Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-05
N GAY NEW YORK.

OIII I'LL IUllns
s. Scenes and Incidents of Everyday
Il Life IN the Paris of America. -
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Most women would be charmed with a
| gift of a half dozen hand-painted china
| buttons. Handsome buttons are a fea-
| ture of the newest gowns.
The latest hobby in American society
| is, who cam prove their claim to own
| ing the beSt-looking eat. For some time
! past there has been quite a run ON cats.
| Mrs. Vanderbilt is said to have set this
! fashion, and proudly declares that she is
| in possession of the most beautiful cat i'll
| the world. 1t cost something like $1,000.
Some idea of the extent 10 which the
amateurs go into theatricals may be
gathered from the expenditures of The
Strollers for their recent performances at
| the Waldorf-A storia. which amounted to
more than $4,000 in all And public sun,
| port of their enterprise was sufficient to
carry this costly venture through without
| loss.
Almost $1,000 has been contributed
| for the Admiral Philip memorial fund,
| II - ilOptu the Iuuu may amount 10 ut
least $4,000. The income of the fund
is to so to Mrs. Philip as long as she
lives. and after her death it will be de-
voted TO the maintenance of the naval
arch of the y. NJ c. \. in Brooklyn. Il
work in which Admiral Philip was deep
| ly interested.
One of the big spectators in the
Street recently went to a banker and
Sai but hn m
"All right was the response What
! is your securityE" My check" was
! the airy and surprising reply. We'll"
responded the banker. thoughtfully;
your security is good enough, but
shall have to decline the loan, ms our
vaults aren't large enough to hold it,
y movement has been started to turn
| OVER 10 the naval branch of the Young
| Mems Christian association the contribu-
| tons made for permanent Dewey arch,
| aggregating $4,000. The branch will
soon have a magnificent 100000 build
| ing, the gift of Miss Helen Gould. and
! it is helived much good could be accom-
| plishcd by the addition of the Dewey
| arch fund. Everyone admits that the
| Dewey arch scheme is dead The com
mittee dissolved by mutual consent and
| preparations were being made to return
| all subscriptions. Rear-Admiral Barker
| of the nayy-yard has interested himself
| i'll the plan to devote this money TO the
| association.
| Mrs. Astor, who occupied her box at
| the opera the other evening, was glitter
ing with diamonds. Her gown of black
velvet was trimmed with appliques of
| white lace, She wore Il superb tiara of
| diamonds, and around her throat was a
| black velvet hand, studded with diamond
| stars. Her neck was almost entirely
| concealed by diamond necklaces, and
| Earlands of these gems fell onto her low
| bodice. She wore a diamond girdle made
in Nandyke points, which fell over her
| skirt. Mrs John Jacob Aston was with
| her and wore white net embroidered with
| SILVER. She wore rope of diamonds
around her neck. Topped up with an inn
| mense sapphire, and diamonds in hair.
| The New York Press tip-of- hc-tongue
man gives instances to prove that
! rigid economy is the mother of ac-
| emulation, One of the buster busi-
ness men of that city, with offices in
| Broadway, never purchased a scratch
| book in his life, and never wasted a fresh
| piece of paper on memorandum or q
| column of figures. Every envelope that
comes in his mail is sliced apart, back
| from the front, and the front or address
! side is preserved for use. The inside
| forms a clean, smooth sheet 3hx6M
| inches. One of the millionaires of Bos
| ton made his start by saving empty nail
| kegs and selling them back to the nail.
| makers for 10 cents each in trade His
| clerks were accustomed to kicking in the
slaves and burning them in the stove.
When the big North German LLOYD
liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
/ -, he 9Th 40, oil .. Al
cash was in the pockets of Herr II
| Morgen Hill and of Herr l.. Lorillard
! two men who rarely, if ever, played
| poker before. Herr LOrillard, the smok
| ing-rOOm experts say, cleaned up $40,
| 600 and Herr Hill about $4,000 Neither
| would admit his winnings, but both wer,
| tipping stewards. porterS and dockhandS
with a reckless profuseness that is show
only by him who has suddenly got a lot
| of money he didn't expect
Herr Hill is a tinancier in San Fran.
| cisco. -Four men started poker in the
smoking room, among them Herr Lori
/ lard. The ship was pitching in a rough
sea, the wind was from the west. and il
was dark and cold. The players needed
a fifth man, and someone aroused Herr
| Hill, who was sitting in a corner think
! ing of the Golden Gate.
! Hill didn't want to play-the man who
! wins everything is always he who has Il
| be driven into the game by sheer force
! But Hill sat in. more to be amiable than
! to make money. They played and the
h2nors were easy. Then someone, 10y
way Of 6igs. made large bet. 4
was seen and raised. In an incredibly
short space Of time there were hundreds
of dollars in the pot.
Someone had four or five aces. This
was the conclusion Of the onlo0kers, who
were sure also that besides the aces
! someone else had a hand worth holding
| When the sum in the pot reached $3.50
| Herr Hill called. Herr Loriliard
showed ace high and the others had moth
| ing as good except Herr Hill, who took
| the $3.50 with a pair of deuces. After
! that Herr Hill played some more The
ending Of the voyage also ended his
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