Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-08

ton. but keeping just within the line where
she would have felt JUSTIFIED in calling the
guard. She kept her patience. When her
station was called she was out on the
platformtn a fash, but he was as quick for
once as even a newspaper woman and as
she went down the stairs he was close be-
hind her.
A long and then quiet block Of houses
lay between her and her home. She crossed
the avenue rapidly, but his gait was as
rapid as hers.
Afraid TO venture upon the long walk,
she looked for a policeman. None was In
sight. But in front OF a saloon on the ave-
nue. we're a dozen young men; she knew
enough Of New York to know that they
were 'de tough gang Of hat neighbor-
hood. She also knew the East side idea OF
chivalry.
She walked up to them. Gentlemen"
she said, this fellow has been annoying me
on the train and is now following me. 1
appeal to you for protection"
Gee, whis, as the gang would ave said.
No sooner had she spoken than the masher
turned white, wheeled about and ran down
the avenue as though satan was after him.
He knew the breed. -Four Of them were at
ter him like a shot. II don't know what
became of him." the young lady says, but
IL they did get hold of him may the Lord
have mercy on his shiny hat and his soul"
Eyes, loidy," said the leader, as he step
ped to the front. see youse is a loidy
and wen see you home" And they did
He walked beside her at a respectful dis
lance n the other FIVE brought up the
rear. They tramped an avenue and a half,
a valiant and respectful b~odyguard, and
said never a word.
AS she started up the steps OF her fathers
residenc she turned to them and said,
Gentlemen, 1 thank you from the bottom
Of my heart. 1 never met nobler kindness
before"
The six took OF their hats and bowed.
Eyes, ma'am," said the leader, I'VE know
youse was a loidy.' Then they turned
about and marched down the street as
proudly as the mailed knights of old.
The official weather sharp of Gotham,
peering through the enveloping smoke Of
forest fires, declares that the present
spring drouth is the wost on record in
that locality. Less than a third of an inch
Of rain fell in the city during May and
there was hardly a sprinkle during the last
half of April. Thousands Of gardens which
supply the city with vegetables are in a half
baked condition and the labor of the gar
deners bllghted. In good restaurants a dish
of asparagus costs 90 cents, and the prices
of other vegetables are in proportion. Hor-
ticulturalists are among those who will suf-
fer heavy financial losses from the long dry
spell.
Many modern millionaires include a
camp in the A~dirondacks among their
possessions, says the New York Tribune,
and find more pleasure in a log cabin near
one of the picturesque lakes than in a mar
BILE house in Bellevue avenue. J. Pierpont
Morgan set the pace a decade ago, building
a comfortable but plain house well away
from civilization. John Jacob Astor's
dwelling at st. Regis is far more than a
camp. Spencer Trask is arranging for a
home in the mountains. OF the younger
set, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt has a finely
equipped lodge near Paul Smiths, and
Reginald. his brother. probably win go
and do likewise. Miss Mary Hartman,
whose father, e. H. Hartman, is one of
Paul Smiths colony, prefers their rugged
mountain home to their Tuxedo mansion,
and entertains lively house parties there.
Almost any morning last summer Miss
Hartman could be seen padding a canoe,
al WHICH, buc ID do CleNGE as 1T TlulLlB u
fractions cob. William Rockefeller's chain
of log cabins adjoins the Hartman camp.
The tattooing craze is on again. The
other night at a reception in Clinton avenue
Brooklyn, a beautiful young woman Great
ed a mild sensation by exhibiting shoulders
most exquisitely marked in pink and tan.
The men slyly crowded around to admire
and inspect, while, as for the women--well
they were shocked. The bodice was none
too high, and Hebe herself could not have
beaten the form. 1t was evident that an
artist had done the tattooing, for it was
the most delicate tracery, resembling the
lace that proud families hold as helrlooms.
It finally developed that the young woman
had placed a bit Of grandmother's precious
Argentan over her and laid out in the sun
for a few hours. The result was a pink
and tan print, and not tattoo at all.
A ~red-haired girl with sartorial ideas OF
her own attracted considerable attention
on Fifth avenue. Her hair was ornately
arranged in the form of a turban, and sup
erimposed on the giittering mass was a mil
linery dream in old gold, unrelieved by a
touch of any other color. She wore a pale
fawn-colored suit and stockings and shoes
OF exactly the same shade. It was a two
color effect, so stunning as not to be reduc-
ed to linguistic terms. She was entirely
free from such impediments as dogs, hand.
bags, or monocles. She made her way
like a streak Of light past the Holland
House, and, turning into Thirty-fourtf
street, she entered a well-known photogra.
piers studi Then 1t dawned upon curl.
Gus gazers that she was in costume for q
special purpose.