The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-02-23
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Etiquette Of Table d'Hote Dinner.
Wanted Her Mamma-Slick
Messenger Boys.
Especial Ccrrespondence.l


necessity Of determining just the way
in which it is to be treated. Last year
when the informal vaudeville entertain
ments at the Astoria were suddenly di-
vulged to an unsuspecting public the
amount Of discussion which they Gre
ated was one serious drawback to their
success. Whether the men should or
should not smoke, whether the women
should wear hats or not, whether If the
men did smoke they should do it when
they were sitting in the company of
women-these were some of the ques-
tions for which perplexed spectators
sought an answer in vain. In the alb
senoe of any positive decision in these
matters people did all kinds of things
according to their individual judg-
ment. A similar state of affairs con-
fronts section of the social world this
year. The dinners given in Fifth ave-
nue. restaurant at So head every Sun
day evening are in imitation of popu-
lar London fashion. These table d'hote
dinners are given in London at certain
restaurants at about the same price
charged here. The women who attend
them come in full evening dress, in ao-
cordanoe with the liberal English ideas
on this subject. But the New York
caterer, who expected to have his din
ing rooms decorated with the presence
of women in evening dress, finds his ex-
peotations quite unfulflled. The women
are willing to come to dinner, but they
do not wear evening gowns, and they
have no idea of adopting any such COS
tune. Probably nine out of every ten
have paid more for their dresses than
the average London woman would have
paid when sheF appeared in her most
elaborate ball gown. But the proprietor
because his expensive table
d hote dinners must be eaten by women
in bonnets and hats, even if they are
the most modish and costly that the
Paris milliners can create.
Wanted Her Mamma.
A little girl carrying doll in her
arms half her size came to Essex Mar
ket court. 81 want my mamma, she
said toa court officer. "Your mammal"
said the officer "Why, where is she?"
- A policeman told me he locked her up,
and she was fined So. He told me to get
the money and pay her line. I've got 2
cents. Do you think the kind judge will
take that and let my dear mamma go?"
The officer said that he did not know
what the court would do The mother,
Lena Greenwald, was arrested for ped
ding in Hester street. Although there
are over 900 women peddling in that
the policemen could only
find one lawbreaker. She was the de-
PENDANT who was arrested for selling
apples. The woman is widow with
two small children. Magistrate Pool,
who fined the woman, couldn't resist
the little girls appeal when she was
taken before him. 81 don't want your
said the court. ST want my
- said the little girl, hugging
her doll affectionately. "Well, you
shall have her. Schwartz, !" cried Magis-
trate Pool, ''get the papers in this case.
Here's little girl who wants her moth
er, and I want to give her up to her"
The papers were quickly produced and
signed.
Slick Messenger Boys.
A regular traffic in Cancelled revenue
stamps, by which number of messen-
ger boys, by collision with Wall street
brokers, were making considerable
money, has been discovered by the rev.
enue sleuths. The documentary stamps
have been offered by the lads at dis"
count Of from 25 to so per cent. The
boys obtained the stamps they sold by
holding back the stamps given them by
brokers to place on sales tickets and
in place Of them stamps
which had formerly been used on sales
tickets and Cancelled without putting the
day Of the month in canoeling mark.
They would then sell the new stamps to
brokers. Some of the boys are said to have
made as much as 800 in one day by
this plan. Of course the plan could not
have been successful had not the boys
found a ready market and been encour-
aged by the purchasers to bring more
stamps. The end is not yet, and it is
quite likely that some Of the tricky
spectators will be called upto explain.
Good Thing to Tie To.
The policeman standing in the center
Of the street, majestioally reckoning to
timid crossers, stopping the fiery steeds
Of fashion with a wave Of his hand,
with nod permitting the deadly cable
car to pass, hating the most heavily
laden of trucks for a little girl of or
an old lady of so, is thing to tie to.
When his mighty forefnger crooks itself
invitingly, then is the time to pass
across the street in sublime safety. All
this being so, why is it that some
among the gentler sex will hesitate,
when the arm of the law has invited
them to pass, and with doubtful eyes
await the approaching carriage or the
moving wagon? Surely they must be
strangers to the city who thus show dis
trust in the power which beckons them
into the broad river of ceaseless Broad
way traffic.
a CHASTITY Sign.
One of the phastIiest signs on the