Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.

Metropolis.
New York is planning the construction OF
a grand boulevard and concourse" which
will surpass the famous Speedway along the
Hudson and be the most magnificent drive
way in the world. One million dollars have
been appropriated to start the work. The
driveway will be FIVE miles long and have
an average width of 1872 feet. When COM
pleted 1t will AFFORD a continuous driveway
up and through Central park to Seventh
avenue. UP Seventh avenue to the Central
bridge and across Central bridge to
the entrance Of the Concourse. 1t is
proposed to connect the bridge and the
entrance to the driveway by an immense
steel structure which will extend to River
avenue, where 1t will change to a solid APP
proach with masonry walls and ornamental
parapets.
From the entrance the drive will be along
the boulevard to Mosholu parkway, thence
to and around Jerome park reservoir, to
Aqueduct avenue, to Washington bridge, to
Boulevard and Riverside drive, to and
through Riverside drive, back to Central
park. It will make a picturesque and d.
versifed drive fully twsnty-four miles in
length and for the greater part at an ele-
walton commanding a beautiful view OF the
surrounding territory.
Dwellers in apartment houses in the
borough of Manhattan received the follow
ing notice last week, says q New York
dispatch: Because OF the scarcity Of hard
coal suitable for use in apartment houses.
we will be obliged to diminish the fuel
for heating purposes one-half during the
coming winter. This notice is sent with
the understanding that other landlords have
sent similar notices to their tenants"
There is not likely to be many house warm
ings among the fiat population of Gotham
this winter.
In proceedings for legal separation of a
man and wife, now pending in one Of the
local courts, one Of the allegations OF the
sggrieved husband, and altogether the
strongest of those embodied in his am
davit, is that the wife insisted upon re.
tanning a singing servant girl in the house
and hat her singing established conditions
which we're intolerable. Assuming the
! facts to be as stated, the sympathies OF
the average citizen will go out to the man
who seeks to erect a legal barrier between
his tortured ears and the musical domestic
who insists on singing when hired for
other and more useful services. Spontane-
Gus melody indicates a contented and even
joyous disposition, but its effect upon one
compelled to listen to 1t at unreasonable
times and under unfavorable conditions ia
usually that which lately prompted a vest
ern editor to insert in his columns a per-
sonal to the following effect.
"If the young man who plays the flute
evenings somwhere in the neighborhood of
our ONCE will sit within reach Of our fire
hose when we have steam up he will hear
of something to his advantage"
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The government buildings on Ellis island.
where immigrants are sorted and sized up,
are provided with roof gardens" for the
comfort Of the newcomers. These roofs are
rallied around for safety. awned over for
shelter and provided with benches and
chairs. up there" says the Brooklyn
Eagle. "those whom Uncle Sam finds II
necessary to detain outside OF his gates I'M
til he Is sure that they deserve admission
have a fine breezy playground these hot
days and enjoy a view second to that Of no
harbor and bay in the world. From this
airy height they may view, as Moses Of old
from his mountain, the promised land; many
of them, alas! like Moses Of old, destined
never to enter in and take possession.
For on one wing Is the garden Of the de-
tanned, . on another the garden of the ex-
cluded. Uncle Sam has not yet reached the
benevolence of a vaudeville show for the en-
tertainment OF these wayfarers who are
knocking at his gates, yet those who are in
a position to know will tell you that it is a
continuous performance up there, turn after
turn Of romance. Of tragedy, of comedy, Of
humor. pathos. Of heart interest. II is a
perpetual unconscious vaudeville, with no
set program. with a merciful absence OF
coon songs and black face comedians. with
costumes which no professional could in
vent and acts which the most hardened
stage critic could not foretell."
In his weekly letter on New York AFFAIRS
the veteran Joe Howard dashes on a chunk
Of sympathetic comfort for victims Of hay
fever. Listen; "a prevalent disease Just
now is hay fever. Irritating and awful
as IL Is, there is something admirable and
suggestive in the methodicity OF 1t. Per-
sonally I have had It as guest and master
every August and September for twenty
six years. Every one who has IL receives
circulars by the score as to cures. Don't
bother with them. fellow sufferers. They
are a delusion and a snare. Nothing will
cure it. Whisky is an alleviator and 4 per
cent cocaine spray is . help. but there IL