The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-22
ROTARIANS REVEL mid
AMPERES AND OHMS
Manager sale shows 1hcIu Inside tho
Western Union Establish
mont.
GIT FIRST pAsEBALL RETURNS
sam Rosendorf Get Away With Pack
agc OF Currcnts-Alvin Smith Makes
Important statemcnt--Oih Type
writer Inle.

Thirteen gertlemenIy attaches Of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
many took one hundred and thirteen
Rotarisns IN tow Yesterday afternoon
lat 3 O'Clock. and piloted them through
ONE Of the most interesting and in
structiye it'le trips thoy had ever
faN,I.
Many OF the Rotarians have been 10
Europe. some have been TO Asia and
Africa. other have been to Cincinnati,
land "a few have been to New York.
I Some have been az far away from
home as yellow Tavern,
Dut in all their travels none OF them
ever saw such "A layout "a was pre-
scented and described by the aforesaid
reHtlemonly attaches.
3 IL was not an unluckv day for the
Eafariars either. although they num-
ecrad one hundred and thirteen, ana
were IN charge Of thirteen escorts, and
aE on a Friday, too For, after the
wonderful trip, the party was regaIed
+ with delightful cherry smash punch,
ST. rived by heyy Of pretty girls away
an I'm the clouds near the TOP Of the
travellers Building.
Gentlemenly Ushcrs.
The trip Of the Rotarians was real
is "A most interesting one, The vieitors
rrere met at the ground floor entrance
- the big skysCrap per by Manager
sale. ana this array Of expert talent
representing all tho big local moguls
connected with the great institution:
J. s. Calvert J. r. Faulkner, J. s.
e. Murphy, r. G, Folger, Chas. Smith
r p Cowardin, w r. Williams, c. NJ.
Iy7 sen. J, r. Parker, c. w. White, }.
\ Boice. J. p. WinEler, f, ". Miner.
The Rotarians who. as every one
knows. represent the brains, energy
and business acumen of the city, were
first shown the call circuits. where the
r77esscnEer boys start to earn their
nav Their are two hundred boxes
in this service. Every call Is checked,
-.r4aH and returned, with neatness and
dispatch,
Every detail concerning tho send
ing out Of the m essage was clearly
Explained It was shown that 1900
i. delivered per day by active. clean,
Gttle fellows. whose main ambition in
lie seemed r. be to get there
In connection with this department,
there ia a messenger boys rest and
reading room. supplied with daily
papers. magazines. suitable books.
and a practice machine, upon which
the bows may begin their first lessons
IN biography They have a ticker,
which gives them the baseball scores
every afternoon, and adjoining is a
frrlSer-room. where n tailor IS always
IN touch. to keep the boys uniforms
in constant neat appearance and
clean.
Scene of Multiplicity.
From this department the party
went 70 the operating rooms, where
they were bewiIdered by the multi
plicity Of wires. lights and noise. De-
spite the handicaps TO the stranger,
me tvvo hundred operators pursued
their duties without blinking an eye.
Horace r. Smith put his hands on a
wire which connects New York with
Havana Messages were going over tho
wire at that time from great financial
I certers IN New FORK 10 tho sugar kings
iof Cuba
= put my hand on that deal" re-
marked Horace IA several hundred
ohms shot by
/ II was explained by the officials that
sometimes as many as eight mes
sages so over the same wire at the
same time
sound like Fl sufrragette sewing cir-
Gle" commented Arthur Levy.
Escort r. f.. Cowardin. who had q
real bratuy party In tow, embracing
secretary Horace Smith, Arthur Levy
and two newspaper men, was expllcit
ia his explanation OF all the little de-
tails. He pointed out tho fastest opera
tor I'm the land, a mere youth. and he
showed tho partv the most expert. lie
went into the details of the operation
nf That wonderful machine which took
mn messages automatically, and upon
which were received direct messages
~ welcome from President Carlton, IN
New York, addressed TO the individual
mem bers of the visiting party.
1t was ii trip to wondertown'
Sam Rosendorf took away coliec-
tion Of currents, which he says he viii
display in the window of his place al
Twelfth ana Main. A..
These are l1ilOwats," explained Dir
cowardin, as he dug his hand into
barrel Of them.
Kan 81 what?" asked Horace Hnw'
l,ins.
MIR. Cowardin looked bl@nkly to.
ward the open window.
oh" ApoIogtzed MIR. Hawkins.
The conductors Kept back no Sc,
crpts They showed the visitors all
the private Offices, the retiring rooms
he cloak rooms the telephone rooms
and explained the workings Of the
whole system.
II was explained that ali the base
bail scores are sent TO Richmond be
fore they get 70 Washington, and thai
tho oiloe here forwards the ecor Is
to The capital That means that the
fans here get the news from thu
games. long time before the fam
in Washington have chance a
them.
Alvin Smith. Good Ffxer.
II had that fixed up" remarked
Alvin smith. nonchalantly. Every on
knows that Alvin is president of thu
lGcpl international club.
Double IA Hester. typewrfte
owner, remarked while the guide
were explaining how fast the tele
grams were received and sent out
That his typewriter was responsible
for the speed which prevailed.
"Is she q blonde or brunetteS'
asked Eddie Schmidt.
The Toxic being an old one. no ont
replied to Mr.. schmidts query. and
he wandered over toward the sherr!
smash bowl.
As the visitors reached the conclu
! sion Of their trip through the wonder
fuI place, Manager Sale presented
each with a small package Of am
percs Some Of them were red, other
were blue. while most twere Of invisi-
bic white
A wireless message was sent over
] 70 President McAdams, extending tht
greetings Of the club ana the officials
% the company.
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