Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-24

hers Of these arranged TO give him n
hearty welcome. His faithful wife.
through whose efforts he obtained a new
trial when sentenced for life, made elab-
crate arrangements for his homecoming.
Becker says he intends 10 lead an hon
EST life. lie will embark in the manu-
focture of paper, writing upon which
can be altered without detection. lie
patented the process while in prison.
Becker was convicted Of raising ST.
drafs on a San Francisco bank to ST.
eco.
Miss Mabel Bardine. leading lady OF
the Leonard Scarlet Stock company, at
the Empire theater. Baltimore. refused
to kiss Leonard Scarlet, the manager
and leading man. Now Miss Bardine
services would not be needed any longer.
Tolstoi's Resurrection" was played at
the Empire. and Mr.. Scarlet, who took
the part Of the Russian lieutenant,
thought a kiss from Miss Bardine, who
appeared as Katrinka MaSlOya, would
greatly improve the love scene. 81
wouldn't kiss him." Miss Bardine said.
Il have reasons for not doing 50. Per
haps if il had been someone else | would.
but Mr. Scarlet-never. / have told Mr..
Scarlet why | would not kiss him. More
over. / don't believe in indiscriminate
kissing, even on the stage.
in one Of the uptown restaurant or
chestras there are two Italians, one Ger
man, one SWede and two Americans
One of the Italians fought under Gar
haidi. the German was driven from his
iathelland for his socialistic inclinations,
the SweIc had been Il miner, while Of
he Americans one has been an actor
and the other IS q tiedging doctor. In
lpCi there are many doctors who get
their supper and pocket money in tdis
way. for the doctor is the one business
man who cannot drum up trade. bur
mast await its arrival. These periods Of
waiting are often rather eXhausting upon
the pocket, especially after six or seven
years of study, when it has been AL go
ing out and nothing coming in" As
the musicians are almost always out of
sight. 10 certain extent the professional
man feels no conjunction about this form
of employment
johnson Chase Hull, the oldest letter
carrier in New York and possibly in the
country. has fallen dead while standing
beside the coffin containing the body of
his brother William, Mt the latter's home
in Brooklyn. The doctors say he died
from broken heart. William Hull was
81 years old and a retired merchant His
brother johnson was two years younger,
and the two had been inseparable during
their long span of life. Despite his years,
Johnson was accounted one of the best
letter carriers in the service. into which
he celebrated recently the forty-ffth an
niversary of his entry. lie was fond of
declaring he would live a score of years
more and he often put on the gloves for
a boxing bout with the younger men in
the Brooklyn postotiice. The death of
his brother was hard blow and he
grieyed deeply over his loss. At the close
of the funeral services he arose from his
chair beside the coffin and, speaking in
a low voice, babe farewell to his brother
You were first to go" he said: my
summons cannot come too SOON" The
old mans voice broke, he threw his hands
up and sank to the floor dead.
Charles Frohman dedicated his lately
remodeled New Empire theater by trans
ferring John Drew and his company from
the Herald Square theater. where they
have been playing Capt Dieppe." The
New Empire has been erected on the
site where the old stock company played,
and is most attractive in its new design
and brilliant decorations.
Sidewalk ticket spectators at both the
Mansfield and Sothern performances in
New York city lost money in spite OF
the prominence of the stars. The specu-
lntors bought tickets by the hundred
aud expected to realize handsome prof
| 1t, but before o'clock they were glad
to get $3.50 for 81 orchestra seats. The
atrica men said the incident plainly
showed how tight money has suddenly
become among the better class of theater-
g0ers.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt, f.
Marion Crawford, the novelist: Booker
T, Washington and III. X. Porter arrived
on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm H. from
Bremen, southampton and Cherbourg.
Miss Helen Gould and her brother
Frank j. Gould of New York, have CIV.
On the Street Railway Young Mems
| Christian association at Richmond, Va.
| $4,000, which it is proposed to apply to
| the Improvement and equipment of Il
clubhouse for the street railway men.
| Prince Iille Sultan, governor of the
province of Ispahan. Persia, and brother
of the Shah. is likely TO he sued by Il
! New York dentist for breach of contract.
! Tho dentists. DR. Charles WagSchal.
| claim is over contract in which he is
named as dentist to his royal highness, -
and is promised an annual stipend of
300 toman. This is about $500 year,
! and it is Ia recover payment from 1896
to the present time that the suit is
! threatened. DIR. Wagschal wandered to
Teheran in 1894, and after treating the
! prince for liberated teeth. received his
royal commission, Although he left the
| country two years later. he has filed n
claim for seven years salary with Gen.
John Tyler United States consul at
! Teheran.
! ]. W. SChwarz. a wealthy Brooklyn
merchant, has received injuries which are
! likely to prove fatal in the upsetting Of
! his automobile. which he attempted 20
turn about suddenly on a hill.
| An interesting rumor, coming across
| the water from Munich, is to the effect
! that Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Ba-
| varia has accepted the invitation Of Cor
| nelius Vanderbilt to visit him in New
/ Ap =.