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ETCHING BY NUYTXENS 
 
The Club Room 
 
 of The Northwestern Miller 
 
 Illustrations by 
 Vernon Howe Bailey 
 and George E. Graves 
 
 All Rights Reserved 
 
 Copyrighted by 
 
 The Mim.er PrBi.iSHiNCi Company 
 
 Minneapolis, Minn., U. S. A. 
 
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 m 25 1922 
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 HEi first name upon the Visi- 
 tors' Register in the Chib Room 
 of The Northwestern Miller is 
 that of Theodore Roosevelt, 
 who signed on September 3, 1901. 
 Colonel Roosevelt was then Vice Presi- 
 dent of the United States and was in 
 ^Minneapolis for a few days, the guest of 
 the late Thomas H. Shevlin, a member of 
 the Republican National Committee, who 
 gave him an elaborate dinner at the Min- 
 neapolis Club, at which the Old Man was 
 a guest. 
 
 After this dinner. Colonel Roosevelt 
 said that he would want the services of a 
 stenographer to answer his mail the next 
 morning and, as Mr. Shevlin's office was 
 rather remote, the Old ]Man proffered the 
 facilities of The Northwestern JNIiller, 
 which were accepted. 
 
 Colonel Roosevelt came to the office 
 on the following morning and the O.M. 
 gave him the use of his room, at the rear 
 on the first floor, w^hich the Vice President 
 occupied for several hours, dictating his 
 correspondence to Robert T. Beatty, then 
 the office stenographer. While waiting 
 for his letters to be typewritten. Colonel 
 Roosevelt talked with" Walter C. Tiffany, 
 who w^as a classmate at Harvard, and with 
 the 0.]SI., expressing himself with his cus- 
 tomary freedom concerning public affairs 
 and his own political future. 
 
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 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 The Club Room had just been com- 
 pleted when Colonel Roosevelt visited the 
 office, and the Visitors' Register was not 
 quite ready for use. It was, however, 
 finished in time for him to write his name 
 in it, although it was necessary to send a 
 messenger to the station to get his signa- 
 ture, which he obligingly wrote just be- 
 fore the train left. 
 
 From jNIinneapolis Colonel Roosevelt 
 went east on the hunting trip from which 
 he was recalled by the death of President 
 McKinley, which occurred on September 
 14, eleven days after the date of his signa- 
 ture on the register. 
 
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 Drawing by Vernon Howe Bailey. 
 
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 In 1909, the OM. crossed 
 from New York to Xaples 
 '• on the Hamburg, and re- 
 newed his acquaintance 
 with Colonel Roosevelt, 
 who was on his way to 
 South Africa, having 
 completed his sec- 
 ond term as Presi- 
 dent of the Unit- 
 ed States. At 
 the conclusion 
 of this voyage 
 Colonel Roosevelt 
 gave him his hat as a sou- 
 venir of the trip, and it 
 now hangs over the mantel- 
 piece in the Club Room. This was the 
 one used by him in his political campaigns 
 and was his favorite hat during his occu- 
 pancy of the White House. 
 
 The first use of the front basement of 
 the building for purposes of entertain- 
 ment antedated Colonel Roosevelt's visit 
 by three years. When The Northwest- 
 ern. Miller removed from the annex of 
 the New York Life Insurance Building 
 to the new office, built especially for it, in 
 1898, a housewarming was given to mem- 
 bers of the trade and other friends, and 
 refreshments were served in this part of 
 the building. 
 
 Weekly meetings of the staif, on 
 Thursdavs, were established about 1900, 
 
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 SERVING ROOM 
 
 Drawing by Vernon Howe Bailey. 
 
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 and were held original!}^ in the O.M.'s 
 office in the rear of the counting room, 
 hnicheon heing hrought in from the 
 MinneapoHs Chib, then on Sixth Street 
 and First Avenue South, now called 
 INIarquette Avenue. This arrangement 
 was rather awkward, and interfered 
 with the business routine as the niunber 
 attending the meetings increased. To 
 meet requirements the present Club Room 
 was constructed. In the rear of it was, 
 as at present, a serving room, containing 
 a table, refrigerator and range. Its walls 
 and ceiling originally were of canvas, 
 decorated by a scene painter from a local 
 theatre. Later, cement walls were put 
 up instead of the canvas; these also were 
 decorated by a local scene painter. 
 
 The original Visitors' Register was 
 much smaller in size than the present one, 
 but in 1907, when its pages were exhaust- 
 ed, it was incorporated in the new one now 
 in use. 
 
 The covers for this volume were pre- 
 sented by Charles L. Roos and the late 
 Herbert Bradley. Tliese gentlemen were 
 dining at a restaurant in Hamburg and, 
 notitio- the beautifuUv embossed leather 
 cover of the ])ill of fare, determmed to 
 secure it for the Club Room. The waiter 
 and the head waiter refusing to sell it, 
 they interviewed the proprietor, wlio at 
 first ])romptly declined their ])roposal. 
 When thev described the Club Room in 
 
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 far distant America, the proprietor 
 gained the impression that it was a res- 
 tam-ant like his own, and then very gra- 
 ciously said that, while he would not sell 
 the cover, it would give him great pleasure 
 to present it with his compliments to his 
 American confrere. As a result, the 
 O.jNI. had to acknowledge its receipt to 
 the German restaurant keeper in a proper 
 letter of appreciation and thanks. 
 
 Tlie coat of arms on this cover is that 
 of the city of Hamhurg, although the 
 trademark of The Xortliwestern jNIiller 
 was later sujjerimposed on it and the panel 
 at the hottom was added to the original 
 design. Several times it has been neces- 
 sary to enlarge the register, but this has 
 been made possible by widening the 
 leather })ack, thus to continue the old 
 cover in use. 
 
 The tables and all the furniture of the 
 room are of simple design, and made of 
 oak. The pictures on the walls are in- 
 expensive colored prints in dark oak 
 frames, nearly all by Cassiers, the Bel- 
 gian artist who designed tlie covers for 
 one of tlie Holiday Xumbers of The 
 Northwestern jNIiller. Tlie broad liench 
 extending across the west wall on either 
 side of the fireplace was made by boxing 
 in the foundation stones of the building. 
 
 In the serving room in the rear, the 
 iron door opens into the basement com- 
 partment of the office vault, and in pre- 
 
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 prohibition times this was used for stor- 
 age of a few bottles of the okl wines and 
 liquors with which the company occasion- 
 ally entertained its friends. 
 
 " The extra long and very thin cigars, 
 Palmas Partagas, which The Nortlwest- 
 ern ^Miller always offers its visitors, were, 
 originally, made especially for it in Ha- 
 vana and bore a band containing its name, 
 but when the war began it became almost 
 impossible to secure these cigars, and the 
 regular imported brand was temporarily 
 substituted. 
 
 SOME OBJECTS OF INTEREST 
 
 The large red covered jar which is 
 always placed in the center of the table 
 after luncheon contains an excellent sniok- 
 ing tobacco, and, formerly, especially 
 made clay pipes bearing the name of The 
 Northwestern INIiller were proffered with 
 it. These were made in England from a 
 pecidiarly cool and absorbent clay. The 
 war interfered with the export of these 
 pipes, and the custom was therefore tem- 
 porarilv abandoned. 
 
 The picture of the Queen of Holland 
 on the north w all w as presented by a Rot- 
 terdam importer, Mr. Piet Penn. The 
 Delft jugs, originally containing Dutch 
 liqueurs, were bought in Holland by the 
 O.M. Two wooden placques made in 
 Sweden are very excellent examples of 
 pyrography. 
 
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 The musical bear from Switzerland 
 was presented by ]Mr. Hahn, who ac- 
 (luired it during a trip abroad. It is ab- 
 horred by ]Mr. Graves, for whose 
 special benefit it is placed on the 
 table and set going while he at- 
 tempts to read the Branch ]Man- 
 agers' letters at the weekly 
 '— meetings of the staff. 
 
 The iron scourges were 
 brought from Rome by the 
 O.M.; they are said to be 
 very old, but are probably 
 modern imitations. The 
 various steins, jugs and 
 ])itchers about the room 
 were gradually brought to- 
 gether from different parts 
 of the world. Some of them, 
 bearing ingenious cipher inscrip- 
 tions, are rather interesting. There is an 
 old Italian trick drinking mug presented 
 by Mr. Callaway, which is unique. 
 
 Two framed souvenirs are of special 
 interest to members of the staff. One is 
 a group ])hotograph of those present at 
 an annualRound Up who suddenly ap- 
 ])eared in the Club Room, disguised as 
 shown, to present to the O.jM. the Round 
 Robin ]:)etition which is inscribed beneath 
 the picture. The other is a rhyme which 
 the O.M. wrote descriptive of the pil- 
 grimage of "Deacon" Wiggin in search 
 of a location for his branch office. The 
 
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 hero of the adventures it coniiiieiiiorates 
 had the verses ]3rinted and framed, and 
 presented them. The ilhistration is by 
 ^Ir. (xraves. 
 
 The okl stuffed dub, which the O.M. 
 uses to keep order, was installed many 
 years before the Club Room came into 
 existence. Tlie date of its exact origin is 
 unknown, but the same club certainly 
 existed thirty years ago. It has been re- 
 paired and restuff ed scores of times. The 
 red marks on it do not necessarily indicate 
 the bloodstains of its nu- 
 merous victims. Pos- 
 sibly they are red paint. 
 The headsman's ax with 
 the rubber blade is the 
 second edition; the first 
 was worn out through 
 frequent use, and was 
 recently restored and re- 
 finished. The skin hang- 
 ing over the back of one 
 of the benches is said to 
 be that of an enemy 
 of the milling industry 
 whom The Northwest- 
 ern ^Miller skinned alive 
 by the use of printer's 
 ink ; probably a fad-food 
 lecturer and publicist. 
 The backwarmer, or fender, made of 
 brass with a red leather seat, was 
 built for the Club Room hx a famous 
 
14 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 London firm and shipped over by INIr. 
 Raikes. The cartoons of various members 
 of the staff were drawn by Mr. Graves 
 and originally used at an annual Round 
 LTp of the company. 
 
 On the desk, in a box made for it, is a 
 musical composition written by Oskar 
 JNIericanto, of Finland, entitled "The 
 Water Mill," and dedicated to the Ameri- 
 can millers. It is bound in a gray limp 
 leather cover, curiously etched. The 
 music, which is in manuscript, has never 
 been published, and was written for The 
 Northwestern INIiller, to whom it was pre- 
 sented in 1906 by Mr. Valkeapaa, of Hel- 
 singfors, Finland. 
 
 The Chinese mandarin who watches 
 the register was presented by the John 
 S. Bradstreet Company. Hanging from 
 the iron candlestick which stands on the 
 mantelpiece are the gold, silver and bronze 
 medals awarded to The Xorthwestern 
 Miller at the Paris Exposition of 1900 in 
 recognition of pre-eminence in trade joiu'- 
 nalism shown by its exhibit. 
 
 The pewter plates are very old, and 
 many of them originally came from Brit- 
 tany. They were obtained by ]Mr. Graves 
 from a New York artist who had a col- 
 lection of such things. A pair of very 
 old English pewter mugs were presented 
 by an English friend, and Mr. Black, of 
 Glasgow, gave the curious pair of pewter 
 warming plates. The brass candlesticks 
 
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 were acquired at different times and in 
 various foreign places. 
 
 The chinaware used for the Chib 
 Room was manufactured in Delft, Hol- 
 land, from a design made exclusively for 
 The Xorthwestern ^liller. Every plate, 
 cup and saucer bears the name of the pub- 
 lication, with different views of windmills 
 or boats. Continued use resulted in a 
 
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 shortage, and the last order was placed by 
 the O.M. while he was in Holland on the 
 Belgian relief expedition in 1915. Not- 
 withstanding the great difficulties which 
 accompanied shipping during the World 
 AVar, this importation came througli 
 safely. 
 
 The two pieces of brass grill work 
 across the windows in the rear were made 
 about 1883. Originally they were parts 
 of two brass screens which were in the 
 front windows of The Northwestern Mill- 
 er's office when it was on Washington 
 Avenue South, and were made for the 
 purpose by a Cleveland company which 
 advertised in the paper. They have been 
 utilized in some shape in every office the 
 company has had since that time. 
 
 The Club Room has always had its 
 long-whiskered gnome. The first one, 
 who long stood in the corner of the fire- 
 place holding an iron-handled broom, was 
 of beautiful and delicate workmanship 
 and came from Dresden. He was sup- 
 posed to have the place in his guardian- 
 ship, and faithfully discharged his duties 
 as its custodian until in some rough-house 
 he was knocked over and his arms broken. 
 Although repaired, he never regained his 
 former vigor and spirits. Subsequently 
 he experienced several more accidents, 
 until he became physically imfit to per- 
 form his duties and was regretfully re- 
 tired. The two figiu-es at either end of 
 
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 the window sill are his successors, but they 
 are of inferior modeling and coarser ma- 
 terial. They were made somewhere in 
 Germany. 
 
 The chairs used each bear a plate on 
 the back with the name of a member of 
 the staff, ])ast or present, and at luncheon 
 are placed at the long table formed by 
 bringing the individual square tables to- 
 gether in the center of the room. 
 
 The loving cup of black oak and silver 
 was presented to the O.M. in 1898 by the 
 members of the staff. The handsome 
 gold-lined silver punch bowl, tray and 
 cups, always used at dinners of The 
 Northwestern JNIiller, were given it by the 
 Spring ^Vheat ^Millers at Christmas, 190.), 
 in recognition of services rendered their 
 organization, the late John W. Heywood, 
 
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 its executive officer, having suggested the 
 gift and arranged for it. 
 
 The miniature wine cask was original- 
 ly filled with a ciu'ious wine which in 
 process of time mysteriously evaporated 
 or otherwise disappeared. It was bought 
 by the O.M. in Sorrento, Italy. Mr. 
 Benjamin Stockman, now of Duluth, then 
 residing in New Ulm, Minnesota, gave 
 the barrel head upon which a local artist 
 had painted a spirited repre- 
 sentation of the defense of New 
 Ulm by its citizens during the 
 Indian uprising at the 
 beginning of the Civil 
 War. There are several 
 beer mugs, also made in 
 New Ulm, presented by 
 Mr. Roos. 
 
 On the door leading 
 the serving room in the 
 rear hangs a duster in 
 form of a fool's bauble, 
 handle drawn through 
 carved head. This was pre- 
 sented by the Bailey, Banks 
 & Biddle Company, of Phila- 
 delphia. 
 
 Near by, on the corner of 
 the sideboard, is a cigar light- 
 er, the figure of a monk car- 
 cask, tankard, the 
 
 the 
 the 
 the 
 
 rymg a 
 
 keys to the cellar and a can- 
 dle. A similar lighter is, or 
 
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 19 
 
 was, in the ^rill room of the 
 Touraine Hotel, Boston, and 
 the O.JNI., seeing it there, ol)- 
 tained a dupheate for whieh 
 he paid fifty dollars, and sent 
 it to the Club Room. The 
 comment of the frugal "Dea- 
 con" Wiggin on this orna- 
 ment has become historical. 
 Gazing upon the figure with- 
 out enthusiasm, he remarked, 
 "I don't see fifty in it!" 
 
 Over the entrance to the 
 serving room is cut into the 
 wood the motto of the Lon- 
 don Bakers' Guild, "Praise 
 God for All," and on 
 the side wall is en- 
 graved the refrain of 
 celebrated INIiller 
 
 the 
 
 of Dee, who sang, "I care for Nobody, no 
 
 not I, if Nobody cares for Me." 
 
 The Bellman sign, with its gilded bell, 
 was made in Oberammergau by the man 
 with whom the O.^NI. lodged when he went 
 to see the passion play in 1910. He was 
 the village locksmith and sign maker, 
 and hammered this out on his anvil in his 
 shop, which was a part of his home. He 
 also did the painting and lettering himself. 
 
 A framed set of resolutions, engrossed 
 on parchment, which hangs near the man- 
 telpiece, expresses the sentiments of the 
 Millers' National Federation toward the 
 
20 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 editor of The Northwestern ^Miller, and 
 were passed on Octoher 19, 1917. 
 
 The mahogany and glass tray, show- 
 ing the embroidered fignre of The Bell- 
 man, made by the wife of Lambert Wil- 
 ten, an old employee of the company, is 
 nsed for passing cigars and tobacco. The 
 brass shell case was made during the 
 World War by the Minneapolis Steel k 
 INIachinery Company. It is a six-inch 
 British naval shell, and is a sample of the 
 munitions made for the use of the Allies 
 by this company. 
 
 The fat Chinese God of Prosperity, 
 made of brass, who sits leaning upon his 
 money bags on the window ledge, was 
 acquired by the late William H. Dun- 
 woody during his travels in the Orient, 
 and subsequently given to The Xorth- 
 western Miller by him. Inasmuch as the 
 figure is rather gross, it is suspected that 
 iSIrs. Dunwoody objected to having it 
 placed in her house, and hence it was of- 
 fered to the Club Room. 
 
 There is a small block of wood upon 
 which a Bismarck medal is mounted, 
 which is hung on the side of one of the 
 benches. This came from a continental 
 flour importer. The wood was cut from 
 Bismarck's estate. A pair of wooden 
 shoes which are used for ash receivers were 
 carved bv a former janitor, a Hollander. 
 
 The brass knocker on the door of the 
 Club Room came from the old office of 
 
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 21 
 
 The Xorthwesteni JNIiller in Catherine 
 Court, Tower Hill, London, which has 
 since been torn down. On the walls of 
 the entry leading to this door are prints 
 of Heidelburg, obtained while in Ger- 
 
22 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 many by Randolph Kdgar and presented 
 by him to the office. A traditional mill- 
 er's half door admits the visitor to this 
 passage way. 
 
 The foregoing enumerates most of the 
 junk wliich in the course of many years 
 has found lodgment in the Club Room, 
 althougli no doubt many items have been 
 inadvertently omitted, such, for instance, 
 as the key to the city of St. Louis, pre- 
 sented by its mayor to the editor of The 
 Northwestern INIiller. For some time ad- 
 ditions to the place have been discoiu'aged, 
 owing to lack of room, and much that 
 could not be accommodated wathin its 
 narrow limits has been placed in the count- 
 ing room, halls and offices throughout the 
 INIiller Building. 
 
 THE WEEKLY MEETING 
 
 The Northwestern Miller goes to 
 press in forms, and these are printed con- 
 tinuously with hardly an intermission, the 
 presses being taxed to their maximum 
 capacity to produce the large paper, rang- 
 ing from one hundred and sixteen to one 
 hundred and fifty-two pages, to which the 
 ])ublication has now grown, but by 
 \A^ednesday noon the last form for tlie 
 week's issue has gone to press, and shortly 
 tliereafter the complete edition is in the 
 mails. 
 
 Tlie day after pul)lication, the editorial 
 staff begins preparations for the next 
 
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 issue, and it follows that Thursday affords 
 the only lull in the almost continuous 
 round of work; consequently, it is the best 
 day of the week for the staff meeting. 
 
 * This is always preceded by a simple 
 luncheon in the Club Room, which begins 
 invariably at 12:30. The square tables 
 are brought together in the center of the 
 room, the cloth is laid and the table set. 
 In winter the fire and the candles are lit. 
 
 At this luncheon guests are frequent- 
 ly present, and the regular attendants 
 are the chief members of the staff, includ- 
 ing the heads of all departments. After 
 it is over, the visitors withdraw and the 
 weekly meeting follows. 
 
 At this the mechanical superintendent 
 makes his report on the issue for the week, 
 and the treasurer announces the amount 
 of business it carries, with comparative 
 figures for the corresponding weeks of 
 ])receding years. Copies of the current 
 issue of the paper having been distributed, 
 they are carefully inspected, page by 
 page, and the appearance and contents 
 critically passed upon. Errors are point- 
 ed out and suggestions made for changes 
 or improvements. The "lay-out" for the 
 coming week, showing the illustrations to 
 be used, is presented and discussed. 
 
 Each week the managers of the 
 Branch Offices of The Xorthwestern ]SIill- 
 er, of which there are eight, namely Lon- 
 don, Xew York, Toronto, Kansas City, 
 
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 Chicago, Toledo, St. Louis and Seattle, 
 send written reports of conditions in their 
 fields and such other information as may 
 interest the weekly meeting. These let- 
 ters are read aloud by JNIr. Graves. 
 Tliereafter follows a general discussion, 
 plans are submitted or suggestions made, 
 and the meeting adjourns. An Office 
 Bulletin, containing a report of the 
 Thursday conference and the weekly let- 
 ters, is printed and mailed to all Branch 
 Managers, so that the entire organization 
 is kept thoroughly and comj^letely in- 
 formed each week concerning the affairs 
 of the company. 
 
 millers' meetings 
 
 This is the main purpose for which the 
 Club Room was establislied, but it is in 
 daily use for the entertainment of visitors, 
 of which The Northwestern JNIiller has a 
 great many from all parts of the world, 
 as its register attests. It is in frecpient 
 demand for millers' meetings, both infor- 
 mal conferences and called meetings of as- 
 sociations. Probably most of tlie impor- 
 tant milling trade movements in the 
 Northwest have had their inception in this 
 room. 
 
 Millers thoroughly understand that 
 they may meet here and discuss freely 
 their most confidential affairs without the 
 slightest danger of having a report of the 
 proceedings published in the paper, unless 
 
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 they so wish it. The staff of The North- 
 western ^liller never attends a millers' 
 meeting held in its Club Room unless 
 especially invited, and takes no advantage 
 of the fact that it is in a position to obtain 
 important information by reason of the 
 meeting place in which it develops. 
 
 The attendance of visitors at the 
 Thursday luncheons is usually casual, al- 
 though a large number of the friends of 
 The Northwestern Miller have received 
 engraved invitations asking them to be 
 present whenever they may feel so dis- 
 posed. They also have the privilege of 
 bringing their friends with them, although 
 few have availed themselves of it. 
 
 The record of the years shows that a 
 large number of famous personages, 
 statesmen, actors, authors, artists and 
 others, have been present at these weekly 
 luncheons, and it has been a great pleas- 
 ure to the staff of the paper to meet them 
 there. 
 
 THE ROUND UP 
 
 It is the custom for The Northwestern 
 Miller to hold every year a reunion of its 
 business and editorial staff, which is at- 
 tended by all its Branch ^Managers, with 
 the exception of its London representa- 
 tive, who is unable to come so often on 
 account of the great distance. This cus- 
 tom antedates the building of the present 
 office; the first staff dinner having oc- 
 
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 ciirred in 1887 to celebrate the publication 
 of the fifth Holiday Xumber. 
 
 This event is called "The Round Up" 
 and usually occurs the second week in 
 January, because the annual meetino* of 
 the stockholders of the company is held 
 then. Three, and occasionally foiu*, days 
 are set apart for this reunion, and during 
 this time the Club Room is used as head- 
 quarters. 
 
 THE CHAPLAIN 
 
 For some time previous to 190.5, the 
 present Bishop of Oklahoma, the Rt. Rev. 
 Theodore Payne Thurston, who was then 
 the rector of St. Paul's Church, JNIinneap- 
 olis, was a frequent guest at the weekly 
 luncheons and took great interest in the 
 ])roceedings. So constant w^as his at- 
 tendance and so welcome was his presence 
 that he was called "the Chaplain," by com- 
 mon consent. 
 
 To give due and proper warrant for 
 the title, he was, in 190.5, commissioned 
 chaplain of the staff in a document to 
 which the seal of the company was at- 
 tached, and the duty therein assigned him 
 was to dispense for benevolent or chari- 
 table purposes such funds as were appro- 
 ])riated from the treasury. He was also 
 required to investigate claims for dona- 
 tions and solicitations for contributions 
 and pass upon their merits, his recom- 
 mendation as to the amounts to be paid 
 being regarded as final. 
 
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 In the course of time, during his resi- 
 dence in JNIinneapolis, the Chaplain, who 
 performed his prescribed duties witli 
 punctilious care, found other opportuni- 
 ties to serve the members of the staff and 
 never neglected them. Held in most af- 
 fectionate regard by every one connected 
 with the establishment, he always brought 
 cheer to those who were sick, and on sev- 
 eral occasions when there were deaths in 
 the circle of those employed by the com- 
 pany, it was he who conducted the fimeral 
 services. 
 
 When he became a Bishop and re- 
 moved to Oklahoma, he continued to serve 
 as the faithful Chaplain, coming every 
 year to the Round Up, and always when 
 in ^Minneapolis attending the Thursday 
 luncheon and sitting in the chair marked 
 with his name. 
 
 The association of the Chaplain with 
 the staff of The Xorthwestern jNIiller, now 
 of more than fifteen years' diu-ation, be- 
 gun casually and half jestingly, has be- 
 come a relation of a very real and signifi- 
 cant character. Although he never 
 preaches outside the pulpit, and is always 
 the friend and companion, asking no espe- 
 cial consideration because of his cloth, his 
 influence is none the less profoundly felt, 
 and to all of those Avith whom, thus unos- 
 tentatiously, he has come in contact, he 
 has brought the helpful and wholesome 
 spirit which is the reflection of his life. He 
 
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 has made his office one that means a great 
 deal to this organization and every one 
 connected with it. 
 
 SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES 
 
 In order to show its adherence to the 
 things for which its Chaplain so pre- 
 eminently stands, and also to give oppor- 
 tunity for a demonstration of the high 
 respect in which he is held hy the staff, 
 The Northwestern Miller invariably has, 
 as part of the programme for its annual 
 reunion, a special service. This is usually 
 held on the evening of the second Tliurs- 
 day in January at St. Paid's Church, and 
 is attended by the entire staff and tliose of 
 the operating force who care to be ])res- 
 ent, as well as any outsiders who may be 
 disposed to come. 
 
 The first of these services was held in 
 1906, and they have been continued e^er 
 since. They are conducted by the Chap- 
 lain, who makes the address, and the mu- 
 sical programme is arranged especially 
 for the occasion. This beautiful annual 
 service has become a feature in the his- 
 tory of the organization which has a 
 distinct value for its members. 
 
 THE ANNUAL DINNER 
 
 The Annual Dinner of The North- 
 western Miller occurs on the second Fri- 
 day of January unless, for some good 
 reason, it is postponed to the following 
 week. To this it is customary to invite 
 
THE CLUB ROOM 29 
 
 a number of guests, and it is usually 
 held at the Minneapolis Club. On occa- 
 sions, eminent public men have attended 
 and made notable speeches. 
 
 For more than thirty years these din- 
 ners have l)rought together the staff of 
 The Northwestern JNIiller and many of 
 its friends, and have given opportunity 
 for expression of the animating ideals of 
 the organization and a renewal of the 
 spirit of loyalty and good-fellowship for 
 which it is notable. 
 
 Occasionally, as in 1920, when the 
 London representative, ^Ir. C. F. G. 
 Raikes, was able to attend the Round Up 
 for the first time since the w^ar began, a 
 trade dinner, in addition to the annual 
 staff dinner, is given, to which are invited 
 a large number of representative millers, 
 flour and grain dealers and members of 
 allied interests. These are ver}^ enjoyable 
 events, at which the staff acts as host to 
 its friends. 
 
 These dinners have no particular as- 
 sociation with the Club Room, except that 
 during the Round Up, when they occur, 
 it is in daily use for the meetings and 
 luncheons of the staff. 
 
 The luncheon in the Club Room on 
 Saturday, the last day of the Round Up, 
 is attended by the entire mechanical force 
 of the publication, in addition to all the 
 editorial and business staff, and is the final 
 event of the annual reunion. 
 
30 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 The Club Room has, on occasion, 
 served extraordinary purposes. Here, 
 some years ago, when the city of INIinne- 
 apohs Avas badly in need of a reform ad- 
 ministration, a small group of its leading- 
 citizens met, selected a man for mayor, 
 sent for him and succeeded in inducing 
 him to become a candidate for the office 
 to which he was in due time elected. 
 
 A CI.UB BOOM WEDDING 
 
 Here also, in 1905, a wedding cere- 
 mony was performed. An employee and 
 his affianced, not having any local family 
 connections, were invited to make use of 
 the facilities of the Club Room, and ac- 
 cepted. The wedding occurred in the 
 evening. A member of the staff acted as 
 best man, another performed the offices 
 of the bride's father, the wedding marcli 
 was played on the Club Room piano by 
 one of the office force, and representatives 
 from all departments of the establishment 
 attended. There was a bride's cake, and 
 wine was provided. The health of the 
 couple was duly proposed by the then 
 I^ondon representative of the paper, ^Ir. 
 Kingsland Smith, who happened to be in 
 jNIinneapolis at the time, and the toast 
 was res])onded to by the assembled com- 
 pany. The officiating clergyman was a 
 comparative stranger in the city and, 
 altliough he performed the service with- 
 out a break, he seemed very much siu'- 
 
THE CLUB ROOM 31 
 
 ])rised at his environnieiit, not having ex- 
 pected, when he came to the office and was 
 taken downstairs, to find a brilliantly 
 lighted and completely equipped room, 
 filled with wedding guests awaiting his 
 advent. 
 
 IN WAR TIMES 
 
 During the World War the hospitali- 
 ties of the Club Room were extended to 
 a great many civil, naval and military rep- 
 resentatives of the allies, especially to the 
 British and Canadian officers who came 
 to Minneapolis. The guests at the 
 Thursday luncheons nearly always in- 
 cluded one or more of these, and the late 
 Commander Terhune, U.S.N., then in 
 command of the Dunwoody Naval Train- 
 ing School, was invariably present, sitting 
 in the Chaplain's chair. 
 
 In December, 191.5, a mission from the 
 Belgian government, consisting of Baron 
 E. de Cartier de Marchienne, now Belgian 
 Ambassador to the United States, Mr. A. 
 Van de Vyere, Belgian ^Minister of 
 Finance, and Chevalier E. Carton de 
 Wiart, honorary secretary to King Al- 
 bert, called at the office and visited the 
 Club Room. On this occasion the Belgian 
 flag was displayed on the building and, 
 inasmuch as this was at the darkest hour 
 of the Belgian cause, the slight attention 
 was interpreted by the visitors as signifi- 
 cant of unbounded confidence in the ulti- 
 
32 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 mate triumph of their country, and ap- 
 preciated accordinglj^ 
 
 The promise was then made that on 
 the day, certain to come, when King Al- 
 bert should re-enter Brussels at the head 
 of his victorious troops, the Belgian flag 
 shoidd again be displayed while a band 
 played the Belgian hymn. This promise 
 was faithfully ke])t on November 15, 
 1918, when, a detachment of the Naval 
 Air Force acting as guard of honor, the 
 Belgian flag was unfurled, the band 
 played "La Braban^onne," and the as- 
 sembled company saluted. 
 
 This demonstration was made on King- 
 Albert's birthday, and the editor of The 
 Northwestern Miller subsequently re- 
 ceived a letter from His Majesty gra- 
 ciously expressing his appreciation of the 
 ceremony as wefl as his thanks for the 
 help extended to the people of Belgium 
 through the JNIillers' Belgian Relief 
 JNIovement, and the other evidences of 
 sympathy and good will toward Belgium 
 shown by The Northwestern INIiller since 
 19U. 
 
 All the committee meetings and other 
 conferences in connection with Belgian re- 
 lief were held in the Club Room, and dur- 
 ing the entire war the ofl^ce of The North- 
 western JNIiller was headquarters for pro- 
 Belgian sentiment and activity, including 
 the demonstration which protested against 
 
THE CLUB ROO]M 33 
 
 the Gennaii deportation of Belgian civil- 
 ians. 
 
 A more joyous occasion than the visit 
 of Belgian re])resentatives in December, 
 1915, MRS the breakfast given to the Bel- 
 gian JNIission on July 5, 1917. By this 
 time the United States had entered the 
 war, and the Mission was making a tour 
 of the country to express the gratitude of 
 Belgium for aid given by America. It 
 consisted of Baron Moncheur, General Le 
 Clerq, Major Osterrieth and Count 
 D'Ursel, accompanied by Hugh Gibson, 
 now American ^linister to Poland, and 
 Captain T. C. Cook, U.S.A. Breakfast 
 was served in the Club Room, and shortly 
 thereafter the ^lission departed for the 
 Pacific Coast. 
 
 The Club Room was utilized for many 
 meetings and conferences incident to the 
 Food Administration, and on October 10, 
 1917, a luncheon was here given to the 
 Milling Division, James Ford Bell gen- 
 eral chairman, which was attended by all 
 its members. 
 
 CHINESE VISITORS AND TEAS 
 
 An interesting visit occurred on 
 March 5, 1906, when Prince Tsai Tsch, 
 Imperial Chinese High Commissioner, 
 and his suite, arrayed in their gorgeous 
 robes, came to the office and passed an 
 hour inspecting it, taking tea in the Club 
 Room. 
 
34 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 During the month of December, 1911, 
 a series of afternoon teas was given, at- 
 tended by a large number of friends of 
 The Northwestern Miller, including 
 many ladies. 
 
 NEW year's eve parties 
 
 The facilities of the Club Room have 
 always been at the disposal of members 
 of the staff for private entertainments. 
 The late Frederick J. Clark occasionally 
 availed himself of this privilege, and the 
 O.JNI. has frequently done so. Eixamina- 
 tion of the register shows that a number 
 of New Year's Eve suppers were given 
 here by him. These began about eleven 
 o'clock at night, and concluded after the 
 New Year had arrived. Without excep- 
 tion they were very happy events and 
 much ap])reciated by those who partici- 
 pated in them. 
 
 ACTORS AND ACTRESSES 
 
 The Club Room lias been honored by 
 visits from many of the more illustrious 
 members of the dramatic profession ; often 
 they have been ])resent at luncheons, and 
 occasionally at suppers given in their 
 honor. On the visitors' register appear 
 the names of Mrs. Fiske, Sir Johnston 
 Forbes Robertson, Richard Mansfield, 
 Otis Skinner, Cyril Maude and Ben 
 Greet, to mention only a few of these 
 2'uests. 
 
THE CLUB ROOM .35 
 
 On April 27, 1905, a supper was here 
 given to Ben Greet and a group of his 
 plaj^ers after a noteworthy prochiction of 
 "Everyman." ^Mr. Greet himself has 
 been a frequent guest at the weekly 
 luncheons. Otis Skinner never comes to 
 ^Iinnea])olis without joining the staff at 
 its Thursday meeting. Sir Johnston 
 Forbes Robertson has graced the Club 
 Room board on several occasions. Cyril 
 INIaude, William Hodge and many others 
 of the profession have also been guests. 
 
 In one of tlie u])per rooms of the office 
 stands a very beautifully carved piece of 
 furniture too large to be placed in the 
 Club Room, presented to the O.M. by 
 JNlr. JNIaude. It was bought by him 
 many years ago, and was carried around 
 the world as one of his stage ])roperties. 
 On his last appearance in Minneapolis, 
 his season ended and his company was dis- 
 banded. He disposed of all his stage fur- 
 niture, except this piece, to which he was 
 attached by long association, which he 
 gave to the O.M. after the last perform- 
 ance of his great success, "Grumpy." 
 
 Mrs. Fiske first did the Club Room 
 the honor of being present at a supper 
 given her on August 10, 1911, after the 
 play ; since then she has never visited Min- 
 neapolis without graciously accepting the 
 O.M.'s invitation to repeat the experi- 
 ence, which she seems to enjoy as a relief 
 to her exacting work. As Mrs. Fiske 
 
36 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 very seldom permits herself to accept in- 
 vitations of this kind during her profes- 
 sional engagements, the exception she 
 makes in favor of the Club Room is all the 
 more appreciated. 
 
 RICHARD MANSFIELD 
 
 Among all the memories associated 
 with this room, none are more delightful 
 than those connected with Richard jNIans- 
 field, for here he apparently forgot his 
 cares and responsibilities for a few hoin*s 
 and, relaxing from his customary reserve, 
 unl)ent and gave expression to his most 
 charming and fascinating attributes. 
 
 Mr. Mansfield first came to su])per in 
 the Club Room on May 7, 190.3. and 
 thereafter, as often as he visited Minne- 
 apolis, he always had a supper there, with 
 the exception of his last appearance in 
 "Peer Gynt," on the tour which closed 
 with his complete physical collapse and 
 the disbanding of his company, soon fol- 
 lowed by his untimely death. 
 
 On this occasion he wrote the O.INI., 
 in advance of his coming, that, much to 
 liis regret, he would not be able to enjoy 
 liis usual relaxation ; that he felt strangely 
 w^orn and jaded, and could not attempt 
 more than his actual stage work. Instead, 
 he asked that the O.M. have supper with 
 him alone in his apartments at the hotel. 
 This request was, of course, acceded to, 
 and after the play the 0.]M. joined Mr. 
 
THE CLUB ROOM 37 
 
 Mansfield at a pathetic little supper in his 
 rooms. 
 
 The great actor was obviously in a per- 
 ilous physical condition, keeping up his 
 arduous performance by sheer will power, 
 and fully conscious that he could not pro- 
 long the desperate effort much further. 
 Although he had played Peer Gynt that 
 night with marvelous spirit and the full 
 measure of his great genius, the reaction 
 after the exertion was distressing to look 
 upon. His face was worn, and showed 
 intense weariness. 
 
 Shocked and alarmed, the O.M. ur- 
 gently suggested that the engagement be 
 given up and that Mr. Mansfield should 
 go at once to bed, but he insisted that it 
 be otherwise, and said that he needed 
 his supper and wanted some one to eat 
 with him. Under protest the O.M. re- 
 mained, and in due time the cloth was laid 
 and the food forthcoming. Somewhat re- 
 invigorated and rested, Mr. ^lansfield's 
 spirits revived to a certain extent, and for 
 half an hour he talked, as usual, most in- 
 terestingly. Never was he more gentle, 
 kindly and courteous, never more the per- 
 fect host, than on this occasion, which was 
 the last time the O.M. saw him, the final 
 supper ])arty, at a table laid but for two ; 
 over which there brooded a presentiment 
 of what was to follow only a few weeks 
 later. 
 
38 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 Contrasted with this recollection is the 
 memory of the merry suppers in the Club 
 Room to which Mr. Mansfield would 
 bring with him two or three members of 
 his company, such perhaps as A. G. An- 
 drews or Arthur Forrest, to meet a dozen 
 or more of his Minneapolis admirers, with 
 whom he felt himself at ease and under- 
 stood. Here, relaxed, he would appear 
 as Mansfield the genial friend, rather than 
 ]Mansfield the actor ; would talk easily and 
 freely on many topics and, on occasion, 
 going to the little piano in the corner, seat 
 himself to play and sing fragments of old 
 songs and ballads just as the spirit moved 
 him and, so talking and singing, tarry 
 until the early hours of morning. 
 
 PAST AND FUTURE 
 
 The Visitors' Register now (April, 
 1921) contains the names of more than 
 eight thousand who have visited the Club 
 Room since 1901, among them a great 
 mam^ distinguished persons from all parts 
 of the world. 
 
 To members of the staff of The 
 Northwestern INIiller its Club Room is a 
 valued institution which, while it possesses 
 a past of many pleasant associations, has 
 also a future of equally satisfying possi- 
 bilities, and, beyond its value as an inter- 
 esting annex to the more ])rosaic parts of 
 the establishment, fully justifies itself by 
 its very ])ractical and serviceable utility. 
 
THE CLUB ROOM 39 
 
 The Club Room has its memories of 
 times past which are good to recall ; there 
 are many scattered over the face of the 
 earth who think of it as a kindly and hos- 
 pitable place in which they were made 
 welcome, who, in passing, paused here a 
 while to lighten their cares, in the spirit 
 of the inscription on one of its jugs: 
 
 "Here stop and spend a pleasant hour, 
 In harmless mirth and fun ; 
 Let friendshi]) reign, be just and kind. 
 And evil s])eak of none." 
 
THE SIGNATURES ON 
 THE TABLES 
 
THE SIGNATURES ON 
 THE TABLES 
 
 The following is a list of those among 
 the visitors to the Clnb Room and mem- 
 bers of the staff, past and present, whose 
 names are carved upon the tables to date 
 of this publication, April, 1921: 
 
 *Chauncy Abbott, Schuyler, Neb. 
 Chauncy Abbott, Jr., Omaha, Neb. 
 Willis J. Abbott, Minneapolis. 
 W. A. Ackland, London. 
 Allen D. Albert, ^Minneapolis. 
 Rev. Vladimir V. Alexandrof, Russia. 
 Henrv H. Allen, New York. 
 Henry M. Allen, Troy, Ohio. 
 James Allen, Belfast, Ireland. 
 Dallas Anderson, New York. 
 David Anderson, Toledo, Ohio, 
 ^lajor J. W. Anderson, Toronto. 
 E. C. Andrews, St. Louis, ]Mo. 
 Hilmar Aslaksen, Stockholm. 
 Frederick G. Atkinson, Minneapolis. 
 Percival Aylmer, New York. 
 G. A. Aylsworth, St. Joseph, ]Mo. 
 Irving Bacheller, Riverside, Conn. 
 A. H. Bailey, Toronto. Canada. 
 Vernon Howe Bailey, New York. 
 A. D. Baker, Lansing, Mich. 
 
THE CLUB ROO^I 43 
 
 *Bernard N. Baker, Baltimore. 
 
 Dwight jNI. Baldwin, INIinneapolis. 
 
 S. Thruston Ballard, Louisville. 
 
 Flemniing Bang, Copenhagen. 
 
 John Kendrick Bangs, New York. 
 
 *Ldwin R. Barber, ^Minneapolis. 
 
 H. S. Barber, JNIinneapolis. 
 
 Professor H. E. Barnard, Minneapolis. 
 
 Julius H. Barnes, Duluth. 
 
 Wm. de la Barre, Minneapolis. 
 
 D. M. Barrett, Detroit. 
 
 C. L. Bartholomew, Minneapolis. 
 
 A. E. Baxter, Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 r. Fleming Baxter, London. 
 
 Joseph Warren Beach, Minneapolis. 
 
 F. A. Bean, New^ Prague, Minn. 
 
 R. T. Beatty, Minneapolis. 
 
 James F. Bell, Minneapolis. 
 
 *James S. Bell, Minneapolis. 
 
 Samuel Bell, Jr., Philadelphia. 
 
 ^Nlajor 31. Bell-Irving, Yancouver. 
 
 Major Ernest H. Bellany, Ireland. 
 
 Henry A. Bellows, ^Minneapolis. 
 
 Judson 31. Bemis, Boston. 
 
 *Stephen A. Bemis, St. Louis. 
 
 Bishop G. G. Bennett, Duluth. 
 
 Russell JM. Bennett, ^Minneapolis. 
 
 Louis Betts, Chicago. 
 
 James ]McD. Black, Glasgow. 
 
 W. A. Black, ^[ontreal. 
 
 Eric Blind, Xew York. 
 
 Judge Wilbur S. Booth, INIinneapolis. 
 
 Charles Cranston Bovev, 3Iinnea])olis. 
 
44 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 William H. Bovey, Minneapolis. 
 J. D. Bowersock, Lawrence, Kansas. 
 *Herbert Bradley, New York. 
 *John S. Bradstreet, Minneapolis. 
 Joseph Breck, New York. 
 Sir Harry Brittain, London. 
 *Ldmund D. Brooks, Minneapolis. 
 Charles W. Brown, Pittsburgh. 
 Rome G. Brown, Minneapolis. 
 *Benjamin S. Bull, Minneapolis. 
 Bishop Charles ^^^esley Burns, 
 
 Minneapolis. 
 Hazen J. Burton, ISIinneapolis. 
 President JNIarion L. Burton, 
 
 Minneapolis. 
 Richard Burton, Minneapolis. 
 Ward C. Burton, jNIinneapolis. 
 Rev. J. E. Bushnell, Minneapolis. 
 Victor A. Cain. Leavenworth, Kansas. 
 W. R. Callaway, jNIinneapolis. 
 Hugh Campbell, Scotland. 
 Frank R. Carey, JNIinneapolis. 
 Elbert L. Carpenter, Minneapolis. 
 Eugene J. Carpenter, Minneapolis. 
 Baron E. De Cartier de Marchienne, 
 
 Washington. 
 George P. Case, JNIinneapolis. 
 Charles H. Challen, Chicago. 
 Frank A. Chamberlain, jNIinneapolis. 
 Joseph Chapman, Minneapolis. 
 M. Chemodurow, Russia. 
 Dr. Wm. M. Chowning, Minneapolis. 
 *George C. Christian, Minneapolis. 
 
THE CLUB ROOM 45 
 
 *George H. Christian, ^linneapolis. 
 *Llewellyn Christian, ^linneapolis. 
 Hendon Chu})h, New York. 
 *Frederick J. Clark, Minneapolis. 
 Hovey C Clarke, Minneapolis. 
 William L. Clause, Pittsburgh. 
 A. M. Cleland, St. Paul. 
 H. R. Clissold, Chicago. 
 Albert W. Cobb, ^Minneapolis. 
 *Enianuel Cohen, ^Minneapolis. 
 Elbridge Colby, St. Paul. 
 Howard Commons, Minneapolis. 
 J. T. Conley, Chicago. 
 Willard Connelly, JMinneapolis. 
 Captain T. C. Cook, Washington, D. C. 
 Elbridge C. Cooke, ^linneapolis. 
 President Donald J. Cowling, Northfield, 
 
 ^linn. 
 James S. Craig, Glasgow. 
 Rev. L. A. Crandall, Chicago. 
 A. A. Crane, Minneapolis. 
 William G. Crocker, ^Minneapolis. 
 Frank M. Crosby, Minneapolis. 
 John Crosby, Minneapolis. 
 Rev. Thomas E. Cullen, ^linneapolis. 
 *C. E. Cutter, Toledo, Ohio. 
 Major Denis St. G. Daly. England. 
 *^Iack H. Davis, Shelby, Ohio. 
 E. W. Decker, Minneapolis. 
 Ralph Denio, Sheridan, Wyo. 
 Colonel J. S. Dennis, England. 
 Peter Derlien, St. Louis. 
 Rev. Harry P. Dewey, ^linneapolis. 
 
46 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 Andreas Dippel, Xew York. 
 George Dallas Dixon, Philadelphia. 
 Arthur J. Dodge, Washington. 
 Colby Dodge, JNIinneapolis. 
 Lawrance D'Orsav, New York. 
 Edwin T. Douglas, Buffalo. 
 Captain W. S. Drewry, Canada. 
 Colonel L. Hay Ducrot, England. 
 * William H. IJunwoody, Minneapolis. 
 
 A. J. Earling, JNIilwaukee. 
 
 B. A. Eckhart, Chicago. 
 Randolph Edgar, JMinneapolis. 
 William C. Edgar, Minneapolis. 
 *Bishop Samuel Edsall, ^linneapolis. 
 Walter A. Eggieston, JNIinneapolis. 
 Wilfred Eldred, Washington. 
 Charles Espenschied, St. Louis. 
 Edgar H. Evans, Indianapolis. 
 James C. Evans, Buffalo, X. Y. 
 
 E. A. Everett, Waseca, ^Nlinn. 
 Herman W. Falk, ]Milwaukee. 
 Charles W. Farnham, St. Paul. 
 I^uther H. Farrington, INIinneapolis. 
 A. C. Fetterolf, New York. 
 Charles M. Flandrau, St. Paul. 
 *Justus INIiles Forman, New York. 
 Arthur Forrest, New York. 
 Alexis Fournier, New York. 
 P. A. S. Franklin, New York. 
 *A. A. Freeman, New York. 
 Rev. James E. Freeman, Washington. 
 William Fulton, Minneapolis. 
 Edward C. Gale, INIinneapolis. 
 
THE CLUB ROOM 47 
 
 Robert Griggs Gale, ^Minneapolis. 
 H. P. Gallaher, jNIinneapolis. 
 H. C. Garvin, Winona, Minn. 
 Bishop Wm. Loyal Gavatt, West 
 
 Virginia. 
 James Tliayer Geronld, Minneapolis. 
 Hngh Gibson, Warsaw, Poland. 
 Rev. Andrew Gillies, Minneapolis. 
 A. L. Goetzniann, Minneapolis. 
 George Ei. Graves, ^Minneapolis. 
 *Wni. D. Gray, ^Milwaukee. 
 L. P. Green, Minneapolis. 
 *F. li. Greenleaf, ^Minneapolis. 
 Sydney Greenstreet, New York. 
 Ben Greet, London. 
 *Williani R. Gregory, New York. 
 Joseph C. Grew, Washington. 
 *Henry J. Hadfield, New York. 
 Henry Hahn, jNIinneapolis. 
 *C. F. Hall, Kansas City. 
 *Morris L. Hallowell, Minneapolis. 
 *Governor Winfield S. Hammond, St. 
 
 Panl. 
 Walter Hampden, New York. 
 C. C. Hanch, Indianapolis. 
 Charles ^I. Harrington, ^linneapolis. 
 William L. Harris, Minneapolis. 
 *John r. Harrison, Milwankee. 
 Perry Harrison, ]Minneapolis. 
 W. L. Harvey, New Prague, Minn. 
 H. P. Hathaway, Richmond, Va. 
 *N. F. Hawley, ^Minneapolis. 
 William F. Hawtrey, New York. 
 
 *Deceaserl. 
 
48 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 George M. Heath, I^a Crosse, Wis. 
 
 J. Heemskerk, Amsterdam. 
 
 H. S. Helm, Minneapolis. 
 
 Robert Henkel, Detroit. 
 
 E. J. Henry, Chicago. 
 
 Bishop H. Hensley Henson, England. 
 
 Edwin H. Hewitt, Minneapolis. 
 
 *J. W. Heywood, Minneapolis. 
 
 J. H. Hiland, Chicago. 
 
 *James J. Hill, St. Paul. 
 
 Louis W. Hill, St. Paul. 
 
 Samuel Hill, Portland, Oregon. 
 
 Walker Hill, St. Louis. 
 
 William Hodge, New York. 
 
 Herbert Hoover, Washington. 
 
 DeWolf Hopper, New York. 
 
 *Bronson Howard, New York. 
 
 P. L. Howe, Minneapolis. 
 
 Edward Hungerford, New York. 
 
 * Andrew J. Hunt, Arkansas City, Kan. 
 
 J. Young Hunter, London. 
 
 A. P. Husband, Chicago. 
 
 Joseph Husband, Chicago. 
 
 G. H. Ingalls, Cincinnati. 
 
 T. Ishigura, Japan. 
 
 Theodore F. Ismert, Kansas City. 
 
 Clive T. Jaffrav, Minneapolis. 
 
 *A. R. James, Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Thomas B. Janney, Minneapolis. 
 
 R. S. Johnston, Chicago. 
 
 David P. Jones, Minneapolis. 
 
 H. V. Jones, Minneapolis. 
 
 E. M. Kellv, Nashville, Tenn. 
 
THE CLUB ROOM 49 
 
 H. S. Kennedy, Minneapolis. 
 
 H. H. King, Minneapolis. 
 
 Joseph R. Kingman, JNIinneapolis. 
 
 Theodore Kipp, Jr., Winnipeg. 
 
 Sydney V. Klein, London. 
 
 J. L. Knanss, Lvansville, Ind. 
 
 JNIarcel Knecht, Paris. 
 
 *Martin B. Koon, jNIinneapolis. 
 
 F. H. Kreisman, St. Ivouis. 
 
 William A. Lancaster, JNIinneapolis. 
 
 A. F. Langdon, London. 
 
 Cavour S. Langdon, Minneapolis. 
 
 James A. Latta, Minneapolis. 
 
 Andrew Law, Glasgow. 
 
 James G. Lawrence, Wahasha, Minn. 
 
 Bishop ^Villiam Lawrence, jNIassachii- 
 
 setts. 
 Colonel George E. Leach, Minneapolis. 
 General I^e Clercq, Belginm. 
 Joseph Le Compte, Lexington, Ky. 
 N. INIaxwell Lefroy, England. 
 Alfred Lenz, New York. 
 Sinclair Lewis, New York. 
 Thornton Lewis, Virginia. 
 Governor John Lind, Minneapolis. 
 Fred. J. Lingham, I^ockport, N. Y. 
 *P. H. Litchfield, Chicago. 
 Albert C. Ivoring, Minneapolis. 
 W. J. Love, New York. 
 J. Lnchsinger, Amsterdam. 
 Frank A. Lum, Aberdeen, S. D. 
 D. T. McCabe, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 *S. A. McGaw, Winnipeg. 
 
50 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 W. E. JNlcGaw, Winnipeg. 
 
 John S. McLain, Minneapolis. 
 
 H. C. McLeod, Minneapolis. 
 
 *C. C. JNIacgill, Baltimore. 
 
 Percy Mackaye, New York. 
 
 C. A. Mackenzie, Montreal. 
 
 *Richard Mansfield, New York. 
 
 George E. Marcy, Chicago. 
 
 H. C. Marmon, Indianapolis. 
 
 *James Marshall, Minneapolis. • 
 
 *Charles J. ^lartin, Minneapolis. 
 
 Cyril jNIande, London. 
 
 N. P. ]Melinkoff, Russia. 
 
 Alphonse Mennel, Toledo. 
 
 Mark Mennel, Toledo. 
 
 E. B. Meyrowitz, New York. 
 
 Carroll K. Michener, INIinneapolis. 
 
 Arthin* Miller, Minneapolis. 
 
 Ashby Miller, Minneapolis. 
 
 *James H. Miller, Minneapolis. 
 
 *L. M. INIiller, Kansas City. 
 
 John E. ^litchell, St. Lonis. 
 
 Baron Moncheur, Belgium. 
 
 Henry L. Moore, Minneapolis. 
 
 Thomas L. Moore, Richmond, Va. 
 
 William B. Morris, Minneapolis. 
 
 Dr. Angus W. Morrison, INIinneapolis. 
 
 Brewster Morrison, Minneapolis. 
 
 W. M. Neilson, England. 
 
 *Bisliop C. Kinlock Nelson, Georgia. 
 
 Arthur Perciyal Newton. England. 
 
 C. B. Newton, Minneapolis. 
 
 William C. Nichols, ^linneapolis. 
 
THE CLUB ROOM 51 
 
 Meredith Nicholson, Indianapolis. 
 
 President Cyrus Northrop, JNIinneapolis. 
 
 George N. Northrop, Minneapolis. 
 
 Wallace Notestein, Minneapolis. 
 
 Emil Oberhoffer, Minneapolis. 
 
 W. P. Odium, JNIinneapolis. 
 
 Captain W. A. DeC. O'Grady, Canada. 
 
 J. C. Osieck, Amsterdam. 
 
 Major Leon Osterrieth, Belgium. 
 
 R. F. Pack, Minneapolis. 
 
 Charles M. Palmer, New York. 
 
 George M. Palmer, Mankato, ]Minn. 
 
 H. E. Partridge, Minneapolis, 
 
 H. J. Pattridge, JNIinneapolis. 
 
 *Hugh Paul, England. 
 
 Alexander 31. Peabody, Marine, 3Iinn. 
 
 Daniel Pennell, New York. 
 
 Joseph F. Pennell, New York. 
 
 Edmund Pennington, Minneapolis. 
 
 *Grenville Perrin, New York. 
 
 Bishop James DeWolfe Perry, Rhode 
 
 Island. 
 Alfred F. Pillsbury, Minneapolis. 
 John S. Pillsbury, JNIinneapolis. 
 George H. Plant, St. Louis. 
 Samuel G. Plant, St. Louis. 
 H. M. Pollock, Ireland. 
 W. B. Pollock, New York. 
 Prince Poniatowski, Poland. 
 F. H. Price, New York. 
 Warwick James Price. Philadelphia. 
 Faustin Prinz, ^Milwaukee. 
 Dr. C, A. Prosser, jNIinneapolis. 
 
 *DeceasecI. 
 
52 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 E. A. Piirdy, Minneapolis. 
 A. S. Purves, Chicago. 
 James Pye, Minneapolis. 
 Walter Quackenbnsh, Xew York. 
 C. F. G. Raikes, London. 
 Joseph Rank, Hull, Eng. 
 Norman S. Rankin, Calgary. 
 General C. McC. Reeve, Minneapolis. 
 Bishop William P. Remington, South 
 
 Dakota. 
 M. A. Reynolds, Chicago. 
 W. Rhys-PIerbert, jNIinneapolis. 
 
 F. B. Rice, Chicago. 
 Edgar Rickard, New York. 
 F. R. Roberson, Chicago. 
 
 Dr. Thomas S. Roberts, Minneapolis. 
 Sir Jolmston Forbes Robertson. London. 
 H. H. Robinson, ^Minneapolis. 
 Sir H. Perry Robinson, I^ondon. 
 Page A. Robinson. Chicago. 
 Charles F. Rock, Kansas City. 
 Arthur R. Rogers, jNIinneapolis. 
 John E. Rogers, New York. 
 Charles L. Roos, Wellington, Kansas. 
 *Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Ovster 
 
 Bay, N. Y. 
 Colonel C. W. Rowley, Winnipeg. 
 H. W. Rubins, INIinneapolis. 
 A. J. Russell, ^Minneapolis. 
 Charles M. Russell, Great Falls, Mont. 
 F. J. Cobden-Sanderson, England. 
 Lieutenant Colonel A. L. Saunders, 
 
 Winnipeg. 
 
THE CLUB ROOM 53 
 
 *G. Schober, Minneapolis. 
 Captain E. G. Sergant, Winnipeg. 
 Cordenio A. Severance, St. Panl. 
 
 E. D. Sewall, Chicago. 
 *Charles H. Seybt, Highland, 111. 
 George C. Shane, Philadelphia. 
 Albert Shaw, New York. 
 Benjamin B. Sheffield, Minneapolis. 
 J. H. Sherwood, Great Falls, ^Nlont. 
 Rev. ]Marion D. Shutter, Minneapolis. 
 *Charles Silverson, New Ulni, INIinn. 
 *Chester Simmons, Minneapolis. 
 Warren H. Simmons, Indianapolis. 
 W. V. Singler, Minnea])olis. 
 
 F. W. Sinnock, Bristol, England. 
 Otis Skinner, New York. 
 
 W. Slingsby, York, England. 
 Frank H. Smith, Green Bay, Wis. 
 *Frederick A. Smith, Minneapolis. 
 Gordon Smith, Mobile, Ala. 
 Kingsland Smith, Yonkers, New York. 
 Rollin E. Smith, Chicago. 
 Professor Harry Snyder, JNIinneapolis. 
 Bjarne Sommerschield, Christiania, 
 
 Norwav. 
 H. B. Sparks, Alton, 111. 
 Theodore Spicer-Simson, New York. 
 H. C. Stebbins, Red Wing, INIinn. 
 Robert E. Sterling, Kansas City. 
 *Th()mas M. Sterling, St. Louis. 
 Clement B. Stern, Milwaukee. 
 INIajor Walter Stern, Milwaukee, 
 ^larsliall Stevens, ^lanchester, Eng. 
 
54 THE CLUB ROOM 
 
 Benjamin Stockman, Duliith. 
 W. H. Stokes, Watertown, S. D. 
 *Carvl B. Storrs, Minneapolis. 
 *David Stott, Detroit. 
 Robert A. Taft, Cincinnati. 
 T. Takemura, Japan. 
 *James A. Tawney, Winona. 
 Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor, Philadelphia. 
 Major J. F. Templeton, Vancouver. 
 *Governor Warren J. Terhnne, Samoa, 
 *J. B. Thayer, Philadelphia. 
 *Samuel R. Thayer, JNIinneapolis. 
 Walter Thaver, Philadelphia. 
 Gilbert G. Thorne, New York. 
 James S. Thurston, Minneapolis. 
 Bishop Theodore Payne Thurston, 
 
 Oklahoma. 
 *Rev. Francis Tiffany, Boston. 
 Walter C. Tiffany, Seattle. 
 Evarts Tracy, New York. 
 *John M. Turner, San Juan, P. R. 
 *Arthin- Upson, Minneapolis. 
 George P. Urban, Buffalo, N. Y, 
 George Urban, Jr., Buffalo, X. Y. 
 Count d'Ursel, Belgium. 
 Charles E. Valier, St. Louis, 
 John R. Van Derlip, Minneapolis. 
 Captain R. H. Van Xorman, Toronto. 
 A. Van de Vyvere, Belgium. 
 Professor William R. Vance, Minneapolis. 
 *F. I. Vassaidt, Minneapolis. 
 *Lawrence S. Vassault, Minneapolis. 
 P. V. Verhaegen, Xew Orleans. 
 
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 L. Thornycroft Vernon, London. 
 W. A. Vernon, London, 
 Frederic Villiers, London. 
 Dr. George E. Vincent, Xew York. 
 Douglas Volk, New York. 
 C. de Waal, Holland. 
 George S. Ward, New York. 
 Harold R. Ward, Minneapolis. 
 A. W. Warnock, Minneapolis. 
 Cadwallader Washburn, New York. 
 Edwin C. Washburn, New York. 
 *John Washburn, Minneapolis. 
 Stanley Washburn, INIinneapolis. 
 Richard B. Watrous, Washington. 
 Frederick B. Wells, Minneapolis. 
 Leonard H. Wells, jNIinneapolis. 
 Thomas B. Wells, New York. 
 Stanley Went, New York. 
 Charles A. Wernli, Le Mars, Iowa. 
 F. M. Whitaker, Richmond, Va. 
 James G. Whiteley, Baltimore. 
 William C. Whitney, Minneapolis. 
 Chevalier E. Carton de Wiart, Belgium. 
 Francis G. Wickware, New York. 
 W. H. Wiggin, Jr., Toledo. 
 *Theodore B. Wilcox, Portland, Oregon. 
 *Judge Charles A. Willard, Minneapolis. 
 Thomas Wilson, Scotland. 
 Paul Wilstach, New York. 
 Frank Wing, JNIinneapolis. 
 James R. Wood, Pittsburgh. 
 Joseph Wood, Philadelphia. 
 Edson S. Wood worth, ^linneapolis. 
 
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 W. Scott Woodworth, jNIinneapolis. 
 Major Evelyn Wrench, London. 
 Dr. Charles B. Wright, Minneapolis. 
 H. B. Yewdall, Winnipeg. 
 George A. Zabriskie, New York. 
 H. W. Zinsmaster, Duhith. 
 
 *Deceased. 
 
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