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

VI LAutlttuS the helSht OF a school house
TO four or. at the most. five stories that
many of the members have been simply
dumbf3Gnded at the bOldnesS which char
| acterlZed the new plan. The opposition
Is centered in the difficulty of handling
| ouoO children under one roof. 1t was
| contended that in case of fire or other
| excitement it would not he possible to
dismiss the pupils as speedily and with
| OUT creating panic as il is now in the
smaller schools under the system of fire
| drills, or rapid diSmisSalS. as they are
technicaily called. Architects are busy
! planning devices to eliminate dangers
growing ont of fires and panics.
Miss Cornelia Stuyycsant Vanderbilt.
Youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| George Vanderbilt. arrived in New York
| from ASheVille. y. C.. in the Vanderbilt
private car, Little Miss Vanderbilt is
only ~ sears old, and this is ner first
VISIT to New York since She was 10 weeks
old. She Travelled alone with her nurse.
| There is distress in the family of Mrs.
J francis Foote. who lives far northward
! in the Bronx. She came down to Har-
lem to do some shopping. In her purse
were diamond rings valued nj $4,000.
which were priceless TO her, as they were
| helrlooms left by her mother. When she
| reached home she startled the family
|
gone. Her purse was searched and also
| her clothing. She was positive the rings
were IN the purse when she went away in
| the morning. Since then she has been so
I frantic with grief that her relatives say
they fear she will lose her, reason.
Not to be outdone by the Pennsylva-
MIA Company the New York Central has
plans ON foOt to build q twenty-story
station WG!rh will include n hotel, :. the
| alter and a department store 1t will oc-
| cupy the present site of the Grand Cen
| trail station. The station is to be in the
| basement, and passengers, on leaving
| their ears. can take an elevator do their
| shopping in the building, pass the after
| noon or evening in the theater and spend
the night in the hotel.
Workmen on the new East river bridge
are to petition the PENNSYLVANIA Steel
| Company to establish steam launch
patrol under the bridge to pick IN the
men who happen To drop into the river
| while 1T work ON the dizzy heights of the
| span. Several fatal accidents have oc-
| CURED, they claim. which might have
| been obYiated had such patrol been
kept
| There has just been incorporated the
| Navy League of the United States. Ben
j !
navy, Is its president and William Me
| AdoO. former assistant secretary of the
navy, is vice president. The list of hon
orary vice presidents includes leading
men throughout the country interested in
maritime matters 1t is intended that
| this organization shall help to express
| popular opinion on naval subjects. SINH
| lar organizations exist in England
| France, Italy, Belgium and Germany.
Those who wonder Mt the amazing
| prosperity of the Bowery stores and sa-
looms may find some light in the fact
| that 100000 British sailors came ashore
foG lark in New York last year ANA
spent over quarter of a million dollars.
To this number can be added thousands
upon thousands of tars OF other tongues
Then it can he understood why the bar
boys and bouncerS around these places
change their diamonds three times a day
| and never give Il thought to last years
straw hat
Police captains will not hereafter be
allowed To send their detectives into the
homes of wealthy citizens at their own
sweet will and then publish to the world
of crooks what houses can be safely
entered for purposes of burglary. The
| exploit of Capt. Lantry of the East Eff
| ty-hrst street police station besides caus-
| ing general gasp of astOnishmcnt. not
unmingled with alarm. brought down
upoa him the rebuke of Commissioner
Greene and hint that radical proceed
| lngS of the kind must not be initiated at
| headquarters in the future.
A rate war has been started among
the 1iddish restaurants on the east side
and it is now possible to get a meal for
y cents. Up to a few weeks age the
popular price was II cents, With 4 cigar
cite and bottle of soda water thrown
in. The war is the outcome Of long
| standing rivalry between three restaurant
! keepers on Essex street One of them
started the ball rolling by charging II
cents. Another followed with II cut to
! 10 cents and then came slash to 8
| cents. There are rumors that prices
| have not yet reached the bottom The
! cheaper east side restaurants furnish q
| good meal for 20 cents. which includes a
| plate Of soup, meat, vegetables, dessert.
| n cup of coffee or tea. and cake. In
| spite of the small price they make money.
| The owner of such an establishment says
| that he averages a profit Of 3 cents on
| each meal and feeds enough persons to
make so day for himself. The cns-
toners of these restaurants range from
the pushca1t peddler to the clothing OPP
orator in Il sweatshop, who earns about
| so a week Liquor is sold on the quiet
mt some Of these restaurants. Most o.
| it is mOonshine stuff.
1t isn't the owners or buildings with
| plate glass windows i'll the vicinity Of
| the Flatiron building at Twenty-third
street and Broadway alone that are suf-
! ferng from the veritable hurricanes that
are DETECTED from the sides of the mann
moth structure. Now it has begun TO
affect pedestrians. particularly women,
and for time yesterday it was impos-
| sibie to keep ones feet while passing
within a block of the building. One tail.
| slender. graceful young woman, unmis-
| takably of the Fifth avenue contingent,
was caught by the gale and her purse
was swept from her hand, which she
| had impulsivcly opened to catch hcr
| skirts. The whirlwind blew bills from
the purse in every direction. and crowds
| Of men around the corner ran after them.
That's what | call BLOWN money for
! fair" remarked a policeman who came
M and drove the gathering crowd away.
| six women were blown off their feet by
| q sudden gust of wind, seeing which
dozens of others almost rrawled on their
| hands and knees out of the path OF