Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-03
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes ON the Current of Life In h
Metropolis.

Metropolis.
The least known and most beloved Of the
nineteen victims OF the Park Avenue hotel
fire was Mrs. Rebecca Salome Foster,
known to the under world as 1.-THE Tombs
angel" Her life and means were spent in
uplifting the city's unfortunate, and count
less rumbers OF men and women, boys and
girls, who had Just crossed the threshold
Of vice and crime, owe to her aid their re-
turn to paths Of usefulness and self
respect. Her good works and deeds were
eulogized by the newspapers and the local
courts paid her memory the unprecedented
tribute Of adjourning on the day Of the
funeral. at was not only that Mrs. Foster
labored unselhshly and INCREASINGLY among
the city's prisoners" says the New York
Evening Post, but that all who came into
contact with her were impressed with the
wisdom and good judgment she displayed.
1t was no weak testimony to her character
and her personality that a society paid in
annually placing $4,000 in her hands to
spend as she saw At. And it was charac-
~teristic of Mrs. Foster that when this and
other contributions ran out she sold her
own personal belongings to find the means
to give some outcasts a fresh start in life,
or to help them and their families in one
Of a thousand different ways. Her true
Christian spirit is we'll illustrated by the
fact that she was seen on one occasion to
take off her own overskirt and give It to a
tattered woman prisoner. Her success
seems to have lain in her frank and
friendly manner, and in her ability to SYM
pathize with the person before her without
minimizing the offense Of which the pris-
oner was guilty, as we'll as in the evident
u~nselfshness Of her undertaking. The
| court Of special sessions has made no mis-
take In honoring this citizen, for no city
can lose one of such a character without
being appreciably the poorer"
New York's new method of clearing away
the snow by means Of steam has had a
good trying out OF late. and, according to
Snow Inspector Clark, is entirely satisfac-
tory. The Tribune describes the melting
machine as resembling a road roller with
the rollers removed. Where the shaft of
the big forward roller should be is a large
iron box, into which ten or more men shovel
snow. Steam introduced into this box
through Jets melts the snow as fast as It
can be shoveled. the water running into the
sewer through a big pipe. In one day one
machine melted 750 cubic yards OF snow,
and nine teams were enabled to do the
work Of seventy-five.
During the proceedings on the Meteor
platform preceding the launching last Tues
day one Of the German petty officers OF Ho-
henzollern, who Is oficial photographer to
Kaiser wilhelm, had set up his camera In
q corner of the large Enclosure and focused
II on the stern OF the yacht. where the
launching cord was to be cut and the bot
tie broken.
Just as he had everything exactly ready
Policeman Craig moved. To make himself
as little as possible In the way Of the
prince and Miss Roosevelt the policeman
stood up as straight as he could In. a cor
ner of the railing. But he was exactly In
the way OF Jurgensen's camera. The petty
oficer looked distressed. He stood FIRST on
one foot and then on the other. At last
he went forward, touched Craig on the arm.
bowed low and made a courtly address in
German, the purport of which was that he
desired the policeman to move out Of range
OF the camera. Apparently the policeman
thought that the German wanted a message
carried to somebody. In two minutes they
were bowling and gesturing to one another
In a way remarkably reminiscent Of the
Broadway dialect drama.
President Roosevelt was the first to catch
light OF this little side comedy, and he was
broadly amused. He glanced about for
someone TO send to the aid Of the two I'M
f~ortunates, but his eye lighted on no one
Finally he stepped between the two.
He only wants you to so to the othei
side OF the railing, so that he can take bis
picture" the president explained 20 the po.
lieeman. Then he said in German to the
sailor: "He is very glad to oblige YOU"
The German took one look at the presi.
dent TO make sure that his eyes were no
dsceiVing him Then he stifened as though
, he had been frozen and doubled over like
q ~jack-knife.
The policeman. stammering. CROPPED hi
, way along the rail as though he had beer
/ blinded, and was hidden from sight on tn
> other side Of the yachts bow.
: The supreme court Of New York I
asked TO decide who 10 Tony the Boot