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Press Club Bulletin



PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO

Chicago, Saturday, October 14, 1911



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Jt is a part of a plan that aims at two things
in Club administration: Keduetion of expense
and increase of efficiency.

Its chief purpose- is to briuj;- llie Press Club
member into closer acquaint-
ance with liis Club and with
his fellow nienibor to make
llie member who frequently
comes heie glad he come', and
to make the member -oho
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The BuLTJ-TiK will !>(> ii
standing directory of the eoin-
inittces of the Cluli, so that tlie
member may take up at any
time with any committee per-
tinent suggestions or com-
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poitunities that are open to members of the craft.
The Bulletin' will print brief communications
from members away from home that will keep
them in the minds and hearts of their fellows.

The Bulletix will publish announcements of
books by Press Club authors, aiding author, pub-
lisher, membership and public by this means.

The Bulletin will announce new books pre-
sented to the Press Club library and new publica-
tions regularly received.

T h Bulletix will an-
nounce the names of those to
whom visitors" cards have
been issued. (Perhaps some
one you would like to see is
in the Club right now.)

The Bulletix will an-
nounce amendment:? proposed
by any member so that they
may have the fullest con-
sideration of members.

The Bulletix will publish
personal n o w s concerning
members the places they go,
the honors they win, the
things they do, thereby pro-
moting acquaintanceship and

fellowship.

The lUi.i.KTix will be a tre-
iiieiulous force in interesting
the prospective member.

The BuLLLiix will do all
this and much more ivitk
your help.

The directors of the Press
Club believe the Bulletin will
do great things for the Club.
It means a lot of work.

The member is asked for but
one thing his subscription.

Will you immediately upon
receipt of this copy don't
wait and forget mail your
subscription to the Chili''



PRESS CLUB BULLETIN



October 14, 1911



PRESS CLUB BULLETIN

Published weekly by tlie Press Club of Chicago, at 26
North Pearborn Street, Chicago, 111., under the direction
of the Board of Directors and the

Committee on Printing and Publication :
Otto Kney, Chairman
James L. Began C. S. Peterson Roy O. Handall

C. E. Gould Mason Warner

Terms of Subscription: By mail, postage prepaid,
Fifty Cents per year; single copy, Five Cents

Printed by the Began Printing Honse, 525 Plymouth
Court, Chicago.

Officers and Directors of the Press Club of Chicago :

President Douglas Malloch

First Vice-President E. J. Baiter

Second Vice President William Emmet Moore

Treasurer Harry S. Hyman

Financial Secretary Theodore Van E. Ashcroft

Recording Secretary. Otto Kney

Librarian Joseph F. Henderson

Directors William R. Barnes, Horace M. Ford, Julius

Reynolds Kline, Bansom E. Walker. Charles Ledcrcr,

Edward H. Fox.

Committee of the Press Club of Chicago:
Art
Charles Lederer, Chairman
ilark Hayne L. R. Merrell

Building
Julius Reynolds Kline, Chairman
Rausoui E. Walker Harry S. Hyman

Otto Kney William Emmet Moore

Claims and Accounts
Horace M. Ford, Chairman
Theodore Van R. Ashcroft William B. Barnes
Constitution
Bansom E. Walker, Chairman
Samuel E. Sternfeld J. B. Mansfield

Entertainment
Edward H. Fox, Chairman
Fred Pelham Edward C. Moore

Rut lodge Rutherford Harrv Sheldon White

Beeeher B. Osborne
House
Theodore Van R. Ashcroft. Chairman
Edward H. Fox Horace M. Ford

LlBRARY

Tosepli F. Henderson, Chairman
R. A. Halley Lcroy T. Goble

Maintenance
E. J. Baker, Chairman
Eugene T. Skinkle Ernest McCullough

Membership
William Emmet Moore, Chairman
-Mbert B. Cone, Secretary
Reception
William R. Barnes, Chairman
Harry B. Bogg William Frederick Xutt

Edgar Hall John A. Brown

Ways and Means
Harry S. Hyman, Chairman
E. J. Baker Julius Reynolds Kline

COMING EVENTS

Wednesday noon, October 18 William E. Curtis
memorial meeting.

Saturday evening, October 21 Boiling Arthur .Tohn-

Saturday evening, October 28 Hallowe'en dinner and
dance.

Saturday noon, November 25 Alfred Tennyson
Dickens,

Monday noon, November 27 Senator Joseph L.
Bristow.



THE CURTIS MEMORIAL

Wednesday noon. October 18, the I'lcss Club will
pay tribute to its foimcr president and member

Wednesday noon, October 18, at 12:45 o'clock,
a memorial meeting of the Press Club will be
held to pay honor to the memory of the late Will-
iam E. Curtis, former president, who died Oc-
tober 5.

Among those who are expected to speak at the
memorial are ex-President William M. Kno.x, ex-
President Henr}- Barrett Chamberlain, managing
editor of the IJecord-Herald ; Victor F. Lawson,
publisher of the Daily Xews, and H. H. Kohlsaat,
publisher of the Eecord-Herakl. Samuel Ells-
worth Kiser, of the Eccord-Herald, will read a
poem written for the occasion. Other menibei?
will be heard in brief tributes.

The music will be furnished by a quartet from
the faculty of the Chicago Conservatoiy.

WILLIAM E. CURTIS

I'ourth President of the Press Club of Chicago
passes away and the profession loses a great man

Monday, October G, the readers of the Chicago
Eeeord-Herald were shocked to see framed in
black the face of William Eleroy Curtis and to
read the announcement of his death at Philadel-
phia on the day preceding. For almost twenty-
five years his name had appeared on the front
page of that paper and its predecessor, the Chi-
cago Eecord. For a short time Mr. Curtis acted
as the Washington correspondent of his ])aper
but he soon discovered his true field and for a
generation he has travelled all over the world
writing of the countries visited. His ability to see
everything of interest, to glean the essential his-
torical facts of each locality and to depict all in
terse, graphic English gave him first place in the
ranks of travel writers. One can but wonder at
the literary quality of his work when recalling
the conditions under which it was performed. A
generation of men and women looked for his
letters daily and read them eagerly.

In the death of William Eleroy Curtis, the
Press Club of Chicago mourns a co-worker prob-
ably move widely and certainly more intimately
known than any newspaper w-riter in the world.
It laments the passing of a member who in the
early days of the Club was a constant power for
good, a wise counsellor and an energetic official.

He was the fourth president of the Press Club,
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who laid the foundation of the Press Club broad
and deep. Associated with him was an ilhislrious
group :

First Vice-President John F. Ballantyne, Heral'J.

Sceontl Vice-President N. A. Reed, Jr., News.

Secretary Robert B. Peattie, News.

Financial Secretary Edgar L. Wakeman, Corre-
spondent Louisville Courier-Journal.

Directors Samuel V. Steele, Times; W. A. Taylor,
Tribune; J. H. Ballard. Inter Ocean; O. H. Perry,
Journal; John Ritchie, Associated Press.

William Eleroy Curtis was born in Akron,
Ohio, November 5, 1850. He was a newspaper
man all of his life. He completed his last assign-
ment, the state of Minnesota, and was taking a
brief rest when the call came.

Heaven grant to all of us the privilege of
closing our life work with as clean copy as our
brother left behind him. He was buried at Wash-
ington, D. C, and a roster of the names of thoic
who stood with bowed heads at his grave would
include representatives of every English written
metropolitan newspaper on the globe.



WANDERING SHEEP

ray. drop a o.ii-d letting us know whore ytu
how yen are and how you Uke the town

K01.AND Park, Md. I hope I may get into the
dump and observe your features some of these fall
and winter times. I have missed the bunch sorely.
Strickland W. Gillilax.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Jjet others rave o'er What to Eat,

But, if they will abet it,
.\ magazine would be more meet
Entitled "How to Get It."

Edtledge Eutherford.

GEORGE FITCH A GUEST

Author of the Siwash College stories comes to the
I'ress Club by motor-boat from I'eorla for lunch

Tlutrsday noon, October 12, the Press Club gave
a luncheon in honor of George Fitch, of Siwash
t/ollege fame. Mr. Fitch came from his home in
Peoria, 111., by motor-boat for this occasion via
the Illinois river, Illinois and Michigan canal and
drainage canal. He arrived too late to eat, be-
(ause of tire trouble, but in time to address the
Club. President Douglas Malloch presided. The
other speakers were E. W. Miller, who escorted
Mr. Fitch to the Club, and Willis J. Abbot. The
attendance exceeded the ordinary capacity of the
dining rooni.



J. U. H. vs. B. L. T.

appearance from the Tribune
: in the Uulletin arc explair

The Bulletin is pleased to announce that it
has profited by the misunderstanding between Bert
Leston Taylor of the Line-O'-Type-or-Two and
J. U. H. to the extent of securing a part of the
latter's time and talents. To do this, the Bulle-
tin has had to agree to pay J. U. H. just double
the former salary paid him by the Tribune. Re-
member that J. U. H. now writes inclusively for
the Bulletin. The understanding is that his
stuff goes first to Taylor and, if it is not printed
in three days, the Bulletin gets it.

The trouble started at Joliet, where so many
troubles end. J. U. H. lectured there. When he
reached the depot there was so much confusion,
so many bands, such an army of reporters, that he
handed the representative of the News the wrong
interview, the one which states that he is editor
of the Line-O'-Type. The one which he meant
to give out was the one claiming to have written
Clayhanger, The Heavenly Twins and Schedule
K. He never uses the Line-O'-Type interview
east of the Missouri River or west of the Hudson.

You all know Avhat happened. The News
printed the interview furnished. J. U. H., realiz-
ing that the jig was up, wired us: ''What salary
to go on staff of Bulletin?" We replied:
"Double salary Taylor pays you. Collect.'"
And we got liim Bokoo Scoop I

VISITORS' CARDS

J. Hampton Baumgartner, Baltimore, Md., guest of
Douglas Malloch.

Edward Beckley, Walneka, 111., guest of E. F. Frazcr.

Fred Cran, Australia, guest of G. Cooke Adams.

S. D. Colt, Chicago, 111., guest of W. L. Richardson.

Oscar L. Gagg, Philadelphia, Pa., guest of R. J. Canin-
liell.

Maj. Henry Hayne, Newton (Center, Iowa, guest of
.\. J. Mowat.

.lames K. Hackett, New York, guest of John A. Weber.

George Oilman, Rochester, N. Y., guest of Geo. ('.
.\dams.

E. J. Kenny, New York, guest of Theo. Van E. Ash-
croft.

M. Meehan, Quincy, III., guest of R. E. Walker.

W. Ij. Pierce, Chicago, guest of B. A. Ulrich.

V. O. Patridge, Chicago, guest of B. A. Pratt.

Louis Sondheim, Portland, Ore., guest of Otto Kney.

D. E. A. Valentine, Cleveland, Ohio, guest of Mark
llayne.

R. A. Wirfs, St. Louis, Mo., guest of E. H. Fox.



Some day you'll be sorry you didn't save a
file of the Bulletin from the very first number.



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October 14, 1911




SOUTH AND THE



Saturday evening, October 31, at 8:15 o'clock sharp.
Boiling Arthur Johnson will present for the third time
at the Press Club his splendid illustrated entertainment,
"Stories of the Old South and the New." Since its orig-
preser.tation at the Press Club, Mr. Johnson has
twice been asked to repeat the evening, so great has been
the pleasure afforded the members on each such occasion

The program is a no?jle assembling of the literatuie,
art and music of the South and is inspiring in theme and
treatment. The people, the romance, the chivalry and
the beauty of the South are presented in picture, song
and story. It is a weaving together of the best produc-
tions of the best minds of the South, adequately illus-
trated and ably interpreted.

John D. Cress will be in charge of the stereopticon
projections. Tho special committee for the evening -nill
consist of Fred Pelham, David B. Clarkson, R. A. Halle
and John Glass.



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PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO



Chicago, Saturday, October 21, 1911



Number 2



AS TO THE MEANS

mous support of the members
is necessary If the Bulletin 1

The officers and directors of the Press Club be-
lieve the Bulletin will do great things for the
Club. It means a lot of work.

The member is asked for but one thing ^his
subscription. Those who receive the Bulletin
must be actual paid subscribers.

Hardly an issue but will be worth more than
a year's subscription to the member but will
directly or indirectly bring him more than fifty
cents' worth of enjoyment.

Will you immediately upon receipt of this copy
don't wait and forget mail your subscription
to the Club?



CORRESPONDENTS COMING

Press Club wiU bo host of the party of distin-
guished newspaper men who accompany President

The freedom and facilities of the Press Club
have been extended to the newspaper men who are
with President Taft on his transcontinental tour.
They will arrive in Chicago Friday, October
27, and remain until Monday, October 30, and,
while they will be kept mighty busy informing
the world of tlie doings of the chief executive, it is
hoped they will find a little time for diversion.

The correspondents, who include in their num-
ber some of the best known newspaper men in
the country, occupy a special car in the presi-
dential train and have a comparatively easy time
of it. All they have to do is to do all that the
President does each day, and then write a few
thousand-word story about it. In addition
"Bobby" Small has his pet camera along and is
taking some shots of the tour for the illustrated
magazines. Gus J. Krager is the publicity man
of the party. The veteran is George G. Hill, of
the Xew York Tribune, while one of the youngest
is Sevellon Brown, of the New York Sun. John
B. Pratt has been named "Rummy," not in honor
of the game now devastating the Press Club of
Chicago but as a nickname for his other nick-
name, "Judge Rumhauser." Eoyal Kent Fuller,
of the Xew York Herald, is the funniest man in
the party and E. 0. Scallan the biggest. Two



other members of the delegation are H. P. Tafl,
manager of the Washington office of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, and the representative
of the Boston & Albany railroad, C. E. Colony,
"C. E." being short for Christian Endeavor.

FRANK CROXTON QUARTET

We are jiolng to use these two lines to thank
Manager Fred Pelham for that superfine attraction

As the playful south wind ripples and ruffles the
sea, as the mountain stream frolics and cascades
down the hillside, as the joyous bird carols a wel-
come to the morning sun so, after that manner
gaily, heartily, most cheerily did the Frank Crox-
ton Quartet, of New York, shower its golden
vocal melody o'er members of the Press Club and
their guests Saturday evening, October 14.

The Press Club spirit kindled and glowed; the
audience gave inspiring appreciation to every mem-
ber, and the artists responded gloriously. Solos,
duets, trios, quartets ranging from the tragic trio
of Faust to the humorous harmony of The Ped-
dlers' Catch gave variety to the program and op-
portunity to the singers for individual triumphs.

This noteworthy organization consists of Mme.
Agnes Kimball, soprano; Mme. Nevada Van Der
Veer, contralto; Mr. Reed Miller, tenor, and Mr.
Frank Croxton, basso. Mr. Edgar A. Nelson, on
very brief notice, was at the piano, and did difficult
work masterfully well.

TO HONOR DICKENS

The eldest son of the great novelist will be the
guest of the Pi-ess Club at luncheon in November

Coincident with the approach of the one hun-
dredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Dick-
ens, the Press Club will tender a luncheon Thurs-
day noon, November 16, to his eldest son, Alfred
Tennyson Dickens, who is now on a visit to this
country.

November 28 Mr. Dickens will lecture at
Orchestra Hall under the auspices of the Chicago
Woman's Outdoor Art League, and will speak of
his famous father. The occasion will be one of ab-
sorbing interest, not only to the literary men of
Chicago, but to the whole reading public.



PRESS CLUB BULLETIN



October 21, 1911



PRESS CLUB BULLETIN

Published weekly by tlie Press Club of Chicago, at 26
North nearborn Street, Chicago, 111., under the direction
of the Board of Directors and the

Committee on Printing and Publication :

Otto Kney, Chairman

James L. Eegan C. S. Peterson Roy 0. Randall

C. E. Gould Mason Warner

Address all communications to Otto Kney, Press Club

of Chicago.

Printed by the Regan Printing House, 525 Plymouth
Court, Chicago.

Ternis of Subscription: By mail, postage prepaid,
Fifty Cents per year; single copy, Five Cents.

Make all checks payable to the Press Club of Chicago.

Board of Directors of the Press Club of Chicago :

President Douglas Malloch

First Vice-President E. J. Baker

Second Vice President William Emmet Moore

Treasurer Harry S. Hyman

Rnaneial Secretary Theodore Van R. Ashcroft

Recording Secretary Otto Kney

Librarian Joseph F. Henderson

Directors William R. Barnes, Horace M. Ford, Julius

Reynolds Kline, Ransom E. Walker, Charles Lederer,

Edward H. Fox.

Committees of the Press Club of Chicago:
Art
Charles Lederer, Chairman
Mark Hayne L. R. Merrell

Building
Julius Reynolds Kline, Chairman
Ransom E. Walker Harry S. Hyman

Otto Kney William Emmet Moore

Claims and Accounts
Horace M. Ford, Chairman
Theodore Van R. Ashcroft William R. Barnes
Constitution
Ransom E. Walker, Chairman
Samuel E. Sternfeld J. B. Mansiield

Entertainment
Edward H. Fox, Chairman
Fred Pelham Edward C. Moore

Rutledge Rutherford Harry Sheldon White

Beecher B. Osborne
House
Theodore Van R. Ashcroft, Chairman
Edward H. Fox Horace M. Ford

Library
Joseph F. Henderson, Chairman '
R. A. Halley Leroy T. Goble

Maintenance
E. J. Baker, Chairman
Eugene T. Skinkle Ernest McCuUough

Membership
William Emmet Moore, Chairman
Albert B. Cone, Secretary
Reception
William R. Barnes, Chairman
Harry B. Bogg William Frederick Nutt

Edgar Hall John A. Brown

Ways and Means
Harry S. Hyman, Chairman
E. J. Baker Julius Reynolds Kline

Some day you'll be sorry you didn't save a
file of the Bulletin from the very first number.



COMING EVENTS

Tuesday noon, Oct. 24 Democratic nominees for the Su-
perior Court.
Friday noon, Oct. 2.1- Frederick Warde.
Saturday night, Oct. 28 Hallowe 'en dinner and dance.
Saturday night, Nov. 4 Fellowship dinner.
Tuesday night, Nov. 14 Warden Sanders.
Thursday noon, Nov. 16 Alfred Tennyson Dickens.
Monday noon, Nov. 27 Senator Joseph L. Bristow.



DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES

ay noon, Oct. 24, the Democratic nomi-
nees for judge of the Superior Court will lunch
at the Press Club. Kansom E. Walker will repre-
sent the Club.

Thursday noon, Oct. 19, the Club was simi-
larly host to tlie Kepublican nominees.



FREDERICK WARDE

Eminent actor will be thp guest of the I'rpss Club
at luncheon Kiiday noon, October Tt. and address us

Frederick Warde, the eminent tragedian, will
be the guest of honor at a luncheon at the Press




Frederick Warde ^

Club Friday noon, October 27, and will be heard
in some of those interesting and entertaining rem-
iniscences of the stage and of American life for
which he is famous. The Press Club will thus
have opportunity to meet and greet and hear at
close range a delightful gentleman and a great
actor who has long lent lustre to the American
stage.

Opie Read will introduce Mr. Warde. The com-



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mittee for the day consists of Fred Pelham, John
McGovern and Harry Irving Greene.

All seats will be reserved, and they are now on
sale at the elub office. They may be ordered by
'phone, messenger, mail or in person, and should
be obtained early, as the sale will be necessarily
limited to the capacity of the dining room. To
avoid disappointment members should reserve
their seats immediately upon reading this notice.
The tickets will be 60 cents.

Luncheon will be served promptly at 13:15
oVlock.

HALLOWE'EN PRANKS

Saturday nlglit, October 28. the I'ress Club sives a
dinner and dance with appropriate accompaniments

Hallowe'en, the season of pranks and pastimes,
will be celebrated with a dinner and dance at
the Press Club Saturday night, October 28. The
dinner will be served at 7 o'clock and will afford
opportunity for any Hallowe'en experiments by
which the members, their ladies and their guests
may wish to ascertain the likeness of future lovers
according to the most approved Hallowe'en
methods. .

This is the first of the fall dances, and all those
who have ever attended a Press Club dance, and
all those who have never attended a Press Club
dance, are expected to be present, so there ought
to be a jolly crowd.

There will be special decorations for both din-
ner and dance. The dancing will begin at 9
o'clock. Tickets, including both dinner and dance,
are now on sale at the club office. The price is
$1 each.

The committee for the evening will be Eutledge
Eutherford, Charles E. Glessner and E. H. Norris.

IS YOUR ADDRESS RIGHT?

Compare the address on the envelope carrying
this issue of the Bulletin with the number as
given under the new numbering system. If any
correction is desired, notify the Financial Secre-
tary.

R. A. Halley, E. A. Taft, Morton Hiscox and
Andrew T. Murphy have been appointed a special
committee of the Press Club to look after the
welfare of members of the mining press coming to
the American Mining Congress in Chicago Oc-
tober 24 and 28. An invitation extending the
courtesies of the Club has been sent 'to each of
the men coming to cover the Congress.



OCTOBER MEETING

Membership augmented by admission o eight life
members, nine active members and one non-resident

The regular monthly meeting of the Press Club
of Chicago was held Saturday afternoon, with
President JIalloch in the chair and the following
members present:

-Malloch, Fox, Hyman, Butler, Sternfeld, Bennett,
White, E. S., Ashcroft, Dunham, Lederer, Ormes, Barnes,
Henderson, Knox, Louis, Baker, E. J., Sergei, Walker,
R. E., Humphrey, Carr. McGovern, Kline, Pritchard,
Chas., Lydston, Merrill, Cone, Pelham, Cho Yo, McTn-
tyre, Walker, W. S., Brewer, O'Neill, Purchase, Van
Gilder, Abbott, Visseher, Comerford, Green, H. S., Kney.

The reports of the Board of Directors, the
President and the Financial Secretary were read
and approved. The Board reported that it had
held three regular and four special meetings since
tlie September meeting and authorized warrants
amounting to $6,599.16. The Financial Secretary
reported the total membership to be 1,320. The
President reported that the Club's assets over li-
abilities, October 1, were $141,970.37, an increase
of $1,568.19 over September 1.

Samuel Sternfeld presented the report of the
committee on constitution, recommending that the
proposed amendment discontinuing suspension
from membership for non-payment be not adopted.
On motion of Mr. McGovern, this was made the
sense of the meeting.

Mr. Sternfeld offered an amendment that the
hours of the annual election be changed from 4
to 8 p. m., as at present, to from 12 to 7 p. m.
Under the constitution, action was deferred until
the November meeting.

On motion of Mr. McGovern, the thanks of the
Club were extended for the bust of W. S. Walker
recently presented.

The following were elected to membership:
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Maurice J. Dorney Martin B. Madden

David G. Joyce Horace E. Horton

Frederick H. Hess La Verne Noyes

Don Curtis Blanchard Francis E. Baker

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP
Name Sponsor

Sydney A. Hale, TraflSe World H. Dumont

Alfred Hiles Bergen, composer and publisher. .Opie Read
Frank McEhvain, Dry Goods Reporter. . .Guy Blanchard