Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-02

cottage. one of a row of houses, which
closely adjOin with free, open lawns.
The cottager did what has frequently
been done bef0fe-he took the walk head
Ing 10 the adjoining cottage and spent
SOME time trying TO open the door with
no little noise. when he found he was at
tl.a wrong house. The occupant of the
cottage. a Philadelphia, hearing the
noise at the door shot his revolver out
OF the window. thinking, no doubt. that 4
| burglar was trying TO enter his house.
| The statement that the wife of the Phil
I adelphian suffered from al attack OF
nervous DroSlrati0n may be sUiTe frU-,
and is altogether likely, in view 81 the
fact that she is in a very delicate condi-
ton of health
Speaking of May Yohe. the way she
treated Lord Hope. her husband,
when she was playing at the New York
rheater in The Giddy Throng. lit
tie more than Il year ago, was the sub
jet Of much talk even among men
who We're n the habit Of having new
spouSes every year or Two. Every
night before the last act. the titled
FEuEliShman. who was always in ne
wings during the performance. locking
| extremely bored, would go to her aud
"Now, Maybe. dear, we are going
ho:ae right after the show, aren't
wef''
Part of us are" she was wont 10
say. You and the diamonds are, and
| will be along shortly"
| Miss Yohe's shortly" was 4 thing
to be long pOndered over; but that pa
tien. EngfiShman was steadfasu to il
until his wife saw fit TO take trip
| to Japan with another man to return
shortly.
1t is no longer dernier cri TO have
horses. especially in town. In the country
| one may have horses to ride. but not to
drive, be il understood. The first person,
according to the New York Commercial
| AdvcIstiSer. to abolish her stable was
Nine. Won Andre, sister OF Mrs. Chaun-
| cey NJ. Depew, and her example has been
| followed by several smart faddists.
| This lady keeps only motors. and EN-
| ployS expert chauifeurS. 1t is said that
the innovation adds to the pyer-fearSome
! servant problem. The chaffeWS will not
| eat with the servants anu nave to have
table of their own, and their code of
! etiquette is rigid and punctilious. They
have to he handled with gloves, and woe
10 the employer who does not make at
| least Il show of taking them seriously.
| Newport servants may be ObSrpperous
now, but wait, just wait until chaffeurS
| take the places now filled by grooms.
| iootnen and drivers. and then society
| VIII look back upon the days we live in
| now. as THE good old times when sery-
ants were not above .heir masters
The engagement was announced at
| Trenton. y. j., of Miss blanche
| Estabroook of Chicago, daughter of
| Henry Estabro general solicitor of
and niece of Col. Robert G. Llowry,
president of the company, to Karl G.
R0ebling Of Trenton. Mr. Roebling is
a son of Ferdinand w. Roebling and Il
| director of the John \. Roebling Com
pany. He was graduated from Prince
ton with the class of 1894
In reference to the story to the effect
that the Golfers were to be at the head
of a SlO,000000 corporation to purchase
ii syndicate of papers in New York
| state. i. +. Collier, senior member of
the firm of p. +. Collier & Son, was
interviewed at his summer home. Canon
Chef, at Narragansett. Mr.. Collier said
that while he was interested. the plan
was still in embryo and that he was not
quite ready to give out details.
Nerestchagin, painter of battle pic
lures, arrived from Santiago and imme-
| diately went to Washington. He has
been studying the foliage of a red-leaved
| tree at San Juan hill that he will put
into a painting of the battle there. The
Welt, will be conspicuous in the painting.
There appears to he no longer doubf
that an engagement exists between Reg
inald &. Vanderbilt and Miss Kathleen
| Nelson, daughter of Mrs. Frederick
| Nelson, and that it will be formally an
| nounced before the end of the present
season or early in the fall. is equally
certain. Miss Nelson since her coming
| ont has heen one of the most popular
| girls in the younger Newport set. Mrs
| Cornelius Vanderbilt has been much op-
| posed 1T is said, TO the attention her son
is paying to Miss Nelson, but. realizing
that in matters matrimonial the scionS of
the house Of Vanderbilt suit themselves,
she has withdrawn her opposition
The steam Yacht Gunilda arrived to-
night from Southampton and Queens
| town. The Gunilda is owned by William
/. Hardness Of Cleveland. O., member
of the New York Yacht Club. Il was
purchased recently by him from f. W.
Sykes of Leith, Scotland
The big colonial house of John !. Drake.
one Of the pioneer showmen of the nit
| ed States, formerly Il partner of Van
| Amberg. was burned at Rye. Mr. Drake.
| who is 50 years old his housekeeper.
Mrs. Julia Healy, ana the housekeeper' :
niece. Miss Healy of Syracuse who was
| visiting her, We're carried down ladder.
Mrs. Healy and her niece were uncon-
Scious. and Miss Healy died shortly aft
erward The house was filled with Gu
rios gathered by the old circus man from
all parts of the world. Mr.. Drake had
lived there for half century. The loss
is estimated ut about $4,000. Mr..
Drake. who is widower, Went to the
stable. where he stood weeping. viewing
the destruction of his old home. Several
times he tried to 90 back into the burn
ing house. hut was restrained 10y the fire
| men.
The Young camel in the Central park
menagerie has grown 80 rapidly during
the four months of its existence that
its long legs are not able 10 support its
body and its fore feet turn up so that
il walks on its ferlocks. As result it
passes most of the time lying down,
Director John w Smith had pair of
boots made for it. The footsear was
put on in the hope Of strengthening the
ankles until the animal stops growing
50 fast.
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