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H M STEVENS FUNERAL RITES Scheduled for 11 oclock Today at atCampbell Campbell Funeral Church in inNew New York City NEW YORK N Y May 4 Funeral services for Harry M Stevens caterer to the sports world who died last night in his apartment at the Murray Hill Hotel 121 Park Avenue New York City will be held tomorrow morning at 11 oclock at the Camp ¬ bell Funeral Church Broadway and Sixty Sixth Street Mr Stevens was 78 years old Ailing since last Christmas the immediate cause of death was arteriosclerosis Surviv ¬ ing are his widow Mary Stevens four sons Harold A Joseph B and Frank M Stevens all of this city and all associated with their fathers business and William H Stevens of Niles and a daughter Mrs C R Ross of Niles Born in England Mr Stevens came to this country in 1882 and settled in Niles where his wife had relatives After working as an iron piiddler and book agent he obtained the privilege of selling score cards at the local baseball field Gradually he expanded his business to other ball parks The sale of refreshments and cigars was the next step He lived to see his business develop until he held the catering concessions at every major league baseball park many of the leading race tracks old Madison Square Garden and Grand Central Palace He sold the first hot dog at the Polo Grounds in 1900 1900The The late Harry Payne Whitney once de ¬ fined Mr Stevens as the man who parlayed a bag of peanuts into a million dollars Of agreeable personality Mr Stevens numbered his friends in the hundreds among finan ¬ ciers sportsmen writers the theatrical pro ¬ fession and other arts and professions He was a man of considerable familiarity with letters As a book agent he sold copies of Shakespeare and was a student of the works of the Bard of Avon
