Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-26

RippIes on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.

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RippIes ON the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.
bad dreams, good news" is a common
expression which signifies nothing. At
least one New York family, II It enter
tanned the nonsense. has had the notion
banished In a shockingly fatal manner.
Mary Hendrickson. a 17-year-old girl and a
victim Of persistent bad dreams, leaped
from bed screaming late Saturday night
and fell dead by her bedside. The Hen
dricksons said that their daughter had been
subject to Nightmares for a year or more.
She often screamed in her sleep. When
she awoke. however, she was never able TO
tell what she had seen. She simply knew
that something dreadful seemed to happen
to her. Sometimes 1t would be two or
three days before she would recover. Be-
cause OF the serious effect Of Nightmares
on the girl she always slept in the same
room with her mother and father. So far
as the parents or any OF the household
know, there had been nothing in the course
Of the day which might have Induced ex-
traordinary dreams at night.
A business extends further uptown
says a New. York letter, at is a curious
fact that certain downtown quarters, once
the centers OF fashionable residences, then
captured, either by business or tenement
houses, are again attracting a population
possessing comfortable incomes and refined
tastes. Many new apartment houses are
being erected below Twenty-third street,
and II Is possible that churches, which a
few years ago abandoned downtown sites
for uptown, may be forced TO move back.
The shifting Of population in New York is
one OF its most extraordinary features.
This is most conspicuous in the crowded
East Side, where one year the Poles may
be In ommand OF a certain street, only to
be replaced by the Italians next year, and
so on. But 1t Is also exhibited in other
parts OF the city. The fact illustrates the
remarkable changes which take place SO
suddenly in New York, changes so great
that one returning to the city after an
absence Of ten years is astonlshed to see
how far It has gone out Of his recollection.
The changes in the coming ten years will
be especially marvellous. on account Of the
great public and semi-public works now
going on, such as the subway, the bridges,
the Pennsylvania terminal, the invasion OF
Herald and Longacre squares by trade and
the building OF big hotels far from Madison
square"
1t was the usual crowd OF ~weiI-gowned
femininity that filled the car, vending It's
way m~atineeward. reports the New York
Herald. Every woman at all young or at all
aiming to be fashionable wore a chain OF
some sort from which dangled charms OF
every kind and description, lockets, heart
shaped and round, SINAI gold or silver
purses. lorgnettes and watches.
The girl in the smart black costume, with
exquisite sables, appeared to be exempt
from the prevailing mania and therefore
became the mark for the attention OF the
observer OF details. AS the atmosphere Of
the car grew warmer she slipped the long
fur scarf from her neck, revealing the fact
that so far from being immune she had
eclipsed all the others in the originality OF
her bangle"
A small gold chain was worn around her
neck and fell halfway to the waist. Or II
was a key set with diamonds. 1t was no
caprice of the jeweler, but the real article,
an ordinary everyday affair such as one
wrestles with at the front door.
Now, what was the romance connected
with that very proasic key making II worthy
to be set with diamonds and displayed so
prominently as a treasured possession The
sad eyes of the owner had that misty, far
away look Of unshed tears. The Partisan
hat failed to hide the pathetic droop OF the
graceful head.
Here was a story, surely. s. Imagination
c~onjured a picture Of a betrothal rudely
broken by the death Of the fance, the key
treasured as a memento OF the many hapr
evenings they had spent together, and the
stolen kisses in the vestibule as he hest
tated before opening the door for her. The
somber gown limited at a loss. The visit
full eyes and sweet lips accumulated the idea.
Or could the key be that OF the vault
where the young man had been entombed ?
Could 1t be? Fancy waxed more and more
grewsome with each new contemplation OF
the unusual charm worn by this fair heroine
Of modern romance.
At Sixty-fourth street another very smart
young woman boarded the car and, with a
friendly greeting to the girl with the key,
at once opened up a conversation.
81 see you are wearing your key" she
began.
How shocking unfeeling," thought the
observer.
Yes" replied she Of the pathetic eyes.
81 can go out now with a peaceful mind,
knowing that Marie will not be wearing my
frocks. l never could hide it where she
couldn't find It,"
Somehow the unshed tears and the pa
theic droop weren't so noticeable now.
"otillie" Oastnaugle, who came to this
country a rev Gays ago In the nope or get
ting employment as a woman servant, is a
man and now awaits deportation at Ellis
island. "Otillie" will be sent home as a
man, not because he was found to be one.
but because he was likely to become a pub
lie charge. He says he did not knowingly
deceive. His parents had always dressed
him as a girl and treated him as a daughter.
He was taught to do housekeeping and later
found work as a woman servant in saxony.
While washing dishes and %scrubbing noors
in his native place a woman employed IN the
same household left Saxony for Philadelphia.
She secured a good place and "otillie" de-
cided TO follow her.
"Otillie' almost passed the rigid scrutiny