Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-19

| De 10 secure legal recognition OF the ms
| tor bicycle as 4 bicycle and To free 4
| from the restrictive automobiip laws
which now apply 10 il in some states.
Al lust an excuse has been found for
| the souvenir postal card. When The
stage manager at Daiy'~ theatcr f..sisl-
menced 10 prepare his stage for the pro
duct.on of "Tarce Little Maids he found
himself quite without plans OF tie seen
cry or pictures IF the production 10 helm
him. As j. mol uncnmlnon the Enslisi.
managers had failed 20 send over The nee
cSsary data. Mr. Hawkes.. Charles Eroh-
mans representative in New York. re-
mCmbered. however. that he had q souye-
nir postal card of the play. showing the
set for the first act. From this card the
entire preliminary preparations were
made and the stage was ready for re-
hearsGlS when the company arrived.
One Of the meanest as well rs tie most
widespread SwindleS that ever fastened
itself upon Il great cty has finally been
stamped out in New York. This IS the
So-cnlled game" Of policy. The fact is
mentioned here because many of the old
pGEcy grafters have lately been moving
westward with the idea of establishing
the game in other cities and reaplng Il
harvest before tine police become active
This money was thrown away v hen il
was needed most. The policy shops be-
for" the advent Of the Anti-P0lics Soeiet.
Veg innunerable and generally mas
qlcradcd under The respectable title of
candy ar grocery store and t0hacco or
barber ~hop-the candy store for the
children. the grocery store for the women
aad the tobacco shops and barber shops
for the men. These nlaceS were Tester
spCtS IL The city. more vitiating in their
effect than either saloon or pooiroom
Shops continue To cncroach on the resi-
dentiai district of upper Fifth avenue
In the block between Thirty-iirst and
ThirtY second streets not a single private
dwelling is left, and the movement pro-
crosses steadily northward. At the pres
eHt rate it viii not be long before the
NanderbiltS. the GoudS, the Whitmeys,
the Oelrichs. and others who own fine
mansions IN the ten blocks this side of
Central park. will find themselves
hcmmed IN OH all sides by shops Of
course, they will be very fine oncs but
thcy can hardly be considered desirable
heighbGrs. RUSSELL Sage withstood the
siege for three years, but finally he
moved when candy shop :squarted down
next door 10 him on the north. 1t
seems that the candy maker had Il huge
fan operating in the rear wall of his
plncc. ana the OdOrS were fairly hurled
into Mr.. SIge'S Kitchen whence they
made their way all through the honSe.
dwelling into 4 heaven If there were a
great number Of children bout but Mr..
Sage and his wife are no longer Young
and they have no children. The house
i closed up now and waiting II tenant
In view Of the close proximity Of the
candy shop and the sweet odors< from the
fan il ought to make Il good location for
a kindergarten.
Peter Cooper Hewitt. title son of
Abram :. Hewitt. Is an inventor. and he
spends eight or ten hours Il day in his
workshop away NJ in the Madison
Square tower Visitors to Cunev Island
this summer may have noticed remark
able light which looks like Il long tube
of Illuminated quicksilver In il is the
North Pole exhibit. This light WAS IN
vented by Mr.. Hewitt while Mr.. Lehr
ana Elisha Dwyer were leading eetillon~
Disposition Of an estate involving
large fortune depends on the date of
death OF Arthur Beckwith, an artist who
belonged 10 a prominent family OF this
city. He Disappeared from The Sanfaasl
Hall asylum ut Flushing, +. L. i'll 1894
and never has been heard of since CIV
ing 10 complications between tue heirs
ana the state OH the question OF the
amount OF the transfer tax. counsel has
Instituted proceedings in the surrogate 5
The controversy also involves the estate
of Leonard Forbes Beck with. his brother.
ut one time chief engineer of the subway
commission. Both men were declared to
he incompetent and left large property
interests, Each inherited estates of about
half Il million dollars from their father.
Leonard died interstate in 1879. Accord
Ing To the petition of the administrators
! OF the estate of Arthur Beckwith, he. in
| lSN escaped from an asylum at Fitch
| field. Conn. and was two years later dis
covered in Havana, Cuba. living in
squalor. He was in 1892 placed in the
| Sanford Hall asylum ut Flushing pend
ing proceedings begun in January, 1894.
to have him adiudged incompetent. lie
| again escaped. In January. 1902 he was
| declared legally dead. 1t is now sought
To have his death placed before that of
| Leonard, in which ease the latter'S heirs
viii get most of both fortunes
Newport society is stirred up by what
is regarded a fine piece of irony ON
the part of Mrs. .. III. T. Belmont. in
offering her S2.OoO,0Oo marble palace.
which was given her by Ter first h,ts-
baud. William X. Vanderbilt, ST.. To tho
lattrr'S present wife. formerly Mrs
Lewis NJ Rutherford. Mrs. Relnont
who has no love for the new Mrs. Nan-
derbilt, says she never expects 10 Use the
hudSc. II is not thought Mrs Wander
blIt will accept the gift
The Broadway shopping trade these
days is considerably cniivpncd hv the
heavy infusion of "pewce>" and 'hrail-
er~." 10y which names the new type of
chorus girl is Known. The "brailer' is
the antithcSi> OF the .lunocSquc Showgirl
of last year. She is al the Anna Held
typt. weighing not more than ITO pounds
| aud being particularly dainty around the
| ankles. Besides the four musical cnlae-
dies now running there are Il dozen more
in rehearsal. Fully Il thousand girls are
| engaged in these pieces. AMI all OF them
| tiud their way into Broadway in the early
afternoon hours. From outward appear
| auCrS the expression Broke as an actor
| in August" does rot apply Ia them. They
are all prcttily dressed and seem TO be
| in the best IF spirits.
| While the guests at an outing ut Rocky
! Point for Miss May Goelet and her 6anre.
| the Duke of RoNburghe. We're landing on
Il launch from the yacht \arada. several
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