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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-03-23

"HIRTY-FIVE years ago, a seventeen-year-old
Harvard student with a pair OF Pendennis
side-whiskers and a passion for wild animals,
attracted attention because he had his room full Of
queer specimens of natural history. The student
later went to the wild and woody west. He entered
politics, went to war-fnally became president OF
the United States. oddly enough, President Roose-
welt. who will soon return to America, will fill the
Smithsonian institute with queerer specimens OF
natural history than he once filled his room at Har-
ward. And the best of it is the whole world is now
interested in the man with a passion for wild ami
mails"
A ten-year-old boy was attending school in a West
Virginia village when he found a copy OF the Con
gressional Record" which someone had lost. This
chance occurrence lead the preachers son to great
er things and paved the way for the future career
of Senator Jonathan P. Doliver.
A little Dutch boy was born in the garrison town
at school and wnen ten years old he climbed up on
top of the highest church steeple in Flushing. The
people nearly went crazy trying to devise a way to
get him down safely. But the boy wasn't afraid.
He got down himself. They dismissed him from
school because he wouldn't study. What shall | do
boy quickly replied: Send me to sea. | want to
be a sailor" The boy was sent to sea and. he be-
came one of the greatest naval heroes OF history,
Admiral Michael Adrianson De Ruyter.
A Yorkshire lad read looks while working at the
blacksmith's forge. A great sorrow led him to ex-
press his feelings in a Methodist meeting house
This was the turning point in the life OF Robert
Collyer, the famous preacher.
When William Lloyd Garrison was editing the
Newburyport Free Press he published a poem which
was written by a eventeen-year-ol farmer lad OF
Haverhill, Mass. This poem was followed by others,
which Garrison gladly printed, and nine years after
wards the author of the poems, John Greenleaf
Whittier, made a 3O0-mile journey in a stage coach
to Philadelphia, where he was one OF the founders
OF the National Anti-Slavery society. Thus began
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-03-23

used every twenty-four hours. This consists of a
perforated dipper, which, loaded with eggs, drops
down into boiling water. A little clockwork attach
ment at the top Of the dipper is set to the exact
second, and when that final second expires the little
dipper hobs up serenely out of the water and the
eggs are ready for transmission to the waiting guests.
Half a dozen men are constantly employed filling,
washing and emptying these little dancing egg boil
erS.
The st. Regis, which is eighteen stories high, cost
five million dollars, its erection setting a new stand
ard in hotel construction and luxury. The machinery
stored in the sement cost three-quarters of a mil
lion. The plumbing is of brass, silver plated where
it is exposed, the item for plumbing alone amount
ing to %$35O,000. The structural bronze used through
out the building cost $500, 600. In order that New
Workers should have the most luxurious hotel in eX-
istence the manager, accompanied by an artist and
an art expert, ransacked Europe for three years 10
obtain ideas and materials. The result is an eXqui-
site symphony in marble and bronze, mahogany and
oak. The furnishings alone represent an outlay OF
a million and a half. The silken wall hangings cost
fifteen dollars a yard. although bought in large guam
titles and the ordinary room chairs average sew
enty-fve dollars apiece.
New Workers Want Luxuries
THE average cost of finishing the suites of three
: rooms and a bath was between $4,000 and
$4,000, while the state apartment cost $4,000.
1t is a fact, however that the most luxuri-
most profitable, and the present fashion is not to
build ~oonomically but extensively, for the wealthy
American can be absolutely depended upon to make
the most lavish expenditure a profitable investment.
We ponder on these facts as we make our way
from the kitchen to the dish washing plant-by no
means the most uninteresting part OF a big hotels
equipment. Here, great galvanized baskets, loaded
with plates and cups and saucers, are lowered auto
matically into tanks containing potash and the clean
rinsing water, for a few seconds, and then raised,
covered with a bank of white froth-the washing
fluid being so burning hot that the dishes dry almost
without wipng. Nearly one hundred thousand
pieces of china-ware are cleansed every day in this
manner.
An important improvement in the working arrange
ments of a modern hotel is the battery OF pneumatic
tubes connecting with the upper floors. A bellboy
is no longer employed to carry up the visitors card.
Instead 1T is put into an air cartridge and shot
straight to the floor where it belongs. A female at
tendant, seated at a little desk, dispatches it imme-
diately to the proper room, and in a little while the
card is inscribed with the words not in send up"
or cant see you,' and is shot back to the office.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-03-23

humble, but very necessary, employees are seated at
long tables spread with an ample repast. Strikingly
like the various classes on a great liner is this ar
rangement OF dining rooms. Every piece OF food
that comes into the hotel is inspected and reinspect.
ed with the utmost care, ard those having the most
trivial defects are set aside for the employees. All
fish is supplied fresh every morning by the dealers,
who take back every piece that was not used the
previous day.
Where the Washing is Done
A MOTHER flight of steps takes us to the wet and
= steaming range of subterranean partments in
which the finest OF modern machines are doing the
washing for the whole establishment. Table cloths and
napkins, bed linen and personal clothing, anything
and everything requiring washing may be dealt with
here-washed, rung, dried, starched, ironed or man
gled at the rate of many thousand articles a day.
Here, also-one sees the almost eNtravagant care
that is taken to please the most eXacting of guests.
The writer, when inspecting the laundry, noticed a
small pile of napkins which were thrown out by the
girl as she was folding them, and on asking the rea-
son for this rejection, the manager picked up one
of the pieces, and pointed to a slight irregularity in
the ironing of the edge, and also a speck about an
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-03-23

fascinating regions be-
low in the St. Regis,
we find ourselves first
in a dining room below
ground. We turn to go
when suddenly on a
vacant table we see a
little menu, and on
taking it up read
IS second o fiji GERS s.
Luncheon 1t is the
underworld counterpart
OF the hotel above, and
the social status, we
learn, is quite as real
if not as varied, as it
is upstairs. The vari-
Gus ranks OF the staff
are taking their meals
at large and we'll
spread tables, with
walters attending to
their needs. In a large
room a few steps be-
low, are the third and
fourth officers. SINH
larly cared for by
other walters and with
an entirely different
menu, while in a sep
arate apartment the
fourth and fifth
classes, comprising the
~diShwashers and other
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
az LOREN ROBINSON.

ANN ARBOR, Oct. 1l.-Detroit has
corner on the freshman eleven OF
the University OF Michigan this year.
At least. that Ia the way II looks
from the side hines. There are seven
men who hail from the place where
life Is worth living" on the squad,
and most OF them are making good
Central High has furnished all but
one and the ID. u. s. boasts OF him.
Last night in scrimmage the fresh-
men held the scrubs and outplayed
them In every way and IL waa the
Detroiters who did IL. Just now
Coach Douglas Is picking the. team
that will journey to THIN, Ohio, next
week to meet the Heidelberg College
team and II is safe to say that there
viii bea at least Ave OF the Detroiters
In the lineup.
Allan Garrels stands out In front
OF the local stars. Although he has
been out OF the game for the last two
years still his vacation seems to have
improved his playing and he was the
shining light of the scrimmage Gain
Ing ground whenever he had the ball,
playing brilliant defensive game.
and booting his team TO safety when
needed. he made the upper class-men
talk of the days when his brother
was the mainstay of the varsity and
predict great things for the brother.
"Squib' Torbett Is not far behind and
handles himself like the veteran that
he is. Both he and Garrels are being
used In the backfeld and are proving
very effective In the handling Of for
ward passes.
Patterson Is also there. His weight
and speed make him a valuable line
man and the way he tore up the scrub
line was like Benbrook in miniature.
Bubbles looks good to the rooters
and also to the coach. He Is playing
guard and has adapted himself to the
new position quickly. Bently, another
former Central star. Is out but has
had little chance as yet to prove his
worth. Craig is taking a try at quar-
ter position and Is getting away with
IL. His track abilities place him In
great form under the new rules and
his twenty and thirty-yard spirits
made Yost wish that he had him for
the varsity. He has broadened out
considerably and now makes a for
midable opponent for any man to
tackle. Besides he runs with his knees
high and the second team found him
almost invincible.
Pontius, late OF ID. ". s., will no
doubt find a place on the team. He
looks good and although he has been
liz very little scrimmage, still he gives
promise of being a strong player. An.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
EDITED ~
HARRY NELLY
DETROIT PLAYERS
STAR AS FRESHIES
SEVEN YOUTHS WHO PLAYED ON HIGH SCHOOLS HERE
ARE DOING WELL IN FIRST-YEAR
SQUAD AT ANN ARBOR

other of the high school men TO ma
his way to Ferry Field Is Gum. This
scrappy little player won his letter
on Central's eleven last year. lie 10
game but his size Ia against him ana
he will have q hard time to beat Out
some Of the husky up-staters.
In number this years squad Is not
as large as that OF last season but
the quality OF the material 10 on q
par with any that has ever been mold
ed into q strong freshman team. Sag
NAV and Bay City have number OF
representatives as has Ann Arbor.
Boyne City. Boosting OF a postoffice
and general store has contributed a
player In the person OF White that
promises to make gridiron hero
A half back and q peach Ia the YER
dict Of the dopesters. He and Gar
rels make a great pair. Whites
speciality seems to be interceptine
forward passes. Three times during
scrimmage he stole the ball fram the
scrubs and each time for an appreci
able gain. His offensive work ID
equally as good. After seeing the
freshmen In scrimmage last night
Yost was heard. apparently remark
ing to himself:
There IL enough material In col
lege to make winning team for the
next five years"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
PLAYERS Do
NOT AGREE

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE pro-
nounciamento OF Garry Hermann,
chairman OF the National Baseball
Commission. that as result of the
scandal in the race for batting suprem-
acy between Lajoie and Cobb the COM
mission would not permit prizes to be
offered for leading batsmen in the
future has aroused the ire of New York
players.
How the commission can prohibit
the Offering or acceptance of prizes
from business firms for leading play
ers Is something that the fans and
players can't figure out
The next thing We shall hear or
the commission trying TO prevent suits
Of clothes and boxes of cigars being
given TO the players for home runs"
declared one Of the stars of the High.
lander team Then the commission
will try TO regulate how We shall spend
our winters and will prescribe what
We must aud must not eat. No won
der there is talk OF revolt against
the two big leagues. IL Is sure TO come
unless the commission displays more
sense in the future"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
MORE RENTED PIANOS RECEIVED AND GO ON sALE
ToDAY-cOME QUICKLYi ss

That hundreds OF people all over the
State were waiting for this sensa-
tionai Sale IL shown by the record
breaking business done since the sale
commenced a week ago. The response
to our advertising was immediate and
far beyond our expectations. In ad-
dition to the hundreds Of people who
have visited our warerooms. most OF
whom bought before leaving. We have
daily received scores of orders and In
quirfes by mall from every section OF
Michigan-proving that our great sum-
mer Resort Sales are appreciated and
taken advantage of by judges OF ex-
ceptionsi value everywhere.
In this article we want to call par
ticular attention to the SUPERIOR
QUALITY Of the Pianos included In
this sale. They comprise such we'll
known makes as sTEINwAY, sTER-
LING, GRINNELL, CHICkE n In @
kNABE, HALLETT q DAVIS, HAINEs
BROS, CABLE, MASON a HAMLiN,
etc. Many OF these instruments were
brand new when they left our store
for their short Summer service. They
were used only by frst-class people
who have beautiful Summer residences;
the shipping and handling was done by
our own experts: and now that the Pr
amos are back In our warerooms they
could not be told from new were II
not for the Red Tags. marked In plain
figures. Every bargain Plano IL FULLY
GUARANTEED and may be exchanged
at full price IL not entirely satisfac-
tory.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
LATEST NEWS
HONEST OPINIONS
BASKETBALL MEN
IN ONE FINE MIXUP
QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT DEPOSED MANAGERS
CAN RELEASE BASKETBALLERS WILL
GO BEFORE THE A. A.U.

/ would seem that the manager would
not have the power to dispose OF play
ers unless the hackers consented
Take in the case Of the Detroit
base ball team, for instance. II Hugh
Jennings resigned or Was discharged
he could not take his players with
him. The disposition of men wouli
be up To President Frank Navin. on
hand the basketball situation would
appear in the same light. However.
have not looked up the A. A. U.
presidents and will give no formal
decision until fully informed
IL the players who signed for two
years last winter are TO be bound by
those agreements. il will mean a seri-
GUS blow 10 the ID. A. C. and other
teams. IL will aid the Spalding club
y. NJ. c. A. @a~
The basketball outlook today is bet
ter than ever at this stage OF the sea-
son. Until after Thanksgiving the In
door sport does not receive any great
amount of attention because football
holds the center OF the stage, but al
ter turkey day. basketball Will jump
into public favor.
Spaldings. Grogan. the Y. NJ. c. A,
the u. A. c., Burroughs and the \.
NJ. l.. are making great plans for the
approaching season. There are more
good players in the city than ever
before and II is likely that faster
games will be played Basketball Is
about the only popular indoor sport.
as there are no halls in the city suit
ably lighted for indoor baseball.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
is
STILL GOOD

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct. l1.-lf a
victory over Monte Dale. Of Denver
can be counted for anything. Oscar
Matthew Nelson, otherwise known as
1.-The Battler" has demonstrated that
he can Come back" after an idleness
OF nearly ten months.
The Dane disposed Of his opponent
In the third round Of bout at the
Grand Athletic club here last Night
scheduled to go ten rounds, D2ia's
manager throwing up the sponge after
physician told Monte he had frac-
tured a small bone in his left arm. ne
injury came In the second round, but
Monte toiled away bravely trying 10
ward on his opponent with his right.
The Battler showed as much speed
and strength as ever before and Dale
was outclassed. Bats friends jeclar
that unless something unforeseen &C.
ours. the Hegewisch terror will again
hold the lightweight championship
honors.
Nelson announced today that he is
matched to fight 'One Round Hogan
In San Francisco. Oct. %.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
WEIGHS 107,
PLAYS END

sGAMBIER, o., Oct. 11.-Texas AYES
the smallest fellow who ever played
conference football in Ohio. will start
the contest this afternoon for Ken
son against Denison. AYES Is real
bona fide runt, no less. He weights
107 pounds, to be exact, but Coach
Bemus Pierce thinks he is as good
defensive player at end as there Is In
the state. AYES plays on the right
wing.
A year ago this pigmy created SEN
sation at Kenyon by coming out for
practice one night in his stocking
feet Coach Pierce discovered him In
the midst OF the scrimmage playing in
this unprotected condition. AYES ex-
planned that the manager had not
been able TO ind a pair or football
shoes small enough for him.
The youth comes from Texas. He
ID q sophomore. He made a reputa-
ton last year by his brilliant tackling.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
GIANTS SLIGHT FAv0RITES
OVER THE HIGHLANDERS

NEW YORK. Oct lin order to
have a full days rest before beginning
the series with the Highlanders for
the Championship OF New York.. the
Giants wind up their regular season
with a double-header with Philadel-
phia today.
The ant-Highlander series Is craar-
ing a tremendous amount OF local In
terest and the prediction Is made that
at least $4,000 people will witness the
first four games. III this prediction Is
realized. the players Will fare almost
as well financially as the Cubs ana
Athletics will in the series for the
worlds championship.
The Giants are a 10 to s favorite.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11

Much trouble is brewing among the
men who play basketball in Detroit
Some drastic action Is expected ON
the part, OF the American Athletic
union. aud unless the contend.ns
forces get together the basketball sit
uation IN this city during the coming
winter may face one OF the most Sc
we're crises In its history.
The mixup dates back 10 last year
and hinges upon who really has title
to q player--the man who manages
the club OF the institution which backs
the team. There is a diversity oil
opinion just now and the local A "A.
u. official has not exactly made up
his mind
In 1909, Bob Grogan worked for A.
G. Spalding e. Bros. he also man
aged the Spalding basketball team
and directed its affairs. This year
Grogan is not with the Spalding con-
Germ. but will be employed elsewhere.
Thereupon hinges all the controversy.
AS manager, Grogan has given last
years Spalding players their releases
in an effort to win them over to The
new concerns with which he will soon
be affiliated. He holds that he was
manager and as such. can control the
destinies OF the players. The men are
signed under A. A. U. rules to two
years contracts.
The matter has been under fierce
dispute during the last two weeks. ana
there has been much argument pro
and con. Some of the players III
volved have asked for an Official rui-
ing. but none has been forthcoming
Richard Jackson, Jr., Is Detroit rep
resentative OF the A. A u, and he
has taken Official cognizance OF the
puxxling controversy. lie was asked
for an expression of opinion.
II have made no recommendation
a. A. A. u. commissioner as yet,
jackson said. However, the matter
has been brought TO my attention ana
I guess II will soon be MP to me. A
number of the boys have asked me
about II, but the question is OF such
lmnortance that I do not wish 10 de-
eide hastily. However. on-hand, IL
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
Told Kit To Make Deal,
So He Traded Himself

let us get some new ball players, .
once said the owner of the Washing
ton ball club when Malachi Kittredge,
leading batsman In the language
league. was managing that club.
All right" says Kit, IL got a
bunch"
Thereupon. the jovial Kit consulted
with Clarke Griffith who bossed the
New York Highlanders. Kit wrote
letters, and negotiated. and talked
and iddled about for three weeks.
1ne longer he consulted the willy Crit.
h,n the more he was overcome by a
grand and magnificent scheme.
Grin needed catchers and Kit didn Z
like the Washington job. Therefore.
he agreed TO trade himself TO Grif
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11

We are selling these high grade. lat
est style. guaranteed Pianos at positive
reductions OF $50. SIS. 500 and even
more. Buyers get the beneht OF every
dollar we received as rent--yst the Pr.
amos are just as good In every way.
and will give just as good satisfac-
tion as instruments taken from regular
stock and sold at full price Can you
AFFORD to let such an opportunity pass7
SPECIAL EASY PAYMENT
TERMS DURING THIS sALEi
This great sale Is putting Pianos In
the most modest homes Our object ~
to clear the instruments out of our
warerooms in the shortest possible
time. and We are making terms that
almost anyone can take advantage of.
A payment OF SIS or $40 will send the
Piano home: then IS. 81 to $40 monthly
will be accepted on the balance. Where
In the home that need be without a
Piano while we make possession 30
very easy?
OF. or you may be disappointed There
will never again be 50 large and beau.
tiful a collection OF Bargains. as we
have on our floors today, so come this
afternoon. OF tonight. and make ar
rangements to have one OF them de-
livered TO your home. IL unable to
call. write and we witt answer prompt
ly.
GRINNELL BROS MUSIC HOUSE
Twenty-four Stores - Headquarters.
Grinneil Building. 243. 245. 2<7 Wood
ward ave OPEN EVERY EVENING
during this sale
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11

for an outfielder and a pitcher Pa
pers were drawn up and signed and
the big transfer was about to take
place.
Did you make deal?' the owners
asked.
Sure replied Kit, II have just
traded myself"
XII had full authority 10 do so and
for a time IL looked as though the only
trade on record In which the trader
used himself as part OF the deal was
about to be contaminated when big
Ban Johnson stepped in and told Kit
for the good Of the league he better re-
main In the capital.
Zen Kit sat sadly down to tell Crit
IL was all of.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
I'm SHOWS
GREAT FORM

# CHICAGO, Oct. 11.-Heinie thinner
man has played seven games at sec
ond base for the Chicago Cubs since
the unfortunate injury to Johnny
Evers put the star out Of the game
and In that time has convince the
most skeptica1 OF the fans that The
team will not be appreciably weak
ened by his presence.
tn these seven games Zimmerman
has batted at a SIS clip and has had
but two errors charged against him.
This Is fielding up to the Evers stand
ard and batting about twice as hard
as little Johnny
In the fortunes Of baseball should
maze Jimmie the hero Of the worlds
championship series. as now looks
probable, the big fellow will be re-
warded by special Offering from the
fans.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
AUTO ASSOCIATION DOES
ITS USUAL BABY ACT

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Facing ex'
pulsion by the American Automobile
association II he goes ahead with his
proposed automobile race with Jack
Johnson, Barney Oldfield Is today won
dering whether the honor of beating
the colored pugilistic champion is
worth the penalty.
The automobile association has
withdrawn the drivers license issued
10 Johnson, alleging that tt was grant
ed through Misrepresentation. This
means that IL Oldfield races the Negro
at Sheepshead Bay. he will place him
self in the outlaw class. Oldfield al
mits that he is in the worst quandary
of his life.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
WHAT PRIZES 90
TO TEAM WORK
OF BALL CLUBS.

Until ten days ago Larry hit
for the Maps every time he went
to bat. Ten days ago Owner
Somers called Larry into his
office and told him TO quit hit
ting for the Maps and hit for
himself.
BY hitting for the Maps is
meant that Larry did the thing
that seemed best TO promote the
Maps chances or winning.
When Larry received permits
sion and orders TO hit for him
self he began hitting for an
average regardless OF what ef-
feet his efforts would have on
the final score. That he hit for
the Maps as well as for himself
is a matter Of record.-Cleve-
land Press.