Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-03-21

the mainsails of twelve yachts atloat il,
Il miniature lake in the center of the
Table. Live fish were seen in the water.
and after the dinner the guests were in
vlted To 20 fishing in the lake for some
of the ilttn tiSh that were not real but
which carried III their little bodies pean
scartpina for the men and pearl oruo.
ments for the women
Old gold and silver plate. spotted mSt,r
CHINA, Sixteenth century tunrStrics ,uA
all kinds Of antiques" are being mann.
featured IN New York To satisfy thu, lie.
mand for bits Of household ornamputo.
non mellowed 10y the centuries Not NOR,
than half the shops dealing in This kind
OF plumber sell the genuine thing. skill
ful fakirs work in east size carrots MAX
ing genuine Chippendalr chairs. mr..
morS worn by the crusaders, oddly de.
signed CandleStickS and. in short. NH
kinds OF junk that is likely TO catch tbn
eye of the searchcr for antiques, or
course, many Of the curiosity Sbons s,Jl
the real thing. | am told that one Fifth
avenue dealer has Il buyer who hnunfs
the piers and makes offers to poor jmlui-
grants for heirIooms, in this manner he
lng. assured that whatever he picks M is
at least genuine.
An net of incredible meannc>S WIS
rerpctrated ut Prospect park. BROOKLYN.
when tho splendid soldiers monunirut
erected on the slope of Lookout nm to
the memory of the 400 Maryland soldiers
who defended the rear of the American
army in the battle of Long Island. WAS
despOiled of its bronze letters hy van
dals, who later tried to realize on the
spoil in junk shop. The letters taken
formed these words; Good Goo! What
brave fellows | must this day loset--
George Washington" On the ether side
is this: "In honor OF Maryland's fonr
hundred. who, on this battlefield. An.
gust 81, 1916, saved the American
army The scoundrels have not YET
the Baltimore society of the Sons of the
been taken. The Maryland monument is
Il shaft 80 feet high, and was erected by
American Revolution.
Scores of men in New York's army of
unemployed are willing 10 sell the blood
in their veins for 81. DR. Ernest f..
Smith. a pathological expert. has been
besieged with letters with offers to sell
him as much Of their blood as he wants
for 50. These offers came in answer Ia
the following advertisement in one of the
papers:
50 WILL BE GIVEN TO ANY HEALTHY
man In exchange for small quantity OF
his blood for use Of a physician; no pain
or Injury.
The eagerness Of many of those who
offered their blood for money was pa
tbetic. Up to tonight Dr. Smith had
opened and read forty-four answers and
many more remained unopened. In al
most every case the applicant was out
of work and every letter told story
Of hard luck and misfortune.
The gift Of $1,OOOOOO TO Barnard Col
lcge for the purchase of three city BLOCKS
Immediately south of the present college
bindings at MoruingSIde heights. which
WAS announced by President Butier IF
columbia, was not made by John -.
Rockefeller as has generally been sup
posed. but by Mrs. Elizabeth Nibaui
Anderson, the wife Of Abram \. Amber
SON, the we'll known artist. She is the
daughter Of the late Jeremiah Miibauh.
who died in this city in 1851 leaving
about SlO,U0UO0O 10 hc divided between
his daughter and his son. Joseph Mil
bank. One Of the conditions of the gift
20 Barnard College was that the name
IF the donor should not be made public
1t was learned. however. from the highest
authority that the 81 ,OOO.0 was offered
by Mrs. Anderson. This last gift to
Barnard College will make almost 81,
100000 which Mrs. Anderson md her
brother Joseph Alilhank. made 10 Bar.
nard College and the teachers college
affiliated with If.