Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20
IN GAY NEH YORK.
Scenes and Incidents of Everyday
Lie in the Paris of America. y

the mains III use are old, are the reasons
alleged.
While riding in his coupe from his
home to the Metropolitan Opera House
| Maurice Grau met with slight accident.
Near Fifty-Second street, in Seventh ave-
nue, an electric car ran into the carriage.
Mr.. Grau was roughly shaken. though
rot seriously injured. He may be com
PEELED to rest for few days.
An afternoon newspaper which has
been collecting funds to supply toys for
the 100000 poor children of New York"
mas received check for $4,000 from
Charles NJ. Schwab, through his secre-
tary, Oliver Wren of this city Mr.
Schwab heard of the enterprise and no.
timed his secretary to subscribe in his
name.
The beef eaters tournament in the At
lantlc Garden. under the auspices of the
| MOSha Bera Epicurean Club. of which
Lawyer Tommy Dinnean and Albert
Kramer are the leading spirits. ended in
4 victory for the smallest man present.
The fattest man, p. Dina, hitherto un-
beaten champion, finished nowhere.
Charles Abrams, the Bowery shoe man,
was the smallest man present. He
weighs ninety-eight pounds with his
shoes off. =. Diver weakened after he
| nau eaten three pounds. Little Abrams
Kept on eating, and when time was up
ne had seven pounds 10 his credit.
The costly plants in the Conservatives
OF Miss Helen Gould at Irvington-on-the-
Hudson had narrow escape from being
ruined for lack of coal to keep the houses
warm. These hothOuses and their con
rents are valued at nearly $1,000.000
Some of the orchids are priceless. The
late JAY Gould had passion for rare
| 0rchldS, and for many years before he
dled had been collecting them from many
parts of the world. Miss Gould has
taken the same pride III the conserva-
graphed to Carter & BlaisdelI. coal
kagents in New York city, to send boat
| load OF coal at once to TarrytOwn to save
her flowers. The firm could not get tho
ooatload at once, but telegraphed III I'll.
owner OF a coal yard along the Hudson
| III which 1t has an interest to send
enough coal to heat the hothouses for n
day or two till more coal can be sent.
| The assembly, the first big ball .T the
| winter. was given the other night nj th,.
waldorf Astoria. 1t will 90 on record
as memorable entertainment for its
sumptuous appointments. number of
guests, and the splendor of costumes AMI
jewels. The entire ball room suite was
devoted to the big dance Landpr'S Or
cheStra IN the music balcony of the bali
room alternated with the Waldorf AS
lorna Band. The rotunda foyer was 4
bower of Florida SmilaX. with the mantel
BANKED with american Beauty roses the
walls hung with crimson velvet. and the
corners filled with Towering plants The
dancing was informal until 12:3O o'clock.
When supper was served in the AStor
gallery. After supper the cotillon, led by
Elisha oyer Jr., was danced in the ball
room. There was only one favor figure.
During this, Panama hats inverted and
nlIed with roses and hung on broad rib
bonS were distributed There were bon
tonnierS for the men. 1t was white
bail throughout. All the debutantes were
IN white gowns, worn with strings of
pearls. The SIX Misses Roosevelt, all in
white, were well in evidence Miss Alice
Roosevelt, daughter of President Roose-
welt, wore white satin costume, yelled
with. tulle. showered with silver, and
pearl coarette
The Holland-America Steamship Com
pany will change its days of sailing from
Saturdays to Wednesdays, beginning
January 4 SailingS from Rotterdam 70
New York will be on Saturdays.
At the Charles NJ. Reed art sale, which
took place i'll the winter garden of Del
m0ncoS, the two Schreyer paintings
were the only ones that elected any
great interest among the buyers. They
were entitled Bulgarian Provision Train
in Winter" which went to Il. b. Per-
kinS Of New York for $4,000 and Arab
an Horscman's Halt at the Fountain"
which was knocked down TO Anthony y.
Brady of Albany for $3.50.
The engagement of Miss Marian Hop
kinSon Smith, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
l., l. L
Goodhart attache of the British en-
baSSy Mt Constantinople, has been an
| nounced. Mr.. Goodhart is the only son
of the late Henry Neye GooGhart ESQ.
of Langley park, Kent, England. and
grandson of Sir Francis Tress Barry, NJ.
T., OF Nelss castle, CaithnesS, Scotland.
Thousands of persons in New York city
were Inconvenience seriously on Friday
| by the tieup of the Manhattan elevated
railroad system. caused by sleet. The
| electric trains were in large measure
cut of business in the morning. and it
| was not until late iii the afternoon that
! things were put in something like shane
again. Men whose business hours begin
! with the opening of the banks and who
found themselves confronted with the
| likelihood of not getting downtown until
strong enough 10 express their exact SELF
timents.
Miss Cathleen Nelson and Reginald G.
| Vanderbilt will 90 10 Newport 10 visit
Mr.; and Mrs. Alfred q. Vanderbilt at
! Oakland. Mr.. Handerbilt's mother ana
his sister, Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. ars
due TO arrive here from England on
Friday, January Q. The date of his We'd
ding To Miss Nelson will be fixed on fba
arrival of Mrs. Vanderbilt.
Joseph Fisher. a German octorenar;,n
on his way from Chicago to New York