Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-19

ttOOSeNelt. On fOuTIn street ne saw a po-
liceman leaning against a wall, with his
eyes closed.
"oficer,' said he, what are you doins
there?"
Holding up the wall" was the answer
ANY business Of yours? Do you own it?'
II do not. But you will please tell me
why you are not patrolling your beat?"
Now, don't you get too funny, me little
man. l might take a notion to fan youse.
Now, II you've got a home, you better
start for It,"
mo-" said the commissioner. 81 an not
going home yet. l am going to police
headquarters. VIII you please come In and
see me In the morningT'
As he spoke, his coat opened and revealed
his commissioner badge.
As he walked away, positions were re-
versed. The wall was holding UP the po-
liceman.
The congress district in which Oyster Bay
is located has chosen as representative a
man who is a personal friend and neighbor
and political opponent Of President Roose-
welt. Townsend Scudder is his name. He
is a democrat, but by sheer personal popu-
larity carried the day against a normal re-
publican majority Of 1000. The election
was so close that for a time there was
doubt whether or not he was in.
Mr.. Scudder owns a home at Oyster Bay
and practices law in New York. He is the
man who aided the county municipalities
to saddle a large debt on Greater New York
before the completion OF consolidation.
While the measure was pending those out
side incorporated villages issued bonds in
large amounts for local improvements, and
Greater New York was compelled to assume
the liability. Mr.. Scudder drew up the
papers for the bond issues, and did it so
we'll that when the city went into court
and tried to evade payment there was no
~loophole by which it could get out. Nat
urally all the country towns will stand by
Mr.. scudder whenever he needs help.
The underground railway will have come
too late to save the Manhattan Elevated
company from futile wrestling with the
problem OF handling the Harlem morning
horde OF passengers between s and 9 O'Clock,
says the Evening Post. The situation at the
present time is a serious one, and for some
unexplained reason the last week or two
has exhibited a constant stimulus to the
morning travel, which has been the last
straw to break the spirits OF the extra
guards, whose business It is to thump and
wedge into the express trains at the One
Hundred and Sixteenth street platform the
luckless few who manage to board at that
point.
Within a month 1t was possible for a per-
son to take a local Ninth avenue train at
One Hundred and Sixteenth street and get
a seat where one could read his newspaper
in peace to the end Of the route. Those who
had an extra ten minutes leeway invari-
ably adopted this method Of getting down
town to avoid the slam-bang scramble to
get on an express. At the present time
one Is lucky to be able even to squeeze into
a local train. AS for taking an express,
that is out of the question. The jam to get
down town resembles the scenes at the
Brooklyn bridge loop at 8 in the evening.
Might makes right in this rush to get to
office and store in time, and the women
suffer. When a stream of girls from down
town, on their way to the new Wadleigh
High school, meets the rush in the other
direction about $3.50 a. m, the guards turn
their faces way in despair and the ticket
chopper man forgets to chop, so interested
is he in the scrimmage.
The Theatrical Business Mems club of
New York, which is composed Of managers
Of theaters, several of their lawyers and
some Of the people who trade with them,
gave themselves a benefit at the Metropoli-
tan opera house Saturday night, reports the
sun. The house was we'll filled, and 1t is
said that about 50 1000 was cleared
The main part Of the show, which was a
grand cake walk, was preceded by a vaude-
Vile performance. The cake walk didn't
begin until nearly midnight. The judges
Of it we're Haddon Chambers, Charles Dill
lingham and Frank Perley, who were IN
troduced by the master Of ceremonies, VIII
liam c. Harris, through a megaphone.
Nineteen couples walked for the big cake
after II was put up for a prize.
Some Of those who took part In the walk
were Alice Fischer and Tommy Evans,
Thomas Q. Seabrooke and Katie Barry
Louis Harrison and Annie Yeamans who
was introduced as the Infinitely, Sam
Bernard and Edna Wallace Hopper, James
T. Powers and Rachel Booth. Gus Rogers
and Edith st. Clair, Max Rogers and Neva
Aymar, Dan DAILY and Hattie Williams,
Willie West and Hattie Palmer. Charles
Bigelow and Bessie Clayton, Marshal p.
Wilder and Blanche Ring and William
Gould and Fay Templeton.
Miss Amelia Bingham was to have walked
with Henry e. Dixey, but she came on the
stage alone and said that II Mr.. Dixey had
stayed to walk on the stage he would also
have had to walk to New Rochelle. She
walked across the stage alone amid great
applause.
After the walking was all over Mr.. Har-
rs announced through the ~megaphone that
the Judges had not been able to come to
any decision, because each was stuck on Q
different girl" The big. cake was there
upon brought upon the stage and cut NJ
into small pieces, OF which each OF the
walkers got one.
All Of the couples were enthusiastically
applauded.