
Perfect Scores Are Result of Compe-
tition in GIidden Tour, Breton
Woods Run, Chicago and
Cleveland Contests

The summer and fall of 1908 has fur
nished the automobile world a series
of contests and reliability runs more
severe than any since the beginning
of the motor car industry. These con-
tests coming at time when some of
the manufacturers were in position to
enter 1909 models has given them good
opportunity to demonstrate the ability
of the new models.
In four of these contests the Frank
lin company entered a 1903 model d,
ADMINISTRATIONS power touring car.
One motor car only was entered by
them in each contest. This in each
instance being a different automobile
taken from stock.
The manufacturers here showed their
faith in their product, relying on abil-
ity of one automobile to win perfect
scores single handed, which was ac-
complished in four successive contests,
the Glidden tour, the Bretton-Woods
run, the Chicago 10O0-mile contest and
the Cleveland reliability 600-mile sealed
test.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
AUTO TRAVELS
TRACKLESS WASTE
2000-MILE TOUR MADE WITH
LITTLE TROUBLE
sAeEsRUsH AND CACTUS BAR
WAY ON DESERT
(. w. Johnson and Party Travel in
Pierce Arrow Car from Seattle to
san Francisco by Way of
Carson City, New.

Starting from Seattle, Capt. Il. w.
johnson made a rather remarkable
automobile trip to Carson City, New,
and from thence to San Francisco. The
car used was a Pierce Arrow with
semi-limousine body and carried load
of baggage that at times weighed d
ton, besides four passengers, for con-
siderable part of the way. For miles
and miles the car was guided across
trackless wastes of sage brush and
cactus on the Nevada deserts, and ire
quently the party had TO leave the car
and cut a way through the brush where
it was high before they could proceed.
A compass was the only guide that
the party mad, and no semblance of a
road was there to show the best way to
proceed. Sand was encountered for
miles of the way. and the dust pan be-
low the car was worn through IN a
dozen places where the sand had
rubbed against the metal when the huD
sank deep in the sand.
Several mountain ranges were
climbed and the famous Kingsberry
grade was successfully negotiated. 1t
is here that it takes at least six horses
TO get a light stage over the mountain.
Tahoe lake was one of the places
reached on the trip. 1t has an eVela-
ton of 1894 feet.
Not the slightest trouble was en-
countered from motor or transmission
trouble, and two punctures and one
blowout summed up the tire trouble.
As the chauffeur put it after the trip,
Il never did thing to the car but fill
the tanks with oil and water, and kept
her going without any trouble. The
machine seems to be in as good order
as when we started, and ! do not con-
slider it at all necessary to overhaul it,
The total mileage for the trip was
2000, and to have only tire troubles is
considered a most fortunate trip, TAX
ing into account the roughness of the
roads and at times the entire absence
of them
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
LABORATORY PLAYS
IMPORTANT PART
Demand for Suitable Metals for Use in
Construction of Motor Cars Has
Strong Effect on Steel
Industry

In the rapid growth of the automo-
bile industry the laboratory has been
a most important element in its de-
velopment In no other power plant Is
the question of suitable materials so
important Even the locomotive is not
so exacting in its demands for fine
high-grade material The automobile
is a combination power plant and We
hicle-high power in small space must
be developed and this power disable.
The whole automobile construction,
therefore, requires the most careful
study of materials to bring together
a combination equal to the abnormal
demands made upon automobiles under
the most adverse conditions. The study
of metals suitable for motor car use
has also had it's effect on the steel in
dustry and in addition to the develop
ment of the automobile, has raised the
steel making standard to much high
err plane. The laboratory Is where
theory and practice meet; and if prop
erly handled is in itself an extensive
plant being divided in divisions cover
ing the various branches of this work.
In the Franklin factory this work,
which has been carried on since the
inception of it's business, is divided into
four branches, mechanical, physical,
electrical and chemical, each in its
line supervised by experts who are con-
tinuously making tests of materials
submitted for use and which enter the
construction of their motor cars. The
steel makers appreciate what the au-
tomobile has done for the development
of their industry and can see in it a
future never anticipated until after
the advent of the automobile.
-S-
Skating Wednesday and Sunday at
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
GASOLINE GOSSIP
Great Smiths All Sold

p. A. Renton is in receipt of tele-
gram from the Smith factory which
tells of a good stunt done by q Great
Smith car. With five passengers Pixies
peak was climbed during a snowstorm.
The snow was reported as being two
feet deep and in many places the road
could not be seen.
Renton is completely sold out in
Smith cars for '0S, his demonstrator
having gone the way of the others
a few days ago.
1t is likely that when he gets new
car and works it out he win try to re-
deem the Chanslor and Lyons cup,
which was won from him by the RAM
bier; and then later by the Franklin,
which holds the record at present.
MicheIin Man in Town
NJ. J. Pansey of the Michelin Tire
company spent several days of last
week in Los Angeles looking over the
local field.
He reports the Michelin factory at
Midtown, N. j., as working full time
and selling the entire output as fast
as it can be made They are making
an average of 1000 tires day.
Apperson on the Way
Harry Harrison is in receipt of a
letter stating that the new model APP
person demonstration has been shipped
from the factory and will be here short
ly. He hopes he will not lose all track
of it, as he did in the case of the '09
Peerless that nearly made him gray
haired by its wanderings.
The new Apperson is a thirty-horse
power car with a ive-passenger body in
the touring type 1t is also put out
in tour-about and roadster styles. This
is the first car that the Apperson
Brothers have made to sell at less than
$4,000, it being listed at $2450 at the
factory. They have built a car that
they believe will fill popular demand,
and, according to their established GUS
tom, have built 1t in the best manner
and then set the price accordingly to
cover the cost and allow a reasonable
| profit.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
ENTRY OF THREE MOTOR CARS IN
PHOENIX RACE ASSURES SUCCESS
There Expectations Rambler and Locomobe viii Be Added
to List Competing Machines, but Owners Are Awaiting
Outcome of 24-IIour Event Which Precedes Contest

a few minutes he found a camp and
also road directions which put him on
the right track.
A. J, Smith on his trip south was tied
up in the sand at one place for more
than eight hours, but soon was going
again in good shape.
f. c. -Eenner and George Adair left
Friday morning for a trip over the
course, and with good lue-1 should
reach Phoenix tomorrow. Fenner has
had considerable experience on the
dessert and Adair is not only an eX-
pert driver but a Skillful mechanic.
Black Bess has had large square
water tank added to it's equipment and
a pair of Stepney wheels will be tried
out for the sand stretches.
The crew which will drive the Ell
more will comprise A. ]. (Self-Starter)
Smith and George Dake.
Tobasco L will have Bert Latham and
Roy Hanshue at the wheel, with c. II
BigeloW as road guide and general
manager for the desert part of the trip
Bigelow will get on the car at Mecca
and go through to Ehrenberg.
When the cars reach Phoenix, the
streets over which they will pass, will
be well policed so the cars can make a
whirlwind finish, if they desire, as on
that occasion the speed ordinance will
be held up for their especial benefit.
John S. Mitchell, manager of the
Hollenbeck hotel, is looking after this
end of the event and his hard work in
connection with it has borne fruit in
the shape of three entries, with a good
prospect of two more. He thought fol
a while he would have a Rambler en-
try, as w. X. Cowan was anxious tC
participate, but his car was in Sar
Francisco and it was found there
scarcely would be time to get the ma
chine and crew here ready for thu
start.
Now that three entries have beer
made, there is no probability of thu
REQ Kiddo" being entered but Shet
tier would have used it had Tobasco
not had competition.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
CLAIMS ROOSTER FEATHERS
MADE AIR FLIGHT IMPOSSIBLE

Now that so much attention is being
paid to the problem of navigating the
air it may not be amiss to recall that
a strange effort in this direction was
made more than 400 years ago. It was
in September, 1907, that King James
~ sent a special ambassador from
Edinburgh TO France. An adventurer,
John Damian, who had gained the
favor of the king, said that he would
reach France before the ambassador
by simply flying there He had a pair
Of huge wings made of eagles feathers
fastened them to his body and in the
presence OF thousands of people he
launched himself into the air from the
walls of Stirling castle. Instead of
rising. though, he fell 10 the ground
and broke his leg. The air navigator's
excuse for his failure was that some
ROSTERS feathers had been mixed in
with the eagles plnmes and thus in
auenced the body earthWard.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
MOTOR CAR POSSE
CAPTURES BANDITS

The motor car has before now been
used by criminals in escaping and by
officers in pursuing. Kansas, however,
gave what is believed to have been the
first instance of that western institu-
ton, pursuit by posses, as adapted to
the automobile recently. Three bandits
had held up a railroad station agent
near Salina, Kas., an interior jobbing
point in the big wheat state, and made
away with large sum taken from the
safe of the depot. Salina, however, had
means of pursuit when the news got
in several hours later. Fourteen motor
cars of various kinds and sizes, headed
by a big Stearns four-cylinder, carry
ing eight of the posse, started and pur-
sued the three robbers for more than
eleven hours along roads where there
We're roads and over the open country
when roads were not practicable. The
men were caught.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

Skating Wednesday and Sunday at
Venice Good music, fine skates.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

WY nth three motor cars entered for
w the 450-mile road race, which is
~ To be run from Los Angeles to
Phoenix, the event is assured Of sue
cess.
The start Will be made at midnight,
November z, from the Hollenbeck hotel,
and Tobasco !, a Kissel har roadster,
the Elmore Bulldog and the White
steamer, Black Bess, will line up as
contestants.
Immediately after the arrival of A. j.
Smith in Phoenix, last week, he wired
John S. Mitchell of the Hollenbeck
hotel who is representing the Maricopa
Automobile club, he would enter his
car. The next morning ID. u. Rose
posted the entry fee of $500 ana within
a few minutes Capt. H. d. Ryus posted
another $500 for BLACK Bess," the
White steamer runabout.
Ralph Hamlin wishes to enter a
Franklin and II. J. Leavitt has eX-
pressed a desire to list a Locomobile,
but both men are waiting until after
the 24-hour race, as they have then
cars entered in that event and do not
want to put up an entry fee and then
| find their cars have been disabled III
| the track race.
The MaricOpa club has been very en-
the race and viii have gasoline and
lubricating supplies all along the route
! in Arizona.
When the first car leaves here, a car
| will leave Phoenix for Ehrenberg, on
| tie Colorado river and two men will
! take the time of arrival and departure
| of the cars at the river. The actual
| time lost in crossing the river will be
| deducted from the elapsed time con-
sumed by the cars in making the rur
and the result viii be figured as the
running time
c. II. BigelOw, who made the triI
down and back in a REQ roadster, says
the course is very hard in many places
but there are long stretches where higl
| speed can be made. The worst part o
the road is between Mecca and Do
| Palms, where the sand is deep and tn,
road indistinct. When the river bee
is reached there are deep ravine
across the road and much time is con
sumed in finding places where cross
ing can be made.
The whole river bottom has a growtl
of willows that is just a few feet highe
than a mans head and prevents on
from seeing anything more than tn
road ahead. Numerous blind trails lea.
the unwary off the road. At one plac
Bigelow lost the road and could no
tell which trail to take, but he kney
there was a town near. He got whit
of the odor of frying bacon and heade,
| his car in that direction, as he felt sur
place il he could follow the scent i
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

Wy ITH three motor cars entered for
w the 450-mile road race, which IS
To be run from Los Angeles to