Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-06
IN GAI HEH YORK.
Scenes and Incidents of Everyday
Life IN the Paris of America. ~

Life IN the Paris Of America. ~
Supt Smith Of the Central park me-
nGgerie is putting small green trees in
the large cages in which the 100 song
birds are confined. The keeper says he
observed a marked Improvement in the
singing of the birds.
The purchase by the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad Of the Belle Yerre estate nj
Port Jefferson, l.. L., partly reveals the
plans Of the railroad company for Il big
port at that point to form a connection
with New England 10y way Of sound
steamers.
Brooklyn bridge is twenty years old.
and, despite the occasional stories which
allcge that the structure is being badly
racked by heavy traffic, competent cngi-
neeTS declare that the spans are as safe
and strong today as when it was built.
The bridge is the crystallized dream of
John ROebling. who wove the first steel
cable at Johnstown. Pa. Incidentally it
is monument to the enterprise of
Boss" Tweed, who ended his life in the
TombS prison. Tweed. however, is given
little credit, as it was always the popu-
lar belief that he pushed the project sole
~ as a medium for plumber The fact
excited general hostility to it, and al
though ROebling first brOached the prof
Get in 1897 II was not until many years
after that the undertaking was begun.
Roebling died before the bridge was com
pleted.
Believing that because they glittered
and had been worn by an actress they
must be real, the audience ON the floor
of a fIQhOEpO music hall fpp0bt nd
struggled in a grand scramble for '5iia-
mOndS, and most of those who secured
the gems hurriedly left the place with
them, fearing that they might be claimed.
y box party had recalled the actress to
dance again and again, and finally she
unclasped garter covered with glass
gems and threw it at the box rs Il token
of her appreciation. Her aim was not
good, and the circlet hit an electric fan
and went whirling about for Il second
or twe, when it was cut in pieces by the
blades of the fan and the gems" were
scattered over the floor.
There is one clever New York shop
man who has made a study of the tyne
feminine. His show window is tri-
umph of art and artiice. This Solomon
Is vender of shoes. He EMPLOYS the
looking glass as Il bait for the feminine
shopper, who, he declares. cannot pass
one, even though she may Just have
passed a dozen But he is sharper than
the ordinary shopkeeper and has OBJ
served that. while woman stares into
mirror-decked window, she does not
necessarily observe the goods therein
Indeed, usually she is so taken with her
own reflection that the mirror is thus
q, distraction as well as an attraction.
therefore he has cunningly arranged a
group of mirrors behind his wares so
GnfflV
stand. she cannot catch sight of her face
III any one of them. Any position she
assumes a long vista of dainty shoes is
fenected: but no counterfeit presentment
of herself.
there are many peculiar occupations
followed by those engaged in gaining n
livelihood IN and around New York. A
look into the junk shops along the river
front will give one a little idea of the
thousand and one things that have found
thclr way thlther after being discarded
by their owners. Among the many m
known ways by which Il subsistence is
gained Is one followed by two men who
may be seen almost any day rowing about
IN the North river While one keeps the
small boat in position the other, with
graphing hook and poles, drags the bot
tom Of the stream for whatever of value
may be pulled from the depths. Pieces
OF rope or machinery and Il variety of
stun, good or bad, are griSt 10 them. Sew
erai years ago they came across a water
tight box, containing vaiuaOie papers and
jewelry, which had been lost overheard
IN collision between two steamers At
tunes the men pull up other things than
those they seek. Not infrequently have
they brought to the surface the bodies of
drowned persons, who have either COM
mitted suicide or met their deaths through
accident.
After brief hearing in the appellate
division Of the supreme court a divorce
was granted Mary Isabel Kemp from
Arthur II. Kemp. Mr. Kemp is II
daughter of Mrs. Frederick Nelson and
the sister of Mrs. Reginald c. Wander
bilt. Neither of the principals appeared
IN court, the case being heard entirely
on dispositions. Mrs. Kemp charged
neglect and failure to provide the neces-
sites of life. The decree will not become
effective until six months have elapsed
While most of the curiosity shops in
New FORK are stocked with skillfullv
faxed antiques there are a few reputa-
are really worth while. Among the most
interesting antiques exhibited in shops
that cater to the tastes of millionaire col
lectorS are a set of spotted luster" china
IN old rose Speckled with white. the only
complete set in existence; a two-handled
depaS. the cup used in Homeric libations:
a black and gold sleigh Of solid oak. said
TO have been the property Of the royal
family in Holland 800 years ago: Il car
d2aTs chest. maryelously carved ana
bearing the insignia OF the owners rank
and office; a cupboard of scubbed oak
which once delighted the heart Of some
bulch housewife; an old sofa belonging
a far fy oh
mentS, embroideries anu Oriental gods
piandercd from churches and ancient tenn
pics, and beautiful marble fountain
from tile garden of a Venetian doge.
The United Board of Building Trades
refused 10 accept the credentials of the
brotherhood OF Carpenters. Who sought
re-a Omission In tLa h.1arl -i,nis L. ~