The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-28
FAMOUS 'MORY's S"
TO PASS AWAY
Yale Grads Sad Over Closing Of
Old Chophouse, Headquarters Of
Hogans and Whiffenpoofs.

NEW HAVEN, Feb. 2S.-Louis Lin
der, for many years proprietor OF
Morys Temple bar, known to every
Yale man, has announced that he will
close his place forever shortly after
the next commencement. His lease
expires Sept. l and he will make no
attempt TO renew IL. Mr.. Linder Will
retire TO his plantation In Porto Rico.
The passing OF Mory's will take
from Yale life an institution az strong
as the college societies, which Is re-
sponsible for the organization OF at
lease two senior clubs to which cleo
tions are among the greatest collegiate
honors-the Hogans and the Whiffen-
pools. When the place goes these
clubs VIII go also. With Mr.. Linder's
departure viii go all the pictures,
books, ETC.. which have made the
place so attractive to generations or
undergraduates and oft returning
members OF Yale alumni.
Louis Southdown mutton chops
have become famous all over the
country; served with toby OF ale
and usually mashed potatoes and peas.
Sometimes there was asparagus, too.
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner OF
corporations. loves to tell OF skating
at Lake Whitney and telephoning In
to Mory's to have one OF those chops
ready when he should arrive.
Mory's Wonderful Bill Of Fare.
The bill OF fare was short one at
Mory's. Besides the chops there were
wonderful steaks, wonderful eggs, as
paragus, rarebits, golden bucks, sand
wiches, grapefruit, cereals. They are
given in the inverse order, for that Is
the way i'm which they were usually
served Louis himself always came
down about noon and his presence at
tracted guests well into the night.
The little white house in the center
of the city has three good-sized rooms
which are open to guests. The senior
room Is In front, with small tables
about the sides and a round table irl
from each senior class All the tables
are carved with initials OF departed
graduates. But the round table has
more carvings than any Of the others.
Here the cup men met and drank from
the big cup oftener than they do now,
for drinking is becoming forgotten
art at Yale.
The room for sophomores is the
smallest Of the three and the back
room for juniors is also appropriated
by the Whiffenpoofs and Hogans.
The Hogans are very prominent so
cially, who make out Mr.. Linder's
bills every month. The football cap
tain usually has been one OF them.
All are men who by affixing their sig
natures TO the bill OF an undergrad
uate would awe him into paying 1t.
And some OF the bills require consid- |
erable awe.
Whiffenpoofs 'Gentleman Rankers.'
The Whiffenpoofs were founded in
1908 by Denton Fowler Sd, who was
murdered nea- iIaverstraw, N. Y.
last year They a.e the Gentlemen
Rankers" of Yale 1t is they who i
father the ideas carried out yat Yale |
Field, such as The travesty on the
Crippen case, the Thirst club and the
DR.. Cook club.
On the walls of Mory's hang the
pictures of the athletic teams, reach
ing back to 1870. These are for the
most part OF a collection purchased
by Mr.. Linder several years ago.
or the picture of greatest lay in
terest Is that OF Carrie Nation and her
club at Yale. A delegation, saying |
that its members were greatly inter-
ested in her work, called upon her
here several years ago and suggested
that a fiashlight- picture be taken of !
the group. At the signal for the flash /
the students drew stems and bottles
from their pockets, to go with the
pitcher of water Mrs. Nation had In
her hand. They also smoked cigar
cites. Mr.. Linder has received many
offers for these pictures, but will not
sell any of them.
Many metropolitan society girls
have eaten there at prom time and
will sorrow with the graduates at its
close. The increase in the cost OF
the place is given as the
reason for closing.
The place was started shortly after
the civil war by Mr.. and Mrs. Moriar-
ty, from whom 1t gets its name.