Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-05
NEW YORK NEWS LETTER.


chools of New York city have become
loted within recent years for the va
iety and scope of their course
{ instruction. IL is now announced
hat at an early date lessons in box.
lg will be given regularly to the male
iupils. This may be followed by
curses in fencing, dancing. bowling.
lilliards, etc. There be many New
iorkers of practical turn of mind
Tho are under the impression that
here would be more hope for the ris-
ng generation if there were return
o the three RS OF the old-time public
chools.
Curiosity is about as strong in q
ig city as in any country place. Jan
: tors and other attendants in the
well apartment houses are complain
ng that numbers of well dressed wo-
Zen call every day to be shown S.
90 a year flats, not with any thought
I renting the same, but merely to see
Or themselves just what such apart
rents look like II is well known
shen these people call that they are
rompted alone by curiosity. but the
ttendants must be polite to them for
he reason that they would be the
cry sort of persons 10 report anj
ort of inattention TO the agent of the
uilding.
Whatever may be the opinion of the
eneral public as to Secretary Shaw
is undeniable that the secretary OF
he treasury is most popular in Wall
treet. There the bankers have the
ighest sort of an opinion of his fl
ancial ability and his honesty One
the most prominent men there said
day or two ago: Mr. Shaw is the
iost resourceful, the most courageous
nd the most intelligent man and bus
less-like secretary OF the treasury
hat We have had since John Sher.
IAN" He is especially commended
or increasing the deposits of the gov
rnment in the national banks through
he medium of the aggregation of in
ernal revenue takes and for accept
lg for security for such deposit 9th
r bonds than those of the United
tates. 1t is felt that Mr.. Shaw's
,olicy will avert the ordinary great
tringency of the money market dur
ng the crop moving period.
The work of tearing down buildings
preparatory to the beginning OF work
II the power house In Long Island
ity of the Pennsylvania-Long Island
unnel is now fairly under way. The
,ower house will be $50 feet by 500
eet and 100 feet or more in height
hn ha
over exerted will be equal to about
5000 horse power. A similar build
ng will be constructed at Jersey City.
A union of caddies is being formul-
ted 1t is said in readiness for the
text season The young gentlemen
Who are so necessary an adjunct to
he game of golf seem TO think they
re not properly estimated and that
hey will reap great advantages and
enefits from organized effort. An
initial strike occurred this season at
he Flushing Country Course and
While it proved disastrous to the
itrikers they gather hope of the fail
ire and expect the future to bring
hem recompense of reward.
Old New Workers. are shocked be-
,ause the excavations for the subway
/ n lower Broadway have made it nee
1ssary to mutilate a number of the
rees in old St, Pauls graveyard.
This little city Of the dead is a sacred
pot to all native New Workers. and
Oud protests have gone up because
# this so-caled Dissertation.
The bigness of the territory includ-
d in Greater New York Is best shown
a recent report from the Weather
bureau showing the great differences
climate here. This IL due In part
# course, to proximity of the sea and
variations in attitudes. There is
more snowfall in the neighborhood OF
Yonkers than at the southern end OF
Staten Island
People here in New York without
'egard to party are asking themselves
what Mr.. German was thinking OF tc
keep silence In his opposition TO Mr.
low until after his denomination was
IN assured one. The impression IL
| strong that his opposition has done
| Mr.. Low no harm. but that 1t ha,
hurt very decidedly the gentleman
making the abortive attack. Mr.. Jer
Dme's chances for future promotion
lay solely with the fusionists whom h
has antagonized SO vigorously. He
has been too long an enemy OF Tam
many that that organization shout,
ever pick him up.
Society never tires OF fads. 1t ha
now become one OF the regular fea
lures of bachelors farewell Dime
TO send the central floral piece to tn
bride-elect after the first course. ~
matter at what distance she may b
the piece Is sent and the greater tn
distance the greater the galantry
Reggie Vanderbilt was one Of the frs
to establish the custum and his beaI
tiful mound Of roses decorating tn
table at Sandy Point. r. L.. was ser
to Miss Vathleen Nelson, then In Ne
York. Every fashionable bridegroom
has done the same since then and
is an interesting moment when til
dinner Is suspended and the host q