The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
FRESH CHICKENS
fORCLUBMEMBERs
President Of University Club Of
New York Makes Inter.
esting Report.

esdng Report.
WAITING LIST Is VERY LARGE
In 20 exclusive . club as the Univer-
sity Club Of New York, which has . big
waiting list and which requires . delay
of from six to seven years from applica-
tion for membership to election. 1t 10
natural that members are interested in
its annual reports In Washington there
are q number Of members OF this So
called dean Of university clubs. Recently
the president Of the New York club made
a report to the members which contains
some interesting facts concerning this
club Of clubs. as college men consider It.
During the year seventy-five resident
and twenty-five nonresident members
were elected. and the new army and
navy members number five. In the pre-
vious year the new membership was only
seventy-eight, showing an increase dur
now full, with the exception OF one resi-
dent vacancy and seven nonresident va
cancies.
Notwithstanding the increase in new
membership during the year. the period
Of waiting has increased. 30 that In the
cases Of residents about seven years
must elapse between the date Of pros
pectives being posted and their election.
There are now 1,16s applications for men,
bership.
An interesting feature Of the member
ship is that 6s per cent of the members
were graduated from Yale, Harvard, Co
lumbIa. and Princeton. Sixty-nine per
cent Of the waiting list are also from
the same colleges and universities. This
ind hof
sition of the club Is not likely to change
in the near future.
improvements Made.
In making the report the president
announced a number of improvements
which have been made during the past
year In addition. it was also an
nounced that the Christmas fund for the
employees totaled about $10264. This gave
each employe about Is per cent Of his
wages during the year.
In commenting upon the cost Of food.
q dinner in 1906 cost $40, and in 1911
only s1.A, which showed small increase
when one considers the general higher
cost Of living.
Having cultivated aristocratic tastes
through long years of dining at the club.
1t is natural that the members should
become somewhat epicurean in their de-
mands. So the president reports that
some of the members objected to cold
storage fowl. This was the round robin
sent in:
I'VE. the undersigned members Of the
University Club. believe that a consid-
cradle portion Of the poultry and game
served by the club Is cold storage. We
therefore respectfully request the presi-
dent and the council of the club to take
such action that the members OF the
club may not partake Of cold storage
food without being duly informed
A committee Of three was appointed to
investigate the above complaint, and It
reported. according to the presidents
report. that the New York game law. as
amended in 1911, put an end to the sale
of fresh native game. The only native
game the club legally could have had
after June, 1911. was game that had been
in cold storage on that date" The COM
mittee reported that the club and every
other club and restaurant and private
house supplied by dealers get cold stor-
age poultry at certain seasons of the
year. The committee examined the tes-
timony of DR.. Wiley which he gave be-
fore the Senate Committee on Cold
Storage of Food. and established the fact |
that DIR. Pennington, Chief Of the Food
Research Laboratory in DR.. Wiley's de-
partment. held that a chicken. properly |
killed and held in cold storage for a |
year. was of a better grade than a
chicken killed on an ordinary farm and
sold at retail in a city or town. "and |
that if poultry is properly handled before |
it is put in cold storage the supply would |
be better than what We were accustomed |
to before cold storage became customary |
and better than most of the poultry sold |
in the markets at the present time. DR.. |
Wiley testified that one of his turies had |
repeatedly eaten fresh chicken which |
had been in cold storage for three |
months and had been unable to tell
which was which.
The testimony as a whole seemed to |
show continues the report Of President |
Sands, that there was a season for |
everything when it was at its best and |
most plentiful; that even II a thing |
could be produced at all times Of the |
year, when it was scarce It was poor. |
season and frozen were better several |
months old than the same things fresh |
when produced at the wrong season"
Fresh Chickens Ordered.
The committee finally concluded that
whoever wanted fresh chicken at all
seasons of the year. regardless whether
they were better or worse than cold |
storage chicken. should have them, and !
it was agreed that fresh chicken should |
be bought from the farmers at all sea-
sons Of the year, and that such chickens
should be described on the bill Of fare
farm chickens" in order to distinguish |
them from those bought from dealers.
The report shows that the library now
contains 26,06S volumes and 21,1A pamph-
lets. having an estimated value Of 81, 40.
The art committee has arranged for
an exhibition of valuable pointings which
have been loaned by John F. Talmage
and BENJAMIN T. Cable.
Irving T. Wiles. the portrait painter.
has painted the picture Of Edmund Wet
more, and It will be added to the collec-
tion Of former presidents of the club.
But there is q sad note to the report.
It shows that most of the members Of
the club graduated between the years
1856 and 1886. The years are beginning |
to hang on them, and the increased
number Of vacancies during the past
twelve months is attributed to the age
Of the members. A large percentage Of
the club members are growing old to-
gether. and the annual number of vacan-
cies in the membership Is liable to large
ly increase instead of decrease during
the coming years.
DIAZ GETS NOMINATION.