Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26

tend to the production which will be
made at the Empire theater, New York,
by Mr.. Drew IN September. 1903 Ii is
stipulated in the agreement that Mr.. Jones
Is to personally attend to the production.
lie will leave for New York early in the
August preceding. In the event of the
play succeeding Mr.. Drew will have an
option on creating the part in London
the following spring. This will be the
first OF Mr.. Jones plays TO receive an
original production in New York The
piece IS modern, and the character which
Mr.. Drew will impersonate will be of
more serious nature than anything he has
hitherto attempted.
tall policeman at the corner of
Broadway and Twenty-third street
claims to he an authority on the arms
of New DIRK women. lie asserts that
the girls are putting on more muscle
every day, and that he can tell from
grabbing hold of them and leading them
across the street. He also says that he
can tell a woman's character better by
her arm than he can by her eyes
whether she is timid. courageous. soft
hearted or harG-hearted. And. finally,
he makes the horrible accusation that
some Of the dear girls Hirt with their
arms and send all sorts of telegranhic
signs at him while he is helping them
DafllCul3r
policeman keeps on violating such treas
IRE confidence he ought TO be sent up in
the goat district. where he can keen
company with tin cans and banana
pecls.
Street Commissioner Woodbury. has
put up on east side corners and near
markets along the river his new patent
germ catcheTs, which are expected to
catch germs for examination purposes on
gelatine plates. Different sets of plates
will be exposed, following the cleaning of
street, first by scrapers, then by
brushes and last by sprinklers. The
germs collected each time will he cult
waited and studied IN regard to the num-
Der and virulence in order to learn which
is the best method Of cleaning and rid
ding Il certain section of the city of its
particular evils in health conditions. 1t
viii also be significant to learn which
disease germs are peculiar to certain sec
tionS Of the city, how wind and heat af-
feet their distribution and in what sea
son certain germs are most prevalent.
The plates will he exposed from one to
six hours at different levels above the
street.
Thousands of men, women and chill
drell, gayly dressed, thronged the streets
and joined in the parades, celebrations
and church services in little Italy in
cOmmemoration of the feast of Our Lady
of Mount Carmel. the patron saint of
Naples. a feature of the ceremony was
the great parade of the Society of Our
Lady of Mount Carmel, in which a ban
her with a portrait of the virgin was
conspicuous. This banner when the end
of the parade was reached. had $1,000
in money and lewelry attached to il,
these offerings having been pinned on
during the march, in accordance with
an ancient custom.
Lillian Russell's automobile shed ut
Far Rockaway was burned and with it
two automobiles, whose value was said
to he $4,000 Miss Russell is staying at
abe O'Leary cottage at Cedar Lawn for
the summer. The fire started from an
unknown cause, and got under way so
the two machines. Miss Russell sat at
a rear window of the cottage and
watched the destruction of her property
The shed was d wooden affair, valued at
$500.
"TencriHe.-Roy. Sol" This cable
gram was received from Sol Berlincr
United States consul AZ Teneriffe. Ca
nary Islands. 1t announces the birth
of 2 son to Mr.. and Mrs. Berliner. Mrs
herliner was Miss Gutenberg Of Wash
ington. and there was a great time in
dSHtlAIOU
TENDER when she was welded to the
American consul at Teneriffe Rerliner
got his appointment through Senator
Plat.
William II. Williams general manager
Of the Union News Company, died of
heart disease at his home in Orange. y.
j. He was born in New York state
sixty 1.-TWO years age. and came 10 New
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newsboy. and few years later OBJ
tanned employment with news com
pany, with which he remained until 1873,
when he organized the Union News Com
pany and became its general manager.
Mystery still envelops the strange
shooting affair. rumor of which is going
the rounds Of Newport society. The po-
lice say that they have nothing to report
on the matter, and that although they
have found man who heard the shots
he was unable to locate them. Every
physician in town has been seen by the
police 10 see If one could be found who
dressed the wounds of the woman who. !
report has it, was shot, but none had
such a call. or, if he did, was willing to
give information TO the police. The LAT
est rumor is to the effect that after the
shots a man came crashing throxgh
window. but even this cannot be verified /
Whatever is in the report it causes no
end Of talk in the cottage colony. MANY /
are inclined 10 the belief that the report
was started for the purpose of injuring /
someone.
The latest authoritative information
concerning the plans Of Weber & Fields /
for the coming season is that they are
organizing a third all-star company.
which will introduce an entirely new ,
form Of theatrical productions. The idea /
comes from Joe Weber, who is now in /
Chicago arranging for the lease Of the /
Chicago Opera house, or some other il .
he cannot obtain this one. He will re-
tnrn shortly to New York to sign con
tracts for the new company and perfect
it's organization. Before returning 10
New York he also will have leased a
theater in Boston. Then. with theaters /
in Boston, Chicago and New York. Web
er Il Fields will have three all-star com
panies playing IN these cities, each re-