Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18

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hotel ut Vesey street and Broadway, old
timers ShCOk their heads and wondered
why he went 50 far uptown. The past
five years have done much 70 Obliteratc
the distinctive landmarks Of knicker-
booker New York.
The New York jewcler no longer sets
Il price upon his gems by the old stand
ards Time was when luSter and per-
lection Of cutting were the measures Of
value, but latterly sentimental consider
ations have been uppernost. The alb
snrd notion that diamonds present the
extreme af c0stliness is now regarded aS
q provincial piece of ignorance \ man
who has little emerald that his mother
were or an old tiger eye that adorned the
horny finger Of his grandSlTe viii ind
that the ctunoiSscur prizes It above the
/ white gem Of purest wafer 1t partases
Of the value Of the signCt ring worn by
/ Cleopatra, and has a value that chemical
DsritT cannot give 10 Il gem without 4
! history. New York people are recogniz-
ing this historical quality in jewels. ami
/ that is why you see 50 many apparently
outrc gems in their scarts or on their
/ fingers.
/ New York is to have s;iy-scraper
church in the new Broadway Tabernacle
/ TO be b.ilt at Fiftysixth street. The
unique feature of the building will be
mines: ory tower. This tower will CON
/ Sist Of seven doors. which viii be utilized
| for general administrative and religious
work the two top floors being set aside
! for a belfIy The tower will be provided
/ with elevator service and will be up TO
/ date in every respect. The cost of the
/ new church will be S3JO,OOO.
! IS a result of a decision by the court
| e * uf Alhanv hf { 'or.-
nclius Vanderbilt must pay an additional
! transfer tax amounting to S1lS.OOO. The
/ Vanderbilt estate COntended that under
! the law no tax could be imposed upon Il
! trust fund created by the will of Corne-
! ius Vanderbilt. Cornelius Vanderbilt 5
estate was assessed by the executors at
about ST. 100000. OF this 5000, 367
was in personal property. Alfred q.
/ Vanderbilt received the largest share.
! The trust fund TOR him, and to provide
an income of S2J0,OB Il year for the
! widow, with some others, amounted to
+ $2S,OOO,000 or more than 0ne-third of
/ the estate. Alfred &. Vanderbilt is to re-
| ceive One-half of his fortune when he is
/ 30 and the balance when he is 30.
! The. Allen, aged 60 years and broken in
! health, is to be removed from his country
| home at Bayport. l.. L., to a sanitarium
| Allen. who is one of the best-known men
| in New York through the number of
| times he has been arrested for conducting
pool rooms, has lived two lives. In this
| city he was Familiarity known as the pool
| room king and the police labeled him
| 'thc WckedeSt man in New York Up
! to n year ago he had been arrested sixty
| eight times, Of which he had record.
At Bayport Allen has lived another ami
| more attractive life. Since his Illness he
| has insisted that his wife, to whom he
! al IL q oh, I'd
| him, even from room to room. To the
! villagers he has always been known as
| kindly philanthrOpist, who for fifty years
! has been giving money away, paying the
rent Of the poor aud feeding the hungry.
He and his wife have adopted and reared
four foundlings rs their own children.
Oscar Hammcrstein the Napoleon Of
/ Stagelund, is always having something
| funny happening to him. The Subjoined
notes tell the tale of his most recent ex-
periCnce:
Dear Mr. Hammcrsten-Wil you kindly
| inform me II You have son living In Phil
adelphla? young man who said he was
your son called at one of our theaters last
night and asked for i've seats We refused
| him, of course but would like TO know If
| you have such son.
| This is Oscars answer:
! My Dear Sirs: After carefully looking
| over the list of all my sons | have come to
the conclusion that | have no child in Fhila-
| dclphia. You say that my alleged son asked
for Ave seats. That convlnces me. Any
child Of mine would have demanded the
OSCAR HANMERsTE1N.
Gratuitigs for servants in apartment
houses are becoming an issue. Some Of
the tenants OF the apartments say that
they cannot get the simplest service per
formed without offering Il tip. and that
they cannot even be certain of getting
their milk and groceries delivered unless
they have the favor of the janitor On
the other hand, the janitors say the land
lords do not pay them living wages and
expect them to supplement their income
with tips.
Scarcity Of coal for the kitchen range
is not the only cause of anxiety for the
housewives of New York city just now.
The servant girl question is more alarm
ing tins fall than ever before. What
amounts practically to strike of the
/ household workers is on in New York
! EfIploymcnt agents say they cannot be
! GIN to supply the demand for household
| help, The influx OF green" girl immi-
grants haS ceased almost entirely. rs
shown 10y the Ellis island records and
! there IS ne field on this side to take its
| place for kitchen recruiting purposes. TIL
/ manager Of one of the largest intelligence
offices IN the city said: lit is perfectly,
| true that We cannot tul household Sery
| ants enough 10 meet the requirements of
| oar customers, For two months we have
| been sending South for MI the colorr /
| %lrls t"at can be induced Ia come here
and that hd., been our only source of
! supply. There are no available girl i'm.
/ migrants.
Honors are easy between the bars Of
! New Jersey and NpV Work SnrtT s,,outL..