mr. wrigley was a really humble guy.really liked to always pay homage and -- and remember where the family fortune had come from. so in all of his mansions across the country, had one room that was lined with gum foil wrapper from -- from the gum factory. in this case, it was a telephone room. every member of the family learned how to operate the switchboard so they could make calls down to the hotel to speak with their guests. many a visitor who had come to the home throughout the '70s still said that at that point, you could still smell the spearmint coming off the walls. >> that's fantastic. >> you have what is called a cantilevered staircase. quite a architectural feat for the 1930s, a staircase that is designed with no under-support beams, only supported on one side from the wall. as we make our way up the cantilevered staircase, you really start to see the intricacy of the design work in the ceiling. one of the other highlights here in the main entryway is the original chandelier. a chandelier was meant to make a g

mr. rafferty-osaki: it is a major issue. fluidity as well, a masculine realm and a feminine realm. wrigley understood this.were seen as too masculine and seen as tomboys. which is one of the reasons why they had to wear dresses and >> it was a huge force in sports, and women's baseball. mr. rafferty-osaki: it was part -- sexual appeal was part of the idea of entertainment again. natalie. >> the whole article and backlit -- and that clip we just watched made me wonder, was the whole idea behind the women's league, it seemed simply like an economic venture while the men's game was on pause while they were at war, and just another way to make money. and there was also entertainment, but i don't know, it got started and if the men watched it at home solely because they wanted to watch baseball or because it was entertaining that women were in baseball and it was this new form of entertainment in that era? mr. rafferty-osaki: there are a couple things. started they did , not pitch overhand until 1948. they started out underhand. and it was a form of entertainment, especially during the war, that is true. these