The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-26
BLAME COLLEGE inns
FOR NEW YEAR GA|ETY

! CHICAGO. Dec. 2.-Not all laments
for the old fashioned New Years
have ceased. but the new sort-the
New Years eve JOY parties which
came in when the epidemic OF col
| Iege Inns" broke out-evidently has
| the dear departed New Years igno'
mIniously on the run.
~Oo.oo-oo." a histrlonic star with
stantorian voice inquired of several
hundred sympathetic and responsive
celcbrants last year. 100000. why
! does New Years eve come but once
a year,
He paused. there was a hush and
he added, confdentially: when there
arc more college inns twill come OFT
| ener.'
But he was wrong. the country is
specNed with college inns" galore
and all sorts. from Seattle to Jackson
Vile. Fla, and from New Haven 10
Lafayette. Ind. and to Milwaukee. yet
New Years continues but an annual
occasion. one of mcllowness and mer-
riment beyond any other OF the year
as witness the champagne record.
The spread OF the college inn. not
only 10 college towns and cities north
south. east and west, has IN fact been
a startling phenomenon. New YORK,
though ii lifts its eyebrows disdain-
fully when onyone mentions the pos
sibilty OF anything new originating in
the west, has fallen In line with Mil
waukee, Lafayette. and the other cit
les which have college inns. What
ever the relation may be between the
cbullient celebrations Of New Year 5
ewes and the college inn-no not
colly gin-thc number OF safes that
bear the name and seek the reputa-
tion Is legion
From New York TO Lafayette is a
big jump In point of population, but
the Hoosier college town has better
initiation OF the original than the east
ern city, and Its college atmosphere Is
much truer to the standard thnn the
Gotham cafe. Milwaukee has repro
duced in detail the Chicago original
aud the Cream city's copy is the near
est approach to the original college
inn" OF any of the many imitators,
some of which nre poor counterfeits.
They Will be poorer counterfeits by
comparison when the Chicago proto
type moves into its handsome quarters
In the new 100000 Hotel Sherman
during Christmas week If New York
and Milwaukee and Lafayette and the
other cities which have college inns
want 10 keep up with Chicago, lthey
will have TO go some.
The college inn idea, Ike other
successes, came suddenly. Juseph Bic
field, having secured control Of the
old Sherman house was impressed
vl.L h.t
would be something more than mere
place TO eat He thought II he could
make the place more attractive with
out being cold and formal he would be
q benefactor both to that part OF the
public which must eat In hotels. and
to himself
In talking II over with his son. DR..
William Belfeld. the latter suddenly
advanced the idea of calling the grill
the college inn. and redecorating 1t
10 carry out as well as possible. the
name. This was done. college flags
and colors were used in the redecorat-
ing scheme. a few stalls were put In
at one end OF the grill room. part'
tions and other things that made for
formnlity were eliminated, and the
college inn was 4 success from the
start. The reason ascrlbed for the
widespread success Of the idea is that
1t revolutlonized the old way of look
Ing npon cafes us more eating places
and introduced a more cozy, neigh
borly. cordial atmosphere. without
sacrificing any individual rights or
tastes. People liked the colors. and
the spirit OF the college Inn Tho
New Years eve receipts for the last
three years of the old college inn
were.