Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.

One Of the most profitable speculative
CRAFTS worked In New York City for wears
past has received a knockout blow from
the courts. Speculation In theatrical tick
cts, by which patrons of amusement places
were frequently charged double prices, had
become a grievous public evil. Some
theatrical managers winked at the evil.
because there was a chance for individual
loot. Others fought the spectators at
every turn, seeking to protect their patrons
from organized robbery. Refusal to sell
tickets to recognized spectators proved in
effective, as did several other schemes,
such as driving the spectators from the
vicinity of the theaters. As a last desperate
resort one manager hit upon the plan of
making tickets non-Iransferable, issued in
the name of the purchaser and refused to
honor tickets purchased from spectators.
The right OF the manager to do these things
was taken into court, and was finally passed
upon last week by the appellate division
of the supreme court. The decision Of tha
court is characterized as a sweeping VIC
tory for hoI esty. The contention of the
theatrical manager was sustained. The
court declared that tickets for the theater
licenses, and that managers have the legal
right to refuse admission to those who
have purchased such tickets from specula-
tors on the sidewalks.
John Mcdonald, contractor Of the sub
way, makes the startling announcement
that the best electrical experts consulted
when he was figuring on the contract es-
timated that the electrical equipment would
cost 81, 600, 900, while now the experts say
the cost will be SIS. 900. 900. Here is a
difference of 81, 900. 900 in two or three
years. Nothing could better illustrate the
rapid strides in electrical work than this.
What is sufficient for today may be out Of
date tomorrow.
Scarcely a week passes in New York in
which there is not some theft on a large
scale, which serves to call attention to the
loose methods Of most New York employ
ers Of household servants in the matter of
investigating the same.
A case which happened only about ten
days ago is a fair sample OF the many. A
prominent and wealthy society woman, the
daughter of a former mayor OF New York.
found 1t necessary to employ a maid, the
young woman that had been with her for a
number of years having been compelled to
give up her position, owing to a domestic
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one of the New York papers for a maid.
and had several dozen personal applicants
for the position on the following day. She
selected one of the applicants out of hand
because OF the girls good looks, tidiness
and sprightliness. AS a mere formality she
asked the girl for references. The tidy,
sprightly young woman handed over to her
new employer an exceedingly lsudatory let
ter Of recommendation from an alleged So
ciety woman of Philadelphia, who gave her
departure on a trip around the world as
her reason for dispensing with the maids
valued services.
The New York society woman didn't
make any effort whatever to verify this
letter Of recommendation by communicate
ing with the alleged society woman OF
Philadelphia, but accepted II without fur
Their question as a genuine reference. Her
new maid was put to work Immediately,
and within Just three hours after putting
her foot inside the house the new maid ex-
ecuted a clever disappearance, in company
with about 81, 900 Of her new mistress
jewelry.
New York is nasty now. No one can
deny II, or tries. The subway excavations.
carried on carefully and with remarkable
skill though they are. furnish enough dirt
TO give the city a constant dust bath.
Where the subway does not grow, manifold
holes sprout in the night under the careful
cultivation OF those desirable landscape
gardeners, the gas, steam and electrical
conduit companies. And TO crown the
achievement Of the dirt makers. everybody
has begun to use soft coal.
To-day Mem York, as seen from the sea,