Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-27
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current of Life In n
Metropolis.

question OF race HulClQe EXISTS among
the ministers Of New York and ~Sicinity.
Rev. DIT. Copeland Myers OF Brooklyn COM
mends the u%tterances Of President Roose-
welt on the subject. and declaresg' that III
the churches were not so easily shocked
every conscientious and wise minister
would have sounded the same note OF ward
ing DR.. Myers, however, thinks that the
greater and more immediate problem is tAe
saving of the children already born. BE
d%eplored the prevalence Of the child lahar
evil in the southern cotton mills. in the
Pennsylvania. mining regions and In New
York. "All this means" he continued,
"wreckage physically, morally and intel
~lectually. Americas future is in Il, for the
future is in citizenship and character, not
in money and machinery. There Is another
peril for another class Of children, the
danger OF being mangled by the intellectual
machinery. The mad rush OF school, which
makes the children go to school before they
ought to leave the cradle, and makes them
graduate almost before they ought to leave
the high chair, means shattered nerves and
life, Church and state alike must rise to
the overwhelming responsibility OF saving
the child. This is our ~hope-there Is NO
other"
Rev. John L. ScudUur OF the First Con-
gregational church, Jersey oity, would have
the state regulate not only the size Of fam
lilies. but also ordain wtp should and
should not marry. He says: THE state
should give licenses to marry only to those
who are healthy and At to be fathers and
mothers. lnveterate paupers, hopeless
drunkards, incorrigible criminals, insane
and idiotic people and such as are afilcted
with consumption and other diseases likely
TO inJure the next generation should be
denied the privilege of wedlock.
"A birth forbidden by law should be con-
strued as a criminal offense. The work
mans ambition should be to rear two chill
dren, instead of ten. Let the rich have
large families, for they have the means 70
provide for them President Roosevelt can
well afford to advocate a. multitudinous
household, for he gets a salary of $50, 900 a
year. l wohder how he would enjoy his
own advice II he had a dozen children and
was getting 81 a day. 1 claim the size OF
the family should be determined by the
state Of the pocketbook."
Strange things sometimes happen In the
dining room Of the waldorf-Astoria, says
the New York Press, but the appearance of
a middle aged man and a large dog there
after midnight last week was the prelude
to an experience new in the house. The
tardy guest was very anxious to keep the
dog at the table with him and consented to
a separation only when told tina such an
infraction Of the rules could nevor be toll
Grated. Then the animal was led into the
hall and tied there while the walters
brought the tenderloin steak and mush-
rooms ordered by the owner. When they came
the cause OF the dogs presence was made
evident. The beefsteak was for him, and.
considering that 1t was so late and the res.
~taurant nearly deserted, the head waiter
allowed the meat to be taken TO the dog.
But he regretted his weakness when, after
the animal had finished his meal, the owner
returned to the restaurant to demonstrate
vociferously with him because the dog had
not got the mushrooms as we'll. Then he
led the animal out into the night, after
adding a new chapter to the annals Of the
restaurant. =. -
w~ashington's birthday stsnaiised the be-
ginning Of the work Of .denolishing the an
cient Hall of Records, In the basement of
which are the dungeons where revolution
airy officers were confined when the build
ing was occupied by the British. Above
the marble paved main floor only rapidly
disappearing debris heaps and rows Of Ionic
columns now remain. The marble columns
hdNOp ttn lCII " IL ldbls III q oay vi pO
derricks will be rugged and they will be
removed piece by piece, eighty-four pieces
in all, weighing from three to six tons
each. The contractors will have to blast
away the massive foundations that formed
the structures cellar and in an earlier
day the dungeons.
Prior to the touch OF the lRborers pick
the other day the only entrance to these
was by narrow outside stairs midway along
the west wall. The dungeons themselves
were in the south corners OF the cellar, that
on the southeast corner being the reputed
cell OF Ethan Allen and later Of 175 patriots
at a single time. II is about fifteen feet
square, ~unlighted, and in the highest point
of the double arches formed by its groins
a bare eight feet high.
The oaken doors that separated these
dungeons from the broad corridor in the
middle of the cellar disappeared long ago.
but the oaken lintels are still in place.
They will be given to the New York His
torical society, which already treasures the
hook that hung In the main floor ceiling,
from which hook II is asserted patriots
were hanged under the orders OF the no.
torious Cunningham.
Down in the sub-basement Of the old
Custom house, along with the ash cans
and rubbish barrels, says the New YORK
Sun, there stands a sturdy little wagon
which has carried in lite day more than
81 0 900, 900 of Uncle Sans money.
When the little wagon was consigned
TO the scrap heap some time ago Gus
todian Lawlor decided TO preserve 1t.
I've been here now for nearly twenty
years" said Mr.. Lawlor, and II amt
within my memory when the little wagon
failed to make its daily trip up Wall street
to the subtreasury and never a penny
spilled. There's them that have been here
thirty years and the tale Is the same. I
call that faithfulness and Uncle Samll
have a hard time finding any other word
for Il, guess. Anyway, I'm going TO
keep the little wagon as long as he'll let
me-"
The wagon still seems At for duty. It's
Joints are rather weak. though, and II has
been repaired so often that it was thought
best to replace II. 1t carried the money
received as custom payments from the
custom house 10 the subtreasury at the
close Of business each day for more than
thirty years.
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