The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1615, Ed. 1 Monday, May 24, 1909 Page: 2 of 4
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THEIR METHODS
OF RECREA TION
Manner in Which the World’s
Great Workers Relieve the
Strain of Their Lives
by Play
«- E HEAR much of the ]
Y strenuous work
/m / done by typically
'mr w/ successful Ameri-
y y cans, and little
about their play. It
has been said many times that Ameri-
cans do not know how to play. That
depends on just what you mean by
amusement, recreation, sport or what-
ever you call it. Some men do not
know how to use any attractive form
of amusement in such a way as to
keep their vitality at its best. They go
to pieces and the hole they leave is
promptly filled. But most of our really
great Americans have some ways of
enjoying themselves that are every bit
as characteristic as their ways of work-
ing, writes E. S. Merriam in the Chi-
cago Tribune.
Moreover, most of their favorite
recreations are followed as strenuous-
ly as their work. Perhaps that is a
virtue. Perhaps it is a failing. In
either event it is a fact, and facts
about the men "who are doing the con-
spicuous work of this present day are
worth knowing.
Andrew Carnegie, with all his Scotch
shrewdness, has a deal of Scotch sen-
timent also packed away somewhere
in his frame. 0&e outlet.for it has
been giving to other people the books
his own poverty stricken boyhood was
hungry for. Another outlet is giving
himself a chance to' play golf, the
time-honored Scottish game of which
the lad of 50 years ago could hardly
dream on three dollars a week. He has
built himself a $30,000 lodge of his
own at the St. Andrews golf links, be-
cause, as he explained, he never could
get a chance at tie fireplace in the
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general clubhouse, and his guests find
no reason to sigh for the larger crowd.
Carnegie and His Golfing Friends.
.President Pritchett of Carnegie in-
fltitjite, and Horace White, the great
authority on finance and banking, are
two of his golfing friends who are
of^en seen on the links. Each man of
th^ trio plays a good game, but it is
tk^0,veteran ironmaster who goes into
it ,,with the greatest vim. Rainy
Aveather rather delights than discour-
ages him—the harder the conditions
the more fun getting the better of
them.
In winter he plays on the snow,
using red balls. He takes a hazard
with precisely the same clear-headed
foresight that he would give to an
epoch-making move in steel, and he
makes a drive with precisely that grim
determination which sent his personal
income from $1.20 per week to consid-
erably more tban $1,20 per minute.
Grover Cleveland in his time proba-
bly has been more roundly abused than
almost any other American citizen for
following his natural bent in the mat-
ter of recreation. During his two
terms in the White House there were
no terms too strong for his critics to
use with reference to his custom of
spending vacations with a fishing rod
or a gun in his hands.
He calmly let the critics have their
say, like the philosophic six-footer in
the old story who was asked why he
let his shrewish little-wife beat him.
“Oh, well,” the husband is said to have
explained, “it amuses her and it
doesn't hurt me!” Indeed, he took
calm pleasure in agreeing to a certain
extent with the critics.
The charge that he was “willing to
associate with any loafer who was the
owner of a dog and a gun,” he genially
declared “too nearly true to be de-
nied,” but that was only his way of
proving the critics all wrong. His loaf-
ing had system and purpose in it,
the fish in Buzzard’s bay and
ducks at South island learned to their
cost.
Cleveland with Rod and Gun.
Few sportsmen in the whole coun-
try could boast such a record as he
has made over and over again. As to
the “loafers” whose companionship
gave our ex-president greatest delight,
they were fellow guests at.the hospita-
ble bungalow of his old friend, Gen.
Alexander, at South island, down on
the South Carolina coast. When Gen.
Alexander got Grover Cleveland, Ad-
miral “Bob” Evans, Commodore Bene-
dict and Rear Admiral Lamberton all
together, these fine giants of executive
ability were boys again in the utter
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freedom from official conventions.
Naval officers, of all men on e’arth (or
water), are the greatest sticklers for
formality, but out there in the Caro-
lina salt marshes Admiral Evans, with
hip boots and an old cap, can drink
champagne with relish from an old
tomato can and sigh no sighs for any
banquet hall.
Thomas A. Edison, the man whose
creative brain has practically made
modern civilization leap a century or
two ahead, is not one of those who en-
joy active physical exertion. His
strolls about his beautiful estate in
New Jersey are leisurely affairs. When
asked about his favorite amusement
he confesses it to be “monkeying in
the laboratory,” and the only game he
cares for is the mild device for domes-
tic entertainment known as parchesi.
But he is an automobilist, and with-
out losing his head over the sport, as
so many men of small caliber seem to
do, he gets out of a spin ovtfr the Jer-
sey roads just the refreshment of
mind and body that he needs in order
to add a few more to the 800 or 900
important patents already recorded to
America’s credit under his own name.
Newlands Plays with Grandchildren.
Senator Newlands of NeArada, whose
executive genius for construction has
shown itself strong enough to bal-
ance destructive forces of earthquake
and fife in San Francisco, has still
another kind of hobby in the way of
recreation. He “farms it” at a fine
old country seat just outside of Wash-
ington, raises horses, trains his dogs
and, best of all, plays in the jolliest
fashion with a brood of charming
grandchildren.
To any one who ever had the pri\r-
llege of surprising him in the utter
abandon of a game of romps with
those little folks it is a revelation of
the secret of youth. He does not
merely look on and beam benignly
while the youngsters frolic—he goes
into the frolic ! himself in a whole-
souled way which is not always good
for his clothes, but is most excellent
for his digestion and his judgment.
J. Pierpont Morgan rests from the
terrific strain of huge undertakings
in finance by studying art and collect-
ing paintings, sculptures, rare textiles,
gems, wood carvings, master pieces of
craftsmanship in metal work of vari-
ous kinds. Of course, he secures ex-
pert judgment to help him in making
decisive selections, but he has per-
Game of Crcxjutl
excellent tabh? and a billiard roots
has been reckoned one of the malr
essentials of the country home he i:
building over in Connecticut. The ex
pert playing for which he is famous
does not come all by itself, like his in
imitable flashes of wit. It is the result
of an immense amount of practice.
He puts in hours of time and miles of
travel around the fascinating green
level of his favorite table.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is prouder of
being rear commodore of the New
York Yacht club than of any other in
his long list of business and social
honors. He has a positive passion for
the water, as if the spirit of his sea-
faring ancestor, the first Cornelius of
a hundred years ago, still were liv-
ing in his own distinctly modern up-to-
date person.
While he owns various racing boats,
he actually lives for several months
every year on his steam yacht North
Star, and entertains his friends there
as he might on his country estate.
Some years he makes long cruises;
the North Star is good for any ocean
voyage. Sometimes he sticks closer
to the vicinity of New York and mere-
ly runs out thirty or forty miles to
spend the night at anchor off some
Long Island village.
Philosophers may decide at their
leisure whether these typical Ameri-
cans are great because they knoiv how
to “play while they play,” or whether
they take their recreation strenuously
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sonally grown into an art critic of no
small ability and they say he takes
as keen pride in his own under-
standing of artistic principles and
ethods as in the bare fact of pos-
sessing a museum worthy the re-
spectful admiration of Queen Alexan-
dra and the dowager empress of Rus-
sia.
Wall Street Magnates Play Cards.
Now and then men are found whose
recreations run along in line<s curious-
ly parallel with their serious work.
This is especially true of some large
operators in Wall street whose leis-
ure is largely spent over card games
where the shrewdest foresight or the
biggest powTers of bluff, or both, can
be exercised.
John W. Gates, who made his im-
mense fortune mainly by big deals in
iron, steel and railways, not only is
devoted to games of chance, includ-
ing roulette, but has a veritable pas-
sion for betting on all conceivable
and some inconceivable situations.
He plays the races and enjoys it,
whatever the result to his pocket.
Out for a stroll he will bet on any-
thing he sees—perhaps on the number
of minutes that will elapse before the
sun goes down; an X that it Avill be
out of sight within 14 minutes.
One day on a steamer’s deck during
a southern cruise Gates and a crony
of his spent an hour and what many
a New York factory operative would
consider a fortune betting how many
flying fish would be seen in the next
school that appeared.
Mark Twain a Billiard Expert.
The most widely known American
author our old friend Mark Twain,
finds particularly keen delight in bill-
iards. His New York home has an
FROM COLD MUTTON ¥
MANY EXCELLENT DISHES
BE PREPARED.
MAY
ilistake That Is Too Frequently Mads
in Cooking Hash—Grilled or Dev-
iled It May Suit Tastes
of Many. •
Very few people enjoy cold mut-
ton unless it is served during hot
weather with a
daintily prepared
TfrTjfX salad, and even
frSsf A then a frequent
, repetition b e -
Sx comes monot-
U onous, and the
time comes when
It the bone is so
*4 sf kvssr much in evidence
:hat re-cooking the remainder becomes
necessary, in order to prevent it be-
.ng wasted.
The most common method of re-
leating cold mutton is in the form of
i hash, but in very few cases is it
successfully made, for most people
make the mistake of putting the cold
meat into hot gravy and allowing it
‘o boil. The cold meat should be put
.nto cold gravy, and should be kept
under boiling point, until just before
serving it is brought to the boil for
>ne minute, so as to cook the flour
ivith Avhich it is thickened. There are
many other ways of recooking «old
mutton which would give variety, and
prevent its palling on the appetite.
The value of the bones must not be
overlooked. The meat should be
~cut off very closely from them, and
‘hey should be placed in cold water
and then boiled for several hours to
make a supply of stock, useful as a
foundation for soup or in the manufac-
:ure of dainty dishes from the remains
)f the meat. Fat Avhich seems in ex-
cess should be trimmed off and melt-
ad down to form drippings, but a
mass of cold fat such as is found
at the edge of a shoulder of mutton
should be chopped finely and used as
suet in the making of boiling pud-
lings.
The simplest and quickest method
)f recooking mutton is by grilling it,
for this purpose only the largest
and most suitable pieces should be
amployed. The meat should be brushed
>ver with salad oil, sprinkled with pep-
pen and salt, and grilled for a few
minutes on both sides over a clear
Ire, which should be sprinkled with a
le salt to make it burn clearer. If
ihe pieces are brushed with- oil and
lipped in curry powder before they
are grilled, they can be served as dev-
ied mutton, and in this form they
make a delicious dish.
Curried mutton is also excellent, for
although fresh meat makes the best
lurry, one made from cold meat is not
;o be despised if it is carefully made.
Peel and core two medium sized ap-
ples and cut them small, and peel
ind slice two onions. Fry the apple
md onion in an ounce of dripping, but
Io not let them burn. Mix a heaped
leaspoonful of curry powder and a
lablespoonful of flour into a smooth
paste with half a pint of cold stock.
Pour it slowly into the frying pan, and
itir it until it boils and thickens. Pass
’he curry mixture through a wire
sieve, add pepper and salt to taste, and
vhen it is cool add about one and one-
ialf pound of neat pieces of cold mut-
ton. Allow the mutton to get heated
rery slowly, and when it is almost at
Ihe boiling point serve it in a border
)£ rice which has been boiled so that
he grains are distinct.
Harold McCormick, Tennis Champion
Harold F. McCormick, son-in-law of
John D. Rockefeller, and one of the
officials of the International Harvester
Company, is an enthusiastic tennis
player. Years ago he and his brother
Stanley entered the western tourna-
ment, and won the doubles champion-
ship without trouble. He played a
strong, steady game, and his drives
had more speed in them than had
been seen on a western court until
the McCormick brawn swung . the
racket. He played not only a fast
game, but what is known in the tennis
world as a “heady” game.
Mr. McCormick placed the ball with
remarkable accuracy, and managed to
hit the side lines whenever he needed
to capture a point.
When the McCormick brothers en-
tered the tournament evervbody was
amused, but Avhen they easuy took the
championship mug into camp the old
tennis cracks awoke to a realization
that the McCormicks had made as
careful a study of the game as they
since have made of the harvester
business.
Arthur Meeker enjoys life most
when he is in his model dairy out in
Lake Forest, 111. Running the dairy
is play and work at the same time for
Mr. Meeker. It is his hobby and he
likes nothing better than looking after
his cows.
Frank O. Lowden’s farm at Oregon,
111., is his playground, and he says he
has more fun playing the role of stock
breeder than his business associates
can possibly find on the golf links.
The Forgans go In for golf, but John
J. Mitchell and William J. Chalmers
like yachting on Lake Geneva better
than an^ other sport.
Scrambled Eggs and Clams.
Rinse and drain two dozen good-
lized clams and chop them fine. Beat
together three eggs, add to them three
tablespoonfuls of clam juice. Heat
>ne tablespoonful of butter in a frying
pan, turn in the clams and shake and
turn occasionally until nice and brown.
Pour in the eggs, add seasoning to
taste and stir until the mixture’ is a
soft scramble, then pour over hot but/
tered toast.
Red Pepper Sandwich.
Take one-half pound American
Cheese and small can red peppers,
“Pimentos Morrones.” Put cheese
peppers through meat grinder. Then
idd enough mayonnaise dressing so it
will be thin enough to spread. Cut
thin slices of bread, butter, and use
Billing as above.
Russian Toffee.
Half a pound of raw sugar, half a
tin of condensed milk, quarter of a
pound of butter. Stir for quarter of
an hour after it begins to boil.
Baked Onions.
Parboil six large onions, slice off
the tops and remove the centers and
chop fine with breadcrumbs and bits
Df cold meats. Add one egg, salt,
pepper, and tomato juice. Fill onion f
shells and cover with breadcrumbs
Hotted with bits of butter and grated
cheese, and bake.
To Blanche Almonds.
Drop the nut meats into boiling wa-
ter, then skim out and drop into cold
water. The skins can then be rubbed
off easily.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1615, Ed. 1 Monday, May 24, 1909, newspaper, May 24, 1909; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth910576/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.