Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29


she goes on the watery waste until an
! incoming vessel is sighted. Over goes
man from the one ship 10 the other: the
one comes in, and the other cruises on
and on for more vessels. When all Of
the dozen men are disposed of in this
way, the pilot boat comes home for n
new lot. \ new steam pilot boat has
been launched. that win do the work OF
three of the old sailing craft. tkat are
thus put out of commission. II belongs
1 To the New York. New Jersey * Sandy
Hook Pilot Association. She viii make
a comfortable and handsome home for
the men-clectric lights. with cabins ii
white enamel, with m2hogany trimmings.
She has fore and aft compound engines.
Is guaranteed eleven knots, and cost SSQ.-
OGo. She has recommendations fer TWEEN
" pilots III addition 10 her regular crea.
VIXEN you come to New Yorl, keep
away from tie downtown ,ESrrict II
right. Everything below Fourtceatn
street is under eclipse after o'clock.
The restaurants. saloons and cigar shegs
are closed tighter than drum. and tho
streets are black CaycTuS, wholly daronM-
lated. save by night watchmen. notice
men and heiatcd Rrooklynites hurrying
to the bridge. In Park row everybody
Is too busy between the hours of : u. m.
and a. m. TO be ON the streets. In
Wall street every man YOU meet has 4
star on his coat. and around the Battery
and the river front miserable pariahs
stink out of the shadows to approach you
on the subject of small loan While
the population of New York below -Four
teenth street is over a million in the busi-
ness hours ii sinks to nothing rs the dav
wakes toward midnight At II o'clock
IT night Lady Godiva might ride down
Nassau street without falling under the
~ay .,F. ..t,, l., Az d
during the day this street fairly surges
with humanity. When YOU set below
Fourteenth street at night you are really
out Of town This, of course excerpts the
Rowery and Chinatown, but even those
quarters are no longer as lively as they
once were.
The near demolition of the old Bruins
wick Hotel recalls an amusing in
cident in the history OF that once
famous hosiery. 1t was the Wal
dorf of its day and affected only by
New York's bon-ton. Years ago Billy
McGlory was the most unsayory charac-
ter in the city. He kvi,t lance hal,
patronized largely by Hester street ira
viCtas, and one day he conceived the no.
ton of giving a dinner to Il hundred OF
the ''lodies and gents wot met at his
place lie made his arra ngements with
the proprietor of the Brunswick, who
was unaware of his identity, and on the
night set for the affair the Qucerest col
lection of fish that ever entered the sa-
cred portals OF the hotel began TO gather
Most of the men wore peajackets and
sprng-hottom trousers, Willie their rides
cent shirt fronts were ornamented with
guaranteed horseshoe diamonds. The
ladies were dressed only as the BOwery
girl of the period could dress. The regu-
lar guests viewed this strange invasion
with horror and fed from the premises
Then Billy and his friends proceeded TO
do things with 1.-THE fodder and the
booze" This strange duke of manage
ment was one of the regning jokes OF
New York for months after.
1t is n simple matter to sow dragons
teeth on the streets of New York IL Il
man stands on the curb for a few min
utes and points tiXedly at nothing some
where up III the sky he can easily acquire
a curious constituency Of n thousand If
he stands there long enough he can mul-
tiply that number indefinitely. On a
dead wall along Broadway about a week
ago corps Of advertising sign painters
was busy making a giant red and yellow
scroll of Sunny jim" q figure used to
explain the virtues of patent food
The first morning the audience NUM-
bered 1000. The next day the merchants
in the ncighborhood complained to tn,
tailed to keep the crowds moving. Then
some newspaper rashly exploited the IN
cident and people began coming from
miles around to see what was doing
The alert "ad' man. who was evidently
''on to his job, took in the situation and
Immediately mad Il big fence erected next
to the building, upon .Fnich he caused to
be painted a highly colored picture of
crowd with heads thrown back and gaz-
ing intently upward. Those who missed
the sign on the wall were sure to see
the enc on the fence, ard so the blockade
continued for another week.
\ New York alderman introduced an
ordinance making it unlawful for any
person who lives in an apartment house
or fiat building in Greater New York
to keep a dog. He thinks they make too
much noise. The following from the
New York News is another side of the
story:
Towser told the news to Gyp
And Gyp told Black and Tan
Back and Tan told Nero.
And Nero spoke to Fan.
Fid0 heard the secret
And passed 1t on to Snip.
Snip told ROyeF-that's the way
The news got round to Trip.
When Tobey got the rumor
On wings Of all il few.
Till every single canine
In every borough knew.
And when the tldlncs scattered
The dogs stood cheek by i0wI
Ger sea aud land ana Jersey
They sent a mighty howl.
Were lost" yclped shaggy Ioio.
Not yet" said MonErcI Dan.
wen not give up our lives
For any alderman.
Cut out the street piano.
And peanut whistles too
They're roWdicr than we are.
Give US the Devils due"