Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-03

board. which was sold for 80 cents. Dur
ing the procession twenty bands mingled
melodies with the beating of the surf.
At the close OF the parade there was an
illumination.
David c. Montgomery. who nlarS m.
Tin Man in The Wizard of o." has
had an experience which. he humbly con
ieSSes, has materially reduced the size
OF has bump of self-esteem. He tells the
story as follows:
Il was wearing my usual suit of tin
ariheF, and was in the act of leaving
the stage, when / passed a GROUP of
chorus girls, who were chatteriAg like a
beVy Of parrots. JUS; aS | reached the
door OF iny dressing room | heard one
OF the girls use my name. What she
said | do not know, but it was with
dlStnctneSs that was unnecessarily pain
fui that | heard her companion remark
Yes. he's the greatest canned lob
ster that / ever encountered.
Tentative plans for a moving sidewalk
across the Williamsburg bridge and rx-
tending through subway 10 the Battery
We're approved by committee of the
rapid transit commission The city is to
be secured by an Indemnity bond for the
1nl! amount of the contract, which iS cN-
pected to amount to about $4,000 900.
The property is to revert to the city after
Il term of years. and fare on the moving
sidewalk Will not exceed IL, cents. Ii i
estimated that the speed of the sidewalk
on It's fastest platform, where seats will
be provided. will be ten miles an hour.
moving continuously. making the trip
from Bowling Green to Williamsburg in
about fifteen minutes, without cilnge
as compared to the hour the journey now
takes. 1t is estimated that it will be
possible TO transport about 10000 seated
passengers an hour, There are to be sta
tons every two blocks.
Charles Frohman has secured a lease
on the famous but unfortunate little the
alter known as Mrs Osborne's playhouse
Il is his intention 10 give French plays in
French. and he feels quite certain that
there are enough people in New York
10 support the enterprise. His company
VIII he recruited in Paris. This will look
Ike dubious enterprise to those who do
not pause to consider the coSm0Dotan
character Of New York. For example
there IS NiddiSh "Sapho' now holding
the boards al the Thalia theater and
crowding the house nightly. Besides this.
there Is place where IiddiSh vaudeville
Is given practically the year around. The
other day it was announced that the
manager of the French Opera company
NJ New Orleans is to give ''ParSifar in
French and that he viii devote q week
Of the season to New York. Outside the
theater evidences are not lacking TO show
that New ork is the real cosmopolis
Dressed in a coachman's livery. Hugh
j. Chisholm. Jr.. young New York
man. whose father is a director of the
Northern Pacific -ai,road. fooled" a
party of persons who came to Mamaro-
neck the other day 10 attend coaching
party given by Henrietta and Mary
We;therbee, daughters of +. H.
Weather. to the Westminster horse show
at the Empire City track. Chisholm was
one of the house party at the Weather
bee estate at Orienta point The Misses
Weatherbee expected Miss EVELYN Grim
Minis. niece of John ID. Crimmins: Miss
Hoyt and some other young women from
Motion. Conn. Young Chisholm per
Suaded them to let him drive down for
them. He borrowed the coachman's liv-
cry. silk hat and boots and mounted the
box of the Weatherbee four-in-hand.
His disguise was successful. and the
young women did not recognize him.
They did not penetrate his disguise until
they reached Orienta point.
"Blinkie' and Dear Friends" two Of
the wealthiest and most troublesome pro-
feSSlonal beggars in the country were ar
rested by John +. Godfrey and Thomas
f. Hayes of the Charity Organization
society. 1t is known the two men are
worth at least $4,000 the fruit of nearly
forty years of shrewd almsgetting. Dear
Friends" who is 56 years old and whose
right name is William Vaughn. has more
than $4,000 in Brooklyn banks and in
real estate, and "Blinkie,'' who is about
the same age as Vaughn. is known to be
at least. as rich. "Blinkie' has heen
beggar in the Wall street financial dis
trict for twenty years. Ten years ago
he collected large sums of money by GO
sad story Of the loss of an eye. Among
those who were touched by "Blnkie's"
crafty appeals are 4. Prentice Parmalee.
John d. ROckefeler's son-in-law: Adrian
lSelin, Percy r. Pine, and score of
others.