Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-07

inducement. to give free transfers
from the subway to the crosstown sur
face lines. 1t is understood that the
Belmont syndicate also intends to
make a bid for similar subway sys-
lieve that it will be possible for the
city to obtain some valuable conces-
sions from the company that is grant
ed the franchise.
The season of 'Parsifal" has closed
and now, that it Is all over but the
shouting. it may be said that it was a
great artistic and financial success
The net profits for the season are CON
seryatively estimated at sl00.O00 an
unusually brilliant result in view of
the fact that the theatrical season.
moi only in New York but practically
all over the country. has been rather
Improbable this year.
One Of the members of New Yorks
Japanese colony. a young clerk of the
name Of Tel Suzukios. has started a
movement for the erection OF Budd-
hist temple in this city. At present
San Francisco is the only American
city which can boast of such temple.
as it is probably the only city in this
country with Buddhistic population
large enough TO require the erection
of special temple. As to New York
the number OF Buddhlstic Japanese
and other easterners is comparatively
small. and it is doubtful if they would
have accomplished their aim were ii
not for the interesting fact that there
are a number Of wealthy society wo-
men in this city who have either be-
come converted to Buddhism. or pre-
tend to be converts to that religion.
These women have contributed liber-
ally to the fund, which has passed the
100000 point. The temple will prob.
ably be built in Harlem
The Tammanites do not expect any
trouble on March %. the day ON which
the primaries are to he held In for
mer years regular battles were fought
between Tammanites and anti-Tam-
NANTES. especially in some of the
tougher wards, but as there is nothing
at present to disturb the peace in the
ranks of the Democracy of greater
New York. it is believed the day will
pass without bloodshed. Devery is
said to have expressed the intention of
stirring up little scrap in the Nine
teenth ward, but he is not taken Sc
riousiy. and it is not believed that he
and his satellites can raise much dust.
Educators all over the country will
be Interested in the discussion of the
question how to deal with the school
children who are mentally defective.
The question is rather important from
an educational point of view. because
these defective children retard the the
other brighter children. in their pro-
gress. 1t has been suggested to seq
sregate the detectives and provide
for their education by special teachers
and in separate schools. but objection
has been raised to that plan for eco
nomic reasons.
The New York Tax Reform associ-
tion has prepared tables based upon
this years assessed valuations of real
estate. The tables contain some in
teresting figures. according to which
the average value of land per acre in
Manhattan is Sl65 5,563; in the Bronx
s5,l9o; in Brooklyn s6.617; in Queens
$SO4 and in Richmond s464. The aver
age of improvements per acre in Man
haitian is sS4644 The present, densi-
ty of population all over the city
shows an average OF eighteen people
to the acre.
The health food craze has struck
Wall street and 1t is estimated that
more than 100 brokers and bankers.
many OF them millionaires, have given
up expensive lunches during the noon
hour and now take health lunches in
their offices. 1t is not because they
wish TO or have to economiZe that
they lunch on whole wheat bread
grape nuts and similar patent prepa.
rations supposed to be a panacea for
all the ills that flesh is heir to. No,
they say they LIKE it and that it is
doing them incalculable good. There
is even a rumor that the health foods
will have a tendency to strengthen
the market.
That there is enough superstition
among the big and small speculators
on Wall street. has been known to the
world for some time. They are all
more or less gamblers, and gamblers
are proverbially superstitious. The
extent Of superstition common among
the Wall street fraternity may be in
ferred from the fact that in many of
the buildings occupied by brokers and
other men of finance the number 10
is tabooed. There is neither 18th
floor nor number on any door that
contains thirteen or any combination
of that number.