The evening world., 1889-12-18
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

Silver City. n. NJ, has Just sent ore Of itS
leading citizens to New York on n mission of
considerable public Importance. The citizen
is Mrs. o. $. Warren. who may %truthtuily
be called 90 of the busiest women in the
world. 1t Is believed this is the first time on
record where n municipal corporation has
chosen a woman as its agent on a difficult
and delicate m%ission-the first, that IL. since
since MGyorcSs Salter was elected in
Argonia, Kan. MR.. Warren Is .Rgent in
silver City for twenty-eiGht tire Insurance.
companies, one life insurance company. one
accident and one piate-glaSs insurance COM
rauy, Size ia Also q notary public and runs
II real estate and collecting agency. She is
a very small woman. about thirty-fi five years
old, a widow, fair and specialized. very prim
aud nervpusly active. Her son, n lad OF
about twelve years old, accompanied her.
The Silver City government having set
aside n certain number OF hundred acres for
the establishment Of a public college Mrs.
Warren wa sent on to Boston and New York
to establi.h agencies for tho tale OF the
surplus acres surrounding the college. the
plan being to devote the money derived
from sales to it's establishment and endow-
ment. She was loaded down with documents
from the officials OF various public insti-
tntions of the town. and among others
showed one from the President and Board
of Directors of a railroad twenty-one miles
long. which empowered her to manipulate
the road according to her Judgment.
Leaning on one of the southern pillars OF
the post-ofice. an evening or two ago, stood
o man whose slouch hat almost covered his
fat. puffy cheeks and the bristly ycllowish
beard which was trimmed close to his face.
He held an evening paper up to his cyes and
was reading about the Cronin verdict with
anna rent yatiEfnctlon. He was dressed in
an ordinary way. and not until lie Erinned
ut something he read did there apnear to be
When he rinncd he showed three or fonr
Notwithstanding fanGS: the smile. OF the
well.fe1 hut now alnost Anarchist ; pro.
extraordinary to the Red Flags.
1t is announced that the plumbing in Og-
den Goelet's new house at Newport will be
ali silver plated and will cost $50. oOo.
We have known for some time the intimate
relations which the plumbers have held
with the physicians of the country. but
their business connections with the jewell
lers has never heretofore been suspected.
We shall now shortly hear OF kitchen ranges
made ont OF gold and Of dish-pans set with
diamonds. In view OF. Mrs. Ogden Goelet's
recent attack Of typhoid fever. Mr.. Ogden
GOelet probably wants TO emphARiZe the fact
in this silver and shining fashion that he has
begun oil his Newport plumbing and means
To lave II right. but unless the municipal
authorities OF Newport Goto work and en-
large and improve their wrctched system of
drainage Mr.. Goclct'S silver plumbing will
have as much influence on that part Of the
nciGhhorhood of his house ns a cupful Of
watrr would have on the volume OF liquid
knOwna rs the Atlantic Ocean.
1t is no unusual thing for shopkeepers to
.r-lN-,.n Co. Nla nnAla Nl,., - a. ,.l..A -.
Of home manufacture, and explain that
they are not imported. but the most I'M
blushing exhil ition of foreign wares to DO
noticed in this entire town il in q hrst-claRs
auction room rear Wall street, where a large
sign gre cts the visitor, az soon a. he gets
inside the door. which reads to the follow
ing effect, NO American goods sold here.
They arc all imported"