Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-09-13
Such things. however. are purely matters
of national taste.

Such things. however, are purely matters
of national taste.
While the echoes of the futurity race
are yet in the air il may be very disturb
ing to the general serenity of the occasion
10 point out that the enormous gambling
of the day is made quite as much a fea-
ture as the running of the horses. This
year of 1902 Will make its bow to its sue
eessors as the record year in high and
lofty gambling. The list of heavy Win
pers at Saratoga, apart from Can1eid' 5
reported profits OF the season of SOD 00e,
i, long But for every winner there are
fifty losers who contribute to the plum
gers gains. Looking over this. great
gambling year il does not seem that re-
form has reformed much. According to
the stories told by late corners from Sara
tOga the heaviest gambling ever known
in that resort occurred just at the close
of the racing season at the Spa. In
Richard Cantield'S Saratoga Clubs several
fortunes were lost last week. and it is said
that two we'll known tuTfmen contributed
joint total of $4,000 TO the bank
During his last night at Saratoga Sena-
tor Sullivan lost 81 900 in Canfields. but
so heavy was the play of his neighbore
that little attention was played to him.
The old Astor house in lower Broad
way is one of the Survivals of knicker-
booker New York Once in the heart Of
the metropolis it IS now hopelessly out of
town in the sense that hotel men use
that phrase. Yet it keeps sturdily on,
holding to its ancient traditions of re-
spectability and attracting thar element
of New York visitors who love 1t for the
memories that cluster aroundS its grim
stone front. Gas and sulpher matches
are still in use, to the exclusion OF the
electric bulb and the parlor match. They
have an elevator there, but r. one ever
thinks of using IT, The guests all seem
customs of the old hosiery. and the rush
and flash of the uptown hotels are wholly
absent here The old Astor house is Il
place Of quiet and peace and cleanliness.
The clerks are all oldish men who i'm
press one with the belief that they have
been there n long time and know their
businesS-at least, according TO the
standard of the house. 1t grows more
modest with the years. but seems never
to lose its attractiyencsS for the old
timer who happens into the city.
While New York has no place which
exactly parallels the fascinating Latin
Quarter Of Paris. yet in the neighbor-
hood Of tie Art League are to be found
colonies of student in boarding and apart
ment houses who spend all their days
working in the schools. Some live ia
comfortable boarding houses and Others
hive III tiny rooms up many flights OF
stairs taking their meals at some cheap
restaurant and their luncheon Mt the
league. Here may be found many girls
who have left the homes Of ease and re
tinement to chase the bauble reDuta-
tion through weary months of study and
sacrifice. Some devote themselves to
lines which have an assured commercial
value. They do the cheap crayon work
and menu cards, cushions, picture frames.
lamp shadeS-indeed, all manner Of little
things Of that character-in order to
earn mere right to exist. Work of
this character. but of a finer kind and
for better class of customers. is often
done in odd moments-and these fire.
quently mean hours that ought to be de-
voted to reSt--by good artists of the stu
dent class. who thus help to pay for in
struction and TO keep up their studios.
1t is a sight for gods and men to stand,
say in front of the Knckerbocker theater,
and notice the dresses some women wear.
A man named Solomon once remarked
that there is nothing new under the sun,
but this experience would make him re-
wise his judgment The claim has been
put forth without contradiction that
Parisiennes are the only women in the
world who know how to dress their heads
and feet, but a man who has been both a
boulevard loafer and a Broadway idleI
will have to be shown" The Broadway
girl is the large first person of the neuter
gender. Cutting out stage ''goiis'' en-
lrely there is another type which always
attracts the amazed and admirng eve
This is the home girl of New York. She
is to be seen in her glory only here. Like
the exotic she withers and changes when
transplanted. She is the girl who knows
how to dress right to taw. She is as
various in her raiment as the flower
decked hillsides of West Virginia She
is not cheap, tawdry or bedizened. She
does not give the impression OF being
dressed within an inch OF her life. The
visual effect she radiateS is pleasing and
satisfying. You feel that she is a la
mode and according to Hoyle She is
wholesome, healthy and happy; she ex-
udes that indefnable atmosphere which
goes by the name of breeding" She
shows through her clothes that she is a
thoroughbred. But to return to the orig
inal remark about the dresses some
women wear" The effective and singu-
lar thing about it all is that no two are
alike. When you see n dozen of them
together they do not give the effect of
having participated in a job-lot rush for
hats or shoes or dresses. The whole, in
finite. kaleidoscope whirl of the milf
ner's and modiste's illimitable fancies
may be seen in a half hour at, say. the
Knickerbocker, along Broadway. For an
animated group picture the New York
girls have EN- all beaten to Il chow chow.