Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-04-04
IN GAY NEW YORK.


Despite Frau Wagner's protest, D.
rector COnried declines to reconsider LIS
decision to produce "ParsifaF at tle
Metropolitan Opera House next season.
Diamonds valued at more than $780,
600 have been transferred from the
United States appraisers store I, the
vaults of q safe deposit company for
safe keeping. Importers have beel send
ing diamonds to this country i. large
quantities by registered mail. AM delay
IN paying duty on them has caused n
iarge accumulation in the storeh,use.
Since Sarah Truax has founs so much
favor in New York by her performance
OF the Abbess in Sothern's If l Wee
King, it is likely she viii accompany
that artist on his Western tour.
Miss Harriet Staudon, who plays
Violet in the Storks compIny. left that
company at Boston to become the wife
Of Thornton Smell of Bloomington. H.,
scion of wealthy family. The mem,
berS OF the company, headed by Miss
May De SalIsO. will gi7e Miss Staudon
a complimentary dinne-. Miss Staudon.
whose name off the stage is Fagberg. is
but 10 and has been on the stage but
two years. She met young Smell while
playing with The Storks" ut the Dear
born Theater, Chicago.
Mrs William A. Duer. mother of Mrs
Clarence II. Mackay and of Miss Caro-
line Duer, died recently i'll the Waldorf
Astoria Hstel from stroke of Paralysis
She had been sick for some time. Mrs.
DUcr W. Miss Eliza TraverS a daugh-
ter of the late William r. Travers and
granddaughter of Reverdy Johnson.
James s. Harlan, attorney general of
Iorto RICO, arrived on the steamer
n9nGe: Mr. Harlan says he Will go to
Washington and offer his resignation to
the President, to take effect the latter
part of April. Private business OF an
urgent nature requires his attention at
this time.
Pauline Chase. the capricious 'pink
pajama girl left for Europe, leaving be-
hind another story of her fickleness. \
year ago she abruptly ended an engage
ment with wealthy printing press man
ufacturer, saying that size didn't want to
marry an American, but an Englishman.
Lately she became engaged to George c.
Cannon, q Harvard man and son of Il
New York bank president The minister
asked young Mr.. Cannon in German if
he would take Miss Chase to be his law
fully welded wife and received an af
tirmative reply. Then he asked the same
question of Miss Chase. She laughed,
threw up her hands and said: None of
this for mine. When | am married it
will be in English, so l can understand
what is going on
Rose Crystalli, handsome normal col
lege student, 20 years of age, is charged
with stealing $500 worth of jewelry
from Mrs. Victoria Scheffier. at whose
house she was a frequent visitor. When
arrested at Mrs Schettlers house she
gave the detective part of the jeweiry
pawn tickets calling for 1925 and $500 III
cash. In the police station she fell to her
knees, kissed the hem of Mrs. Schetfler's
skirt and begged piteously for mercy.
She was locked up. Miss CrYstalli is the
daughter of q prominent official of a life
insurance company.
Columbia. the daughter of Mandarin.
the elephant which was strangled to
death on the liner Minneapolis when it
reached New York last fall with other
circus animals, tried to kill Carl Bischoff
one of the elephant keepers now with
the circus at Madison Square garden. In
response to Bischoff's cries William EN-
DRY went to the rescue. Emory jabbed
a pitchfork into Columbia at the mo-
ment when she had almost got Bischoff
into position where she could kill him.
He was severely bruised. for Columbia
had hit him with her trunk several times.
Miss Florence Radcliffe of ''The Prince
of Pilsen" Company won her race against
Miss Mabel Reed of ''The Sultan of
Sulu" Company up the stairs of the Park
Row building The race was known as
the syndicate shin and was. to the
strong winded. OF course, at that. the
press agent could have easily finished
first, but he tripped along behind the
racers to see that they did not take the
elevator. Miss Radcliffe made the trip in
ten minutes. She left her breath on the
nineteenth story, where Miss Reed found
1t and by its aid reached the roof six
minutes later. As a result of the race,
Miss Radcliffe has the personal satisfac-
ton of victory, but both girls will receive
Tree trips to Europe next summer from
the management of their companies. If
they had not succeeded in reaching the
roof, however, not only would they have
been locked three weeks pay. but would
nave been dropped from the companies al
together At least, that is what they say
Mr.. kingsbury, their manager. told
Lhem. a large crowd of chorus girls.
Tat men and brokers and Col Woodbury.
watched the race from the various land
ings.
Rosa Gristalli. the normal school girl
VINO was arrested charged with having
SSIolen $500 worth of jewelry from
Mrs. Victoria Shelter has been released.
MRS. Shelter declined to prosecute. The
SlrIs father says Overstudy made her
Irresponsible
Ii tliIuIeI are SuHpTiDR from
an epidemic of Group and whoopinc
cough. which is raging in that borough
At present there are over 800 cases and
the epidemic is spreading rapidly. AL
ready many deaths have been reported.
Mrs. Fannie Payne McComb Herzog.
daughter of the late James Jennings
McComb, and who married Artist Louis
Herzog before she could get court to
decide whether clause of her fathers
Will, cutting her out of her share of
ms S13,O00,000 estate should she marry
Herzog, was valid, has won her conten-
ton. Under a decision of Judge Truax,
MED in the supreme court. Mrs. Herzog
IS declared entitled to about 81 100000.
Charles b. Dillingham; has purchased
the dramatic rights to Henry Harlands
novel, The Lady Paramount and has
engaged Mrs. Madeleine Lucette Ryley
TO make the dramatization. She has
agreed to have the play done within the