Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
nipples on the Current of Life in
the Metropolis.

H1ppIeS on the current oI hlle IN
the Metropolis.
A great many boys are fairly happy and
manage to thrive IL they are favored with
pocket money for Fourth of July and Christ
mas time. Still others require and secure all
kinds of money at any old time. 1t all de-
ponds on the size of the family purse or
whether the youth was born with a golden
spoon or none at all. Francis Marion
Whaley is a New York kid Of IA, unusually
advanced. physically and mentally. for his
years. being six feet tall and in Harvard's
preparatory school. A fortune of $500, 900
is held in trust for him. For some time
past his allowance has been $1,000 a year,
but 1t was insufficient to meet his wants
and the courts advanced his stipend to &c.,
900 a year. Beside he was allowed to blow
800 for a watch and $3.50 for a horse. Mr..
Whaley knows a good thing and is not
slow in pushing 1t.
The real estate men of New York an
nounce a surprising state of things, and
that is a scarcity Of the very best apart.
ments for families OF large means. Nothing
could more thoroughly show the recent in
crease in a certain class OF population than
this statement Of fact.
The formation Of so many great combina-
tions with their headquarters in New York
has called here a large number Of rich men
and others who are in possession Of big
salaries. Many of these men are not ready
to buy homes, while some, like Mr.. schwab,
must wait to build. AS a result. apart
ments that rent up into the thousands are
in demand.
One immense building on the upper West
Side, containing over fifty apartments and
OnOunViuR ODn frOnfapa NJ an anfira hIonk
disposed OF three-quarters Of its space on
lease long before the building was COM
pleted. 1t has, you may be sure, all the
usual modern ~luxuries and has also in addi-
ton a large storage and charg-
ing room in the basement. The landlord
does his share OF charging on the rent.
When one enters the station at Oyster
Bay, relates the New York Sun, he always
notices the old hack and it's veteran
driver. Jake White"
The rig is an old, dilapidated surrey
which even j. Pierpont Morgan or any
other great man couldn't buy.
The owner CT the ancient vehicle has con-
stituted himself President Roosevelt's
"hackman."
For the past forty years oyster Bay has
known these two almost inseparable fig
ures.
They are the first objects that meet the
eye OF the visitor upon arriving at the bay
and the last things seen on departing.
And this veteran jehu's vehicle is the one
always chosen by the president to take
him to Sycamore Hill when his own pri-
vate carriage fails to meet him.
A story is now going the rounds of how
a self-suficient city chap, ignorant OF
/ a T N---V 49, a.
c~riticise his rig and as it turned out to his
ultimate discomfort.
When he entered the carriage and was
about to be seated, he jumped up and ex-
claimed in a disgusted tone:
Say, old man, do you ever dust this
ark?"
Jake grew very angry, jumped up and
pointed impressively to the dusty seat.
"Do you see that air seat?" he asked.
well, you Teller, the president of these
United States has sOt dab time and time
again.
Seems to me II it's good enough for
him it might be good enough for sich as
you.
Then he jumps in back there an says to
me:
"'Jake, day amt no one can drive a
hack like you. Just take me up the hill
AN he don't call It an ark. neither, but
when he gets up dab he says to me:
How much is 1t, Jake?'"
"Of course / alters say one and a half,
Mr.. President
That's not near enough says he.
You'll never get rich, Jake and he alters
gives me a s. bill.
"By the way itll cost you 81 to ride
around the corner in the presidents hack"
Miranda, a timOrOus s%pinsteT. who has
reached a certain age" has neither broth
ers nor beaus, reports the Evening Post.
In lieu Of more capable and competent
protection, when she goes abroad In
the evening It is under the convoy OF q
messenger boy. She has complained that
by some inexplicable law of chance when
ever she has flowers or notes to be de-
livered, her call Is invariably by
husky youths strong enough 10 handle .
trunk, but when she desires an escort or
some one TO carry a heavy bag to the rail-
road station a tiny scrap OF an urchin pre-
sents himself at her door.
Returning from a theater one aight this
week with a diminutive specimen, she was
compelled 10 stand on a street corner wait
ing for a car. The hour was late, and
Miranda mas nervous aud half afraid She