Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-14

| these days. Few, If INV i DaOaum ~ ~
nave made more money with the non ard
attalned more distinction. He is \ wall.
inY encyclopedia of political and histori.
ta' hhoWledge, and it used to he an honor
~ ~ De interviewed by Gath" Ex-Gov.
!.dlSehfy Warmoth OF Louisiana saidt
udtn met him once in the Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel and asked him one question
ABOUT the political situation in the Pelj-
Gah state, which was answered briefly
ne next day two columns. questions
ana answers. appeared in an Ohio news
paper III which the ex-governor was
indde 10 give in detail the political OUT
| + tIoN Now. strange 10 relate" added
the ex-governor, Il was made 10 say eN-
ac,iy what | would have said. and | mar
yeied at the mind-reading powers Of
Hath. No wonder he made such b;g.
| successr'
- Loie Fuller. the dancer. arrived in
New FORK on the liner st. Paul She
mas been absent nearly two years, dur
ing the greater portion of which time
me was IN France. She recently danced
before the Shah of Persia, whom she
describes as "a polished oriental"
Ex-Police Capt James Cannon VS.
| treated with considerable clemqncy nv
recorder Golf when he was arraigned
Tor sentence under his conviction for
neglect of duty in failing to suppress
vice when he was in command of an
east side precinct. He was liable 10
Imprisonment and a fine of $500. The
| recorder let him off with a fine of $3.50.
which was paid.
Louise Searle, stage beauty of TWEEN
ty years ago, died in poverty here in n
room practically bare of furniture at g.;
Hudson street. Coroner'S Physician
Weston says she died of consumption and
hack of nourishment. She had been an
invalid for some years, but had no one
to look after her except her son Harry,
who acted as nurse and housekeeper For
several seasons she sang with the Emma
Abbott Opera Company. and then went
over to r. Il. Rice TO sing the part of
Gabrielle in "Eyangelne." 1t is said her
contract called for $500 a week, a ton
notch salary in those days. About twelve
years ago she had a slight accident
which compelled her to retire. She had
some money saved when she retired. but
most of this went in giving her son an
education and in supporting herself At
times there was no fire in the room in
which she lay i'll. All that was left of
her belongings were two beds and a few
boxes.
William B. Leeds, president of the
Rock Island railroad and director in
the United States Steel Corporation.
bought recently a large tract of land
al Oyster Bay, l.. / Mr. Leeds intends
to build a large country place in the fash
ionable colony near President Rooseyelt'S
home. Mr.. Leeds is reported to have
paid 100000 for the Thomas +. Young
tract of 400 acres, adjoining the Airing
ton Hotel properly. 1t fronts 5000 feet
On Cold Spring harbor.
Clinton \. Aloffat treasurer at Days
Theater, while handling some paper
money, rubbed one of his eyes. 1t be-
came sore and the other eye also was af
fected. The physician decided that Mof-
fat must have the injured organ removed
III order to save the sight of the other
eye.
The United States fish commission at
Woods Hole hope that scarcity of coal
may help Buzzard bay oysters. The oys-
ter's worst enemy is the star fish. Star
fish are easy to get in large quantities if
anybody has any good reason to take
a statement that the star fish makes eX-
cellent fuel and are almost as good as
coal and cost nothing.
The private impresario is the latest
adjunct of the millionaire's house. lie is
an efficient instrument in dispOsing of the
superfluous wealth to be spent i'll enter
tanning. His business is to arrange mu-
steal parties for his patrons. He tells
them what to have on the programmes
if they do not know, and he suggests
what singers shall be engaged. And, of
course, he looks out for the part that he
is to play in the affair. Usually the
method of concert giving is TO call in the
house impresario and ask his ideas of
concert to cost about $500. exclusive of
his regular retainer. Sometimes two or
three concerts are to be given at regular
intervals, each to cost the same amount.
The impresariO names some singers or
players, of whom two are to he selected.
The hostess and the impresario agree on
those who seem best suited for their pur-
pose and the impresiTi0, with the $500
as his working capital, goes to the per-
formers who have been approved by his
patron. The cheaper he can get them
the more profitable will be the concert
for him.
When the thirty-fve skyscrapers Of the
first class now in course of construction
are completed there will be in all about
$50 on Manhattan island. Until the last
decade of the Nineteenth century there
was ibt Otts vi inns lDO luIIy nan nave
been the product of the last few wears
If there is Il pr0portionate increase in the
next decade New York, from Fourteenth
street to the Battery. at least, will he
city of skyscrapers. with the streets mar
row gorges, walled in by towering, man
made cliffs.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com
pany has issued a statement that all of
the fast steamers of the International
Mercantile Marine Company will be sup
piled Immediately with wireless telegraph
plants.
People with Summing tendencies have
found Il brand new diversion. China
town. the Bowery and the sprightly
"Tenderloin' have lost all charm for
them since they discovered the steep
steps that lead to the marvellous tunnel
known as the rapid transit subway
Women who shrek at sight of a mouse
and faint If they hear the whisper of an
accident on the surface of the earth pick
up courage and skirts and descend a
depth Of twenty-five feet into a region
which. at first glance. looks like an Illus