Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

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Since the Pennsylvania Company ana
the, New York Central have determined
! 10 have theaters in their new stations
mere an enterprising local manager coz
eelves the idea of perpetual vaudeville.
| rms differs from continuous in that il is
designed to run day and night. 1t is es-
fmated that sufficient number of tran
! slentS will be hanging about the stations
| to make dog-watch programme he
tween midnight aud day a paying ven
| ture.
| John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., who was AZ
Sesset on S5O0,000 of personal property,
! had MS assessment reduced TO $3N 900
recently and then agreed to pay taxes
! on SoO,OOO personality. He declared he
owed 100000 and did not possess more
IMAM $4,000 worth of personal property.
james Henry Smith, whose personal as
sessment was $1,500.000, called at the
tax office and Swore off all except $780,
OUO- Mr.. Smiths uncle, who died in Eu-
rope, LETT him several millions of dollars
John X. Mott, general secretary of the
worlds Students Christian Federation
ana the student department of the Ameri-
can Young Mems Christian Association.
Australia and New Zealand. His
purpose Is 10 arouse a greater interest in
fehSlous and missionary work among the
students. Mr.. Mott will exhibit the best
methods employed by the most success
1ul associations, and illustrate the work
and methods of the missionary societies
OF America and Europe.
The iatiroR winds are becoming more
than joke When a chauffeur was ar
rested for running over boy and caus-
ing ms death he made the plea that the
Flctlm was buffeted under the wheels by
the high winds DETECTED by the sky
scraper. There is no question that on a
windy day the neighborhood of Fifth ave-
nue. and Broadway is a dangerous spot
The fatal accident occurred while suits
against the owners of the big building
are pending, instituted because. it is
claimed, the winds shattered the glass of
neighboring buildings.
Edna May Spooner the leading actress
at the Bijou Theater, Brooklyn, was in
jured painfully in jumping from hi
cycle in the performance of BLUE Jeans
the other night. She found the chain on
her wheel was broken and the bicycle
unmanageable. The wheel was headed
direct for the audience. At the footlights
Miss Spooner jumped, allowing the ma
chine to 60 over into the orchestra where
1t struck Tony Gray, the first violinist.
full in the chest, knocking him off his
seat. Miss Spooner fell heavily. cutting
her left foot and straining her ankle.
The movement for public baths in New
York city is being pushed by the Amer
lean Female Guardian Society, an organ
izatiOn of which Miss Helen Gould is
powerful ally. Strange 10 say, New York
is the last of the large cities to take up
this reform in a practical manner, al
though a great many learned lectures
have been given on the subject AIilwau-
kee, Philadelphia, Chicago Baltimore and
other cities are far along in this move.
ment, while the metropolis still lags.
However, three baths are now in course
of construction in Manhattan and two
are building in Brooklyn.
John Haskins. weil-to-do farmer of
Secaucus, n. j.. is seeking separation
from his wife, Martha. because she is a
new woman Haskins says she spends
nearly all her time attending club meet
ings and reading trashy literature Oh the
enfranchiSement of her SEX
He married her eighteen months ago
as a helpmate, he says, but she has
proven an encumbrance too expensive
for farmer, refusing to milk cows, feed
chickens, make butter. or perform "any
of the duties naturally expected from
one of her station"
Haskins says that his wife character
ICES work about farm as ''unwomanly,"
and that he has steadily lost money since
their marriage.
Some of the show girls along Broad
way are beginning to affect what they
cali the "sleeve-dog," an institution
which is supposed to have originated in
Japan. The "sleeve-dog" is nothing more
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of a minute, which the devOtee of the fad
keeps tucked into a sort of bishop sleeve
and carefully hidden from sight. When
conversation in a cafe or at any sort Of
social gathering lags the "sleeye-dog"
girl pulls the little cat-kiler watch
charm out and holds him up to her face.
making the while those funny sounds
which cannot be reduced to linguistic
terms. but which may be identified as
the same as those made by a fond
mamma hanging over baby's cradle.
Annie Russell, the ever dear. and only
less lovely than Maude Adams, desires it
to be distinctly understood that the toes
she displays in Mice and Men" are her
very own, unadorned by rouge or powder
In short 1T amt So This she says,
lis the first time in my stage career that
my feet have pushed themselves into pub
at the start, and I'm glad the first plunge
is over. You may imagine how / felt at
the murmur they provoked. And when
l nervously wiggled my toes and the au-
dience broke into laugh | felt an almost
irresistible impulse to scamper off the
stage | want to deny ali use of paint
and powder makeup of my feet. Some
one has declared that | tint my toes
'Tisn't 50. They're as natural as the
first day | rot them
There is new guest at the Waldorf
Astoria and his coming was attended
with more commotion than greeted even
Prince Henry on his arrival. He did not
bring any baggage, was not even regis
tered and did not have cent, yet cham
5ermaids, bell boys and porters fell over
one another in their efforts to make him
feel comfortable and at homeland all
without the incentive of a tip" Al Of
these services were performed with the
fine approval of the man who runs the
place and he gave it out right aud left
that there was nothing too good in the
house for Master Greene. For it 81 hap
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