Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-09

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Carlos Zallo, secretary of state of
Cuba. arrived mere and proceeded im-
mediately TO Liberty, \. Y, where his
wife is seriously i'll.
The Erie Railroad Company has ex-
nelled a small army of bootblacks from
their ferry boats between New York and
Jersey City. This viii cause some un-
easiness TO commuters, but will relieve
ether passengers OF 4 nuisance.
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1t is reported at Newport in social cir
eles that Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. F. Belmont
will return TO this country the middle OF
August and that they will bring as their
csIest the Duchess Of Marlborough. The
duchess has not been TO this country
since her marriage.
The American steam yacht Cherokee,
arrived at New York on "Wednesday
from Greenoc&; Scotland, after fine
run Of eleven days. The Cherokee was
oyvned by William Clark the thread
manufacturer, who died abroad His
body was brought on the Cherokee
A man of good education and fine APP
pearance, who is under arrest, admits
that he has been making about $500 a
wear D1 SiIttt btSStlS- he dd1S Ilat
he could have done better if he had
worked harder-"but a man must have
some time to spend his money after he
has got it, You know"
The young people of Quogue. a pop
ular summer resort on the Long Island
coast near New York are prenaring n
unique comedy. They are arranging an
entertainment where they will appear as
living copies of Well-known advertise
ments. The identity of those who will
represent the characters is being kept a
profound secret, which adds 10 the in
terest.
The marriage of Miss Alice Hay to
James w. Wadsworth, Jr, will take
place September 80 at the Falls, New
bury, n. H., the country home of the
Secretary of State and Mrs Hay. Only
the immediate relatives and a few init
mate friends will be present After n
short wedding journey the young people
Will go to Geneseo, n. Y, for the rest
of the autumn.
Mrs. Burton Harrison. who arrived
on the Celtic the other night after travel
ing through Europe for six months
rest gathering material for future work,
said that she had done no writing dur
ing her absence. II want to write a
human book or play" she said. "Some-
thing may come of the play idea. II
saw a historical novel in my path l
would go round the block to get away
from it.
Charles Frohman has consented to an
arrangement proposed by the Henry &.
Harris Company, by which he contracts
10 supply all the dramatic material for
the new Hudson theater for the next
five years. This theater is now in course
of construction on Forty-fourth street,
just Oft Long Acre square While the
stage end will be entirely under Mr..
trohmans control, the manager of the
theater will be Henry B. Harris.
From Union square to the postofice in
eight minutes is one of the quick trips
promised by the Inter-Borough Com
pany, which will build the new subway
system. About 5000 men will be en-
ployed, and they will receive in the ag-
gegate nearly $2,000,0O0 a year in
wages. This is based on the mileage as
laid out, but the extension of the system
will bring greater mileage and a conse-
qnent increase in the number of EN-
ployes.
Miss Virginia Penny, who has spent
almost lifetime in seeking occupations
for women i'll the United States so that
they might be independent, is in an al
most helpless condition in two small
rooms in the rear of n tenement house
at 1874 West Sixty-irst street About
eleven months ago Miss Penny, who is
% years old, fell while leaving her rooms
and injured her knee. In past years she
printed several books, from which she
realized but little. She is now in strait
eDed circumstances.
Andrew Carnegie's gifts of millions of
dollars to found libraries do not exempt
him from the annoyance of labor trou-
hles between the workmen and the sub
contractors who are constructing his pal
ace at Fifth avenue and Ninetieth street.
Two hundred and fifty building work
men have laid down their tools and work
IS suspended by a general strike of the
men, in sympathy with the striking
painters and decorators. So it does not
look as though Mr.. Carnegie will be able
to occupy his new house this winter, as
he intended.
Golf was played in Wall street the
ether morning. The president of a big
bank had just assembled the steps at the
entrance of the big building when sud
denly, in the middle of q conversation
with a friend on a business subject, he
said: wait a moment until | make a
stroke. Then, reversing his umbrella
and using it for a driver. he landed
peachstone lying at his feet on the top
step clear across the street into a brother
banker, whose body made very con-
venient bunker. Then the business con-
versation was resumed after the golfer
had enjoyed a chuckle at the success of
his stroke.
The only man allowed to go hunting
Tor blackbirds with a gun within the
hmits of Greater New York is John
Donahue; but his happiness is tempered
tey the fact that he is compelled to use
blank cartridges. There were never so
many blackbird seen in Central park as
Ems summer. They have so infested the
mail as to become a nuisance. John is
Keeper, and it is his business to parade
up and down the mall with gun on his
shoulder. Now and then he fires it, and
the birds make a break for the wilder
corners of the park. Most of them have
aken the hint and remain away from
The mall altogether.
=, hhe newest occupation for women in
New. York is as an emergency assist