Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-09
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current Of Life in the
Metropolis.

AhOAA NEW tAA
Ripples on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.
There are many ways OF cutting a swell'
IN New York without being flush with
money. Much depends on clothes, nerve and
the way Of getting into swell circles. A
New York girl. poor In purse but nervy, has
a novel way Of accomplishing her purpose.
/ have some friends living at the Waldorf
Astoria" she says, and l 60 there TO see
them once or twice a month. But do l 60
IN the cars? Never. l come down from
home in the cars, but at Thirty-third street
and Broadway l get out and interview a
cabby at the stand there. l always pick out
the incest looking turnout. and l offer the
driver so cents to drive me to the Waldorf.
He looks at me as II l we're dany, but I tell
him | know what l am about, and II he wants
to earn so cents in about two minutes he has
the opportunity.
He smiles and tells me to get in. and I
order him to drive up to the Thirty third
street entrance with a whirl and a dash.
There are always two or three flunkies there
and 1t does make me feel too good for any
thing just to swing into the curb and have
the crowd of them simply fall over them
selves to wait on me and bow me in.
at is all over in a very few seconds, but
such exquisite pleasure as l get out Of it
couldn't. in the nature OF mortal things. be
Of long continuance TIL human system
couldn't stand IT."
Kaiser is the name Of a big dog, with all
the affection and much Of the intelligence
Of a human being. One morning last week
he ANaaaNAHAl ~ 1Aaa A-I- " DnHAA1a
Ettleman. the 9-year-old daughter of his
master, lying at the bottom OF an air shaft
in a Fourth street tenement, down which
she had fallen during the night. No one
heard her fall, and the dog, knowing that
something was wrong, sought the father,
who was sleeping in a doorway, and,
awakening him, led him to where the body
lay. The family had come from Massa-
chusetts on a visit. The night was hot,
the quarters close, and all the inmates Of
the house slept on roofs and fire escapes
and in doorways. This is a typical tene-
ment house tragedy.
Evidently the chances Of Roland B..
Molineux for going free are pretty good, I"
says 4 New York letter. "When the prose-
cutting attorney admits that II will be hard
to convict the man he will try to prove
guilty the defendant may well feel hope
full. Assistant District Attorney Osborne,
as tenacious and pitiless a prosecutor as
ever sent q murderer to his doom, Is quoted
as saying today that 'Molineux has a fine
chance Of acquittal, and there is good prece-
dent in law to justify this belief 0s-
borne added that he did not know Of a
single case where a man convicted of MUIR
der, and securing a new trial, was ever
found guilty tho zapOnd TINA nf the. came
degree of murder Molineux, sitting in his
cell in the Tombs. shares the opinion Of
the assistant district attorney"
George Dewey Fong, a 16-year-old Chi
nese boy, is said to earn a salary Of $1,000
q year in a tea and coffee house in New
York City. Young Fong was born in Amer
lea, but both Of his parents are natives Of
China. He received his early education
in the primary schools Of California. Two
years ago he came east and settled in New
Jersey, where he became quite a ~favorite
Of Ex-Governor Voorhees,. His brother was
the only Chinese officer in the British
army during the South African campaign,
and at present is writing a book on soldier
life in South Africa
Admirers Of the late General Franz Sigel
propose to ask the New York city au-
thorities to change the name Of Cedar
park, at One Hundred and Fifty-second
street and Mott avenue, to Sigel park, to
honor the memory of the patriot and SOL
der. General Sigel was a resident of the
Bronx for more than a quarter Of a CEN
fury, and his friends say that as he was
the most prominent veteran of the civil
war who lived in that part Of the city it
would be appropriate to commemorate his
patriotic services In such a substantial
way. Many public ~oficlals and citizens Of
the Bronx favor the plan.
George Washington, a great-grandnephew
Of the immortal president, was a witness
in a New York City court a few days ago.
His great grandfather, William Washing
ton, was the generals brother, but being a
tory left this country for England during
the war of the revolution. Later he settled
in Belgium. The twentieth century George
does not care for the reflected glory that
comes with his name, though no one has
greater generation than he for the man
who was first in the hearts OF his country
men.
New York City revenues last year I'm
cluded $50, $50 from concert licenses, $31, 500
from theater licenses, $4,000 from a
charitable bequest, $29, 400 from railroad
franchises, $19, 800 from gas franchises,
sSs,540 from licenses. $3.50 from the con-
science fund exclusive Of s25 contributed
to this same fund in Brooklyn and un-
claimed salaries and wages to the amount
Of $4,000.