Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-07-25


Rrice said he had concluded arrange
ments with H. Il. Moss, the head of
Moss Empires. limited. who controls
twenty-five hippOdromes in England. in
Guiding one in London, that have made
him millionaire.
One of the most interesting sights in
New York city is to be observed in Cen
ter street in the basement windows of
building opposite the TombS, where
number of young girls are mSily EN-
plDyed for several hours daily packing
gold leaf for the market. This delicate
work Is done almost entirely with the
hrcat In on other way Is ii possible
to ban1}c the material The long, shape
less leaves " gold ire first lifted from
a pile. on thin stick. and then flat
tened out on Il board with Il breath. The
leaf Is cut into 4 perfect square with n
knife, is then lifted again by the stick,
laid between the leaves of the book III
which il is sold, and again flattened with
the breath. The work is dome with mar
velouS rapidity, and the skill Of the girls
who do il is n source of never-ending
wonder and admiration 60 the crowds
who watch them from the street.
1t has been decided by the board of
education that it would be poor policy to
impress upon the youthful mind the vio-
lent deaths Of Presidents Lincoln, Gar
field and Mckinley. Accordingly. appro-
priations for the presentation OF tablets
in memory of the martyred Presidents TO
the public schools OF the city have been
voted down.
Police officers have raided a room in
East Fifty-ninth street. where they AZ
rested nine men charged with abbetting
Il prize fight When the officers burst in
the doors, 200 spectators made dash to
get out. They attempted to climb out of
windows and swarmed down the rear
stairs, but found the police awaiting
them everywhere The fight had not
started and only those taking "A leading
part in the proposed combat were held.
Miss Mary ]. Piercey, said to have
been one of the smallest women in the
world, is dead at her home in Bayonne,
\. J. She was thirty-one inches tall,
weighed fifty pounds and was 40 years
of age The recent hot weather caused
her fatal illness.
Bettina Gerard. the singer and fun
maker. whom every one thought had Sut-
Tered a final eclipse year ago. has
jumped into her old place In popular
favor. For a long time her unfortunate
intirmites kept her in the public eye,
and many times She was placed in Belle
we. Now She has reappeared in all her
former spleudor playing the leading fe-
male role in the Japanese opera running
on the roof of Madison Square garden.
She is sharing honorS with Hobart
Smock, nephew of former Vice PreSi-
dent Hobart.
Miss Henrietta Cro~man authoritative
tVs 81. - l.,
son IN AS You Like 1t she will never
again appear IN a "hreecheS part."( She
started the craze for this style Of dress
several wears ago in Mistress Nell and
since then many other actresses have
followed her lead.
For such purposes as Interested the
out-of-town SightSeer the Tenderloin. the
lIoWery and Chinatown have now passed
away. Police Commissioner Greene'S
policy Of changing inspectors and cap
! tain> every few months in these quarters
has thrown the shady resort keepers into
despair and riSque attractions are now
few and far between There is a de.
cnrOuS calm pervadng the Tendrrloin.
the voice of the BoWery barker * Stilled
and "ChineSe Ike and other guides of
! Chinatown have lost their occupations
! Just above Forty second street which
| was once the extreme northern boundary
Of the Tendcrlon, there are some places
/ Spnnglng M which appeal to the low
| bohemian taste. and many of the old
! crowd whose faces are familiar around
! Sixth avenue and Twenty eighth street
nave migrated to that quarter. OF the
| bohemian restaurants of the better class
! tGtre are only Il few which tolerate sing
! ing at the tables. Only one Is known
! which will stand for the eigarette-Smok
ing woman This place is in Forty first
! street near Broadway, The proprietor
! keeps n close watch on the trend of
I meirymaklng. and the persons or party
becoming too oh~treperou> is promptly
! 'l0fted"
Charles G. Martin, superintendent Of
| the engineering department. of the Brook.
!yn bridge, died suddenly Of apoplcNy al
| Far RockaWay. He was - wears old.
Laura Biggar. the actress. who claimed
10 be the widow Of Henry NJ Bennett.
the Pltt>hurS millionaire, and who was
thv principal figure in the criminal prn.
evedlnsS M Freehold. y. j.. is being Suei
10 the supreme court of Kings Souuty
~ James Mary Hendricl. the wife OF
~. Charles L, Hcndrick for SlOO. 0M
ter the alienation OF his affections. DR.
Itehdrick was implicated with Miss Big.
B SaF ana former Justice OF the Peace
. samuel {. stanton on n charge OF con
Spirary To obtain possession of the for
tune OF Mr. Bennett. Mrs. Hendricb