Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-16
ROUND ABOUT NEW York.
RippIes on the Current OF Life I'm the
Metropolis

on the Current OF Life I'm the
Metropolis.
Millionaire home owners along Fifth
avenue are occasionally taken in and
heeced as smoothly as lambs in Wall
street. Considerable money as well as
Judgment Is necessary to do the Job sue
cessfully, but the profits justify the in
vestment and the risk. All that is nee
essary Is to secure possession Of a lot
adjoining one OF the palaces and threaten
to build a fiat or store building. Like
Davy Crockett's coon, the millionaire
comes down."
Last spring a Chicago millionaire who
bought a corner mansion on Fifth avenue
soon discovered that the brown stone house
next to his, which had been sold. was to
be replaced with a building to be used as
a cafe, 1. e., a sort Of aristocratic saloon.
The Chicagoan saw his duty and did it.
Suddenly the work OF tearing down that
house next to his stopped. The wreck
remained and to hide 1t a high fence was
put up. The %neighbors were told the mil
lionaire had bought out the persons who
we're about to spoil an elegant bit OF Fifth
avenue, but strange to relate, haring
theatrical posters have been permitted on
that fence.
Farther up Fifth avenue. right In the
midst OF Fifth avenue, a man bought some
expensive lots and announced that he was
going to put up fats. John Jacob Astor
and W. c. whitney lived near and a very
fashionable millionaire lived next. There
was great CONSERVATION, but there was a
lot Of money back Of the CONSERVATION
and the vulgar intruder was bought out.
Competition in New York is down to a
- a -
the far west quoted by the Tribune, but
where is impressed me most was not in
legitimate business, but in the touches
made by beggars or 'grafters.' especially
along Park Row. where I suppose their
trade is keenest.
THE first experience I had in this line
was the other evening whe2 I was stand
ing at the entrance to the bridge, a little
undecided what line to take uptown. First
came a tired looking man, who had 4 cents,
but wanted to go to One-Hundred and
Twenty-hfth street. That seemed a long
distance to. walk for the lack Of a cent, so
1 gave 1t to him. Perhaps he passed the
word TO hit fellows in alleged misfortune;
perhaps they recognized in me an out-of-
town type but IL the next four Of five min
utes put forward their pleas. None wanted
over 2 cents and all wanted these not very
startling sums for some laudable purpose.
The first two or three got what they asked
for. Then all Of a sudden l realized that l
had struck sort of endless chain, or more
exactly, that 1t had struck me. So 1
promptly made up my mind what line I
wanted to take and hurried from that VI
cinity.
but is was all quite different from my
home town. tOn the coast II a man gave a
beggar a cent the mendicant would look at
it in panied amazement. There is generally
10 cents or nothing. Some of the San Fran
cisco beggars ought to spend a couple Of
weeks in New York. Then they could ap-
p~reciate what strenuous life in beggardom
really means"
Several members Of the Transportation
club of New York City were smoking and
chatting over the after-dinner coffee a few
days ago. when the conversation turned to
the horseless age relates the Times. Troll
ley cars, automobiles and air ships had
their share OF the talk, when one of the
party. a young nan we'll known in New
York ciubland, said: II wonder II they will
ever invent silverless dinners"
"Silverless dinners!" exclaimed the 9TH
ers. ~
yes, dinners at which one will not have
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where everything will be prepared in such
fashion that one can simply take it in his
fingers and still not require a pail of water
alongside Of him.
II doubt It," said another. "In fact, I
don't see how such a thing could very we'll
be-"
WELL" continued the man who had made
the proposition, 81 am willing to wager the
cost Of a dinner that l can get up one which
you will call excellent, and we won't have a
piece of silver on the table"
The wager was at once taken, and the
young man sought the chef. Next night the
FIVE men were again together, and each had
brought a woman to pass judgment on the
meal. 1t consisted OF eight courses, and all
those present voted 1t a perfect success.
The menu was as follows:
Oysters on the half-shell, to be eaten from
the shells.
Consomme In cups.
Frogs legs, with a sauce on the side.
Half of a baked SQUAD. with the leg IN
Lamb chops, with the ends in paper cap.
Stuffed celery.
Ice cream sandwiches. Conee.
/ Mrs. Mary Bond Morosini. grandniece OF
George Washington and wife of the mil
lionaire banker, A. c.. Morosini, recently
had a terrible experience with a burglar.
Robbers entered her home at Mount Vernon
and the young matron was the first to give
the alarm. Said Mrs. Morosini;
at retired early and had not been asleep
very long when ! was aroused by some one
moving about. l lay perfectly still and
listened. A moment later ! heard some one
hit his knuckles against the foot of my
bed. saw a man standing at the foot OF
the bed. He ran lightly around and peered
into my face to see If l slept. l screamed
as loudly as I could and the man fed"
The burglar tried to escape, but ran into
the arms of the husband, who slept in a
room opposite. and the athletic young
banker struggled manfully with the thief
in the dark hall, but was unable to hold
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