Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-13

The passing Of the two old Italian reetau-
| rants is only a phase OF the new growth
says a New York letter to the Pfttsburr
Dispatch The old Tsnderioin district IN
the character that made Il famous Ia now
practically dead. Macy's, saks' ana other
big stores have absorbed blocks Of the old
| quarter, and ten and twelve-story apart
ments are springing up everywhere. The
| old sturtevant house is to give way to a
new hotel. The Imperial annex, twice as
big as the old hosiery itself, Is nearly COM
pleted while on the outer edges OF the
Tenderioin hotels like the new Astor house
cover immense ground surface and reach
far toward the sky The four-story brick
house Of the sos, familiar type in the old
district, no longer pays and demolition is
everywhere between Twenty-third and For
| ty-second streets. with the disappearance
of the old houses the comfortable little cafe
is also vanishing and it's place IL taken by
gorgeous hotel dining rooms. such bizarre
resorts as the Haymarket, the White Ele-
phant, Cairo and Little Hungary passed
away with the winter and their like will
not again be seen in the old Tenderloin.
The percentage Of visitors to the city
hall, says the Evening Post, has notably
increased since the remodeiing Of the in-
terror of the building has been completed.
! The new audience chamber, with it's red
velvet hangingss and gallery OF old paint
inWs, occupies the greater part OF the visi-
tors attention. and the gas-logs which are
| kept burning in the old stone fireplace add
to the cheeriness of the dignified room. 1t
has been decided by the mayor and the
borough president to have doors placed in
the entrance to the mayors suite. At pres
ent any vandal who enters the city hall and
fingers there until no one is left in the
building can slash or mutilate the old can
vases at will. The placing OF a door, with
strong bolts, will cut OF the portion Of the
building containing the paintings. Many
Of the old canvases. including the painting
| Of Jefferson-one of the best owned by the
city-are in a neglected and dusty condi-
tion. The canvases on the walls OF the old
council chamber receive but little attention.
The suggestion has been made that they be
removed to a special room in the Metropoli-
tan musuem, where they could be better
appreciated. The ONCE Of the comptroller
in the Stewart building also contains some
large canvases.
The shirtwaist man is going 70 be aboard
in New York this year. Leading haber-
dashers say so. at any rate, and their con-
hdence is predicted upon the solid fact that
thew have the "waists' in stock and all in
readiness for the shirt waist man, and the
assurance, so they claim, Of any number
Of men that they are going to 80 without
their coats In public this summer. public
opinion or no public opinion.
The coatless man Is going to win out
for a sure thing this SUMNER" said ons Of
the exclusive Fifth avenue haberdashers.
"for the reason that the chapptes are
going 20 take up the custom Of going with
ont their coats, and. no matter what may
he said. the chappies come pretty near to
pointing the way in matters or dress at
any rate Lots of New York men who
are not cranks or novelty seekers are
going without their coats on the streets
of New York on hot days this summer
We've all got stacks Of the proper KIND
of shirts 10 be worn by the coatless men,
and we did not lay these stocks In on q
goTnble nor without having a pretty fair
idea of the nature Of the support that is
going TO be given to the coatless idea this
summer. "
Tn isas. the first year OF the Greater
Nav York under consolidation there were
In .7l5 arrests in the whole territory. Last
year the number was lSOOO.
In no way perhaps, can the changes IN
nopuIation be better shown than by COM
nortson of police figures, reports the Sun
During the year 1898. for instance, there
, were 1900 arrests OF persons giving their
birthplace as Ireland; last year there were
p, 500.
The number Of arrests Of natives Of Ger
many ave years ago was 1900 last year
Il was $500 OF French residents there
, were /. 800 arrests Ave years ago; last year
, there were LOO
The number OF arrests Of persons OF
| N.TT .l0F n
p OOO and of Russians from si0o TO 400.
These were the chief declines.
on the other hand, the number OF ltal-
. ians Increased from T. 800 10 500. OF swedes