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L A N S I N G,  M I C H I G A N,  T U E S D A Y,  A P R IL  18,  1899. 

N o. 

Booker  T.  Washington  "Will  N ot 
Address  Us. 

It  is  with  extreme  regret  that  we 
announce  that  Booker  T.  Washing 
ton  will  not  be  able  to  deliver  our 
fol 
commencement  address.  T he 
lowing  letter  from  him  will  explain 
the  situation: 

P R E S.  J.  L.  S N Y D E R, 

Dear  Sir:—I  have  been 

Agricultural  College,  Michigan. 
looking 
forward  with  a  great  deal  of  pleas 
ure  to  my  visit  to  your  Institute,  but 
I  find  just  at  this  time  that  all  my 
plans  have  been  interfered  with. 

and  myself 

A  number  of  friends  in  Boston 
have  very  kindly  arranged  for  M r s. 
Washington 
to  visit 
Europe,  sailing  from  N ew  York 
May  3;  for  this  reason  it  will  be 
impossible  for  me  to  be  with  you  at 
I  am  sure  you 
the  time  I  intended. 
will  understand 
the  circumstances 
thoroughly,  and  will  gladly  release 
me  from  the  engagement  made. 
I 
am  not  sick  but  my  friends  feel  that 
I  must 
in  order  not  to  get 
sick. 

leave 

These  friends  feel  that  I  am 
in 
need  of  a  rest,  and  while  I  hardly 
feel  that  I  can  spare  the  time  away 
from  Tuskegee's  work,  yet  at 
the 
same  time  I  yield  to  their  entreaties 
to  take  a  short  vacation. 

It  is  always  a severe  trial  to  me  to 
ever  disappoint  an  audience  and  I 
assure  you  that  I  should  not  do  so 
it  absolutely 
did 
I  not  consider 
necessary.  At  some  other 
I 
hope  to  serve  you. 

time 

V e ry  truly, 
B O O K ER  T.  W A S H I N G T O N. 

An  Opossum  for  Ingham  County. 

the  fact 

T he  Zoological  department  of  the 
College  has  just  come  into  posses 
sion  of  an  opossum  which  was 
caught  at  Holt,  Ingham 
county, 
about  the  29th  of  last  month.  This 
is  an  unusually  interesting  accession 
to  our  collection  from 
that 
is  a  typical  southern 
the  opossum 
animal  and 
is 
southern  Michigan 
commonly  regarded  as  the  northern 
limit  of  its  distribution.  T h e re  are 
traditions 
that  it  was 
the  effect 
once  not  uncommon  in  this  vicinity, 
but  so  far  as  can  be  learned  this  is 
the  first  specimen  actually  taken  in 
the  county.  T he  animal  is  not  rare 
in  W a y n e,  Washtenaw,  Monroe, 
Lenawee,  and  other  counties  along 
the  southern  border,  and  we  have  a 
record  of  a  specimen  taken  last  fall 
in  Ottawa  county. 

to 

If  any  of  our  readers  know  of 
specimens  taken  in  other  counties, 
the  southern 
especially  outside  of 
tier,  we  should  be  glad  t©  get 
the 
in  each  case.  T he  specimen 
facts 
just  referred 
to  has  been  prepared 
and  preserved  in  the  College  collec 
w.  B.  B. 
tion, 

Your  Money  or  A  Day's  Work. 

A  meeting  of  bicyclists  was  held 
in  the  Chapel  Thursday  afternoon 
to  formulate  plans  for 
improving 
the  bicycle  path  between  the  Col 
lege  and  Lansing. 
It  was  decided 
to  proceed  at  once  to  procure  funds 
by  subscription  at  the  College  and 
in  the  city,  and 
the 
follow 
work  to  completion.  T he 
ing  committee  was  elected  to  secure 
L.  L.  Appleyard, 
subscriptions: 

then  to  rush 

L.  A.  Driscoll,  W.  R.  Bradford, 
Miss  Ellen  Rushmore  and  J.  A. 
Bulkeley.  Prof.  J.  D.  T o w ar  was 
elected  to  take  entire  charge  of  con 
struction  and  he  began  work  on  this 
end  of  the  path  Saturday. 

the  path 

T he  movement  should  receive  the 
support  of  every  rider 
in  College. 
T he  ride  to  Lansing  is  a  pleasant 
one  and  one  frequently  indulged  in 
when 
is  good.  Lansing 
wheelmen  have  frequently  expressed 
a  desire  to  help  improve  the  path 
and  we  shall  look  to  them  for  liberal 
contributions. 
come  down 
Then 
with  your  subscriptions.  We  have 
a  good  t h i n g;  let's  push  it. 

To  Attract  Song  Birds. 

On  the  226. of  February  the  State 
Board  adopted  Mr.  W a t k i n s'  reso 
lution  authorizing 
the  expenditure 
of  $50  for  the  erection  of  rustic  bird-
houses  about  the  College  grounds. 
Forty-eight  such  houses  have  been 
constructed  and  most  of  them  have 
been  put  up.  T h ey  are  smali,  in 
conspicuous,  and  painted  as  near  as 
possible 
in 
the 
which  placed. 
It  is  the  intention  of 
Prof.  Barrows,  who  has  the  matter 
in  charge,  to  construct  one  cr  two 
larger  houses  for  martin  colonies. 

the  color  of 

tree 

T he  Forward  Movement. 

Dr.  George  WT. Gray,  of  Chicago, 
spoke  in  Chapel  Sunday  morning 
on  the  work  being  done  among  the 
abandoned  classes  of  our  large  cities 
by  "  Social  S e t t l e m e n t"  workers. 
T he  work  of  the  social  settlement, 
he  said,  is  broader  than  that  of 
the 
church  or  of  educational  institutions. 
Each  of  these  appeals  to  only  one 
side  of  life,  while  the  social  settle 
ment  touches  all  sides.  T he  church 
is  losing  its  hold  on  the  abandoned 
classes  because  it  is  moving  away 
settlement 
the  social 
from 
worker  is  gaining  because  he  moves 
them —  eats,  sleeps, 
down  among 
lives 
incidents 
Interesting 
were  related  by  the  speaker  to  illus 
trate  the  work  of  these  settlements. 

them; 

there. 

Commencement  Orator 

Secured. 

T he  College  has  been  fortunate 
in  securing  J u d ge  A.  S.  Draper, 
president 
of 
Illinois,  to  give  the  commencement 
address  on  the  morning  of  J u ne  16. 

the  University 

of 

Eclectic  Faculty-Night. 

T he  Eclectic  Society  entertained 
the  faculty  Saturday  evening.  A 
short  address  of  welcome  was  given 
by  President  W.  H.  F l y n n,  after 
which  other  members  of  the  society 
rendered  an  excellent  program. 

A  reading—" T he  Bush  Christen 
ing,"  by  R.  M.  A g n e w,  was 
fol 
lowed  by  " C u r r e nt  Events,"  by  D. 
B.  Finch.  T he  events  chosen  were 
well  selected 
to  interest  a  college 
audience. 

M r.  Bulkeley's  paper  on  " A u s 
on 
tralian  Poetry  as  dependent 
Australian  Scenery  "  was  an  excel 
lent  production,  full  itself  of  poetic 
feeling. 
T he  dominant  note  of 
Australian  poetry,  according  to  M r. 
the 
Bulkeley,  is  sad,  gloomy—like 
poetry  of  E d g ar  Allen  Poe. 

At  this  point  in  the  program  the 

members  of  the  society 
to 
Australian  writers. 

roll-call  with  quotations 

responded 
from 

An 

instrumental  duet  by  M r. 
the  piano,  and  M r. 
Bowles,  on 
Mill?,  on 
the  double-bell  eupho 
nium,  was  received  with  deserved 
applause. 

T h en  followed  a  speech  by  G. 
M.  Bradford,  on  " M en  who  have 
done  their  duty,"  and  a  declamation 
by  A.  J.  Decker. 

T he  last  number  on  the  program 
was  the  "  Faculty  P a p e r ,"  by  L.  H. 
Taylor. 
It  was  original  and  full  of 
witty  local  hits  that  were  fully  ap 
T he 
preciated  by 
visit  that  followed  gave 
final 
touch 
to  an  evening  happily  and 
profitably  spent  by  all  who  attended. 

the  audience. 
the 

In 

the 

two  weeks 

perience. 
re 
maining  before  our  first  game  he 
will  probably  be  able  to  fit  himself 
for  the  position.  However,  it  will 
not  do  for  any  of  these  men  to  "  lie 
down,"  for  Leavitt,  Case,  Grove, 
Boone  and  others  are  coming  up  in 
manner  that  makes  them  dangerous 
rivals. 

T he  Athletic  Association  held 
several  meetings  last  week,  author 
the  purchase  of  a  wrestling 
ized 
mat  and  blank  cartridges,  adopted  a 
black  sweater  for  athletes,  and  took 
steps  toward  the  adoption  of  a  green 
monogram 
to  be  worn  only  by 
athletes  who  subsequently  take  part 
in 
events  and  by 
members  of  the  present  senior  class 
who  have  taken  part  in  such  events. 

intercollegiate 

T he  Week 

in  Athletics. 

N ew  Baseball  Uniforms. 

impetus 

Ideal  weather  and  the  arrival  on 
Monday  of  the  trainer,  Max  Beut-
ner,  gave  a  wonderful 
to 
last  week.  Every  after 
athletics 
noon,  from  3  to  6  o'clock,  the  track 
the  diamond  were  swarming 
and 
intercollegiate 
with  candidates  for 
honors  and 
interested 
lined  with 
spectators.  Track,  hurdles,  hammer 
and  shot  were  all  in  use,  a  tennis 
court  was  marked  out  in  the  armory 
and  a  horizontal  bar  erected  near  the 
track.  Mr.  Beutner  has  taken  hold 
of  his  work  with  a  vigor  that  has 
shown  beneficial  results  already— 
order  has  come  out  of  chaos;  new 
and  unlooked  for  material  has  been 
discovered;  and  a  mutual  confidence 
trainer  and  athletes  has 
between 
been  established.  T h e re  are  many 
more  candidates  than  can  take  part 
at  field  day,  but  this  is  just  what  is 
wanted.  Only  by  sharp  competi 
the 
tion  and  careful 
best  material  be  brought  out. 

training  can 

T he  enthusiasm  among  track  men 
has  not  detracted  any  from  the  inter 
est  taken  in  baseball.  We  are  out 
for  the  baseball  cup  this  year,  and 
Coach  Furgeson,  w ho  left  Saturday 
to  join  the  Toledo  team  in  Detroit, 
says  we  have  the  team  to  win  it. 
It 
was  feared  that  the  greatest  weak 
ness  would  be  in  the  box,  but  if  this 
proves  true  it  will  be  on  account  of 
inexperience,  for  Beebe  and  Sever 
ance  are  certainly  showing  good 
form  and  Stroebel  has  been  doing 
some  good  work. 
T he  infield 

is  probably  the  best 
in 
seen  on  an  M.  A.  C.  diamond 
years.  Kennedy 
is  taking  every 
thing—high,  low  and  wide—at  first; 
R a n n ey  and  Norton  are  the  same 
strong  team  at  second  and  short  that 
made  that  part  of  the  diamond  dan 
gerous  for  opponents  last  year;  and 
Decker,  a  new  man  at  third,  is  pick 
ing  up  all  sorts of  hot 'hits  and  is also 
batting  in  good  form.  Krentel  will 
probably  do  most  of  the  work  be 
hind  the  bat,  although  Schwartz  is 
catching  and  batting  well.  T he 
latter's  principal  weakness  is  slow 
ness  in  throwing  to  bases  and  in  get 
ting  under  foul  hits. 

covers  his 

In  the  outfield  Murphey  at  center, 
is  a  decided  "find."  He  hits  well, 
gets  around  the  bases  in  good  shape 
territory  well. 
and 
Gould,  in  right,  is  batting 
in  his 
usual  form  but  needs  to  work  off 
fifteen  or  twenty  pounds  of  super 
fluous  adipose  tissue.  Left  field  has 
not  yet  been 
filled. 
Wolf  is  working  hard  but  lacks  ex 

satisfactorily 

Spaulding's  general  agent  meas 
ured  the  members  of  the  baseball 
team  for  new  suits, last  Friday  noon. 
T he  new  suits  will  be  similar  to  the 
old—white  shirts  and  green  caps  and 
pantaloons. 
caps,  however, 
will  be  what  are  known  as  the  Bos 
ton  pattern,  slightly  different 
shape  from 
team. 

in 
those  now  worn  by  the 

T he 

But  Few  Peaches  This  Year. 

Roland  Morrill,  of  Benton  Har 
bor,  an  authority  on  horticultural 
matters,  after  making  a 
thorough 
investigation  of  the  peach  prospects 
for 
the  coming  year,  reports  that 
the  Michigan  crop  will  be 
half 
grown  within  a  radius  of  ten  miles 
of  Benton  Harbor.  He  also  says 
this 
that 
in 
the  price  of  peaches 
State  will  range  from  $2.50 
for 
T.  S. 
common 
Gurney, of  Hart  says  that  in  Oceana 
county  orchards  on  high  ground  will 
produce  a  few  peaches,  but 
that 
those  on 
low  or  wet  ground  are 
entirely  killed. 

fruit  up 

to  $ 5. 

Other  Colleges. 

Albion  college  has  a  new  pipe 

organ. 

Reed's  Field,  the  Olivet  athletic 

ground,  will  be  fenced  this  year. 

Williams 

college  has 

over  $300,000  in  money  during 
last  seven  years. 

received 
the 

A  memorial  chapel, costing  $100,-
000,  is  soon  to  be  erected  at  Leland 
Stanford  university. 

T he  University  of  Wisconsin  ath 
letic  association  is talking  of  electing 
a  graduate  manager. 

Kalamazoo  won  from  Albion  9 
to  4  in  the  first  intercollegiate  base 
ball  game  of  the  season. 

T he  U.  of  M.  won  a  debate  with 
Chicago  a  little  over  a  week  ago. 
Last  week  Chicago  won  a  similar 
contest  with  Columbia. 

A n d r ew  Carnegie,  the  steel  king, 
has  offered  to  give  $100,000  towards 
the  erection  of  a  library  building  at 
Pennsylvania  State  college,  provided 
that  the  state  make  provision  for  its 
maintenance. 

A  man  would  be  a  good  deal 
more  likely  to  awake  to  find  himself 
famous  if  he  were  not  so  fond  of 
sleeping 

late.—Puck. 

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Shakespeare's  W o m e n. 

CORAL  HAVENS  'OO,  THEMIAN  SOCIETY. 

It  seems  somewhat  trite  to  recall 
to  your  minds  that  in  studying 
the 
Shakesperian  dramas  we  are  to  dis 
cover  human  nature  "portrayed  in 
all  its  varying  moods." 
It  was  a 
matchless  genius  that  could  do  this, 
that  could  make  so  many  characters 
live,  each  one  distinct  and  consistent; 
and  more 
these  to 
than  either  of 
portray  so  faithfully 
the  nature  of 
womankind—a  nature,  we  are  apt 
to  say  proudly,  that 
the  masculine 
mind  cannot  understand.  But  study 
Shakespeare's  plays  and 
tell 
me  if  one  type  of  womanhood  has 
not  been  represented,  and  one  that 
you  do  not  recognize. 

then 

Miranda,  Perdita,  and 

Imogene 
represent  idealism  so  essential  to  the 

beauty  and  grace  of  character  of 
women.  Miranda  has  spent  her 
childhood  on  a  desert  island,  shut  in 
by 
the  sea  and  s k y ,—  a  fearless, 
happy  life.  T he  storm  gathers,  but 
with  it  comes  her  lover,  her  prince; 
but  if  he  were  not  a  prince,  we  still 
feel 
that  she  would  be  a  queen 
among  women. 

Viola,  Olivia,  and  Rosalind  are 
typas  of 
romantic  women.  W ho 
does  not  love  Rosalind,  so'  free,  so 
bold,  yet  withal  so  pure  and  wom 
anly?  And  what  more  fitting  than 
that  she  should  find  her  love  in  the 
entanglement  of  the  forest? 
In  striking  contrast  to 

these  we 
have  the  more  deeply 
impassioned 
w o m e n:  Ophelia,  the  northern  girl, 
whose  calm  outside  and  strong  affec 
tions  become  her  well;  Juliet  from 
the  south, impulsive  and 
fiery.  H er 
love  is  not  mild,  but  comes  in  an 
instant 
is 
like  a  flash  of 
henceforth  her  very  existence. 

joy  and 

W i th  more  commanding  sweep 
of  character  and  intellect,  we  have 
beautiful, 
Cleopatra;  marvelously 
powerful; 
sensuous, 
poetical  yet 
cunning,  insiduous,  keen  in  her  un 
derstanding,  yet  gorgeous 
in  her 
imagination.  She  was  born  to  con 
that  her 
quer  and 
lovers  should  be  masters  of 
the 
world;  none  others  would  seem  suit 
able. 

it  was 

fitting 

In  tragic  life  three  women  stand 
the 
out  prominently,  representing 
power  of 
the  affections  upon  the 
feminine  nature.  T he  mother  love 
of  Constance  becomes  the  medium 
of  a  grief  that  shakes  her  entire  soul. 
T h en  there  is  the  wifely  devotion  of 
Desdemona  and  the  filial  affection  of 
Cordelia. 

Compare  these  with  Lady  Mac 
beth  who  seems  so  utterly  devoid  of 
tenderness:  she  is  ready  for  treason 
and  murder;  conscience  and  sensibil 
ity  seem  to  have  left  her,  but  she 
cannot  kill  Duncan  because  he  looks 
so  much  like  her  father.  T he  weak 
ness  of  woman  was  fully  restored; 
mysterious  fears  of  the  unseen  come 
them 
back  to  conscience  and  with 
was  the  ' ' m i nd  diseased"  to  which 
Lady 
no  medicine  can  minister. 
Macbeth  is  a  woman  awful 
in  her 
nature;  but  still  the  terrible  in  her  is 
sufficiently  tempered  by  the  human 
to  give  the  imagination  an  interest 
in  her  destiny. 

T he  women  of  untragic  life 
in 
Shakespeare  are  of  great  variety, 
infinitely 
in  gradation, 
manifold 
diverse 
in  quality  and  character. 
Some  are  sportive  as  the  Merry 
Wives  of  Windsor. 
is 
Beatrice 
prominent  among 
this  class  but  is 
also  a shrew;  then  there is  Katharine, 
the  shrew  proper. 
Representing 
the  common  walks  of 
women  of 
life 
Juliet's 
are  Dame  Quickly, 
nurse,  and  poor,  simple  Audrey. 

T he  heroic  element  is  not  made 
very  prominent  by  Shakespeare. 
Queen  Catharine  and  Portia  are  in 
a  sense  heroic,  but  such  a  character 
as Joan  of  Arc  or  Florence  Nighten 
gale  he  has  failed  to  interpret. 

they  are  as 

Shakespeare's  women  are  drawn 
life,  drawn  as  nature  makes 
from 
them  in  substance,  soul,  and 
form. 
Each  has  the  individualism  of  reality 
—the  distinctness  of  personal  exist 
ence.  T h ey  are  not  as  they  liter 
ally  would  be  in  the  world  of  fact— 
but 
they  should  be 
poetically 
in  the  world  of  genius. 
In  Shakespeare  we  have  woman 
hood  fairly  and  broadly  given—not 
satirized,  not  flattered;  but  with  the 
soul  of  poetry  and 
truth  of 
nature;  and  in  Shakespeare,  as  in 
nature,  womanhood  shines  forth  as 
the  grace  and  the  glory  of  humanity. 

the 

A  Diverted  N u t t i ng  Expedition. 

T.  H.  SPINDLO  '02. 

stick 

It  was  Saturday  afternoon  and 
the  senior* boys  had  met  for  a  nut 
ting  expedition.  Each  was  provided 
with  a  roomy  bag  for  nuts,  a  long-
hooked 
the 
boughs,  a  plentiful  supply  of  pro 
visions,  and  an  abundance  of  good 
spirits.  Buttons  was 
the  leader  in 
this  as  in  everything  else;  he  was 
also  the  general  valet  and  attendant 
to  each  individual  of  the  party. 

to  pull  down 

After  much  wrangling  the  route 
was  decided  upon  by  Buttons'  tak 
ing  his  bag  and  stick  and  marching 
off  in  the  direction  of  the  Hill  woods. 
No  one  thought  of  going  without 
Buttons,  or  of  allowing  Buttons  to 
go  without  him,  so  all  quickly  fol 
lowed. 

time 

Within  a  short 

they  were 
filling 
gathering  nuts  and  rapidly 
themselves,  their  pockets  and  their 
bags.  But  this  work  soon  grew  un 
interesting  and  tame;  there  was  no 
great  effort  required,  no  excitement, 
no  danger,  nothing  but  nuts.  But 
tons  was soon  lying  among  the  leaves 
almost  asleep,  and  some  of  the  others 
came  to  him 
to 
be  done  next. 

to  know  what  was 

" W h y!  nothing.  You've 

got 
your  nuts  and  what  more  do  you 
w a n t ?"  said  Buttons  lazily. 

a 

stout 

them 

large 

rapidly 

" Oh  this  is  too  tame  and  slow," 
said  one,  " let's  go  for  the  rabbits." 
All  suddenly  agreed  to  go  for  the 
rabbits,  and  when  Buttons  hinted  at 
the  close  proximity  of  the  keeper 
everyone  laughed  at  the  idea  of  a 
keeper  catching  them.  Seeing  that 
them 
nothing  else  would  please 
Buttons  consented 
to  g o;  he  also 
good  humoredly  took  upon  himself 
the  dangerous  position  of  "  watcher." 
T he  sport  was  so  exciting  that  no 
time  until 
one  noticed  the  flight  of 
darkness 
increasing 
the 
warned 
they  must  go. 
that 
Bags  and  sticks  were  hurriedly  gath 
ered  up  and  one  boy  was  just  on  the 
point  of  calling  for  Buttons  when 
out  of  a  patch  of  bushes, not  twenty 
yards  away,  dashed  a 
loose 
figure 
cudgel. 
carrying 
Everybody  recognized  the  dreaded 
keeper,  and  on  the  instant  made  a 
dash  for 
leading 
the  narrow  path 
through  the  copse.  Here  only  single 
they 
file  was  possible  and  away 
went 
the 
like  madmen,  hearing 
heavy  tread  of  a  weighty  pair  of 
feet  close  behind,  and  feeling 
the 
heavier  thumps  of  their  own  heart 
beats.  Soon  the  gap  in  the  hedge 
was  reached  and  the  leader  took  a 
vigorous  spring  to clear  the  ditch  be 
low.  T he  next  boy  also  jumped; 
but  what  was  wrong?  T he 
leader, 
leaping  over  the  ditch, 
instead  of 
was  now 
in  mud  and 
floundering 
water  at  the  bottom,  the  second  boy 
had  also  failed  to  clear  and  was  ex 
citedly  assisting  the  leader  to  floun 
too  close  be 
der.  Each  boy  was 
hind  the  next  in  front 
to  see  what 
happened  and  each  one jumped,  with 
in  a  twinkling  all 
the  result 
were  combined  in  a  muddy,  strug^ 
gling  mass  of  arms,  legs,  hats,  sticks, 
and  nut  bags,  in  the  deep  ditch,  and 
there,  at  the  top  of  the  bank,  stood 
the  "keeper;"  but  he  did  not  appear 
at  all  angry,  he  seemed  amused  and 
began  to  giggle,  then  to  laugh,  and 
at  last  burst  out 
into  a  long,  loud 
roar,  which  echoed  from  one  end  of 
the  woods  to  the  other,  and  after  re 
lieving  his  feelings  by  a  mad  series 
of 
leaps,  whoops,  and  yells,  he 
quietly  got  down  and  helped  out 
each  saddened  hunter,  who,  as  he 
the  full  use  of  his  senses, 
gained 

that 

recognized  Buttons  as  his  assistant. 
On  examining  the  spot  next  day  a 
strong wire  was  discovered  stretched 
across  the  ditch,  and,  although  noth 
ing  was  said, it  was  a  noticeable  fact 
that  in  all future  expeditions  into  the 
woods  Buttons  was  not  allowed  to 
go  far  out  of  sight. 

A  Word  to  the  Students  From  the 
Trainer. 

looked  over 

Having  been  honored  by  Presi 
dent  Snyder  with  the  appointment 
of  athletic  coach  for  the  coming  sea 
son  and  having 
the 
material  at  hand,  possibilities  and 
facilities,  I  am  firmly  convinced 
to 
be  able  to  lead  the  M.  A.  C.  team 
to  victory. 
In  order  to  do  this,  I 
must  ask  for  the  support  of  the  com 
peting  athletes,  the  faculty  and  the 
student  body. 

their  absolute  confidence. 

Let  me  assure  the  members  of  the 
team  first,  that 
it  is  the  height  of 
my  ambition  to  be  successful  with 
the  charges  under  me,  that  I  will 
not  spare  time  or  pains  to  improve 
their  athletic  ability,  but  I  must  ask 
them  for  their  good  will,  to 
trust 
entirely  in  my  advice  and  to  let  me 
have 
I 
request  the  athletes  to  keep  me  in 
touch  with  all  their  affairs,  as  health, 
condition,  class  studies,  etc.,  so  1  can 
to  them  and  prevent  in 
be  of  use 
time  any  trouble  that  may  result 
in 
losing  a  good  athlete.  No  matter 
how  small  some  little  accident  may 
be,  I  would  prefer  to  know  it,  as  it 
is  a  great  deal  easier 
remedy 
small  matters 
to  rectify  big 
affairs. 

than 

to 

the 

I  respectfully  request 

the  mem 
bers  of  the  faculty  to  notify  me  im 
mediately  in  case  a  member  of 
team  falls  back  in  his studies.  Hav 
ing  gained 
the 
students  I  hope  to  be  able  to  use  my 
influence  in  this  direction. 
I  believe 
it  as  absolutely  possible  and  neces-
sarj'  that  a  good  athletic  should  be  a 
good  scholar. 

the  confidence  of 

T he 

body 

I  beg 

student 

to 
show  their  interest  for  the  team  and 
students 
their  welfare. 
come  out  every  day,  witness 
the 
practice,  notice 
improvements 
the 
and  cheer  your  brothers,  if  you  see 
good  success  and  results. 

Let 

the 

My 

Let 
the 

should  make 

to  encourage 

themselves,  but  strives 

long  experience  in  College 
athletics  has  taught  me  that  interest 
shown  by  the  student  body  is  the 
greatest  stimulus  for  the  perform 
the  students  not 
ers. 
forget 
team  does  not  only  rep 
that 
resent 
for 
the  glory  of  our  College,  and  that 
the  members  are  representatives  of 
the  student  body,  and  that  it  is  your 
them. 
college  duty 
Every  student 
it  a 
point  of  honor  to  become  a  member 
T he 
of  the  Athletic  Association. 
price  is low  enough  to  enable  every 
body  to  join  it.  Athletics,  no  mat 
ter  how  economically  managed,  cost 
money  and  our  athletic  association 
needs  more  than  we  have  at  hand. 
I  can  faithfully  promise  you  good 
results  and  to  lay  a  sound  founda 
tion  for  future  athletic  success,  if 
you  all  help  us  morally  and 
finan 
cially,  and  it  shall  be  the  goal  of  my 
is  over 
ambition,  when  my 
here,  to  see  every  student  of 
this 
great  college  enrolled  in  the  roster 
of  the  Athletic  Association. 
Respectfully, 

term 

M AX  B E U T N E R. 

Sweet  Sixteen—And  do you  have 

to  expel  students  often  ? 

College  P r e x . — O h!  no.  Once  is 

usually  sufficient.—  Wrinkle. 

A P R IL  18, 

1899. 

T HE  M.  A.  C. 

R E C O RD 

N e ws  from  Caramanian. 

H.  Caramanian  with  '00  has  given 
up  agricultural  work  and  begun 
teaching  at  Tchoroum,  Asia  Minor. 
receives 
He  has  one  assistant  and 
three  Turkish 
pounds  a  month, 
which  equals  sixteen  or  seventeen 
American  dollars.  This  seems  a 
is  really  quite  a 
small  amount  but 
liberal  income,  for  a  man  can 
live 
well  in  Asia  Minor  on  two  dollars  a 
month. 

At  the  College. 

' H.  W.  Dev 

'02  entertained  his 

father  over  Sunday. 

L.  S.  Munson  is  out  on  his  annual 

fertilizer  collecting  tour. 

Professor  Wheeler  found  spring 

flowers  in  the  woods  Sunday. 

Miss  Edith  Hadley,  of  Fenton, 
last 

visited  her  sister  at  College 
week. 

Mrs.  Gunson  was  well  enough  to 
be  brought  home  from  the  city  hos 
pital  Sunday. 

Miss  Dunstall,  of  Ypsilanti,  spent 
her  vacation  week  at  M.  A.  C,  as 
the  guest  of  Miss  Ronan. 

Miss  Helen  St.  J o h n,  of  A nn 
A r b o r,  spent  her  vacation  week  at 
the  College  with  Mrs.  Bird. 

Five  members  of  the  senior  class 
have  been  making  up  back  work  in 
the  dairy  during  the  past  week. 
T he  Hesperians  entertained 

the 
Feronians 
last  Saturday  evening 
with  literary  program  and  dancing. 

Miss  Keller  entertained  the  senate 
finance  committee  at  dinner  in 
the 
cooking  laboratory  dining  room  last 
Monday. 

Allan  H.  Stone  '99W  and  Charles 
into 

W.  Bale 
t he  T au  Beta  Pi  fraternity  T h u r s 
d ay  evening. 

'OOOT  were 

initiated 

Prof.  C.  D.  Smith  spoke  on  the 
subject  of  sugar  beets  last  week  at 
Wayland,  Holland,  Sparta,  Shelby 
and  Fremont. 

Sergeant  Greening,  of  Toledo,  a 
member  of 
the  10th  Ohio  Volun 
teers,  visited  his  sister,  Mrs.  A.  L. 
Westcott,  last  week. 

Misses  Keller  and  Rushmore  ac 
companied  M r.  and  Mrs  J . D . T o w ar 
on  a  visit  to  the  T o w ar  sugar  bush 
Thursday  afternoon. 

T he  Natural  History  Society  will 
hold  its  first  regular  meeting  for  the 
t e r m,  Wednesday  evening  at  6:30, 
in  the  Zoological  lecture  room. 

Miss  Lilian  Wheeler  goes  to  De 
troit  today  as  delegate  to  the  State 
convention  of  King's  Daughters. 
S he  will 
read  a  paper  on  " O ur 
M o t t o ." 

It  is  estimated  that  1,500  took  ad 
vantage  of  the  excursion  from  Hills 
dale  and 
last 
Several  hundred  of 
Wednesday. 
these  visited  the  College. 

intermediate  points 

Messrs.  T h o m as  Marr,  of  Berrien 
county,  A.  E.  Palmer,  of  Kalkaska, 
and  E.  A.  Holden,  of  Lansing, 
the  State 
executive  committee  of 
O r a n g e,  were  at  the  College  Wed 
nesday. 

afternoon: 

T he  King's  Daughters 

elected 
t he  following  officers  last  Wednes 
President,  Mrs. 
d ay 
Blunt;  vice  president,  Mrs.  V e d d e r; 
secretary,  Mrs.  B a r r o w s; 
treasurer, 
Mrs.  W.  O.  Beal. 
the 

freshman  class-meeting 
F r i d ay  noon  A r t h ur  Peters  was 

At 

elected  treasurer. 
It  was  decided  to 
challenge  the  sophomores  to  a  local 
to  decide  any  doubt  of 
field  day 
physical 
the 
supremacy 
" s c r a p"  last  fall. 

left  by 

Australian  E g g s. 

sea. 

through 

Australian  eggs  are  now  shipped 
to  London,  England, 
all  the  way 
and  are  sold  there  for  "fresh 
laid." 
These  eggs  pass  across  the  equator 
and 
T he 
the  Red 
steamer  takes  five  to  six  weeks  from 
the  island  continent.  T h ey  are  laid 
at  one  end  of  the  earth  and  sold  at 
the  other.  These  eggs  are  shipped 
by  the  Australian  poultry  keepers  to 
their  London  cold  store,  in  refrig 
erated  chambers, and  sold  in  London 
when  eggs  are  scarce 
there,  and, 
hence,  very  dear  then.  Thousands 
of  dozens  are  in  ordinary  card-board 
divisioned  boxes,  which 
filled 
with  dry  pea  husks.  T he  shipments 
are  made  from  November  to  Janu 
ary,  this  being  the  spring  and  early 
summer  season  in  the  antipodes.— 
Provisioner. 
National 

they 

Degrees  T a k en  by  U.  of  M.  Fac 
ulty  Members. 

the  degree  at 

Of  the  222  members  of  the  faculty 
taken  upon  examination, 
46  have 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy. 
the 
Fourteen  won 
University  of  Michigan, 
five  at 
Cornell,  four  at J o h ns  Hopkins,  four 
at  Harvard, and  one  each at  Chicago, 
Yale and  Allegheny  College.  Nine 
took  all  of  their  academic  degrees 
at  a  single  institution,  namely,  seven 
at  Michigan  and  one  each  at  H a r 
vard  and  J o h ns  Hopkins.  Sixteen 
received 
at 
foreign  universities—five  at  Leipsic, 
two  at  J e n a,  and  one  each  at  Frei-
burgh 
in  Baden,  Bonn,  Glasgow, 
Munich,  Vienna,  Marburg,  Berne, 
Zurich  and  Berlin.— U. of  M.  Daily. 

doctors  degree 

the 

T he  Probable  Reason. 

Mrs.  Hornbeak.—It  is  a  pity  that 
Jasper  Doolittle  has  amounted  to  so 
little  since  he  graduated  with  high 
honors  at  the  academy.  T he  title 
of  his  oration  was,  " H i t ch  Your 
W a g on  to  a  S t a r ;"  and  I  remember 
that 
how  eloquent  he  was  —  so 
everybody  kept 
a 
bright  future  he  had  before  him. 
I  wonder  w hy  he  has  never 
fol 
lowed  out  that  motto,  himself  ? 
F a r m er  Hornbeak.  —  O h! 

I 
guess  he  did, 
in  a  certain  way. 
Probably  he  hitched  his  wagon  to  a 
star,  but  forgot  to  put  in  the  end-
gate.—Puck. 

saying  what 

T h i n gs  Yd  Like  to  K n o w. 

Is  a  paste  diamond  a  shamrock  ? 
Is  a  woodshed  a  chop-house ? 
Is  the  X-ray  ten-colored ? 
Can  people  with  "silver  threads 
among  the  g o l d"  be  said  to  have  a 
wealth  of  hair ? 

—L.  A.  W. 

Bulletin. 

Wise  and  Otherwise. 

Love  is  a  game 

that  generally 

ends  in  a  tie. 

No  woman  is ever  quite  so  old  as 
says  she  is.— 

friend 

her  dearest 
Puck. 

T he  minister  yearning  for  mar 
riage  fees  is  looking  for  a  chance  to 
tie  two. 

" A re  Baptists  allowed  to  dance?" 
"Of  course.  Didn't  you  ever  hear 
Lampoon. 

of  the  'dip'  ? " —H a r v a rd 

H A VE  J U ST  R E C E I V ED 

A  N EW  L I NE  OF 

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Also  the  swell  things  in 

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R E C O RD 

A P R IL  18, 

1899. 

News from Graduates and Students. 

Elmer  Thompson 

visited 

h is 

mother  Friday. 

G.  E.  Miles  with 

'96  machinist, 

St.  Joseph,  Mich. 

P.  F.  A m e ry  with  '95  is  farming 

at  St.  Croix  Falls,  Wis. 

L.  R.  T.  Lockie  with 
miner,  Phoenix,  Arizona. 

'97,  metal 

C.  H.  Adams  with  '99  was  on  the 

campus  several  days  last  week. 

B.  K.  Canfield  '89  has  his  studio 

at  145  East  23d  St.,  N ew  York. 

Fred  W a g n er  with  '97  is  deputy 
collector  of  customs  at  P o rt  Huron. 

S.  W.  Tracy  '96  is  now  with 
the 
Creede  Mineral  Co.  at  Creede,  Col 
orado. 

Miss  Frances  Russell  with  'oi  of 
Ypsilanti,  called  on  friends  at  M. 
A.  C.  Friday. 

C.  A.  Flagler  with  '00  is  work 
the  greenhouse  of  C.  A. 

ing 
Gardner,  at  Wakefield,  Mass. 

in 

F r ed  G.  Hicks  with  '95,  of  Mor-
ley,  served  in  the  Cuban  war  as  ser 
geant  in  Co.  A,  34th  M.  V.  I. 

Miss  Lucy  Monroe  is  on  her  way 
home  from  Florida  and  expects  to 
return  to  College  the  28th  of 
this 
month. 

Miss  Clara  Stocoum  with 

'99 
called  on  Miss  Gladden  and  other 
friends  at  the  College  a  week  ago 
Saturday. 

George  E.  Starr  with  '96  is  sales 

man 
for  Peter  Henderson  &  Co., 
Seedsmen,  at  35-37  Cortland  St., 
N ew  Y o r k. 

J o hn  M c P h ie  with  '96  served  all 
through 
the  Cuban  war,  under 
Sampson  as  machinist  on  the  U.  S. 
S,  Montgomery. 

C.  K.  Chapin  with  ' 9 7 ^,  is  work 
ing  for  the  Western  Electric  Com 
pany,  of  Chicago,  in  the  Telephone 
Construction  Department.  His  res 
idence  address  is  50  East  40th  street, 
Chicago. 

Miss  Bertha  Malone  with  '00  and 
Miss  Alice  Aseltine  with  '01  were 
among  the  successful  candidates  for 
second  grade  teachers'  certificates  at 
the  March  examination  in  I n g h am 
county.  Miss  Malone  visited  friends 
at  M.  A.  C.  Thursday. 

E.  T.  Paterson  with 

'97  served 
as  sergeant  in  Battery  K,  6th  U.  S. 
the  war  with 
Artillery,  during 
the 
Spain.  He  is  now  a  clerk  in 
office,  W ar 
Adjutant  General's 
Department.  Address:  T he  Kens 
ington,  Washington,  D.  C. 

to 

the 

request 

In  answer 

to 
" N a me  position  of  honor  and  trust, 
if  any,"  on  blanks  sent  out  by  the 
Committee 
on  Alumni  Catalog, 
Geo.  W.  T o w a r,  of  A nn  Arbor, 
responds,  " T he 
trust 
reposed  in  me  by  a  large  clientele  of 
of  milk  consumers,  that  I  will  not 
water  the  lacteal."  M r.  T o w ar  is 
a  farmer  and  milk  dealer  at  A nn 
Arbor,  w ho  took  our  short  dairy 
course. 

honorable 

Our  Societies. 

T he  program  of 

the  Olympic 
Society  on  Saturday  evening,  April 
8,  consisted  of  a  debate  on  the  sub 
ject,  "Resolved,  that  the  social  side 
of  our  society  has  not  been  suffi-
cientlv  developed." 

M r.  Eustace  led  on 

the  affirma 
tive  and  was  assisted  by  Messrs. 

Michael,  P.  T.  Johnson,  and  Geo. 
Chadsey.  T he  speakers  on the  neg 
ative  were:  Leader,  Mr.  C o w l i n g; 
assistants,  Messrs.  Babington,  Patri-
arche  and  Brainerd.  Mr.  Charles 
Chadsey  acted  as  critic for  the  even 
ing. 

T he  society  will 

the 
Eclectic  society  in  a  mock  trial  in 
the  near  future. 

join  with 

J.  L.  Baumler  ' 0 1, w ho  left  Col 

last 

lege 
term  on  account  of  poor 
health,  has  gone  into  the  cigar  busi 
ness  in  Saginaw. 

Fred  Champion  with 

'99,  w ho 
enlisted  as  bugler  with  Co.  E,  31st 
M.  V.  I.,  has  returned  to  College 
and  will  continue  his  course  in  the 
junior  year. 

A.  M.  Patriarche  '98  is  employod 
as  assistant  commercial  manager  for 
the  Flint  and  P e re  Marquette  Rail 
road  Co.  He  is  stationed  at  Min 
neapolis,  Minnesota. 

Sambo's  Prayer. 

Yo'  say  it  ain't  no  good  to  pray ? 
It's  coz  you  doan  pray  right. 
Jes'  pray  de  way  yo'  oughter  pray 
An'  pray  wiv  all  yo'  might. 

Doan  ask  de Lawd  to  guv  yer  things, 

But  ask  him  to  he'p  yo', 

He'p  yo' yo'self,  to  git  de  things, 

An'  he  will pull  yo'  froo. 
Jes'  ask  in  humbleness  of  spi't 
An'  yo'll  git  w'at  yo'  ask  to  git. 

I  prayed  myse'f  fo'  free  long  weeks 
Wiv  mos' tremendous  viggah: 

"Lawd,  sen'  a  chick'n,  oh, good  Lawd! 

To  dis  mos'  hungry  niggah. 

Oh,  sen'  a  chick'n,  Lawd,  be  quick!" 
But  de  good Lawd  didn'  quick'n, 
An' though  I  wrastled  long in  pray'r 

I  nevah  seen  no  chick'n. 

I  didn't  pray  right,  I  wasted  bref, 
An'  so  I  almos'  starved  to  def. 

"Oh,  sen'  a  chick'n,  Lawd,  to  me." 
I  prayed  wiv  tears  an'  plead'n; 
"Oh,  sen'  a  chick'n,  Lawd.  an'  heah 

Thy  servant's  interced'n'." 

But  w'en  no  chick'n  come  I  prayed, 

My  heart  wiv  sorrer  strick'n, 

"Sen'  me,  oh,  sen'  dis  niggah,  Lawd, 

Oh,  sen'  him  to  a  chick'n." 
Yo'  say  it  ain't  no  good  to  pray? 
Wa-al—we  had  chick'n-pie  nex'  day. 

—Sam  Walter  Foss,  in  Judge. 

Good  for  Illinois. 

Prof.  Eugene  Davenport  '78, dean 
of  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
in  the  University  of  Illinois,  writes 
that  the  legislature  of  Illinois  has 
appropriated  $150,000 
for  a  new 
agricultural  building  and  equipment. 

CHAS. A.  PIELLA, 

D E A L ER  IN 
DIAMONDS,  WATCHES,  JEWELRY, 
Clocks, Silverware,  Art Goods. 
121  Washington Ave. N.,  LANSING, MICH. 

Employes of 
M.  A. C. 
Desiring 

to  build  should 
not  purchase  their  material  be 
fore  consulting  with 

Hiram  Rikerd, 
Lansing,  Mich. 

Lumber  of  all  kinds. 
Interior  Finishing  a 

specialty. 

PRICES  RIGHT. 

Office  and factory,  Will St. 
Both  Phones. 

WE  ARE IN OUR NEW  H O W E . .. 

103  Washington  Ave. S. 

All  the  new  things 

in 

Men's,  Youtn  and Boy's  ( J | . 0 X H 1 N6 

Furnishings  and  Hats. 

COME  IN  AND  SEE  U S. 

DAVIS  CLOTHING CO. 

Furniture  Headquarters. 

- 

- 

Cots  at 
Wire  Springs  at 
Mattresses  from 
- 
Tables,  Rockers,  Bureaus,  Iron  Beds. 

$1.25, $1.50,  $2.00  and  $2.50 
$1.50  and  $2.00 
$2.00  up 

- 

- 

AH goods  delivered  free  to  College. 

n.  J. & B. fl.  Buck. 

DIRECTORY 

LANSING BUSINESS and 
PROFESSIONAL MEN 

*+ 

FURNITURE 

DEALERS. 

M J.  &  B.  M.  BUCK.—Furniture.  Cor.  Wash 

ington Ayenue and  Ionia Stree 

See ad. 

GROCERS. 

R B.  SHANK  &  CO.,  200 Washington  Ave.  S. 

The  leading  grocers.  Both  phones.  Daily 

delivery to the college. 

The  names  in  this  Directory,  as  well  as 
those  of  all  our  other advertisers, are  of  reli 
able  parties.  We  hope that  the  faculty  and 
students  will  take  pains  to  patronize  those 
who  patronize  us. 

HACK  AND  BAGGAGE  LINES. 

M A,  C.  STUDENTS —Don't  forget  W.  H, 

PORTER,  the  Hack  and  Liveryman.  Rubber 
tires a specialty.  300 Capitol Ave. S.  Both Phones. 

HARDWARE, 

STOVES  AND 

TINWARE. 

ARCHITECTS. 

M EAD & WHITE—Architects,  Lansing, Mich.» 

115 Washington Ave. N., and Harbor  Springs' 

Mich., Clark  Block. 

BARBERS. 

J H.  WOOD-Barber.  106 Michigan  Avenue  E. 

College work  especially solicited. 

BOOKS  AND 

STATIONERY. 

LANSING  BOOK  AND  P A P ER  COMPANY. 

Books,  Stationery,  Wall  Paper,  Engravings 

and Frames.  120 Washington Ave.  N. 

BOOTS  AND 

SHOES. 

C D.  WOODBURY.— Boots  and  Shoes.  We 

shoe the students.  See ad. 

BICYCLES 

AND  MUSIC. 

PIANOS,  Organs, Sheet  Music,  Guitars,  Banjos, 

Violins,  etc.  Bicycles,  new  or  second  hand, 
for  sale or rent.  Repair  shop  complete.  Bicycles 
and  Guns to rent.  Holmes  Music  and  Cycle Co. 

GEO.  H.  RICHMOND.  Pierce  Cycles.  Full 

line  of  sundries.  Repairing  and  renting  at 

reasonable rates.  200 N. Washington  Ave. 

CLOTHING. 

Hats  and Caps.  112 Washington  Ave. North. 

LOUIS  BECK.—Clothier.  Gents'  Furnishings, 
A 

E.  DAVIS.—Clothing  and  Gentlemen's  Fur 
nishings.  See ad. 

CROCKERY  AND 

GLASSWARE. 

H.  EARNED.—China,  Glass  and  Lamps. 
105 Washington  Ave. S. 

H 

DENTISTS. 

R W.  MORSE, D. D.  S. 
DR.  DAWLEY,  M.  D  ,  D,  D.  S.  Office  over 

Postal Telegraph Co., Michigan and  Washing 

Hollister Block, Room 517. 

ton aves. 

DRUGGISTS. 

C J. ROUSER—Capital  Drug  Store.  123 Wash 

ington Avenue South. 

DRY  GOODS. 

SIMONS  DRY  GOODS  COMPANY. — Dry 

Goods and  Carpets.  See ad. 

FURNISHING  GOODS. 

ELGIN  MIFFLIN.—Ladies'  and  Gentlemen's 

Furnishing Goods.  See  ad. 

213  Washington Avenue North. 

tail  Hardware and House Furnishings.  211 and 

J ACOB  STAHL  &  SON.—Wholesale  and  Re 
N ORTON'S HARDWARE—General Hardware, 

Stoves,  Tinware,  Graniteware,  Cutlery,  etc. 

I ll  Washington  Ave. South. 

HOTELS. 

THE  N EW  GRAND—R.  M.  Renner, Proprie 

tor.  Special  rates  to  students.  Washington 

Avenue  S. 

INSURANCE. 

THE  DYER-JENISON-BARRY  CO.,  LTD., 

(Incorporated) 108 Michigan  Ave.  West.  All 
kinds of  the best  insurance.  Strongest  agency  in 
the city. 

JEWELERS. 

B  P.  RICHMOND—Watchmaker,  Jeweler  and 

Engraver.  200-202 Washington Avenue  N. 

LAUNDRIES. 

THE  VAN  GORDER  PALACE  LAUNDRY. 

C.  H.  Hilton,  Agt.,  Wells  Hall,  Room  97. 
Irving Gingrich, Agt.,  Room  47,  Williams'  Hall. 
S.  P.  Lantz, Prop. 

LUMBER 

DEALERS. 

H  W.  RIKERD.—Lumber  Dealer.  Mill  Street. 

See  ad. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 

trade solicited.  Opposite Hotel Downey, North. 

WOODBURY  &  SAVAGE.-Tailors.  Student 
J OHN  H E R R M A N N 'S  SONS.  Fine Tailoring. 

218 Washington  Avenue  N. 

MILLINERY. 

M RS.  L.  S.  HUDSON,  Hudson  Block,  where 

you can find the best styles  in  simple  as  well 

as elaborate Hats at lowest prices. 

OCULISTS. 

J OSEPH  FOSTER,  M. D.—Eye,  Ear,  Nose and 

Throat.  Hours 9 to 12 A. M., 2 to 4 P. M.  Sun 
days,  12 to 1.  City National  Bank Building,  Lan-

sing. 

PHYSICIANS. 

A D.  HAGADORN,  M. D.—Office  hours,  11  to 

12 A. M.,  2 to  4  and 7 to 8 P. M.  Office  at  212 

Washington Avenue S.;  home 419 Seymour St. 

PHOTOGRAPHERS. 

SP E C I AL  PRICES to M. A.  C. Students. 

Hatton, Photographer, over State Sayings Bank. 

RESTAURANTS. 

GILBERT  M.  HASTY.—Proprietor  Hasty's 

Gem  Lunch.  Best  meals  and  lunches  in  the 

city.  113 Washington Avenue S.