Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-17

IN a chair VINO engages the services of
the barber, the bOotblack and the mani
cure queen all at the same time. The
record so far is held by man who re-
CURED; in addition to this. the service of
a small boy to hold a newspaper before
him. The economy of time is beginning
70 become matter of serious study
among strenuous New Workers.
Greater than in any year previous in
me history of the port of New York.
the number of cabin passengers landed
during 1902 by the steamship lines
reached the grand to,al of 1870. S4S. This
Is 100 more than the preceding year
and almost 2000 more than in 1901.
when the Paris exposition was the mag
net that drew many to the other side.
70 transport the great army of travellers
322 trips were made by the ocean liners
and more than twenty-three routes of
travel were traversed by the incoming
people. Together with the large cabin
lists came 5I4.2T6 in the Storage. or Il
greater number by 135. 40S than the year
before, and only approached in size by
the figures of 1882, when 520,355 were
landed at Castle Garden.
Part of the estate of the actor, John
Lester Wallack, was involved in an ac-
ton which was Withdrawn from the SUI
perior court in Stamford after being on
the court docket for seven years George
Hillen of New York and Mrs. Wallack,
widow, had entered into an agreement by
which the latter was to transfer to Hillcn
nine acres of land with buildings thereon
and Hillen in return was to give the
plaintiff $4,000, with $500 to bind the
bargain. After the $500 was paid Hill
len found that Mrs. Wallack could not
give him a clear title. Then he brought
suit f0,, 1a,,A =, /.
been in the courts ever since. Recently
Hillen went into bankruptcy. His trus-
tee settled the case. The property was
kept in fine shape during the life of the
actor and was his summer home.
Miss Anna Morgan, daughter of ].
Pierpont Morgan, has subscribed $1,000
to the fund with which Nine. Eleanor
Duse, the Italian actress. proposes to
the shores of Lake Albino, near Rome.
The ground for the theater together with
gardens, was recently donated by Count
Fraukensten, a friend of the actress and
a liberal patron of the arts. Miss Nor
gans gift is part of a fund of $4,000
subscribed by twenty-one women nj the
Duse dinner recently given at the Ital-
ian embassy at Washington. Nine Duse
has had the plan i'll mind for several
years, and at the dinner she gave a brief
outline to several of the guests. Miss
Morgan. it is said, became interested inn
mediately and said she would be willing
to contribute If Il check would be ac-
ceptabe Nine. Duse accepted the offer
and Miss Morgan sent her a check for
$1,000. She then placed the matter be-
fore other guests of the Italian amhassa-
dor and twenty ladies promised to donate
like amounts.
Vanderbilt, Jr., hopes to complete next
summer, promises to be the haunt of nu-
merous ghosts and other weird creatures
that make their home in the depths of
Success Lake. which, though almost
completely surrounded by Mr.. Wander
bits property, still belongs to the town
ship of North Hampstead. During the
last six months young Mr.. Vanderbilt has
had his attention called to these strange
inhabitants of the lake in a manner that
has caused him no end of irritation and
actual trouble. W0rkmen employed on
the Deepdale grounds were not long in
discovering that Success Lake was
haunted" They were told that in i.
there was some terrible creature that
was ever on the outlook for a victim TO
drag into it's depths. Gang after gang
has become imbued with this supersti-
tious terror of the lake, so that the fore
men now experimenting the work will
not take on any men unless they swear
beforehand that they have no fear of
spirits. and even many Of those who
have sworn to their bravery have sud
denly gathered up their shOyels and picks