Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09
New York Every Day.

Alfred Vernon. widely known among
college men brcaitSe Of his work in the
interest of the Greek letter societies,
died ut his home in Brooklyn, y. y,
fyam paralysis Hc was - years old and
was graduated from Yale in 1919.
President Henry A. Rogers of the
board OF education died of pneumonia
sir Rogers was born in New York city
August II. 1914, was educated in the
hubble schools and was graduated from
The CITY college in 1862 For nine years
Mr.. Rogers was United States commits
soner Of jurors and for ten years he
was school trustee from the old Twenty
second ward. He was later made a
school commissioner and served steadily
i'm that capacity until 1903, when he was
elected president Of the board of educa-
ton to succeed Charles &. birmingham.
who resigned. Last February he was
reelected.
Causing paric among score of women
and girls who were coming from the
Eden musec in West Twenty-third street,
John Wauamaker'S new 4O-hOrsepOWer.
four ton. $1,000 automobile was badly
damaged when il got beyond the control
Of Mr.. Wanamaker's chauffeur. Ernest
Stearns, aged > years, who was tossed
ont and Knocked unconscious. The auto
mobile careeued and shot this way and
that. II seemed To spring off its wheels
into the air and zigzagged until it made
for fire hydlant. 1t shaved this off cX-
adiy even with the walk. Then it tackled
up and shot forward again with angry
puffs from the gasoline engine and rushed
at the sidewalk again as ii bent on an
attack. II ripped NJ the flag stones ana
then stopped.
Art follows the trousers says Lillian
Russell. and She has moved % Brooklyn
90 prove it, She referred to pair nj
property trousers OF her own. which, to-
gfther with a lot of other stage clothes,
Il deputy sheriff seized in Eloukiya
tii1ter Sel erHi months ago in some legal
proceedings against Weber and Fields.
Miss RUSSELL new home is IN Bay Ridge.
on the ShciI road. near Ninety-fourth
street. 1t Is nm old Brooklyn homestead.
which she hired all furnished, with its
larcloth furniture, peacock feather
screens. and ancient aud improving pie
lures On the walls And She won't have
single picture taken down or turned to-
ward the wall, because, as she said, they
all are 50 restful,
Changes are 10 be made in the tall
ofnamentat tower of Madison Square
garden for the purpose, it Is stated. of
enabling Peter Cooper Hewitt To use the
tower in connection with his electrical
experiments. Plans for the alteration
have been filed with the building bureau
hy Mckim, Mead 4 White. architects
II IS intended to put ornamental glass
sashes ia the colonnaded platforms TO re
model the spiral staircase leading TO the
observation floor, to erect hreproof par
tigjOnS and TO enclose the elevator shaft
wal treWoof blocks. The loggia floors
are to be fitted rs studios,
George j. Gould. with his wife and
daughter Marjorie. sailed for Europe on
the St Louis. just before the ship
backed ont from her slip Mr.. Gould said:
II am going over solely ON pleas
mp and for a rest, There j. nothing of
business character about it, You can
say | think business is improving in all
directions. | think there is going to be Il
general revival all along the line" Mr.
Could said he did not know whether he
would see j. t. Morgan in London or
not. He would not discuss his recent
visit to President Roosevelt.
Nanette ComStock. leading woman for
William Collier in The Dictator" is not
now in the cast at the Criterion theatcr
and from now until the play closes for
The season her part Of Lucy Sheridan
will bc taken by Ida Il. Hall. her un-
dcrsm;ly. Miss ComStock. who in prj
waite lite il Mrs. Frank Birheck. re-,
signed after a remarkable scene in the
wings in which Collier and his wife
louise Allen. were the principals. Per
sons in II position To know the details
said shortly aztec the curtain went down
on the final act Miss Allen accused hen
husband Of paying too much attention
To Miss tnmStOpl< ON the StuUp Nhptlt