Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-09-27
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Scenes and Incidents Of Everyday
| Life in the Paris of America. ~
Judge kirkpatrick in the United States
| district court at Trenton refused
a writ of habeas corpus asked for by
George w. Lederer. a New York the
| strical manager, who is seeking posses
sion of his 6-year-old son, now held by
Mrs. Lederer.
Lord Rosslyn does not wish to be
greeted as me Lord or "Your Lord
ship" He is an actor man now, playing
and wants to be called Jim" or "Old
Man" or anything that will make him
forget his titled greatness.
Mrs. William Aston has another heir.
4 boy having been born to Mrs James
| Lawrence Van Allen at Newport. The
| child is related to both the Astors and
| Nanderbilts, the mother being a daughter
of Mrs. William Post. sister of Mrs.
| Frederick w. Vanderbilt He is to be
chriStened Frederick Vanderbilt Van
| Allen.
| Vanity Fair, a publication devoted to
the printing of pictures of stage women,
was raided by Anthony Comstock and
as a result the editors were arraigned in
the west side police court. According to
Mr.. Comstock, the publication contained
an advertisement giving information as
to where obscene pictures could be OBJ
tanned. Mr. ComStock wrote and got a
set under an assumed name. He was
| shocked and got out warrant.
Surrogate Fitzgerald granted letters
testamentary to Mrs. Virginia Wander
| bilt, wife of w. Il. Vanderbilt, Jr., on
| the estate in this state of her brother, the
| late Charles i. Fair, who was killed
| i'll an automobile accident, together with
his wife. in France month ago. I'M
| mediately after the news of Mr.. Fairs
death reached here his sister. Mrs Her
man Oelrichs. secured an order from
Justice Giegerich authorizing a search
for her brothers will in the vaults of a
safe company, but no will was found.
"Disinherited because she's an ae-
| tress." This is the unpleasant expert
ence of Mrs. Beatrice World, n member
of the king Highball'' company, play
| ing at the New York theater. The re-
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menthal of Dresden, is not carried to
the second generation, however, for the
| 3-year-Old son of the actress receives
100000 under the provisions of the will.
| Conditions attach to the inheritance that
| will make it impossible for the mother to
| touch it.
| A landscape by Corot, entered at a val
| nation of $4,000 has been received at
| ~ nnh IN ctr fnr nn raic anrf hn
customs officials denied all requests to
| inspect the painting and refused to dis
| close the identity of the importer. If the
valuation is not raised by the appraisers,
| $4,000 duty will be paid on the picture.
| At this valuation the Corot would be
probably the highest priced work of that
| artist in this country and among the
| highest priced paintings which have ever
been imported.
| Richard Mansfield, after all, is not to
| have u double life on the stage this sea-
| son. A representative Of Mr.. Mansfield
| announced Il few days ago that the star
| had abandoned the idea of appearing as
| both Brutus and Caesar in his coming
production OF Julius Caesar" He will
probably choose to he Brutus. Mr..
| Manstield's company has begun rehears-
| ais of Julius Caesar at the Herald
| Square theater. The scenery and cos
| tunes, which were designed by Sir Alma
| Tademn. X. A. and made in England,
have all been received and inspected.
The will of the late Bradford 3. Nc
| Gregor of the Standard Oil Company,
who died at Mamaroneck on September
| Z after an operation, and who married
| Miss Clara Schlemmer of New York a
| few hours before he submitted 10 the
surgeons knife, was filed recently. 1t
| was reported at the time OF his death
that he had left large fortune in the
| Standard Oil shares TO his wife. but she
| is not mentioned in the will. She will
| have a dover right in all the real estate
| left by him, which consists of large hold
| ings in Florida. Ohio and New York
Mrs. T. b. McGregor. the testator's
mother, is the heir to the bulk OF the
| property.
People who have an idea that they
ought to drink absinthe when they pat
| rOnize French restaurants do not seem
/ to understand the trick Of doing in Rome
as the Romans do That. at least. is
| the experience Of a Frenchman who has
| moved his place up town and thereby at
| tracted a mixed patronage. Your true
| French ahsinthe drinker, he says, dOes
not take the drink with meals II is
an independent tipple, preferably for the
| his customers guzzling it at dinner. They
/ have learned the trick OF taking tt in =
large goblet Of water, bat Of the nice
unities Of time and relation they seem To
| be ignorant.
Beatrice Hastings chorus girl In tn.
production Of King Highbsll" Of the
| New York theater, is trying 10 end her
! husband, a vaudeville sctor named John
| Caselo, who has been missing FOR TIVE
years Miss Hastings uncle in Dresden.
| Germany, has died. leaving her 4-year-old
child. Norman, a fortune Of 9100. 900, pro
viding both she and her husband re-
nounce all claim 20 the guardianship Of
| the child. Mias Hasfinrs Win nR ~