Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-05-25

declined TO be seen in relation to the
matter, but DR.. Wilkinson said the
story was true. Il have orly Il trace Of
negro blood in my veins. said he. but
when Mrs. Rector asked me about my
family. | told her the truth Then she
and her daughter decided to break the
engagement That is all there Is to say
about il" DR. Wilkinson was gradu-
ated from the Dental School Uni, egsity
of PENNSYLVANIA in 1896. Except for his
/! own admission no one would suppose
MIN to be anything but a white person.
Although the excitement over the cor
nering Of Northern Pacific has died down,
| stories Of the fortunes that might have
| been keep coming i'll from all parts of
! the [ nited States. One of the most re-
markable Of all the tales comes from
| Philadelphia. 1t seems that a woman
there owned 200 shares of the stock,
| bought years ago when it was selling be
| low par The stock was located by some
| body in New York and on the morning
of the break, Thursday. she was advised
to sell, and realize II handsome profit on
her investment. She thought the matter
over for a while and concluded TO follow
| the advice. The stock was sold at 600
aud in the course of time the
woman received a check for S120-
900. The transaction presented d
profit of more than 100000 Be
| tween the time she authorized the sale
| OF the stock and the time she received
the check, the woman read about the
panic and the corner, and the great
| losses they had caused. Her conscience
began to trouble her and she concluded
that the profit she had received might
tune had been wrecked. She refused to
accept the check Returning it., she
said it was too great profit to be made
on such a transaction. and that she felt
that She would be guilty of great wrong
doing if she accepted the check. The
| broker through whom the stock was sold
still has the cneck and is at n loss at
present to know just how the trouble
which the wOman's conscience has oc-
casioned can be adjusted.
An old Lower Broadway landmark,
the Benedict building, has been leased to
a clothing firm for twenty-0ne years for
81 100000 Situated at the corner of
COrtlandt street. it was the largest build
ing in New York half century ago.
The latest young woman TO so from
society into business is Miss Grace \.
Smelling. who has just acquired an in
terest in millinery shop in Thirty
third street. Miss Smelling belongs to
a family that has been conspicuous here
and in Newport for years. but is not now
50 prosperous as IT was.
A slight change has been made in the
wedding plans of Mrs. John N'iuton
Dahlgren and Harry Lehr. Their we'd
ding will be celebrated on the morning
of Monday. June ;, at St. Patrick ; ca
thedral. when Archbishop Corrigan will
oticiate. The nuptials will be followed
by a small reception at the home of the
bride 20 West Fifty-siXth street. The
wedding party has not been arranged as
yet. rumors to the contrary notwith-
standing. Mr. Lehr's best man and
some of his ushers viii come from Bal
timore. his native city. 1t is probable
that no more than $50 people will be
invited to the wedding breakfast. In
vitatiOns to the marriage will soon be
sent out.
Although the Earl of Yarmouth re-
ceiyed a $1,000 verdict in his libel suit
his triumph was not unalloyed. Manager
BOdt of the Wadorf-Astoria secured
Judgment against him for $106.l9 for ho-
lei accommodations furnished between
September / to October l last.
The Strollers after two months of
preparation. threw open the doors Of
their new clubhouse at 81 Madison ave-
L
StrollerS is one of the marvelS OF club
dom. There are now 700 members, the
pick Of New NOrk'S men about town, to-
gether with 200 from other cities. Among
the newest members are Senator Hanna
aud William &. Leeds. the millionaire
tinplate magnate. who has just come to
New York to live.
On the clubs list. too, are Admiral
Dewey. Vice President Roosevelt. Adj
mjral Sampson, Commander Wainwright
and other notables, including representa-
tives of the AstOr and Vanderbilt fam
lilies.
Moretti's old Italian restaurant, which
has lust been sold out, calls attention TO
the passing of several cherished inStitu-
tions in the eating house line. At enc
time English chop houses and Italian res
taurants Were two distinctive forms of
New York restaurants. and some famous
men and women have dined in the little
east side apartments famous for their
spaghetti. MilaneSe veal chops and other
delieacieS known only 10 the conductors
of italian establishments. Moretti'S was
the last of them to preserve the best ira
ditiOnS of Italian cooking. The growing
indifference Of New York customers tO
special dishes and a higher standard of
cooking in the hotels We're chiefly reSpou-
sible for their failure. The same condi-
ti0nS are true 80 far AS the English ch0p
iuiiSeS are concerned. At one time the
mabogany-lined apartments. with their
pewter tankarlS and bottles Of condi-
meutS, So dear to the heart Of the true
Britoa. were always crowded. Now.
however. but one resort with a djsting-
tive ehop-house policy can he found up-
town. The demand has died out.
Visitors 10 Chinatown have been 50
harassed by an army of spurious ChucE
ConnorS anxious 70 act As guides thar the
real Chuck is seriously considering legal
: RDwery is acting mayor of Chinatown
during Chuck'S absence at Buffalo. the
latter has not lost his interest in the
colony A little saloon in the latter thor
ouxhfare IS headquarters for half q dozen