Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-02
GIRL KIssERs.
Arrested for Hugglng a Good
Locking Young Man.
The New Woman Craze Assumes, New
Phase in New York City-Court Assesses
the Osculatory Women Two
Dollars Each.

Cosias Diescler, of No. 244 East Hous-
ton street New York city, was visiting
his mother at No. 162 Allen street the
other night. 1t was not late and he de-
cided to go home without an escort.
He is good looking and well dressed,
but so modest in his department that
he thought if he walked quickly he
would be safe from moiestation. AT
Allen and Rivington streets stood four
pretty girls. Wrapping his coat around
him he tried to hurry past without be-
ingnoticed. i5 .~,e,.s !. i
"Ah there!" said one of the girls. I
Drescler screamed and ran. The girls
gave chase and surrounded him.
"Ain't he pretty" said one. Then two
Of them deliberately kissed him. He
struggled and fought, but could not es-
cape and his silk hat was smashed.
The unfortunate man yelled and Pa
trolman Farley, of the Eldridge street
station, arrested Maggie Keegan, 22
years old, Of No. 100 Allen street, and
Annie Lynch, "a years old, of No. 159
Allen street, as having taken part in the
raid ON Drescler's face.
"They're what are called new wom-
en- your honor" he explained to Mag
istrate Wentworth in the Essex Market
court the next day. "They stand on the
corner and insult respectable men.
We've had many complaints from
mothers"
What do you want me to do?" asked
the magistrate, addressing the plaintiff.
"Do you wish me to hold these prison
ers to await the result ofyourinjuries? 2"
Everyone roared with laughter.
NO." said Drescler, what I'm after
is. protection. Just because I'm good.
looking I'm annoyed continually by
pretty girls. want an example made
OF these persons"
"It is certainly fine state of affairs
when respectable young man cannot
walk the streets of New York without
being publicly kissed by girl" said
the court. ITO anyone who has sons of
his own," he added, this case partic-
ularly appeals"
The girls denied their guilt with
great emphasis. The court believed the
plaintiff and fined each of them two
dollars. ,s
ELECTRICITY KILLS THE TREES.
Wires Attached to the Branches Destroy
the Foliage.
In France great care is taken in To-
eating the wires that carry high-ten-
sion electric currents, whether used
for light or for power, but in America
the thing is done more simply. No
one bothers himself about what is to be
found at the side of the wire, and it
passes among the branches of the trees
and across thickets, unconscious of the
damage that it may do. Now in many
towns, says the Cosmos, it has been.
observed that the trees in the cur
rent dwindle and die. 1t has also been
observed that the death of the trees
invariably follows the rainy season;
the leaves being then soaked with
moisture, become good conductors, and
lead the current down into the tree
from the wire. The wires, to be sure,
have been insulated, but the protect
i've layer has been quickly destroyed
by the friction of the branches and
the line becomes bare, producing thus
results that it would have been we'll
to avoid. And the electricity is the
only thing that can be accused of this.
It sufiices, to convince oneself, to COM
pare the condition of the trees tray
crsed by wires with that of neighbor-
ing trees. 1t has often been noticed
that in storm all the trees through
which wires pass die in few hours,
while the surrounding ones are not
touched. This is very serious source
OF complaint, and causes some law
suits,