The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22

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be spent during the celebration. ana
Father Knickerbocker. will not only
have achieved the record Of having
quadrupled his population in one week
but of being the worlds greatest host
rs well.
A new corn-eating record has just
been established In competition here
which 10 likely to stand for many
years, the winner In the contest set
ting new mark by consuming fifty-
six ears without pausing and thus
eciipsing the old record Of forty-four
ears b. an amount suficient to supply
an average family with suficient corn
for a meal More than 5000 ears were
consumed by the eco contestants. the
least TO the consumed by anyone con-
testant being thirteen. at which un-
lucky number the competitor. q boy of
nine years. was unable to proceed. He
was gladdened, however. with g. medal
awarded in honor Of his having es-
tablished q record for Juveniles under
ten years. As the youngster in ques-
ton weighs only forty-nine pounds,
when empty, his achievement Is con-
Stunning nearly eight pounds of corn, or
one sixth OF his own weight, Is con-
sidered fully as remarkable as that
OF the prize-winning competitor. To
secure the 5000 ears consumed in the
dous task, one of the conditions being
that every ear should be not less than
eight and not more than nine inches
long and should measure not less less
than five nor more than ave and one
half inches around the butt. To obtain
q supply conforming to these oualif-
cations more than $4,000 ears were ex-
amined by force of ten men. Figur-
ed on q minimum measurement. the
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or forty two feet equal to more than
seven times his own weight. At the
end of the contest he stated that he
could have at least a dozen ears more,
but as he had beaten all competitors
he preferred to save room" for some
thing else. He closed his achievement
by consuming three chops. thre boifed
eggs and six cups of coffee.
Rebuilding the City.
(. New York is becoming newer New
York at such an astonishing rate
that 1t Is now authoritatively predicted
that by the year 1925 1t will be prac-
tically impossible to find in the city
q single building worthy OF the name
antedating the memory of the average
middleaged man. In other words the
city, which IT Is expected will then be
the largest in the world, Will have
achieved its existing position so far
a little longer than the time usually
allotted as the length of single gen.
GRAFTON. That there Is solid basis for
sucht a seemingly incredible predic-
ton 10 borne out by the mania which
seems to posses this city to do away
with everything which by any stretch
OF Imagination might be called old.
New York indeed Is exactly reversing
the practice of the old world where age
hrinr0 venerafion and nothing except
the very largest buildings and i'm
provements here are likely to attain
any degree of permanency. In the last
few years for example practically
everyone Of the famous old hotels has
vanished The site of the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel, rich in memories and ira
ditions, where King Edward, then
Prince Of Wales, was entertained years
ago is now marked by an enormous
ONCE building with no traditions what
ever. Not so long ago Union Square.
a few blocks further down town. was
a hotel center second to none In the
country. Now even the hotels which
supplanted those which established
this reputation have disappeared. 1t
Ia even reported that the famous old
Aston House far downtown Is to make
room for an office building a few hum
dred feet in height. The famous old
restaurants have nearly all vanished.
The Hamilton Grange trees have
been cut down to make room for
apartment buildings. Everywhere the
same spirit 10 rampant, and the ac-
cusation that New York has no sentt-
ment seems to find here plenty Of sub
sanitation. But from a commercial
point OF view the change now going
on promises results undreamed Of a
few decades ago.