Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-09-17

,. occurred the only wedding OF the sea-
SON. The Aiarquand villa was the scene
Of the international alliance between
Baron Reinhart HachOfen Won Echt and
Miss Alice pfzer of brooklyn. The cere-
mony took place under Il bower of white
and pink roses III the large parl0rS. The
bride was given away by her father, wED
met the bridegroom and his best man.
Lawrence La T0urettc fYiggs, 1T the
improYiSeG altar The bridesmaids were
all classmates at the AdelDh academy.
Brooklyn. The bride wore a handsome
gown Of white satin. en- train. her veil, Il
family heirloom. being caught with sprays
cf orange blossoms The bridesmaids
were dainty frocks Of white MULE, with
satin girdies of pink. and carried pink
roses. The general color scheme for the
wedding was white and pink. After the
ceremony eighty-six GUESTS sat down at
small tables 10 breakfast, ten courses be
ing served
Members of the American Institute Of
Electrical Engineers. together with
many distinguished English, French.
German and Italian engineers, who are
in New York on their way to the inter
national electrical congress at st. Louis.
made trip of inspection through pare
OF the subway, and also visited the pow
er houses in Manhattan. There We're
COO in the party. The run from the city
! hall to Columbus circle was made III
| thirty-two minutes The train moved
| slowly so the engineers might observe
/ the construction of the subway and the
| decorations of the stations, but there
were several sDurts made which gave
/ them an ideal of how rapid time can be
made. The carrying capacity Of the sub
way will be about 100000 day. The
visiting engineers said they were de-
| lighted with their trip and with the per
feet working of the motors. They praised
the subway's lightness and freedom from
damp or impure air.
| Mrs. Jennie Wolk, wife of Il Harlem
restaurant keeper, is rejoicing over the
prospect of obtaining a fortune through
| the death of her brother. known as the
diamond king" in South Africa. Mrs.
Wolk received the news in letter from
| Durham. Natal. Her lawyer, Benjamin
| Baker, expects soon to go over to look
after the estate. According to Baker,
the amount of the fortune is close upon
S20, 100000 1t was left by Mrs. Wolk' S
brother, Joseph Asch, who thirty years
ago lived in this city. He had a disagree
ment with his family and ran away.
| None of the family gave him any encOur-
| agement when ne went away except his
! younger sister, now Mrs. Wolk, with
whom he was a favorite. She is the only
one of the family to whom he ever wrote,
! although three brothers and another sis
ter are still living. Mrs. Wolk received
occasional letters from him after he had
| settled in Kimberley, hut had no idea of
| the extent of his wealth.
Miss May Irwin. who is to appear in
| Geo1ge Y. Hobart's new comedy. Mrs.
/ Black Is Back" at the Bijou on Novem-
| her .. has plan for eliminating drinks
! between the cast of her play. The cur
/ tain will be lowered for just thirty sec
onds between acts, and the men will find
| it impossible TO leave the theater between
/ acts and return in time to see the be-
ginning of the acts. The acts of Mrs.
| Black Is Back" are laid in Il single
scene setting that demands no change.
A. in addition the action of the piece is
continuous, tho occurrences being sup
posed to occur in tlme corresponding 10
/ the ictuai period they would take up in
real life Miss Twins notion was sug-
! geSted by her own experience at the
alter at recent performance. She and
her party occupied four orchestra chairs
near the end of an aisle Between the
acts three men struggled by her, presunl-
ably for liquid Refreshments. each time
squeezing her against the seat.
A vast amount of impedimenta is FOL.
lowing the Americans returning from
abroad. On the Campania and the Baltic
there were over fifty autos, among them
! IL. G, Tricks 40-45-horse-power Mer-
eedes, in which he made his notable tour
! through France recently. ID. G. Reid 5
car was also shipped on the Campania
/ as was also new car ordered by ]. w
! Ellsworth. Several motor boats OF
French make came in within the last
/ few days. consigned to rich New York
ers. This will not particularly please
] Lewis Nixon. who thinks he can make
craft of this kind better than any other
came in on the Campania which has 4
unique history. 1t has Travelled the roads
of France, Switzerland. Spain. England
Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Mexico and
the eastern and western United States
l. was in good condition. although it had
been packed over almost as many miles
as it ever Travelled on its own tires.
Almost every stranger in New York
has noticed the fine electrolier in Fifth
avenue opposite the Ilatir0n building
but very few know that this bit of util-
ity and decoration cost $4,000 Yet Il
is 4 fact Bronze costs lot of money
as everyone knows William Wal
dorf Astor is going to have two cleo
Astor, and the cost will be about $50
coo. There are others planned in various
parts of the city, and great lot of rich
men and women are putting up for them
After a little while New York win bC
almost as beautiful as Berlin 1t is bet
ter than Paris already. The squares here
along the route Of Broadway are taking
on new beauties every day They are
going to tear down Dr. parkhurst's rath.
er ugly looking church in Madison
Square and put up tower over five
hundred feet high. This will he the fin
ishinG touch on The marble wonder
erected by the Metropolitan msuranc,
company. Even in its uncompeted state
this building is the most beautiful in New
York. NOT excepting the I.enox library OF
the Old city hall.
Two of the tallcst new buildings in
New York. the Times and the Wanna
maker, are being equipped with obServa.
ton towers. and seeing New York" will
become very simple matter when they
are thrown open 10 the public 1t is al
ways better to take a bird S-eye view OF
a city before going about The map is
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