Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-13
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last visit to New York great changes
have been made, the development
and progress has been marvelous,
and we were amazed at the rapid
advancement. g.
Instead of crossing the Hudson
river by ferry from Jersey City as
before, We were conveyed under the
river through the great Pennsylvania
tunnels or tubes, electric locomotives
carrying us along at the rate Of
mile a minute, until we found our
selves in the great Pennsylvania sta
ton, in the heart of New York City,
at Broadway and 32d street. We
soon found quarters at the magni-
fcent Astor Hotel, and after lunch
con got a glimpse of Broadway and
then went to see the great Hippo
drome, the largest and most spectac-
ular theatrical production on earth.
The stage alone is two or three times
as large as our entire Grand opera
house, and at times a thousand peo-
pie were upon it. The conception,
the stupendous settings, the choruses,
the music, and the great crowd in
attendance, about 10000 people, is
almost beyond description. 1t is a
wonderful production, the like of
which is to be seen nowhere on
earth, and this alone was we'll worth
the trip to New York.
That evening we had dinner at the
famous Louis Martin cafe, after
which we went to the Broadway
theatre, where We saw the great
Weber & Fields reunion, with Lii
liam Russell, George Beban, Fay Tenn
pleton, Bessie Clayton, Fay Tinker,
Willie Collier, Jno. T. Kelly, and a
dozen other stars of worldwide repu-
tation joining together after years of
separation, in a magnificent produc-
ton.
We could not visit New York with .
out looking up our own AL PalZer,
now famous as the white hope" of
the world who promises to wrest
the championship of the pugilistic
ring from Jack Johnson. We called
at the National Sporting Club, where
they directed us to his residence,
and incidentally informed us that he
was the most talked of man in sport
elsewhere throughout the world, and
that he surely would in due time be
the champion of the world. At his
home we found him the same mod
est, unassuming, good natured fellow
that he used to be in DEBORAH, a
giant in stature, wonderfully de-
veloped, and appearing in every way
to bear out the predictions Of his
managers. He himself is confident
Of continued success in the ring. He
said that he defeated Sailor White
easily while suffering from an at
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Fourth of July would fight Bombar-
der Wells, the English pugilist, at
San Francisco. He was just prepar-
ing to start out on an eight weeks
vaudeville tour at $500 week,
which he casually remarked was
more than he ever made driving the
st. Cloud bus, asked about all his
friends in DEBORAH, and of course
was glad to see someone from home.
He will stop here on his way west
next month.
Then we went to the Pennsylvania
station, where by appointment, we
met Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Post, who
were Just departing for North Caro-
lima with a party of friends to spend
a few days playing polo. Here Mr..
Post has a training camp for polo
ponies, in which they deal extensive
ly. We took the train at eleven
o'clock and were soon whiske ed
through those wonderful tubes under
Long Island Sound to Long Island
and passed many places of interest
including the Russell Sage founda-
ton Of model homes, the great Gates
race track, etc, and a number OF
small cities to East Wllliston, where
we were met at the station by Mr..
William Post, who, with Mrs. Post
recently visited DEBORAH, having ex-
tensive business interests here
through their agents, Anderson Bros.
i'm the purchase of horses for a
radius of a hundred miles and more
about DEBORAH. We were curious to
see how these horses were handled
and where they were sold, and the
visit here was intensely interesting
We were taken through the immense
barns, the hospital. and all over the
place, where we saw many Winnie
shiek county Gorses, and learned how
they are sent to East Williston by
loxnracc and cold fhrouq oh VIM Post