Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
IN GAY NEW YORK.

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Jacob Smyth of Coney Island, while
fishing for weaklish at the old iron pier,
caught turtle that weighed 413 pounds.
The turtle was landed safely and placed
ON exhibition at the pier.
Jewels valued at $1,000 were seized on
the Cunard Line dock by a custom house
detective on the arrival of the Campo
MIA. The jewels were in the possession
of John Hawkes., a Cincinnati importer.
A corsage ornament NJ. Hawkes. had in
his hip pocket.
William Heath Lyon. who for many
years was leading merchant of New
York city, is dead. Mr. Lyon served as
memer of the board of commissioners
for purchasing supplies under eight adj
mnistratiens. lie is said to have been
the first American merchant to enter
Paris after the revolution of 1913
Another engagement Of much interest
is announced. 1t was that of Miss Elcan-
or Thomas, the daughter Of Gen. and
Mrs. Samuel A. Thomas, to Il. Living
sion Beeckman, the son of Mrs. Gilbert
l.. BeeCkman and brother of Mrs.
A4}tl@ Afs i4pl lliditi. MS ~ WI Ibttth~
mans second announced engagement,
Nhe first was to Miss Elaine Sartoris,
formerly of Philadelphia, now of Eng
land.
Amid the cheers of dozen or more Of
her former school mates aud score or
more Of her mothers theatrical friends
Lillian Solomon, daughter of Lillian Rus
SELL sailed for Rotterdam. Miss Solo
mon, who is Is years old, is going to
Paris to study music and expects to go
ca the stage. With her is her aunt
Mrs. Susanna Leonard Westford, who
will act as chaperon. Miss Lillian Rus
sell saw her daughter off
The latest thne in chatting dishes is
an earthen casserole set in copper
frame and fitted with copper cover
The casserole is made of the common
red earthenware, and is glazed inside and
unglazed outside. A severely plain and
rather 'stumpy' earthen handle adds to
the picturesque effect 1t is said that a
Welsh rarebit' or a lobster In New
burg provokeS more Of musty ale ap-
petite cooked in this vessel than in
cleaning silver dish.
Mrs. Ada Eugene Yrooman Leslie
lingering illness. She was born in
1876 and when only rs years of age
WAS widely known ny her contributions
IN prose and verse to the leading peri
odicalS She married Alfred Leslie. a
son Of Frank Leslie. After his DEATH
Mrs Leslie edited the Lady's Bazaar
aud number of other periodicals. In
recent years She assisted her sons.
Arthur and Frank, in organizing the
|eoiie syndicate,
Mrs. StuyveSan' Fish Is arranging to
give iahcy,ditss ball at t'rossway5
next htohlh, me guests viii be asked
20 appear IN continental costume, and
several new and startling features are
pdilhcq. Mrs; FISh has been counSeImg
With Newport $ electricians concerning
4eeoFatloHS' ana II anything novel can
he evolved 10y the Newport artists she
VIII have 1t At any price. Mrs. Harry
Lear VIII assist Mrs, Fish. and the CO.
!iuoh VIII be led from both ends by
MeSSrs, Lehr and Dyer.
The tr.un cnpditiou of Conr.,;, r,a,.,.,.,
herS of the family. They state that she
Is childish 1T is a c;tSe of what we
used to call, in the old fashion. soften
ing of the brain" reports one of tia
aud cannot recover. But she is not wild
or harmful, as has been stated.
The stories about a sale of her effects
in Now York were wrong. Georgia
owned 4 100000 house there. and it has
been sold, Somebody collected n few
Of her things and then added a lot OF
other articles and held an auction sale
These things went Mt big prices"
If fnu dutv ha mid ou ,h, .n,i,+;,,.s
stofuorv hrGn1ns ana n,hor p l,,',,.i',
ton, part of which has arrived from
Italy, Henry Walters Of Baltimore. Ia,
purchaser, win have To turn over TO Ia,
customs authorities at least $15O0pU
MIR Walters paid about 81 .0OO, 600 fo
the collection aud the duty on painting
brought from Italy is IL per cent. /
is thought. however, that the whole col
lection may be brought in duty free n
the tariff law permits, under certain rc