The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| osity." While in the past it was easy
for him to collect more than 5000
for the university, now it is dlfncult
for him to get $4,000. He says Mr..
Carnegie's munificence has scared
away other givers of lesser wealth.
"A large staff of women is employ
ed at the Vatican for the sole purpose
of keeping the Pope's wardrobe in per-
feet condition No spot or stain may
disfigure the garments worn by his
| holiness, and as he always appears In
white, even a few hours wear deprlVeS
the robes of their freshness. Only the
most delicate materials are used, MORE
silk being the summer fabric and
specially woven fine cloth the winter
one.
The servant-girl problem does not
worry the family of Adopl Meinecke,
ST., of Milwaukee, where Rieke Kis-
singer has Just completed her fortieth
year as domestic. The anniversary of
her arrival there in that capacity was
| celebrated on Wednesday, when Mr..
| Meinecke presented her with hand
some gold medal in appreciation OF
her long and faithful service. Miss
Kissingers connection with the family
includes four generations.
The Rome correspondent of the
London Chronicle says that the demo-
cratic Plus X employs the human sin
gular instead of the official plural num-
Der in addressing his visitors. He even
bids ordinary people to sit in his au-
gust presence during an audience, a
thing hitherto permitted only to SOW
ereigns and cardinals. He converses
with friends through the telephone, and
TO h Ia
pie clerics to sit to eat at his table.
Another proof of the statement
tina. ones friends vanish when wealth
v&nishes is proved in the case of
Frances Marion Wells of San Francis
co, Il Well-known sculptor, writer, club
man and social leader. Recently he
lost his money, was taken grievously
i'll and sought admission to a charity
hospital None of the people whom he
lavishly entertained in former days
and who had then pretended to be
friends has come to his assistance or
inquired for him.
Even in the houses of the poor in
New York city the carpet-that is, the
kind tackled to the foor-is rapidly be-
ing supplanted by the cleaner and more
artistic rug. Since the settlement
workers have become active over on
the East Side all kinds of reforms cal
culated to eXterminate germ life have
been instituted. Painted walls are pre-
ferred for this reason over cheap wall
paper, because they do not hold dust
and germ life. In all the big Office
buildings carpets have been entirely
discarded for the polished hardwood
floors.
90
O., is running a campaign tour for
Mayor Johnson that is unique in Ohio
politics. Radcliffe is a. comedian, slate
writer, sleight- performer, plays
the banjo and sings coon songs. -Four
weeks ago the political minstrel start
ed out on his tour of Ohio towns. He
has delivered speeches daily to crowds
of farmers in rural towns and incident
ally he has distributed $4,000 pieces of
Mayor Johnson's literature. He drives
a spanking team of blacks and travels
in good style. With his songs, stories
and comicalities he never fails to at
tract an audience.
Congressman Lowering of Massa-
chusetts says that at one session when
Reed was speaker an important meas
ure was being considered In committee
and its friends were worrying for fear
debate on the bill when it should
emerge would be too long drawn. So
lowering asked Reed to entertain a
motion that no one should be allowed
to speak on the measure unless he had
something to say. ''Mr. Lowering"
drawled the Speaker, ''tyrannical as 1
am thoroughly depraved and bad as
am, have not yet reached the point
of heartlessnesS where / can condemn
this House to a silence as profound as
that resolution would entail
DIR. Andrew Murray, at one time a
wealthy veterinary surgeon of SIAM
ford, Conn, died in the poor house
there a few days ago. About two years
ago cancer developed in his tongue
and Dr. Murray spent a great deal of
money in trying to get it cured. Failing
to get relief, one morning he cut out
the growth himself with a penknife
Much to the surprise of physicians and
surgeons, the wound healed and Muir
rays condition appeared to improve.
He became low-spirited over the loss
of fortune and practice, and went to
the poor house, paying 81 a week board.
though at the time of his death he
still had some thousands of dollars left.
Ex-senator Wolcott of Colorado
says that the most humiliating expe-
rience of his career befell him once
when he visited Denver on important
business. He did not want TO have
his visit generally known and meant
to slip into town quietly. CONSEQUENT
ly he was much surprised to find a
large crowd and a brass band waiting
in the depot. AS a United States sem
ator he could not refuse to notice this
evidence of public favor, so he hasti-
ly began to think out little speech
OF thanks. Just as he was about to
begin his remarks he discovered that
the demonstration was in honor of a.
popular prize fighter, who had been his
fellow passenger on the train.
James r. Keene, or Jim" Keene
as he is more Familiarity known in Wall
street, is by no means of a Democratic
nature in his dealings with his en-
ployes. This was illustrated some time
ago when he discovered that in his
daily trips from his country home at
Cedarhurst, L. l., he was obliged to
travel on the same train with many of
the humble employees of his office.
There is no Pullman on the morning
trains, but Mr.. Keene, who objected to
the enforced association, upon a study
of the time table discovered that an
earlier train Travelled between Cedar
hurst and Long Island City, and it is
stated that as a result orders were is
sued to the employees to take the milk
train.
Senator Quay visited Gov. Penny
packer few days ago, travelling on his
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