Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-06-29

euSSeSSOTS, l<oru ana Lazy MlntO, are
being put down as too exclusive. The
after won some favor during the win
ter by showing that she is capital
skater but his lordship (who on ac-
count of his somewhat short temper
has long borne the nickname Of "Pep-
pcrmints') is not received by "our
lady of the SHOWS"
Four hundred dollars square foot
or $4,000 per running foot, has been
offered for the corner lot on Broadway
at the southerly side OF Wall street,
New York. In other words, Sl,20o,
600 was offered for the premises and
lot Sc Broadway, twenty-four feet
wide. This is the highest price ever
offered per square foot for land in
North America. The offer was refused.
Benjamin d. Stillman, the owner, did
not wish to sell, and he thought that
if he did the property was worth $500
u square foot.
Miss Blanche Walsh, who is one OF
the prime promoters of the new Ma
tional thcater to be erected and main
tanned in New York. has received
rather lukewarm letter from Mark
Twain, who in magazine article first
suggested the idea. The humorist
says he lacks Miss Walsh's youth and
hopefnlness, but urges her to 'go on
to victory, with the admiration and
the best wishes of the LATEST man in
history" The new theater seems to
be an assured thing.
The wife of the great Hungarian
painter, Mnnkacsy. visits him otter in
the mnd-house and takes him out for
drive. Sometimes he recognizes her.
In the grounds OF the asylum he can
be seen leaning on two attendants as
he walks about, his once imposing fig
ure bent and emaciated, his snow
white hair and beard unlempt--a
mere wreck of the man who, n few
years ago, was considered one of the
handsomest public characters in Paris.
Shopping has really become pro-
fcssion in New York city and the pro-
fessional shoppers manage to rake
off" big incomes annually from per-
centage allowed them by the big
stores in which they spend the money
of wealthy women who employ them.
For an enterprising woman there Is
just as big field to amass wealth in
the metropolis as there is for a hust-
ling man. Thousands of them are do
ing it, and doing it WE'LL too.
Harvard university is to pension pro-
fessors and assistant professors who
have served the Institution for twenty
years or more. Il plan OF retiring al
lowances having been established by
the president and fellows of the uni
versity The plan was first suggested
in Harvard in 1880, since which time
the necessary fund hos grown to $780,
600. Harvard is tho first American
university to establish general sys-
TEN of retiring allowances.
Tom Mann, the we'll known London
labor leader and trade unionist, has
retired from active life nnd opened q
saloon. Tom Mann has been identl-
fled with labor agitation for twenty
years. He was born in 1856 and worked
as boy on farm and in the mines.
Going to London he became q journey
man engineer. In 1855 he Joined the
socialists. Mann is the president Of
numerous Unions and the author of
many labor pamphlets.
Marcel Provost, the author Of "Demi-
Nierges," has been elected president
jules Lemaitre of the French acodemy
and of the League of the Fotbarland
being his opponent. In his sneech Of ~
acceptance Mr. Provost declared that
ards a colleague and master like zo,o
back ~ ~ '' A's
General Funston was recently
spoken to about the conduct of some
Kansas soldiers on leave in Manila.
They were very noisy, but harmless.
"Yet don't you think they are keeping
1T up pretty late?" Not for Kansas
hours there. 1t may be a little late For
night before last, but for tonight ;t.s
hight in the shank of the evening",
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