Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-05
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.

Metropolis
The gradual prying loose Of the Tam
many grip on local ofices and the i~nstalla-
ton of new men is bringing into public
notice oficial talents much more admirable
than the talent Of graft which character
lied the Van Wyck administration A con-
s~picuous instance Of an official possessed OF
many talents is the new commissioner OF
street cleaning, Major John McGraw Wood
bury, who can spiel to the white wings in
FIVE languages, prescribe II they are Ill,
can tell a mlcrobe on sight, and In addition
has been a soldier in the civil war, sailed
over many seas and chased the merry steer
on the Laramie plains. Major Woodbury.
has instituted in the department a dis
cipline that is showing good results. When
any Of those near him are taken sick he
personally prescribes for them and those
who are anxious for short vacations cannot
deceive him by pretending to be siGh. He
speaks French. Spanish. German. italian
and English and becomes exasperated when
ever It occurs to him that he cannot read
and speak Hebrew, for the men under him
are Of all nationalities and creeda- His
knowledge Of bacteriology recently caused
him to start a crusade against the gafms In
the air on the east and west sides, by
means Of which he may determine tile best
method Of cleaning these parts of tae city.
Major Woodbury. is worth, it is said, be-
tween 5000. 900 and $4,000, 900, yet no gives
his services to the city at a salary OF 81, 800
a year. He likes work, and Is at u from
early In the morning until all honrs Of
the night. He is 4S years old and looks
ten years younger. He goes upstair three
steps at a time and it is amusing to watch
any ordinary mar trying to keep abreast
- him uuhon ha ia WALKING In tina aiFaQt
That a man loves a bargain" 40 we'll
as a woman is demonstrated by tho rush
ing business at certain hours in the stores
in New York Of the large cigar company that
Is shortly to invade Philadelphia. IN the
first place, the methods Of the company
are very much like those of the enter
prislng dry goods merchant. The show
windows Of the tobacco people are luridly
placarded with announcements THAI GER
tain brands Of 10-cent cigars are ire
duced to 6 cents" and other CARD have
even more seductive offers. In addition
to the alleged cut prices the company
gives premium coupons, which mNy be
exchanged for almost anything, from a
10-cent magazine up to a piano. At the
Park Row branch store, when the Hush to
and from Brooklyn is on, the scene is
much like that around a "dress goods
counter on bargain day-only the plrchas-
ers are men. This store never clones.
The case Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert IT,. JUL
lerat OF this town is strange and sad. re-
lates the New York Sun. The woman ap-
piled for alimony and counsel fee In a suit
for separation. The lord answered with an
afidavit that may drip with truth, and GER
tainly drips with tears. Here it is:
This plaintiff is a hot-tempered woman OF
great pride, who seems to nave taken too
much to heart the fact that she has married
am an SO much shorter than she is. She has
refused to walk with me in the street and
frequently when she has walked with me
hid her wedding ring SO that people would
not know that she and l were married. l
am ready and willing to give my wife the
best home l can and 1t is ready and waiting
for her. I cannot increase my size nor
otherwise change myself to suit the plain
tin in this action"
He cannot, by taking thought. add TO HIS
stature. The woman should remember that.
tall and Justly proud as she is. Have not
many great men had their c~oattails near the
ground? The husband should have recited
to the viii, the affecting lines How big was
Alexander, pa?" Also that short and sensi-
BILE verse:
My wife is tall and / am short.
And that's the long and short Of IL
The average Of nature and the equality OF
the sexes are maintained by the law which
the tall wife spurns. There is an attraction
between the long and the brief. The sky
s~eraping man marries a dumpy little woman.
She whose topnot grazes the stars mates
with a little man. The folio and the dia-
mond edition are foreordained for one an
other.
We beg the divinely tall woman TO be
divinely fair to her shorter mate.
During the last week John F. Schmadeke
a coal dealer In Brooklyn, bought a mag
nihcent country place near SQmeryille, N. j
Though he was a rich man he made enough
, in the advance of coal to justify the pur'
! chase Of a summer home at an expenditure
, Of $4,000. A I the beginning OF the strike
, he had in stock. $4,000 tons Of anthracite
|, II cost him about IS a ton in his yard. i
was all paid for, as the big companies were
/, not stocking dealers and taking long-tim'
notes. II any money was made they would
, make Il. OF course, Mr.. Sehmadeke did no
. hold on 70 all his stock. He had many Gus.
: toners and they had TO be supplied will
4 regularity. In fact. he had some future con.
!. tracts at fixed prices. But more than hal
his stock was not under contract. He hell
' this as best he could, though he kept selling
I at the advances every month. He still haI
d 1000 tons on hand. worth at least $50, 600
E On the balance Of the coal IL is said that h
' made more than 81 a ton. So that this on
dealer won a handsome summer hDms D.
ordinary s~hreWdnesSs