Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

bits aud Whitneys found themselves at
adjoining tables. When this occurred the
air III the room grew very frigid and the
young women did not appear to enjoy the
meal Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, it is
said. sided with her parents in their dis
approval of Mr.. Nanderbilt's marriage.
Charles $. Walsh. the son Of Rev. A.
Stewart Wash. a retired minister of
brooklyn, has abandoned the coal and
real estate business. and, with his wife.
formerly Miss Jennie Sammis, is now
appearing in 4 sketch on the vaudeville
stage. Mr. Walsh. who has been mar.
l1ed two years. found thar his business
did not bring in Il sufficient return for
himself and wife. Finding himself run
ming into debt. he decided to accept an
attractiv" Cffer from theatrical man
3ger His wife. who inheritS dramatic
ability. her aunt being leading actress.
decided to help her husband in the emer-
geneI. and together they have signed
contracts for the remainder of the sum
mer and all of next season
Although the reports from the saa
shore resorts all state that the ping-pong
craze is dying out aud the tables are de-
serted the manufacturers keep on adding
To the improvements of the implements
The CHIEF need of the ping-pong player
some method for picking mp without
STOPPING. the balls that drop from the
tabe-haS nj last been filled by an ex.
penSive bit of apparatus now to be seen
in store windows. 1t is slender stick.
which may be kept under the table like
the bridge used in billiards. At the
end of the stick is deep cup of soft rub
Der, with Il bell-Shaped mouth lust
trlile larger than tue celluloid ping-pong
ball. 1t is only necessary to ''jab" the
ball and it comes up without fail on the
end of the stick.
Passengers of the steamship ST. Paul,
which came rushing into port recently
were jubilunt. The ST. Paul had been
racing for more than twenty -four hours
with La TOuraine and had beaten the
representative of the tricolor out Of hand
The finish off the lightship was most
exciting one. The race proved Il little
too much for La Touraine, for just after
it reached quarantine there was COM
motion in the engine room, an unusual
escape of steam followed. and when tbs
engineers ran to find out the cause of the
trouble it was found there had been Il
slight explosion in the high pressure cyl
inder of the port engine.
The passengers chafed greatly when
they found there was To be delay
After being held for over two hours the
engineers reported the machinery ali
right and the big liner proceeded to its
dock.
With flames roaring mp an air shaft
above, almost choked by smoke, and wet
to the skin by water, Wallace Tunage, a
negro night Waterman of the Bank Of
New York. sat behind the steel barred
gate of the banks safe deposit vault the
other morning and shook his head when
the tiremen and police ordered him to
open for them. After the fire was over
Tunage still sat behind the locked gate.
the water nearly up to the seat of his
chair 1t had not been opened although
Tunage had been ordered, threatened.
promised and entreated 10y irate men on
the outside. Il was not until the regu-
lar hour that the lock was turned and the
faithful guardian left his post. He was
warmly praised when he reported for
duty again and it is said the banks
directors may show appreciation more
substantially. The damage to the bank
building S estimated nj about $4,000.
During discussion recently be-
tween the employees of n large Office con
Germ regarding the relative merits of the
popularity OF old songs over new ones
the old employees scored a victory through
happy coincidence. Two of the older
men excepted to what the youngsters
( H"V N''Ad ahttN AdSAiAHSs anu NOoN Tux
ground that the popular songs of today
had no melody in them, and SO lacked
enduring qualities They tried to prove
that the songs of their youth were the
only songs worth while listening TO- The
discussion had become warm when the
boom. boom, of bass drum was heard
; Presently 4 delegation of veteran FIRE
men swung by the office, en- route 10 one
of the railroad ferries At their head
I WAS one Of the bic rpoi1ueDtel hands
/ playing Aud Lang Syue" rs a march