Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-22


new vehicle. but now, just when we had
got used to it, "autocarette" is beginning
TO be used to designate a certain style OF
the machine.
II is said that 2me of the ball gowns
worn at Mrs. OgtMh Goeet's fairy dance
were quite snperlative. and that certain
| lovely rivals determining to see what
I they could do, did it. 1t has been Il
great season for diaphanous apparel.
Anna Held, who recently returned from
Paris, tanned like a gypsy, is more fas-
chatting than ever since she wears above
her petite waist a jeweled decoration
given her by the Shah. the Order of the
Lion and Sun of Persia. This order is a
good deal bigger than the little comedi.
enne. but she will manage to wear it in
"Papa's Wife, with those new COSTUMES
which French artist has described
Six circus horses have Just been pur-
chased by Richard Mansfield to be used
in the pageants Of his coming production
! Of Henry "" They were selected from
the sawdust ring because they are ac-
/ customed to lights. music, applause and
! confusion, and will be less likely to mar
the play by unexpected capers. One Of
| them, white charger, used in the ring
! by Ned Stokes, the circus rider, will
carry Mr. Mansfield through the battle
LOT Agincourt 1t will be insarmor aud
caparisoned in cloth-of-gold trappings
| deliberately emblazOned with the coats
of-arms of England and France.
Speaking of mllionaires, there is
modest ferry between Wall and Mon
tague streets, Brooklyn, which is said to
carry more heavy fnancicrs than any
other conveyance in Manhattan. The
latest yarn in Wall street concerns this
ferry. \ team Of horses attached to a
bag delivery wagon baked after reach
ing Montague slip. The driver tried all
kinds of diplomacy, including a yard of
whip. Finally a broker, known as we'll
in Chicago as New York, called for vol
unteers, and with eleven others succeed
ed IN getting the team on the dock. The
aggregate wealth of thse amateur hos
tiers exceeded $15,000000.
| Bridge jumping has become, such a ma
MIA that every suspicious action on the
big East river structure is kecnly
watched. The other afternoon as a troll
ley car whirled toward Brooklyn a mil
liners creation of straw and lace fell
from the window into the road. A scream
brought the car to a standstil and a
pretty girl jumped out hurriedly to res
cue her headgear. At the same time
six Of the finest and latest policemen in
Manhattan charged down the boardwalk.
OF the hatless young woman they fierce
~ demanded an explanation. She ex-
hibited the somewhat damaged milliner's
creation. oh, that's all right" respond
ed the six in chorus. we thought you
Were going to jump"
Mrs. Frederick ID. Grant was a pas
senger ON the North German lloyd
steamer KaiSerin Augusta Theresin
which arrived Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Grant has been abroad visiting her
daughter, the Princess Cantacuzene, az
st. Petersburg. Il have been in Russia
with my daughter since last June" She
said, ''and have had a most agreeable
time. They have a little boy now. He
2aIas born July 81 and is a fine little fell
low. He weighed at birth eleven pounds
family, and is named Michael, the name
of the eldest son in each generation of
the family" Mrs. Grant asked eagerly
as to the present situation in the Philip
pines. On her way home she stopped in
Paris to visit her sister, Mrs. Potter
Palmer Mrs. Grant will leave at once
for West Point. where she will spend
some days with her son.
Three missing dressmakcrs were
searched for by wratnful United States
marshal the other day. while their be-
longings made the dingy old custom
house look like a Paris bazaar The
women brought trunkfuls of fall crea-
tions across the water, but were a bit
neglectfu when an inspector asked if
they had anything to declare. So the
trunks were seized and dainty costumes
of silk. wool crepe and velvet ordered
confiscatcd. Ten costumes and two doz-
en- costly jackets were the property of
one dreSsmaker alone Every fall the
customs officials have trouble with eva
siye travellers from Europe. This wear
the seizures have broken all records, and
the end is not yet There We're several
women at the customhouse recently, and
it almost broke their hearts when told
that the imported hncry was all contra
band. In each instance Madame the
Dressmakcr' is missing One of them
has been stopping at the Waldorf Asto-
ria since her arrival on the Augusta Vie
toria. Learning that she Would he mr.